u/whynotthebest

The coax run from the service provider to my house isn't where I want it.

I want to install a pole on my property at an ideal location, then run the coax to that before going to my house.

I want the pole to be about 12' high above the ground. It's only other purpose would be I may throw a light on top, and I may use it as a gate post.

I'm in the pacific northwest so frost depth is something like 12" or less, but my soil is clay which wants to shrink and expand during the wet/dry seasons.

Any general guidance would be appreciated.

I am just finishing up an addition and have had coax running to a temporary pole then into the house. I now need to re-establish the permeant hookup back to my house.

Previously (before the addition) the cable ran across the street and my driveway and went directly into my attic. This was often a problem because I have equipment that comes in and out of my driveway quite often, and the cable creates clearance issues.

Ideally I'd have service run under the street to my house (roughly 75 feet).

Is there any way to get this to happen that isn't extremely expensive?

I have coax cable that comes across the street and my driveway, then ties directly to my house from my cable provider. This is suboptimal because it causes overhead clearance issues routinely.

I would like to bury a pole at a more optimal location that will extend approximately 10-12' above the ground, so I can run the coax service first to the pole then run it over to my house.

The distance between the location the coax starts from (across the street up in the power lines) and where my pole will be is approximately 90 feet.

The only info I can find is general guidance that deck and gate posts should be something like 1/3 below and 2/3 above ground, and routinely 4x4 to 6x6 in diameter.

Any more specific guidance would be greatly appreciated.

We are getting ready to put down LVP in an addition, and had just assumed we'd use LVP on the stairs in the entrance as well.

In the few times it has come up with my builder, he shares the opinion that it is a slippery surface on stairs, and he probably wouldn't put LVP on the stairs at his house.

If that's true, that they're slippery, what is a good alternative to LVP on the stairs?

Finishing up an addition. Need ~10 yards of concrete to infill where part of the driveway was removed to tie into the garage, as well as tie into entryway.

Builder’s guy (who did our foundation) quoted ~$7k.

That doesn't seem crazy, but earlier in the project:

• Total concrete was bid at ~$6.8k
• Final came in at ~$15k

Reason given was price increases + more needed due to grade. I am still unhappy with how that went and have a bad taste in my mouth around concrete.

So now I’m debating:

1. Is ~$7k for ~10 yards infill reasonable?
2. Is it bad form to ask my builder for multiple bids at this stage?

Not trying to nickel-and-dime, but this is coming out of contingency and I don’t fully trust the concrete numbers anymore.

Curious how builders/subs view this.

I am mid remodel and realized I need to remove half of a piece of plywood at a corner.

I'd like to cut it flush exactly in the corner (see dotted red line, we want to remove the portion to the left of the drywall) but I don't know what tool to use.

I can't use a circular saw because the guard doesn't let me get close enough to the corner.

I could use a reciprocating saw, but I don't think it will be at all clean.

I could use an oscillating multi-tool, but that feels like it would take a long time (maybe it will and maybe that's okay?)

What would you do in this spot?

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