I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Any experts in?

House is standard, mid 90's development type. Insulated cavity with brick outer, block inner.

Thermally its ok. Boiler is ~5 years old. The house gets warm fairly quickly and stays warmish. However I'm considering trying to improve things with insulated plasterboard on the external walls.

The whole house needs redoing anyway. Prior to moving in, it had been 'freshened up' one too many time for my liking. The walls are a bit ropey throughout. Poorly painted etc.

There's a tiny human on its way into my life and his room will be at the back of the house. The rear of the house is south facing and it gets pretty hot in the summer.

Is insulated plasterboard worth the extra cash? I'd be looking to take off the internal render and stick the plasterboard directly to the blockwork and have it skimmed afterwards.

The aim being to keep the temperature a bit more stable. Warmer in winter, cooler in summer. Starting with that room and gradually doing all of the external walls in the same way. At £50 quid a sheet though, am I wasting time and money?

Also, if its being fitted to the internal block wall on the warm side of an insulated cavity, would I need a vapour barrier? Either integrated into the board or as a seperate layer?

The floor upstairs all needs replacing too as it's creaky old chipboard nailed into the joists so I'll be pulling it up and screwing ply down instead, I plan to add rockwool to cavity below for a bit of extra warmth.

I'm looking to insulate an internal floor with rockwool but will be installing it from th floor above (already decorated room below).

There's pipes and cables to navigate in between the joists but I expect to take the floor up, lay the wool down and then refloor.

Should I be fitting something to hold the wool in place (if so, what) or should it be OK to rest on top of the plasterboard for the ceiling below?

Thanks

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Blog post (Includes photos)

An Above Ground Coffin

The soundproof box (inspired by Steve Barbour & @econoalchemist) is finally complete. It took about 3 weeks to finish but it got done. It came out to be 6ft by 3ft and 260 pounds. Looks like an above ground coffin made from high density fiberboard.

We had the soundproof above ground coffin transported to an apartment I’m renting out for the miner. A catch for it being so cheap is that the room is located on the 5th floor with no elevator access. Two friends and I moved the box up 10 flights of stairs and used 1 x 1 in wood rollers to periodically set down and adjust atop each flight.

It took about an hour to get it into the room. Once the box was settled, I cleaned it out and made a hole for where the cables would go through. I knew from the time I saw the box that HDF alone would not be sufficient soundproofing.

I set up the miner, got ready to plug it in and run it for a minute or two to see how much sound was produced, and then I hit another snag.

Receptacles: NEMA 1- TT30 and Inbetween.

The receptacle installed was a NEMA 6-30R but my cable is a NEMA 6-15p plug. I didn’t catch this before as I entrusted the electrical engineer to have organized everything correctly. We got in contact with the engineer (his boss) and went over options, they said that they cannot install a NEMA 6-15p receptacle because it wouldn’t be safe. Adapters would not be a good idea and there are no NEMA 6-30r to C13 cables.

We have agreed to strip the NEMA 6-15 part of the cable and directly connect it to the electrical receptacle (attached to its own CB). That should be done this week.

Soundproofing Insulation

I knew that I had to insulate the inside, so before calling it a day, I took measurements of each panel on the inside for future reference.

I decided to go with rock wool insulation, inspired by u/zegwadekh's set up. Rock wool is fire resistant and used as soundproofing material. I was also inspired by DIY acoustic soundproof frames and the idea led to making panel frames for the inside of the box. I contacted the carpenter that made the box and see if he could make frames to hold the insulation. Everything was OK'd.

I was going to order it online but the store w

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

Hey guys!

There's tons of information scattered out there on building a THOW - guides, videos, books, tutorials, and an awful lot of tiny home tours, etc.

However, for people starting their tiny home build journey with little to no building experience, it is easy to get lost and give up before even starting the project.

So, I wanted to make everyone's life super easy by making a simple, easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide that includes all the resources I used and the steps I took to build my 24' x 8'5" THOW.

My 24' THOW

First winter in a tiny home. VA

A bit of backstory:

I built my 24' THOW back in 2019 for around $30k. Most of the work was done by myself full-time. Took me about 5 months to complete. And most importantly, I had ZERO construction experience prior to my tiny home build.

During the build process, I taught myself everything that I needed to know, including framing, electrical, plumbing, roofing, installing a mini-split, fixtures, etc.

So that being said, let me warn you ... This is going to be a long post!

My hope is that this post becomes a go-to reference for people planning to build their dream tiny homes in the future.

I am going to cover:

• ALL the steps involved in building a THOW (and resources that go with them)
• Itemized list of tools and materials for building a 24' THOW
• How to find parking for your tiny home
• And more!

Part #1: Planning Tiny

Step one to building a tiny home starts with proper planning.

If you already finished planning your build or currently building your tiny, then skip straight to "Part #2- Building Tiny".

This section is for people who are thinking about and planning on building a tiny home.

1) Learn SketchUp

Sure, you can go ahead and buy a tiny house plan and build from the blueprint. But wouldn't it be nice if you can draw up your dream tiny home that will fit in with your lifestyle?

That's my argument for learning SketchUp.

SketchUp is a tool that allows you to digitally design, visualize, and modify any structure - in our case: a tiny home. In a couple of hours, you can bring your ideas to life.

Folks at Tiny Nest have a SketchUp tutorial that teaches you everything you need to know when it comes to designing a

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

Pilot on me!!

I've moved into a property that has been extended and entirely refitted. I assumed that as the property had been updated to a modern spec it would be nice and warm inside but actually it's freezing and does a bad job of keeping in heat! To give you some info -

• House is a 1970's brick bungalow with cavity walls that has been extended with an additional floor
• I am the homeowner
• New double glazed windows filled with argon gas in every room
• All internal walls are filled with rockwool insulation and cavity walls are insulated
• Gas systems boiler with hot water cylinder

What type of professional survey/assessments would people recommend to identify issues in my home?

I know there are a few types available but I'm not sure how valuable they are.

I'm looking for any changes that could improve my home's thermal efficiency, such as adding additional insulation or identifying draughts etc.

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Or would that be too forward thinking?

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

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There hasn't been a post all year!

It was about a weak back.

You take away their little brooms

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

Why

After all his first name is No-vac

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "