REVscene - Vancouver Automotive Forum


Welcome to the REVscene Automotive Forum forums.

Registration is Free!You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.


Go Back   REVscene Automotive Forum > Automotive Chat > Vancouver Off-Topic / Current Events

Vancouver Off-Topic / Current Events The off-topic forum for Vancouver, funnies, non-auto centered discussions, WORK SAFE. While the rules are more relaxed here, there are still rules. Please refer to sticky thread in this forum.

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 06-21-2023, 04:04 PM   #26701
My homepage has been set to RS
 
PeanutButter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Burnaby
Posts: 2,452
Thanked 2,933 Times in 781 Posts
Failed 407 Times in 108 Posts
If you can afford it, I would stretch for engineered hardwood. I know it's expensive, but it just looks and feels so much better. If you're more nuanced, you can definitely feel the difference if you walk barefoot on engineered hardwood vs vinyl.

If you can't afford it or don't care, LVP is the way to go. I know many people and installers say you don't need underlayment, but I would still recommend it. LVP is so thin that if your floor isn't level you will not only feel the pockets more, but it's easier for joints to break if the floor isn't level.

For a second level in a house or to be a nice upstairs neighbor, I would definitely put approved vinyl acoustic underlayment. This will not only help level out the flooring, but it'll help dissipate noise when you're walking, jumping, or banging around. If it's for your own house, I would definitely buy the acoustic underlayment for LVP, especially if your in-laws are in the basement, lol.

edit; We just installed LVP in my in-laws basement suite at $1.99 a sq/ft and you just can't beat the price + it's a rental so LVP can take way more abuse than laminate or hardwood. Go to West Coast Flooring in Surrey, their prices are crazy good.
Advertisement

Last edited by PeanutButter; 06-21-2023 at 04:12 PM.
PeanutButter is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-21-2023, 06:14 PM   #26702
Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
 
westopher's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: North vancouver
Posts: 12,756
Thanked 32,637 Times in 7,615 Posts
Failed 214 Times in 162 Posts
If you're buying a 4.5 million dollar house I think spending that money is just flicking a cigarette butt out of the helicopter flying over the Donnie creek wildfire. It's not gonna help, but it's not gonna change much.
__________________
98 technoviolet M3/2/5
Quote:
Originally Posted by boostfever View Post
Westopher is correct.
Quote:
Originally Posted by fsy82 View Post
seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked
Quote:
Originally Posted by punkwax View Post
Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct.
westopher is online now   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-21-2023, 07:25 PM   #26703
I have named my kids VIC and VLS
 
Hondaracer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 37,995
Thanked 15,174 Times in 6,083 Posts
Failed 2,081 Times in 701 Posts
I may have shared this before but this was my flooring nightmare lol.. did it all entirely by myself.. I don’t even know if a contractor would know what to charge for this

Original floor:



My flooring was out almost 2” over 20 feet. Seeing as I had a completely finished basement suite below I opted to shim each joist with a laser level as opposed to rip up the ship lap and shim the actual joists



Then installed 5/8 tongue and groove ply as the new sub floor



This is my flooring 2.5” lauzon Canadian maple from Quebec



This part was a bit tricky.. so in order to continue to floor throughout the main floor I opted to use a spline and actually start the flooring in the middle of the room as opposed to a outside wall. This made it infinitely easier to keep things square because being a 100 year old home nothing would have lined up if I had started on a wall when I finally got to the doors etc. so basically I had to measure off each wall, find a middle line, screw down a straight 2x4 and then glue and nail the first couple sections of the flooring against the 2x4. Let that set and then remove the 2x4 and go off the spline the other way.



Final product



As you can see my joints aren’t perfect but I bit off a lot here after almost never really doing flooring period before lol. Almost 5 years later and with crazy fluctuations with heat and humidity in our home none of the joints have opened up so I’ll say I did ok lol
__________________
Dank memes cant melt steel beams

Last edited by Hondaracer; 06-21-2023 at 07:32 PM.
Hondaracer is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-21-2023, 07:51 PM   #26704
Rs has made me the woman i am today!
 
EvoFire's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 4,298
Thanked 3,103 Times in 1,438 Posts
Failed 58 Times in 33 Posts
If I can thank you 3 times I would. That's amazing
EvoFire is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-22-2023, 12:50 AM   #26705
Need to Seek Professional Help
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Van
Posts: 1,051
Thanked 542 Times in 291 Posts
Failed 27 Times in 15 Posts
Late to the convo but if you have kids/dogs I suggest LVP for practicality & so you can run it uninterrupted through the kitchen (necessary for an open-concept build).

