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Build a box out of any material that suits your needs, seal with whatever you want to use.

>>1225208
>my bathroom can't be sealed up
Of course it can, you just need some plastic

>>1225212
>Build a box
too much skill is required
>>1225213
vents cannot be sealed, i'm not good with my hands.

Is there anything I can just buy like the size of a car cabin?

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>>1224832
Other side

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>>1224835
There's already an "office" adjacent so it's just a matter of isolation and then installing those fake walls and ceilings? And plumbing. And heating.

>>1224836
Make the existing office "management quarters", divide the rest with depressing cubicles. Add a water cooler and a shitty copier.

Done.

There is already a thread about this. This is dumb, do you want to live in a death trap? Use 3M security film.

>>1224746

I don't want burglars to even TRY to break the window. With the security film, they'll just think it's a regular window and try to break in anyway.

Security film is pretty good, but not secure enough. When they try to break in, and notice that it's not easy, there's a good chance they'll stop trying.

>>1224745

In the army they taught us.. Caves make graves. You are trying to build an above ground cave capable of burning. Retarded. Get break resistant film and add to the window. Use a piece of wood as a sexondary measure to jam between the window so it cant be opened. Get an audible alarm if the window is broken or opened. Layered security.

remove the bark

>>1224678
Bake it in an oven at low temperature to remove the moisture

>>1224678
Keep it someplace dry and let it dry out fully. Keep it dry from then on. That's all.

Depends what you are going to use it for and how it will be finished. If you're going to paint it I would use poplar and sand it down. Have a box store cut it to length then just get some finishing nails and wood glue and go from there.

depends on the intended use

glue and nails would be the minimum

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sounds like you want some of these: 12''x12'' extremely durable and freely available outside most corner stores around 3am.

Why not a timed valve? They're a thing and they are reliable.

>>1224402
if you know of a ~$15 one that has a seconds setting....they'd be going on for just a few seconds multiple times each hour

>>1224402
This. Then you can just run garden hose and use those piercing devices to make your own mister line.

Valve can be manually or electrically operated.

I just rolled up an old rug and taped it to a pole

>>1223989
Dont fill it with rocks...

>Get 3m x 3m of canvas
>Get 2m of nylon webbing
>Get D rings
>Get builders twine
>Get 1 trailer full of unwanted clothes
>Get knife
>Spend 4 hour cutting up clothes into small pieces
Im sure you can figure out the rest

>>1223751

I'll defer to the cooler restoration pros who will show up, but I have to say that is quite a find. I'd pay a lot for it in its current condition if I were able to.

>>1223752
Thanks. I didnt mean to use the word "found," i got it for $20 at a flea market.

How is the insulation? Ice retention? Any water leaks? I have one from the 50s or 60s that was great grandparents that only lasts a day or so.

you should be able to use some kind of solvent to get it off without ruining the brushed finish. Acetone would be my first stop.

>>1223473
I think that might be normal, there's usually a very fine mist of paint that ends up around the area you're painting and turns into dust. Well at least for auto body paint. Why aren't you clear coating it?

>>1223478

Thanks!

Google the patent, but it looks like a fencing tool

>>1223311
Google did not help me this time.

>>1223311
Oh, wait, I misstyped the patent. I am an idiot.

>>1223017
So it is like a wearable Waldo system. Neat.

>>1223017
How heavy is it?

>>1223017
Mecha battle when!

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>>1222431

Bean bag stools? No power tool needed unless you consider a sowing machine one.

>>1222448
I don't have one but I might have access to one.

I thought the filling in those was kind of high. I guess in theory I could make one big one. Or maybe a bench of sorts with that as a cushion.

>>1222431
DESU. You've forgotten what it was like as a kid. Things as adults that we don't find comfortable, kids do just fine. IE they are robust.. A kid has no problem sitting on the floor.. I wouldn't stress yourself over this. Depending on the grade level. I'd consider other things to spend my money on.. Like packs of pencils and paper... There's always like 10 of those fuckers who's parents forgot to school shop it seems.... (this continues and gets worse into highschool)

Good luck. Don't get too excited :)
And stay away from coffee... Get full nights sleep and eat healthy. Oh and less test you give, less grading you do. Also use your grading periods ( if you have em) to actually grade so you're not that annoying teacher who bitches to the class how they spend all their time at home grading papers...

>>1222218
>without replacing the carpet or ripping it out?

nope

tons of bleach maybe, might be better to make it look bleached rather than moldy

or you could spray Great Stuff foam over it, which has anti-microbial agents, then dissolve the foam and hopefully the mold with acetone.

nope

you're screwed

>>1222249
>>1222250
What about hydrogen peroxide? I heard that works. And yeah I guess my biggest concern right now is just eliminating the mold on the surface and covering it up neatly until I can tackle it on a large-scale later.

>>1221520
Put check valves in your drains

>>1221536
It would still come up through the floor. My used to be the only house in the area back when it was a farm in the early 20th century. The basement has about 5 drains in it. I think at some point they slaughtered pheasants down there. I think the basement drains are also tied into the drain tilesfor whatever the hell reason. Check valves won't prevent water from coming up through the floor cracks.

yeah old basements, you can't stop the water getting in at all, build a sump, add a pump.

used to work in a hotel which had this fucking dungeon of a basement which was only 4 foot high, for the beer barrels, there was a sump pump in there, without it there would be a pond.

sump pump, get one, it works! :)

the kits are as cheap as a cheap guitar.
you will probably end up with a cheap guitar.

if you want to build it and maybe personalize it, sure.
I know I want to.

if you just want to save money, then no.

>>1220903
I'm 1/3 in on a mountain banjo.

$36 in raw cut lumber and 2 days labor. Idk. Depends on how much your time is worth and your skill level.

I may end up having 40 hours and $75 into it. I get a whooping $30/hr, but it's for fun. So $75-$1,275 whereas I can buy one for $200-$400.

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>>1220908
Half way through the neck.