Don't worry, the home warranty would have refused to cover every one of those items, or charged you a higher call out fee than most of the actual repair people in your area would for the entire repair.

The seller bought you that so you wouldn't ask for them to do actual necessary repairs in the contract, or accuse them of hiding necessary repairs and ask for later fixes.

They exist to create a legal loophole that intentionally screws the buyer.

Not really. From a macro engineering perspective all of the current research in carbon nanotubes for structural use is aimed at producing longer tubes, often referred to as carbon nanotube fibers. Nanotube fibers that are long enough to be used in the same way as carbon fiber, or glass fiber, woven together and bound in a matrix to produce strong macro scale materials.

ALL current carbon fiber use in concrete is mechanical and exactly equivalent to how glass fibers are used. Except that the carbon nanotubes are far smaller so although they provide stronger local support the scale of the cracking they prevent is reduced vs other fiber mix-ins.

Like I said, real innovation will come when carbon nanotubes are long enough to be used at a structural scale rather than microscopic. It's neat to talk about futuristic meta-materials and they can slightly change the thermal conductivity and microscopic crack formation of concrete but from a large scale engineering perspective most of the small scale nanotubes that can be purchased in bulk today would be the same as mixing a bag of soot into the concrete.

Absolutely, i mentioned fiberglass because right now it's essentially the same thing, with the same strength. Even if the carbon fibers get as long as fiberglass it's not a game changer from current practice, cause it will still be an order of magnitude more expensive.

The real game changer would be the technology for weaving the nanotubes into macro scale carbon fiber mesh load struts that were rigid enough to be cast in concrete in place of steel reinforcement or structural beams and don't need to be resin impregnated but mechanically bond directly to the concrete.

This would be huge because the negative thermal expansion coefficient of woven nanotube fiber could be manipulated by casting temperature to prestress the truss and even an entire slab from the inside out and might, despite carbon fibers being much more elastic than steel, completely replace it in some applications.

edit: OTOH, if someone doesn't figure out some elegant solution like this to the problems of carbon fiber's elasticity and thermal expansion coefficient, it's just never going to work with concrete. Steel and concrete are a magical material properties match on every front except for oxidation.

Rebar is simultaneously the thing that makes concrete capable of long unsupported spans, and the main reason concrete is not permanent and needs to be maintained to not fall apart.

The difference between nanotubes and rebar is a matter of scale. We will probably always need both. In bridges the rebar or cables would keep the entire block under compressive tension so the concrete can be used in long spans. The nanotubes keep it from flaking and cracking locally from temperature variations. If we can reduce the internal steel grid to a more directional set of tensioned cables then there are less places where water intrusion and could cause the steel reinforcement itself to rust, expand and crack the concrete. And even when it does the carbon or fiberglass micro structures will prevent the cracks from starting and reduce their spread.

Sharkbites == never again for me.

I've had two pipes in our house fail due to rapid temperature variations. Both were (insulated) copper hot water pipes in an exterior wall. In both cases the sharkbite fitting blew out it's sealing ring within a year of being installed and caused thousands of dollars worth of damage. Neither was connected to an exterior tap.

We have relatively high pipe pressure in these parts but well within the range of the fittings. They simply don't work, I wouldn't trust any sharkbite fitting in-wall, and won't ever risk it again.

Insurance won't pay for anything but cleanup. Sharkbite won't pay for their, used as instructed, failures. And the siding contractor who hit the original lines and fixed them with sharkbites is not willing to pay for sharkbite's failure to function as advertised and instructed.

> What are you basing this prediction on?

The fact that most foundation movement is caused by ground compaction, sliding or buckling, and outside of some very special circumstances, like building on a wet clay riverbed, the ground does not simply suck things down into it. The most likely reason it moved is that the original builder didn't compact the base enough, cause it's just a gate. Contractors rarely properly compact for gates, garden walls and fences.

But, even if it did, wouldn't you take a 14,000:20 bet on the $20 bracket side? I'd take that bet even if it was built in a swamp.

So, i wouldn't fix this, it's too much effort and it will most likely stop subsiding, get a sliding bracket made for the gate to attach to so you can adjust it further.

If I did want to fix it, on the assumption that it's got a weak, or very shallow foundation, i'd try lifting it with an excavator or engine lift, then pour a new foundation and mortar it back down. This might not be possible, but i'd give it a shot in an afternoon before calling the sidewalk leveling guys.

Speak for yourself, eye to eye kisses are the most common way to show affection to acquaintances I meet at the supermarket or coffee shop.

So, 11 years later than when you could first import one from china for $1200?

Wanna place bets on range and cost, and how that compares to both current ebikes and commuter e-scooters available elsewhere for a decade?

This could be so great, if it comes in cheap with commuter range and a top speed of 55mph. Or it could be terrible.

These units are designed to have the plug replaced as needed and quickly because they are often times connected to unusual specific amperage plug types in the laundry room.

Replacing the plug is usually as simple as unscrewing two screws from an access panel and screwing in the new ends to the terminals.

Right next to the washing machines and dryers there will be a section that sells a variety of plug kits to fit your particular setup, many machines don't even come pre-wired.

Angle grinder with a cut off wheel. You'll lose hardness right on the end you cut, which can be reduced a bit by wrapping it in a wet rag, this will also reduce the chance of warping if it's a smaller diameter. But even without it will probably not be enough to be noticeable. The rails are meant to be travelled the most in the middle. The ends are typically clamped in a holder and the hardness does not matter.

Also be careful not to scratch it when you clamp it in the vice to cut.