Leave the $2 LVP for the rental suite though... that stuff is really cheap and gives LVP its bad name. There are some nicer wide & long plank LVP available in the $5-10 range that looks much better than the cheap stuff.

If you don't have kids or don't care about the damage from kids/pets, then by all means, go with hardwood or engineered hardwood.

Also, if you are redoing your entire floor aim for a smooth transition between materials (ie - floor to tile to carpet is at the same height)... that way you don't need transition strips.
Alpine is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-23-2023, 10:36 PM   #26706
RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: 604
Posts: 8,115
Thanked 4,494 Times in 2,167 Posts
Failed 296 Times in 140 Posts
Holy Shit !!

Vancouver City Hall proposing 9% annual property tax increase for the next 5 years! Based on compound effect, increase = >50% cumulative increase!

Per $100
Yr 1 - 109
Yr 2 - 118.81
Yr 3 - 129.50
Yr 4 - 141.16
Yr 5 - 153.86

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/0...0to%20explore.
whitev70r is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-23-2023, 10:43 PM   #26707
in the butt
 
donk.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 2,882
Thanked 3,659 Times in 1,331 Posts
Failed 170 Times in 93 Posts
Pocket change

Property value 2.0mil
2.2mil
2.6mil
3.0mil
3.2mil

it's unrealized gains
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Money
i hate people who sound like they smoke meth then pretend like they matter.

Originally Posted by ilovebacon
Does anyone have a pair of 25 pounds one-inch hole for sale at a reasonable price?


Originally Posted by mikemhg
Clothes come off and my car is permeated with the smell of fillet-o-fish and canned tuna.

donk. is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-23-2023, 10:55 PM   #26708
I subscribe to Revscene
 
The Producer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1,907
Thanked 5,028 Times in 1,142 Posts
Failed 16 Times in 14 Posts


wish it was higher - generational home owners and inheritors are deferring their taxes anyways. the city may as well borrow against it. maybe when the boomers die off we'll actually see some redistribution of wealth.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by westopher View Post
replace that wood for who gets producer the wood.
The Producer is online now   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
This post FAILED by:
Old 06-24-2023, 08:07 AM   #26709
Rs has made me the man i am today!
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 3,067
Thanked 2,918 Times in 1,251 Posts
Failed 68 Times in 28 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by whitev70r View Post
Holy Shit !!

Vancouver City Hall proposing 9% annual property tax increase for the next 5 years! Based on compound effect, increase = >50% cumulative increase!

Per $100
Yr 1 - 109
Yr 2 - 118.81
Yr 3 - 129.50
Yr 4 - 141.16
Yr 5 - 153.86

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/0...0to%20explore.
While shitty for some folks this is ultimately a good thing - the city has been deferring billions of dollars of infrastructure upgrades to avoid raising taxes for decades (like not spending enough on sewer upgrades) AND they've kept rates low artificially for decades (so have the other cities in the GVRD) to protect landowners. Getting rid of property tax deferral is the next thing they should do (provincial gov't) but that'll never happen cause seniors would lose their shit.
__________________
Current: 2019 Acura RDX
Gone: 2007 Acura TSX, 2008 Mazda 3 GT, 2003 Mazda Miata LS, 2008 Mazda Miata GT PRHT, 2003 Mazda Protege 5
supafamous is online now   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-24-2023, 08:09 AM   #26710
Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
 
Great68's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Victoria
Posts: 10,600
Thanked 5,049 Times in 1,866 Posts
Failed 185 Times in 100 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Producer View Post


wish it was higher - generational home owners and inheritors are deferring their taxes anyways. the city may as well borrow against it. maybe when the boomers die off we'll actually see some redistribution of wealth.
After reading this, for a second there I thought I was on Reddit.
__________________
1968 Mustang Coupe
2008.5 Mazdaspeed 3
1997 GMC Sonoma ZR2
2014 F150 5.0L XTR 4x4

A vehicle for all occasions
Great68 is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-24-2023, 08:22 AM   #26711
Rs has made me the man i am today!
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 3,067
Thanked 2,918 Times in 1,251 Posts
Failed 68 Times in 28 Posts
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/mark...naby-apartment

$2400/mo for a 500sf condo at Brentwood.
__________________
Current: 2019 Acura RDX
Gone: 2007 Acura TSX, 2008 Mazda 3 GT, 2003 Mazda Miata LS, 2008 Mazda Miata GT PRHT, 2003 Mazda Protege 5
supafamous is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2023, 08:36 AM   #26712
My homepage has been set to RS
 
