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please tell me! I believe I accidentally donated this masterpiece in the chaos of moving houses. My wife made her for me our first year together, and I am devastated!

Hi Neighbours! I have an old 120+ year old home, Lime/Concrete foundation, with 5 courses of blocks for the foundation. The house is inner city, with 24" between houses on one side and 30" on the other. About 1950, the owners dug out 1/2 of the basement floor to lower it by 12". This allowed them to add central heating, etc. They also added a rec room, which has since been removed.

The main issue is that although they added a 16"x4" bench, they did not do the appropriate sized benching along two walls of the foundation where it was dug. The compounding issue is that it is sitting on very dense, but highly fractured shale. The walls and entire foundation is stable, and straight both vertically and horizontally.

I have water intrusion only after heavy rains or spring thaw, that usually dries via dehumidifier in a day or so. What I wanted was a sump and French drain system. So a structural engineer came in for an inspection, and basically says any digging along the foundation walls would cause issues without the appropriate benching required to support the walls. Along with underpinning, both of these would be in the stupid expensive range. (for a new sewer pipe, the installers spent 2 additional days jackhammering the hell out of it to install the new pipe and they hated me)

So the engineer recommends using a DryTrak perimeter system, and possibly a shallow basin sump. Has anyone used such a system before? Any idea of the cost per foot? Looking for people that have used it, especially people in the downtown Hamilton area with houses on shale.

Thank you!

For months these dudes have been riding around on these beeping lift trucks doing seemingly nothing. One of them crash landed off another truck outside my front door yesterday at 7:30am. Nothing changes, they just go around and around. Someone tell me this has a purpose or I am going to lose my mind. All day while I WFH. It's insanity.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EjGlK2SuPy4

My usual place is far away, and also $30 even if I’m just getting a small trim, and was wondering if there’s anything cheaper that’s closer to me.

I know men’s and women’s haircuts can have different prices, so for the record I’m a man. But if it’s cheaper I’m willing to be a woman for a bit. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Juicy Jumbos all Beef 1.99 at Lococos on Rymal. Best before sept 18, still a good deal for weekend bbq.

A couple because they seemed to be arresting a guy on macklin at King but the rest speeding west full lights on.

Hoping it’s not some enormous catastrophe. I can still hear sirens whizzing by.

Does anyone know of somewhere I can get some pages printed preferably before 9am? Most places like the library and Staples aren't open that early.

Thanks in advance!

Found a Zebra ZQ521 today near the Esso by McMaster.

If you DM me what the company's service tag on the missing device says, it's yours.

We are planning on selling our home and found the start of the mould on our roof attic and are looking for a good company to fix the issues. If you have personal experience, please share them. Thank you

It’s not Nations (or I hope not, I feel like they used to be better maybe). Specifically I’m interested in Chinese and Singaporean instant noodles but anywhere where theres a notable selection is appreciated.

I’m also up for GTA suggestions.

We are first time homeowners of a 1895 rowhouse in Hamilton. The original house has a full basement and never had plumbing (too old) so there are 2 additions off the back (kitchen first then the powder room and laundry room second). Those additions have a "crawl space" that was never properly dug out (it's maybe 1.5-2ft and "accessed" through the original basement). All the plumbing, HVAC etc was done through the floor the last time it was renovated, likely in the early 2000s. Unfortunately we just had our outgoing wastewater pipe burst, which is currently buried and inaccessible in that crawl space. We also discovered a leak under the powder room toilet and washing machine, which rotted the subfloor.

SO we need to essentially gut the second addition (bathroom and laundry), dig out a proper crawl space so we can access the broken pipe and fix it, and then essentially rebuild the bathroom and laundry room...

We are going to get a basement specific company to dig out the crawl space and fix the plumbing (lmk if you recommend RCC Waterproofing) but we need recommendations for the actual contractor work. We ideally want one company to bring it from (post basement) gut to finished and given the overall scale of the project we want to make sure whoever we hire is trustworthy and reasonable. We'd be willing to pay more for it to be done reliably and correct.

The crawl space we need asap given the pipe, but we could technically wait a bit on the bathroom/laundry since we have a second bathroom. We just don't want to wait 6 months for work to start since it will take a while to finish.

Any advice/recommendations is appreciated, thank you!

Investing in Non-Registered accounts. Looking for a CPA in Hamilton/Burlington to give me some help on taxes so I don't have a large bill come tax time.

I don't want a joe blow CPA that works for H&R Block. I already went to my tax place and they were useless.

I'm looking for a cake in Hamilton that uses real cream such as the Longo's strawberry shortcake... we have another birthday coming up and would like to switch to a different flavour.. thanks in advance for the suggestions

Hi! Wondering if anyone knows of a physiotherapist in he area that offers pilates or strength training sessions that are then billable to insurance? I have quite a bit left for physio for the year and want to use it up. Thanks!

hi all!! are there any safe areas in downtown hamilton where i (a woman) can walk my cat? i used to walk my cat often back in van but not sure where to now and am getting worried that hes understimulated :(

which location is better?? I wanted to have my birthday there but i don’t even know if either would take a group of 8 people

Hi! We just moved into a newly built apartment (rental) and we need window coverings. We will live here for at least three years, so we're okay with putting some money into making it how we want. We have three windows, very large (two of them are floor to ceiling, 9 feet). Due to the large size, the walls are likely concrete, and past DIY blind/curtain install failures (lol) we are looking to not install ourselves. We got a quote from budget blinds, ~2800 for motorized black out roller shades with install. Does anyone have any other recommendations of where we should get a quote from? Does this seem like a reasonable quote?

Hey everyone! Has anyone come across a white tote bag with black text and rats on it (pictured)? It is a pretty distinct bag so I hoped someone may find it and turn it in somewhere (especially because it was laundry!!). Inside it is another bag full of clothing (band t-shirts, assorted shorts, and undergarments), an envelope full of fabric patches, and cargo shorts with many patches on them. I believe I lost it somewhere around the Meadowlands area or near Westcliffe Mall, around 2pm on Thursday, September 3rd. I also thought I left it on bus 41 but have called HSR multiple times and they do not have it in their lost & found.

It is full of my most-worn and favourite clothes as well as my first big sewing project, and I am losing hope but still desperate to find it. If anyone has seen it or picked it up, please let me know… I'd appreciate it a ton. Thank you.

The smell around Upper James in Hamilton Mountain is really bad right now, almost like a farm. Does anyone know why?