Hidden creature....can you find it?
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From our hike yesterday:
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Comments (16)"At least if I could find the leak, I could point them to the right place. Does anyone have any experience with brand names of snake cameras are good and what to look for?" Unless you have a very large hole or a pipe completely disconnected a drainline camera is not going to show you very much. The insides of pipes are not very clean or smooth (especially if they have been in service) and a small leak or cracked is not going to be visible. You should count yourself lucky none of the plumbers have wanted to take your money for a waste of time. Even with a camera, it can be hard to figure out where the camera is in the pipes after a few turns. Main lines tend to be pretty straight form the street to the house, but under-slab drain lines can have enough bends to make tracking the camera very hard. With plastic lines you can use a camera detector to locate the camera in the pipe (they give off enough electrical noise from scanning their image device) bit in cast iron lines (and then under concrete) the signals are very weak. The detectors are sold to allow a stuck camera to be found and removed....See MoreGreat reference book on finding hidden storage
Comments (6)I haven't used any of the ideas yet, but hope to show some of the ideas to our remodeling contractor to incorporate as we proceed on the remodeling of our new (old) house. One idea I thought was particularly clever is the use of space beneath a staircase. The house we will be moving into has a staircase up into an attic room. In the book, they use the space beneath the stairs in creative ways such as building regular or pullout drawers of various sizes tucked in under the staircase. Another idea I liked was using the taller part of the understaircase area as a small, but efficient home office. Other ideas include a small bookcase built in between the studs just above a doorway that I thought was very clever. There are many ideas in the book that make use of space between wall studs, thus diminishing the effect of having yet another piece of furniture poking out into already limited room space yet still providing storage or display space. For a couple of projects, she shows space that is shared by rooms on either side of the wall. She has one where there is a washer/dryer that goes through a wall in a sunroom and emerges on the other side as part of a covered bathroom vanity top (hard to visualize, I know). Another clever idea shown is a one-can width pantry covered by a sliding barn door type mechanism. One project in the book says you can have spacious undersink drawers beneath your kitchen sink instead of the traditional cupboard if you reroute your pipes and trap towards the back of the cabinet. If other posters have come across other innovative books on small house storage, I sure would appreciate sharing the titles....See MoreHidden pictures......Find the car!
Comments (36)Yes, please, Annie. We just got home from the hospital, and I'm getting set up to start work this evening....See MoreCan you find the ghost hidden among the skeletons?
Comments (39)Thanks, Nicole! I do a "Ketchup" and a "Pickles" folder for all my third grade students. The former is to complete unfinished work and the latter is for quick enrichment and fun activities. I put your OP pic in this week's folder as one of the fun "picks." Your link will provide more fun! Carol...See More- 9 years ago
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And the winners are: gyr-falcon for identifying the creature and chloe cat for locating it!
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