PeanutButter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Burnaby
Posts: 2,452
Thanked 2,933 Times in 781 Posts
Failed 407 Times in 108 Posts
Brentwood seems like the place to be. My cousin lives at the amazing Brentwood and he loves it there. It's right off the highway and not that far from downtown with the Skytrain right there.
PeanutButter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2023, 08:37 AM   #26713
SFICC-03*
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: richmond
Posts: 8,431
Thanked 2,905 Times in 1,169 Posts
Failed 153 Times in 76 Posts
city of lougheed is even worse. they want $2425 for a 415sf 0br/1ba, and that's not even as desirable as brentwood.
unit is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2023, 08:43 AM   #26714
RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Van
Posts: 4,798
Thanked 2,014 Times in 1,069 Posts
Failed 214 Times in 128 Posts
^^ you better take it before it goes up
JDMDreams is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-24-2023, 09:58 AM   #26715
OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 5,034
Thanked 2,552 Times in 1,158 Posts
Failed 81 Times in 54 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by PeanutButter View Post
Brentwood seems like the place to be. My cousin lives at the amazing Brentwood and he loves it there. It's right off the highway and not that far from downtown with the Skytrain right there.
Funny how the passage of time changes opinions. I lived at Brentwood during the first wave of construction after the Millennium line was complete. I remember people on Reddit and even on this forum dumping on Brentwood even recently.

How times have changed. Coquitlam Centre will be the next Brentwood in 15 years.
Tapioca is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2023, 01:17 PM   #26716
My homepage has been set to RS
 
PeanutButter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Burnaby
Posts: 2,452
Thanked 2,933 Times in 781 Posts
Failed 407 Times in 108 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tapioca View Post
Funny how the passage of time changes opinions. I lived at Brentwood during the first wave of construction after the Millennium line was complete. I remember people on Reddit and even on this forum dumping on Brentwood even recently.

How times have changed. Coquitlam Centre will be the next Brentwood in 15 years.
Coquitlam Centre is pretty bumping right now isn't it? For those who don't go into Vancouver much, I would say Coquitlam is ideally located. I would take Coquitlam Centre over Surrey Central or Guildford.

edit; actually, thinking about it, I really like Guildford and the traffic there isn't as bad. I know Surrey Central traffic can get crazy and I think Coquitlam traffic can get really bad too.
PeanutButter is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-24-2023, 02:38 PM   #26717
OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 5,034
Thanked 2,552 Times in 1,158 Posts
Failed 81 Times in 54 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by PeanutButter View Post
Coquitlam Centre is pretty bumping right now isn't it? For those who don't go into Vancouver much, I would say Coquitlam is ideally located. I would take Coquitlam Centre over Surrey Central or Guildford.

edit; actually, thinking about it, I really like Guildford and the traffic there isn't as bad. I know Surrey Central traffic can get crazy and I think Coquitlam traffic can get really bad too.
The mall itself is sort of lame, but there's so much surface parking, so it's only a matter of time before it gets redeveloped.

The former Dodge lot across the street will be developed soon with multiple towers, which will be the real catalyst for change.
Tapioca is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2023, 02:43 PM   #26718
RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
 
sonick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Revscene
Posts: 9,635
Thanked 7,688 Times in 2,580 Posts
Failed 434 Times in 126 Posts
Roads around Coq ctr aren't terrible, especially being used to Richmond traffic, despite what locals might complain about. I love the area myself having moved there a year and a half ago from Richmond.

It's nowhere as bad as no. 3 road, Alexandria, or alderbridge and garden city.

Admittedly it does get congested during rush hour (Johnson, Barnet, Pinetree). Hopefully they'll find ways to address that as they start further development in future.

Getting to the highway down Lougheed is a bit far but usually flows ok.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by skyxx View Post
Sonick is a genius. I won't go into detail what's so great about his post. But it's damn good!
2010 Toyota Rav4 Limited V6 - Wifey's Daily Driver
2009 BMW 128i - Daily Driver
2007 Toyota Rav4 Sport V6 - Sold
1999 Mazda Miata - Sold
2003 Mazda Protege5 - Sold
1987 BMW 325is - Sold
1990 Mazda Miata - Sold

100% Buy and Sell Feedback
sonick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2023, 02:51 PM   #26719
OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 5,034
Thanked 2,552 Times in 1,158 Posts
Failed 81 Times in 54 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by sonick View Post
Roads around Coq ctr aren't terrible, especially being used to Richmond traffic, despite what locals might complain about. I love the area myself having moved there a year and a half ago from Richmond.

It's nowhere as bad as no. 3 road, Alexandria, or alderbridge and garden city.

Admittedly it does get congested during rush hour (Johnson, Barnet, Pinetree). Hopefully they'll find ways to address that as they start further development in future.

