Category: Home Life

What a day…..

by RoachKiller

Yesterday! Finally broke down and went to get some new “ work “ sunglasses! These here raybans I bought 5 years ago have just about had it!

So I grabbed my prescription and headed to the eyeglass place!

Since I already have a new pair of raybans that I will not use for work. I decided on buying the house brand! Oddly I had no idea it was buy 1 get one free!

So I got 2 pairs of work sunglasses! 🙂 while the girlfriend got a pair of sunglasses and regular glasses!

So for like $300 I scored 4 pairs….. not a bad day of shopping……

After that, I finally made it home! Had a bowl of cereal and passed the fuck out…..

Oh you know…..

by RoachKiller

You have lived a life when you walk through the ice cream isle. Trying to find what your brain is craving!

Not seeing anything worth getting except some frozen dog treats and a 1lb of crab salad!

So you leave and as your getting into the car. You realize what it is your craving!

Yup you’re craving flan! Not any flan! But flan you can only get in a little tourist town in socal!

That’s right! I’m craving a nice flan from the mad Greek in baker California!

Bummer dude…..

Cos….

by RoachKiller

Church of Satan! Temple of SET! I haven’t a clue as to these other sects you’re talking about!

Anton LaVey made the shit famous! All these other off chutes are just copy cats…..

Either way, satanism, Christianity Judaism it’s all the same necrotic belief in an afterlife or superior power that controls life In general!

Like my preacher uncle said to me, “ without evil, good has nothing to battle…..”

Well that…..

by RoachKiller

Was an eventful day! Started out by fixing the front license plate mount on the hotrod!

Couldn’t find a 1/4” spacer at the hardware store. I did however find a 1/4” rubber furniture foot that fit perfectly. At the hardware store! 🙂

I then proceeded to install the all glass led bulbs I bought at Costco for the bathrooms!

Other than the fact Crissys 2 hour long steam sessions rusted the fixture. I need to decide whether to replace or paint it? Cus honestly it really fits that bathroom…..

Those bulbs throw off a really nice soft white so I ended up putting them in both bathrooms!

Then I liked what I was seeing so much. I went back to Costco and bought the can light led retrofits! For years I had put in 100w outdoor spot light bulbs into those cans. As that was the only thing that actually put off enough light!

These are 75 watts and honestly outshine the 100w….. fyi, that can on the far left! Yup that’s my new arch nemesis! I don’t know why but I can’t get that fucker tight against the ceiling!

That’s a battle for another day! 🙂

I did however throw out more of the x’s kitchen shit! 1 maybe 2 more garbage days and I’ll have an actual clean kitchen! Yay!

Oh yea…..

by RoachKiller

With the new glass top stove . I had to go with all-clad and legend cookware! As long as it has a smooth bottom. It doesn’t matter! I also know I have no intentions of buying cookware anytime again in the future!

So I did it once and plan on forgetting about it, forever! What’s funny is I was at Costco and the hexclad demo booth was there.

They wouldn’t even give me the time of day! Ya snooze ya loose, losers…..

Oh and spend a few bucks to find a cover for your glass top stove! I went with a high temp silicone baking sheet…..

Delivered to a….

by RoachKiller

Costco today and saw these sitting on the receiving desk! So as my insoles on my work boots are heavily worn. I figured I would go grab a set!

$150 later, a years supply of buttwipe, paper towels, pork ribs, spaghetti sauce, lightbulbs etc! Oh and these new insoles…..

Oddly the foot pain is actually coming from my heal! Imagine that! Either way an addition to what’s already there is in order!

So I’ll drop these in and let you know tomorrow if they are worth the $20 a set of 2…..

Anyone else love Costco? I mean where else can you almost get run over in the parking lot? Almost run over in the store? Then almost run over walking back to the car? All while toting and over abundance of shit you rarely need….. 🙂

Tell you what….

by RoachKiller

I thought long and hard yesterday about your offer! Ask the girlfriend, she kept asking, “ what’s wrong?” All day!

Here’s the deal! You tell Porsche’a boy that I’ll slap my Subaru in sport mode and we can race!

If I win, I’ll do the tour! If I loose, I will stay home and bang the old lady every night! All while still writing for yall!

If he agrees the deal is final and as good as an honest handshake!

Either way mother fucker, you’re taking me for a ride in that new lambo! Comprende’?

Life goes on…..

by RoachKiller

Without you! Thank goodness I made sure to buy the longest warranty I possibly could on every appliance in the house!

A few days ago the induction blower motor took a shit along with the chemical sensor on the water heater!

Luckily warranty is still active! A new blower motor and chemical sensor is on its way! Unfortunately it only covers parts and no labor! 😉

Are you ready…..

by RoachKiller

This glass top, Frigidaire convection stove is in! That was a week long journey into hell! 😉

Originally I had this old drop in oven! I kept having to buy new ones every 10 years or so! Why? Dunno! Yet after this last failure I was not looking forward to spending $2000 base model for a new range!

So I bit the bullet and opted for a slide in range! Now getting the old one pulled and out of here was the easy part!

Destroying the built in mounts was the difficult part!

So with a bit of luck. An unsteady hand a 3 dremel tools. I got started! I found that the dremel rotary cutting tool worked real well!

It allowed me to drop into the counter, Formica, wood and all without chipping or damaging the counter tops! I also found if you remove the guard. It works real well at cutting through a nailed in board….. with great attention to not taking out the Sheetrock with the wood cut!

Now not only did I have ( laughing as this is not a low dollar build house! ) particle board In the cabinetry. I also had solid oak to get theough!

That wood bit did it all up until the last cut! Overheated and finally snapped! 🙂 luckily the kit comes with 2 almost identical bits! So the second one got me finished!

Doing this all by hand caused some raunchy cuts! Luckily a quick sand with a block and wammo edges are straight and looks decent!

So with that all finished I had to wait for the electrician to come out and move the receptacle down the wall!

Leaving intact the old one in case a new stove happens again!

As the whole in the counter is 30” and ofcourse the stove is 29.5” I have a gap on both edges! To fill that I used a stainless steel edging and to keep it leak proof. I added a silicone edging piece to really fill in the gap and make it more “ waterproof” for spills!

I tested out 2 different versions! One that’s more of a T style ( right side ) and one that’s more of a corner style! ( left side )

Any questions ask! Otherwise this project is done except for finding a silicone piece to put in the back against the tile to finish it off!

P.s. make sure to set your stove at counter top level! FYI…..

Ewww…..

by RoachKiller

Interesting twist! Electrician came out and moved the plug for the range! Not a cheap venture but not overly expensive! $300-$400 range!

I asked him to please keep access to the upper box so I can in the future if needed use that one again!

Now the twist is, even with the recessed space on the back of the stove. It’s still 1/4” or so from the wall!

So now I need to figure out how to deal with that! If for some reason it’s not a simple fix. I will have to live with it, But how?

As of yet I have not benable to find a recessed or thin line range cable? I have however Benable to find a rear stove gap filler! A lot like the ones I’m using on the sides….

So later today when I finish this install I’ll let you know how this works out…..