09-14-2022, 01:44 AM
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#5041
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Originally Posted by Sr. Mints
If I paint 30 year old grey steel baseboard cold air vents, will the finish hold up? Or will they look like hell after a shoe hits them, or from taking them on and off every year when the vents are cleaned?
There are eight of them in this house ranging from 12 to 30 in, and the cost to replace them with maple or non-plastic ones is just ridiculous. So I'm thinking of painting them white.
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Don't use a brush, it'll look like crap. I don't have hands on experience but I've seen some of the outcomes. Some form of spray on paint should look decent. No idea if you'd need to prepare the vent prior to spraying (although I assume you'd at least have to do a basic cleaning).
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09-17-2022, 01:28 PM
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#5042
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Back in Calgary!!
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Anybody have a good place to source bathroom vanities, other than Home Depot, Lowes or Wayfair?
I'm finding the quality/price/ selection to be pretty lacking at those places.
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09-17-2022, 02:08 PM
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#5043
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Like just cash n carry? Your options are limited. HD has custom Thomasville stuff that is very nice. Otherwise go custom. Ikea might be good too.
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09-17-2022, 02:13 PM
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#5044
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Back in Calgary!!
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Pretty much yeah. Thomasville hey, I'll have a look
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09-17-2022, 02:16 PM
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#5045
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sa226
Pretty much yeah. Thomasville hey, I'll have a look
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If you're willing to wait a bit there's a few places in town that have better quality stuff "ready to assemble" as it were.
e.g. http://www.cupboardsexpress.com/
(I have no idea how good this company is, just did a googles search).
https://www.google.com/search?q=calg...t=gws-wiz-serp
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09-17-2022, 04:20 PM
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#5046
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Voted for Kodos
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Grrr, I have been waiting for a while for my shower doors, the last piece I need to have a functioning shower in my bathroom reno.
Ordered from Serenity Bath Boutique, which I’m strongly suspecting has gone out of business.
I have a deposit with them, any thoughts on the best way to try to get my money back?
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09-18-2022, 07:18 PM
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#5047
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
Grrr, I have been waiting for a while for my shower doors, the last piece I need to have a functioning shower in my bathroom reno.
Ordered from Serenity Bath Boutique, which I’m strongly suspecting has gone out of business.
I have a deposit with them, any thoughts on the best way to try to get my money back?
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Are you outside of the charge back window with your credit card? Otherwise you might have to get in lien as a creditor.
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09-19-2022, 01:18 PM
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Voted for Kodos
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Originally Posted by GGG
Are you outside of the charge back window with your credit card? Otherwise you might have to get in lien as a creditor.
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It might be ok, talked to the landlord today, and it sounds like it might just be a problem with the edmonton location, not the Calgary one.
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09-19-2022, 01:26 PM
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#5049
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
Can anyone recommend a good smart smoke/carbon monoxide alarm? Searching reviews all point to the Nest being the best, but I really don't want to get more tied down into the Google ecosystem, the Home app sucks. Ideally I'd like something I could plug into Home Assistant, but just having the ability to receive/mute alarms from my phone and check battery levels would be great
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Ring makes a great combo smoke/CO alarm. you can have it actively or passively monitored. I have 3 in my house, it's great. Shows batt life, etc.
I am not sure they are approved in Canada for some reason, but I bought them out of the US and had them shipped up here. Nice to know if it senses CO2 it will call the fire dept for me (part of my monthly ring alarm monitoring fee - not sure it'd be worth it for the active monitoring if you don't have ring cams/alarm).
Love the ring, ecobee and Lutron ecosystems... I have so many automations built running through them, either using my iphone, homebridge, or even IFTTT as a fall back.
Edit: This is the one I have 3 of: https://ring.com/products/first-aler...arm-combo-gen2
Last edited by BigNumbers; 09-20-2022 at 08:43 AM.
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09-19-2022, 02:59 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Would having a smoke detector not approved in Canada be a problem for insurance?
Do you have any Ring exterior cameras? Been thinking of putting in an exterior camera but ecobee doesn't have an exterior one. My neighbour likes his Nest but not sure if I want to get into Nest stuff.
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09-19-2022, 03:35 PM
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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It’s not a CO2 alarm, it’s a CO alarm (carbon monoxide). Also don’t buy life safety equipment that’s not approved in Canada, for lots of reasons.
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09-19-2022, 09:02 PM
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#5052
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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On shower doors I got the Ove base and shower doors at Costco for $599 and love it.
Word of advice though which I learned the hard way.
Do NOT store the doors flat.
I had one on its side against the wall and the other flat on the floor in a spare room. In original packaging.
When I came back ready for install it had exploded into hundreds of pieces. Thankfully Ove were painless to deal with and shipped out a new door.
Was then I learned storing large pieces of glass flat is a big no no.
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09-20-2022, 08:43 AM
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#5053
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
It’s not a CO2 alarm, it’s a CO alarm (carbon monoxide). Also don’t buy life safety equipment that’s not approved in Canada, for lots of reasons.
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Whoops re: CO2... 
They just hadn't received formal approval when I ordered a few years ago - they are approved now, and available from CDN retailers: https://www.aartech.ca/1044817/first...-co-alarm.html
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09-20-2022, 08:44 AM
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#5054
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
Would having a smoke detector not approved in Canada be a problem for insurance?
Do you have any Ring exterior cameras? Been thinking of putting in an exterior camera but ecobee doesn't have an exterior one. My neighbour likes his Nest but not sure if I want to get into Nest stuff.
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I have 4 external Ring cameras, the full alarm, and the flood freeze sensors, water sensors, and the aforementioned CO/Fire monitors. Awesome system, I love it.
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09-20-2022, 08:53 AM
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#5055
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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First Alert has been in Canada for years, and their stuff is way better than that Kiddie garbage you see everywhere.
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09-20-2022, 09:17 AM
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#5056
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sa226
Anybody have a good place to source bathroom vanities, other than Home Depot, Lowes or Wayfair?
I'm finding the quality/price/ selection to be pretty lacking at those places.
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IKitchen in Calgary built a custom vanity for my basement reno and did a great job.
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09-25-2022, 05:41 PM
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#5057
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Voted for Kodos
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long story, but i got a shower door, and got it 80% installed yesterday.
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09-25-2022, 06:11 PM
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#5058
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
long story, but i got a shower door, and got it 80% installed yesterday.
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That's about 72% farther than I got on my stair railings.
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09-25-2022, 08:21 PM
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#5059
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
long story, but i got a shower door, and got it 80% installed yesterday.
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Does that mean you can take 80% of a shower?
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09-25-2022, 09:06 PM
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#5060
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sa226
Anybody have a good place to source bathroom vanities, other than Home Depot, Lowes or Wayfair?
I'm finding the quality/price/ selection to be pretty lacking at those places.
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I was annoyed by the quality of vanities locally and I randomly stumbled on this website searching on google. They have amazing reviews and they’re legit. We ordered our basement bathroom vanity from them recently. They twice sent extra parts at no charge and the vanity is solid wood and amazing quality. Highly recommended.
https://www.thevanitystore.ca/
I’ll post a picture tomorrow from my PC.
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