Getting to the highway down Lougheed is a bit far but usually flows ok.
The locals who complain are probably those who have lived in the area since the 1970/1980s when the Tri-Cities were truly a backwater that nobody west of Boundary Road cared about.

Traffic around Coquitlam Centre and Lougheed Highway is going to continue to increase and get worse as Burke Mountain continues to grow. People have to live somewhere.
Tapioca is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-24-2023, 03:04 PM   #26720
RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
 
sonick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Revscene
Posts: 9,635
Thanked 7,688 Times in 2,580 Posts
Failed 434 Times in 126 Posts
Yeah that's what I figured, I look at their traffic complaints like
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by skyxx View Post
Sonick is a genius. I won't go into detail what's so great about his post. But it's damn good!
2010 Toyota Rav4 Limited V6 - Wifey's Daily Driver
2009 BMW 128i - Daily Driver
2007 Toyota Rav4 Sport V6 - Sold
1999 Mazda Miata - Sold
2003 Mazda Protege5 - Sold
1987 BMW 325is - Sold
1990 Mazda Miata - Sold

100% Buy and Sell Feedback
sonick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2023, 04:02 PM   #26721
rb
Network Admin Team
 
rb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 5,515
Thanked 1,539 Times in 537 Posts
Failed 4 Times in 8 Posts
The one perk about Coquitlam Center was that it was never really that busy until the last 6 or so yrs. Gives me a bit of Metrotown vibes now so I've avoided going even though I lived 2 blocked away on Johnson and Guildford
rb is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-24-2023, 07:23 PM   #26722
My homepage has been set to RS
 
PeanutButter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Burnaby
Posts: 2,452
Thanked 2,933 Times in 781 Posts
Failed 407 Times in 108 Posts
What shocked me about Coquitlam was the size of the bubble world there, I couldn't believe how big it was.
PeanutButter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2023, 10:09 PM   #26723
RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: /
Posts: 4,928
Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,021 Posts
Failed 253 Times in 72 Posts
Brentwood I thought was okay for the price, don't think it's that worth it. You're not really that close to much. I guess having a lot of date options on the bottom floor maybe okay.

But for $2,400 you may as well pay to be in Oly Village / DT.

If you're old and don't like the downtown life then you may as well live by Joyce a save a few thousand a year.
__________________


2022 Velo N
2005 S2000
2007 CSX Type-S [Sold]
2002 RSX-S [T-Boned]
Gerbs is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2023, 10:10 PM   #26724
I subscribe to Revscene
 
The Producer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1,907
Thanked 5,028 Times in 1,142 Posts
Failed 16 Times in 14 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Great68 View Post
After reading this, for a second there I thought I was on Reddit.
lol - inb4 "taxation is theft"
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by westopher View Post
replace that wood for who gets producer the wood.
The Producer is online now   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 06-24-2023, 11:43 PM   #26725
Rs has made me the woman i am today!
 
EvoFire's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 4,298
Thanked 3,103 Times in 1,438 Posts
Failed 58 Times in 33 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tapioca View Post
Funny how the passage of time changes opinions. I lived at Brentwood during the first wave of construction after the Millennium line was complete. I remember people on Reddit and even on this forum dumping on Brentwood even recently.

How times have changed. Coquitlam Centre will be the next Brentwood in 15 years.
Still think Brentwood is dumb. No infrastructure to support the density, keep in mind it's not just Brentwood but Solo across the street and the other thing that's going up. Lougheed and Willingdon simply cannot handle the volume of traffic in that area, and the spillover to Dawson is brutal as well.

The layout of the whole thing is also stupid and I find it really hard to navigate the first time I drove through it. Gone through it 4 times now and still don't like it.

Quote:
Originally Posted by PeanutButter View Post
Coquitlam Centre is pretty bumping right now isn't it? For those who don't go into Vancouver much, I would say Coquitlam is ideally located. I would take Coquitlam Centre over Surrey Central or Guildford.

edit; actually, thinking about it, I really like Guildford and the traffic there isn't as bad. I know Surrey Central traffic can get crazy and I think Coquitlam traffic can get really bad too.
Coquitlam Center is BUSY. I went to visit some friends in Coquitlam 2 months ago and I was surprised how many ppl there were at the mall. People drive just as poorly but just sub in more white ppl. And that trail around the lake, wow that was just as amazingly busy. Though I must give it to the city of Coquitlam, they've done a good job.
EvoFire is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:06 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
SEO by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.
Revscene.net cannot be held accountable for the actions of its members nor does the opinions of the members represent that of Revscene.net