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KensAuto · « **Reply #100 on:** August 27, 2015, 09:25:13 AM »

BDP ever ^^^^(Biggest Dot Post)

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BobbyB · « **Reply #101 on:** August 27, 2015, 09:30:47 AM »

Quote from: TexasRedNeck on August 27, 2015, 05:47:52 AM

And I though the key word "dinner" was what attracted you to the thread....

Hey chicken tenders are fine dining!

Quote from: cudakidd53 on August 27, 2015, 07:09:14 AM

For us old guys and non-techies, he's talking about that Bobby, but more simply put, when the SHTF arrives, he's got really cool paper weights and lots of cable to make snares with! :o

Oh well now I get it.

Quote from: Dawg25385 on August 27, 2015, 09:15:08 AM

Basically creating my own Pandora and Netflix Bobby, on my own server. Solvin first world problems LoL

You should've said that in the first place! Remember K.I.G.S.

JR · « **Reply #102 on:** August 27, 2015, 12:06:33 PM »

I'm lost,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #103 on:** August 27, 2015, 01:01:37 PM »

To be fair, I preferred the tech tangent with "for all you nerds out there like me"

LOL

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rpar86 · « **Reply #104 on:** August 27, 2015, 01:13:45 PM »

A few of my favorite IT acronyms...

PICNIC - Problem In Chair Not In Computer
PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
and of course... an ID10T error (Pronounced ID-Ten-T). Most folks probably wouldn't know what you're talking about if you say it around them...but write it down and it all makes sense ;D

Pretty much describes much of my day to a tee.

Nate · « **Reply #105 on:** August 27, 2015, 06:31:50 PM »

don't even get us started on that one ryan.......we may have another BDP if that happens.............;D

rpar86 · « **Reply #106 on:** August 27, 2015, 06:43:28 PM »

Hey Kyle,
What NAS platform/model are you running your PLEX server on? Thinking I'd like to set something like this up.

You can reply here for everyone's knowledge or PM me... Or we can start a thread in the Tech/Electronics category (though i'm not sure this fits the 'survival' theme of this website) ;)

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #107 on:** August 27, 2015, 07:22:27 PM »

Currently I have an old laptop running FreeNAS 9 and external HD's, but I'm going to upgrade in the new house. Runing Linux is kind of a pain since I don't use it all the time, so next unit will be Windows based if it's a PC platform.

Can't decide if I want to buy a small form factor PC and use external drives, build a tower with multiple internal drives, or buy a Western Digital My Cloud EX2 dedicated NAS unit and be done with it

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rpar86 · « **Reply #108 on:** August 27, 2015, 08:10:26 PM »

I hear ya on the Linux aspect. If you don't use it every day you forget the commands.

I'm looking at Synology's NAS products right now, seem to be nice units. Kinda spendy for not including any drives though. The RAID capabilities (Software-based, I'm sure) are important to me so if I have a drive die I don't lose all my data, as is the ability to back it up to another unit or out to the cloud.

I have a tower PC with two 1TB drives in a RAID1 and an SSD for the OS, but it has a quad core proc and 8GB RAM, would be a pretty big power hog just for a media server. (Used it as a virtualization server, but could never really do much with only 8GB ram) :(

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #109 on:** August 27, 2015, 08:32:33 PM »

Yeah the WD does RAID, but I prob won't use it. I'm just going to run automated backups to multiple drives. Meh who knows I might change my mind on that... Maybe I'll just go full-on impulsive and go 8TB in RAID hahaha

The My Cloud is Linux based too, but the web interface is suuuuper slick. All GUI. You can permission folders, create share easily, even set up automated sweep and scrape of FTP I think I read.

Yeah sounds like your tower may be a bit of a pig for a file server, but you what you could do is turn it into a dual purpose HTPC/NAS since you got the processing power. But if you're going the plea route, just easier to run a Roku on the network from a NAS.

My idea is my NAS will be adjacent to my safe, with the external SSD inside the safe for replication of files and photos from the media server, connected via USB. Movies and music don't necessarily need to be replicated since they're replaceable

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Dawg25385 · « **Reply #110 on:** September 09, 2015, 10:42:05 PM »

Roof on, windows in, garage doors in. Plumbing done, HVAC done, electrical almost done.

And the network panel!

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TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #111 on:** September 10, 2015, 01:12:26 AM »

Looking great Dawg!

Bob Smith · « **Reply #112 on:** September 10, 2015, 01:27:42 AM »

Yes...all dried in and no rain yet. Looks good Kyle.

Flyin6 · « **Reply #113 on:** September 10, 2015, 08:26:23 AM »

Excellent!
Love that cut up roofline look.
I'll bet the roofers don't like it though!

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #114 on:** September 10, 2015, 09:41:32 AM »

8/12, no not so much! They were roofing on the Saturday we had a big windstorm out here. Kinda scary

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cudakidd53 · « **Reply #115 on:** September 10, 2015, 09:45:18 AM »

Really like that covered back porch! Looking good-

KensAuto · « **Reply #116 on:** September 10, 2015, 10:34:33 AM »

Quote from: cudakidd53 on September 10, 2015, 09:45:18 AM

Really like that covered back porch! Looking good-

That's where I would be 99% of the time, with scenery like that.

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #117 on:** September 10, 2015, 10:42:10 AM »

Me too brother... Grillin central. Going to have a gas fire pit on the patio, and then a wood burning pit out on the back of the property.

Patio will be approx 800 sq ft. Will have can lights and flush mount speakers in the ceiling. Will have my Traeger, Gas Grill, and hopefully a new Charcoal kettle on the one end by the garage. Hot tub will be on the other end (someday... but we're pre-wiring now).

Wilbur · « **Reply #118 on:** September 10, 2015, 11:11:58 AM »

Looks really really great!

Quote from: Dawg25385 on September 10, 2015, 10:42:10 AM

Me too brother... Grillin central. Going to have a gas fire pit on the patio, and then a wood burning pit out on the back of the property.

Patio will be approx 800 sq ft. Will have can lights and flush mount speakers in the ceiling. Will have my Traeger, Gas Grill, and hopefully a new Charcoal kettle on the one end by the garage. Hot tub will be on the other end (someday... but we're pre-wiring now).

All this^^^! And DO the hottub! Especially with your scenery. Nothing better than a beverage in the hottub at the end of a long day. And your wife will love it too.

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #119 on:** September 10, 2015, 01:30:23 PM »

We will, but we've picked clean the money-tree. Will have to wait till next year's harvest ;D ;D ;D

Sammconn · « **Reply #120 on:** September 10, 2015, 08:02:41 PM »

Looking awesome man!

Nate · « **Reply #121 on:** September 11, 2015, 05:41:29 PM »

Quote from: Dawg25385 on September 10, 2015, 10:42:10 AM

Me too brother... Grillin central. Going to have a gas fire pit on the patio, and then a wood burning pit out on the back of the property.

Patio will be approx 800 sq ft. Will have my Traeger, Gas Grill, and hopefully a new Charcoal kettle on the one end by the garage.

but we have yet to see any sort of Q come from this guy...............;D

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #122 on:** September 11, 2015, 06:07:14 PM »

I'll admit, I don't smoke as much as i used to. School full-time and being homeless got in the way ;D Done a lot of non picture worthy stuff.

But it's on like Donky Kong once our house is done.

Here's a couple from last weekend's camping trip. On my baby weber gasser.

Nate · « **Reply #123 on:** September 11, 2015, 06:47:43 PM »

that looks mouth wattering, considering that i am on duty tonight.

rpar86 · « **Reply #124 on:** September 14, 2015, 05:13:21 PM »

Quote from: Flyin6 on September 10, 2015, 08:26:23 AM

Excellent!
Love that cut up roofline look.
I'll bet the roofers don't like it though!

I'm sure the roofers are OK with it...they probably charge more $$$! :)

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #125 on:** September 23, 2015, 10:30:38 PM »

Little update... siding is almost done. Sheetrock is goin in, and utilities are goin in the ground...

Family room
You can see my handy work running speaker cable and in-ceiling speaker brackets ;) Did the same thing under the patio roof.

Dining room

Trench to the shop. Couple comm pipes for cable and cat6, 2" conduit for electrical (will have 200a to the shop), and also a nat gas sleeve goin in.

JR · « **Reply #126 on:** September 23, 2015, 10:36:17 PM »

200 at the shop, heck my house is 200 with a 50 to the garage!

Nice work,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #127 on:** September 23, 2015, 10:50:03 PM »

Quote from: JR on September 23, 2015, 10:36:17 PM

200 at the shop, heck my house is 200 with a 50 to the garage!

Nice work,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Yeah I was super excited when they told me that... We have 320 to the house, so I was assuming 200 at the house and 120 at the shop, but since everything big is Nat Gas, I get a little extra POWA to the shop ;D ;D ;D

TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #128 on:** September 23, 2015, 10:55:33 PM »

Hey Kyle its looking like a house! Congrats man! Thanks for the update.

KensAuto · « **Reply #129 on:** September 23, 2015, 11:38:02 PM »

Whoowhoo, runnin power....gettin' close!!

Wilbur · « **Reply #130 on:** September 24, 2015, 01:47:43 AM »

Looms awesome!

Sheesh....just saw this....that would be LOOKS awesome.... ::)

Higher Caliber · « **Reply #131 on:** September 24, 2015, 06:47:19 AM »

are you using smart siding?

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #132 on:** September 24, 2015, 08:47:44 AM »

Thanks all!

Not familiar with smart siding Blaine, but this is HardiPlank. It's concrete

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Sammconn · « **Reply #133 on:** September 24, 2015, 09:38:32 AM »

Looking great Kyle. The HardiPlank is good stuff. Tough as nails, heavy as all heck, and hard on the tools, but you're not doing it :).

Diggin the 200A to the shop, that will be handy, maybe even overkill, but will be good to have options.

