The Home Improvement Thread

Masochist

No, no.  The pandemic wiped out the big city, everyone is leaving CA for Montana and Texas, work from home is ending Silicon Valley as we know it.  The dream is over….

Except that two units in our building just sold for $1116 per sq/ft after 4 days on the market and $1184 per sq/ft after two weeks on the market.

So maybe the news is wrong?

Never bought into that bull


I wish I could buy a nice apartment in Manhattan on the cheap…

vansmack wrote:
So maybe the news is wrong?

my inlaws for the last 20 years have been saying how "California is a failed liberal experiment, look at all the business and people leaving every day…the Liberals have ruined that state"

for the record..trump got 6 million votes there…it's a dark blue state, but there are a lot of people who don't live within 2 miles of the coast who vote red and muck up CA politics every chance they get

Starsky wrote:
I wish I could buy a nice apartment in Manhattan on the cheap…

I can get you one of these in lower manhattan for a cool 100K

So my fridge problem fixed itself. Maybe there were something in it preventing the door closure.

Now it's the dryer. The dryer came with the house in 2004. No problems until now. It's plugged in. I press and hold the start button and it's getting power, but it's not spinning. Is it the belt? The motor? Is this easy enough for a dummy to fix? Should I find a repairman? Should I just buy a new one?

Space wrote:
So my fridge problem fixed itself. Maybe there were something in it preventing the door closure.

Now it's the dryer. The dryer came with the house in 2004. No problems until now. It's plugged in. I press and hold the start button and it's getting power, but it's not spinning. Is it the belt? The motor? Is this easy enough for a dummy to fix? Should I find a repairman? Should I just buy a new one?

Buy a new one. You have at least a seventeen year old appliance that is most likely at it's end of life/mixed with 17 years of pubic hair stuck in the vents.

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:
So my fridge problem fixed itself. Maybe there were something in it preventing the door closure.

Now it's the dryer. The dryer came with the house in 2004. No problems until now. It's plugged in. I press and hold the start button and it's getting power, but it's not spinning. Is it the belt? The motor? Is this easy enough for a dummy to fix? Should I find a repairman? Should I just buy a new one?

Buy a new one. You have at least a seventeen year old appliance that is most likely at it's end of life/mixed with 17 years of pubic hair stuck in the vents.

Thank you. Google confirms that you are correct, at least about the first part.

i would spend 30 minutes trying to figure it out, and if i couldn't ID the problem in that time i'd replace it.  at that age, i wouldn't want to invest too much time or money fixing it.  it's at its end of life so anything invested in it won't take you much farther.  so if you can replace a belt or a sensor quickly and cheaply, go for it.  i wouldn't call a repairman, you'll be out $150 before he/she ever walks in the door.  put that money towards a new dryer.

17 years is a good run for a dryer - in fact it's likely older than 17 years since it probably wasn't new when you got it.

+1

But he needs help knowing what to check

I recommend YouTube but it’s likely it’s time to get something new


17 years plus seems amazing…that’s a great run

Your new dryer will only last 8-10 years.

Absolutely agree…new appliances are just not like the old ones


17 years is amazing

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:
So my fridge problem fixed itself. Maybe there were something in it preventing the door closure.

Now it's the dryer. The dryer came with the house in 2004. No problems until now. It's plugged in. I press and hold the start button and it's getting power, but it's not spinning. Is it the belt? The motor? Is this easy enough for a dummy to fix? Should I find a repairman? Should I just buy a new one?

Buy a new one. You have at least a seventeen year old appliance that is most likely at it's end of life/mixed with 17 years of pubic hair stuck in the vents.

When I think of pubic hair facts, I think of Yada.

I took the top off and the belt seems to be fine. That's about the extent of my abilities. I'll be shopping for a replacement later today.

Things To Check when your Dryer won't turn on or start - REPAIR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNWKRjaSZzw

Have you tried rebooting it?

Sigma-hatch wrote:
Have you tried rebooting it?

Do you mean unplugging and plugging back in, or are you making a joke here?

Space wrote:

Sigma-hatch wrote:
Have you tried rebooting it?

Do you mean unplugging and plugging back in, or are you making a joke here?

I've worked in IT for over 25 years, it's the solution that fixes most problems
Does not fix all, but a good first step
I am also making a joke…but if it works, it will be good advice

Sigma-hatch wrote:

Space wrote:

Sigma-hatch wrote:
Have you tried rebooting it?

Do you mean unplugging and plugging back in, or are you making a joke here?

I've worked in IT for over 25 years, it's the solution that fixes most problems
Does not fix all, but a good first step
I am also making a joke…but if it works, it will be good advice

Yeah, I hear you. I'm the IT guy for my office, though when i can't fix it (and obviously I'm no genius), there's professionals (probably you) to turn it over to. Though they've centralized things over the past few years and taken away many of my permissions and thus duties. But anyhow, "try rebooting it" has worked an amazing amount of times.