#house-stuff — Public Fediverse posts

New #Blog: Adding a Balcony Solar Kit To Our Capacity
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/adding-plugin-solar-to-our-capacity.html?utm_source=rss

#electrical #housestuff #solar #telegraf

I am definitely in recovery mode today. I woke up *SUPER LATE* (12:48pm), and have been limping around the times I do get out of my chair. I'd commented to my beloved @moonrabbit that I should expect it, since I overdid it the entire weekend after our declutterer visited, and have been in recovery since.

So of course, this is now the day that house reorg is happening. The eldest wanted their desktop moved upstairs, which we agreed was reasonable. It also means that it gives the younger more space downstairs, which is fair compensation for her having -zero- room in her bedroom (it was a small room to start with, and the previous owner fitted a wardrobe that takes up a third of the room). We're not against getting the wardrobe potentially removed in future... but that requires us to get the stuff we're storing out of it. *laughs*

#deardiary #dailylog #chronicfatiguelife #housestuff

Replacing a Google Nest Thermostat with Home Assistant
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/replacing-google-nest-with-a-matter-thermostat.html?utm_source=rss

#heating #homeassistant #homeautomation #housestuff #matter #nest

I think my new basement dehumidifier might be working.

#homeimprovement #house #houses #housestuff

It’s fairly safe to say office chairs have been the bane of my adult existence. Both my job and most of my hobbies were/are computer-based, so safe to say I’ve spent most of my adult life sitting in some form of office chair looking at some form of screen. And to say it has left me messed up would be an understatement; bad back, tight hips, awful sciatica. The works.

About a decade ago now I started looking to improve this situation by trying to find the One Good Office Chair that wouldn’t leave me feeling worse for sitting in it for long periods. After trying one at a friend’s house, this meant spending several years with an Aeron. Which, while it’s still probably one of the least-worst chairs on my mental list, encouraged me to slouch so severely I ended up injuring my tailbone in so painful a way I considered surgery to have it removed.

After that incident, I admitted I was probably never going to be truly comfortable sitting in any kind of “normal” chair, and started looking for alternatives. This is that story.

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#deskSetUp #houseStuff

Dog Proofing The Bottom Of A Chain-Link Fence
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/preventing-dog-from-squeezing-under-wire-fence.html?utm_source=rss

#dogs #garden #housestuff

Building a Raspberry Pi Cycling Computer
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/building-a-smart-wifi-cycle-computer-with-rpi-influxdb-and-grafana.html?utm_source=rss

#bike #exercise #gpio #grafana #hardwarehacking #housestuff #influxdb #metrics #monitoring #python #raspberrypi #telegraf

New #Blog: Unclogging A Washing Machine When The Pump Cover Is Jammed
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/bosch-washer-outlet-clogged-and-wont-unscrew.html?utm_source=rss

#appliances #housestuff #repair #washingmachine

New #Blog: Unclogging A Washing Machine When The Pump Cover Is Jammed
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/bosch-washer-outlet-clogged-and-wont-unscrew.html

#appliances #housestuff #repair #washingmachine

Building a Raspberry Pi Cycling Computer
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/building-a-smart-wifi-cycle-computer-with-rpi-influxdb-and-grafana.html

#bike #exercise #gpio #grafana #hardwarehacking #housestuff #influxdb #metrics #monitoring #python #raspberrypi #telegraf

Pouring a new (black) polished concrete table
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/pouring-a-black-concrete-table-with-polished-quartz-embeds.html

#concrete #housestuff #polish #polishedconcrete

I ended up with unused vacation time because my knee kept me off the bike and motorcycle this year so I took today "off" to do #HouseStuff Repaired the laundry room wall where my family tore out the drying cable I hung 4 years ago (when the patch compound dries I'll put a plank across the studs so that doesn't happen again...). Repotted and fertilized the houseplants. Put the a/c units into the attic. Made Nutella brownies.

The last one was optional and more appreciated than the others.

New blog post: Fixing the Ol’ Samsung Dishwasher

#dishwasher #diy #houseStuff #repairs

https://mattbk.com/?p=1355

Long story short, … Continue reading “Fixing the Ol’ Samsung Dishwasher”

New #Blog: Correcting My Grid Charge Calculations
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/correcting-my-battery-saving-grid-charge-calculations.html

#analysis #electrical #housestuff #influxdb #influxql #octopus #python #softwaredevelopment #solar

New #Blog: Repairing a Mortar Pond Waterfall
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/repairing-a-pond-waterfall-made-of-mortar-and-slate.html

#building #fishkeeping #garden #housestuff #pond

New #Blog: Monitoring an Aquarium with InfluxDB and Grafana
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/monitoring-a-fishtank-with-influxdb-and-grafana.html

#1-wire #alerting #aquarium #fish #gpio #grafana #housestuff #influxdb #monitoring #python #raspberrypi #telegraf

New #Blog: Playing Local Media with a Roku Streaming Stick
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/general/using-kodi-as-a-dlna-source-for-a-roku-stick.html

#dlna #housestuff #kodi #media #osmc #roku #streaming #video