Flyin6 · « **Reply #134 on:** September 24, 2015, 03:49:11 PM »

Lots of overhang on those soffits! Is that because of all the rain? Or just a styling thing?

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #135 on:** September 24, 2015, 03:54:24 PM »

Probably both... it's kind of a Northwest Craftsman I think they call it... this architect does a ton of plans around our area.

EL TATE · « **Reply #136 on:** September 24, 2015, 04:23:34 PM »

we do love our overhangs here. looking really good their Kyle. I like the hardy plank, but I'm not a fan of cleaning it! 11 years old now and I've pressure washed the north face 3 times since moving in. Be ye warned!. 200a to the garage... I smell welding equipment, compressors, and the like.

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #137 on:** September 24, 2015, 04:36:39 PM »

Yeah, i'd rather pressure wash than having to re-side from disintegrating LP!!

Not sure if you noticed from the pictures, but when hardi first came out installers would caulk the butt joints... and that after a couple years the caulk just turned to rubbish. Now they're flashing the joints instead of caulking. You can see three of them in the 2nd pic below, right above the power meter.

Yes, wanted lots of juice to the shop... compressor, welder, and also a 50a plug for the RV so we can use it as overflow for guests and such. Ultimately will run a small electric water heater, and potentially a "shop only" washer and dryer for filthy outside stuff wifey doesn't want inside.

KensAuto · « **Reply #138 on:** September 24, 2015, 06:28:06 PM »

It's nice to see houses from other parts of the country that actually have charactor. Out here it's just mostly the stucco thing, and I find myself despising it more and more as i get older.

Beautiful place kyle.

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #139 on:** September 24, 2015, 07:09:03 PM »

Thank you guys...

We got a projected completion date today of Nov. 15th

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TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #140 on:** September 24, 2015, 07:21:06 PM »

Can you get a close up of the flashing? is it like a little "H" piece? Both my houses are hardi and they are caulked.

I thought about your dinner with your wife when I saw the rocked dining room. Great memories

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #141 on:** September 24, 2015, 07:42:25 PM »

Here you go boss...

They're basically like rubber flaps that have sticky backing. I've seen sheet metal used too, but not on our place

And yes that was/is a great memory, and a story that will be told for a long time ;)

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TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #142 on:** September 24, 2015, 08:04:06 PM »

OK I get it. Even better. The water that gets through the crack just rolls down on top of the next plank and they are wide enough to handle wind driven water. Neat idea!

rpar86 · « **Reply #143 on:** September 24, 2015, 08:10:07 PM »

Kyle, Looking great! Family room fireplace/TV/cabinets (I'm assuming) looks like mine. I built all that earlier this year. Just need a bigger TV now... That's a 46", need a 60-70".

Nov 15... that's my b-day ;)

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #144 on:** September 24, 2015, 08:18:47 PM »

Those built ins are nice man!

We'll have the mantle and then the TV above it. Built-ins had to get cut from the budget but our cabinet builders are right up the road so we'll have em make them for us in a year or two.

We'll have the 50" Panny above the fireplace.... Wifey wants minimal A/V downstairs, so just the TV and a Klipsch sound bar and wireless sub.

Upstairs in the man cave is a different story. In the man cave, I write the rules LOL.
70" 4k and 5.1 Klipsch system

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rpar86 · « **Reply #145 on:** October 21, 2015, 05:47:03 PM »

Hey Kyle, what are you putting in for in-ceiling speakers? Did you build boxes for them so the sound doesn't resonate through the floor joist cavity above?

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #146 on:** October 21, 2015, 06:32:11 PM »

I didn't, mainly because our master bedroom is right above, and if there's a party goin' on downstairs i'm not likely to be sleepin'!

I went with the 8" Klipsch speakers and brackets. (R-1800-C and IK800C)

Here's a couple pics of the install, speakers aren't in yet but the brackets are.

Big holes are the speakers, smaller holes are can lights.

Meh, while we're at it here's a couple more updates... all cabinets are in, almost all counters in, electrical finish work is 95% done, tile and wood floors are done, working on tile shower now. Trim and doors should start soon, and septic is getting dug today.

rpar86 · « **Reply #147 on:** October 21, 2015, 06:43:36 PM »

Darn, now I have another in-ceiling speaker to consider for my rear surrounds...

Been looking at Monoprice and HTD. Both seem to get really good reviews, with HTD probably being the better quality (and about 2x the $). Klipsch is a good brand, and the price point falls right in the middle of these two.

http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=109&cp_id=10837&cs_id=1083703&p_id=4104&seq=1&format=2
http://www.htd.com/Products/high-definition/HD-R80-ceiling-speakers

Dawg25385 · « **Reply #148 on:** October 21, 2015, 06:45:53 PM »

I've always had good look with Klipsch gear... I also looked at the monoprice (all my cabling and wire is from there), but when i saw that i could afford Klipsch i didn't think twice... everything else in the house is Klipsch.

Atkinsmatt · « **Reply #149 on:** October 21, 2015, 06:46:58 PM »

This is looking great. I know ya'll are excited.