Welcome to Tony's little website! https://tonydiethelm.life/ 2026-05-24T19:26:00+00:00 https://tonydiethelm.life/ https://tonydiethelm.life/_media/wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-04-15T00:20:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/about?rev=1776212443&do=diff Hi! I'm Tony. :) The short version I'm a big nerd I make stuff I code web apps I fixed big fancy machines for Intel for 25 years My spouse and kids are awesome I love learning new things I want to be a good and kind human being ---------- text/html 2026-04-28T20:09:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/bathroom?rev=1777406985&do=diff * I want to be able to get to shower plumbing from the back. No showers against outer walls please. Good website for bathroom considerations. See link above for 6'x6' corner shower half bath. I love it for second bathrooms. Ah! but it's hard to put against outer walls, I want to be able to access shower plumbing from the back. text/html 2026-04-14T19:23:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/budget?rev=1776194586&do=diff We have $180,000 Permits are going to be about $30k? Foundation is going to be about $15k? We need to fix the belly in the plumbing line, and add a riser to the new house. Cost? Here's a spreadsheet with rough guesstimate math. text/html 2026-04-20T04:41:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/dice?rev=1776660067&do=diff Hi! I wanted a silly API to pull from when testing different frameworks and such, and I play a bit of D&D and it's nice to have a dice roller, so... Visit <http://tonydiethelm.life/dice/api/x/y> to generate X dice with Y sides. It's an express BE running via Docker and behind a Caddy reverse proxy. * text/html 2026-04-15T00:14:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/dice_api?rev=1776212073&do=diff Hi! I wanted a silly API to pull from when testing different frameworks and such, and I play a bit of D&D and it's nice to have a dice roller, so... Visit tonydiethelm/dice/api/x/y to generate X dice with Y sides. It's an express BE running via Docker and behind a text/html 2026-05-03T01:05:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/electrician?rev=1777770339&do=diff Safety * I have decades of experience working safely with electrical, mechanical, pressurized chemical delivery, etc systems. I'm familiar with Lock out Tag Out (LOTO), PPE, best practices to make things safe. * I know that it's in MY best interest to go home with all my fingers and eyeballs. I know it's ALSO in an employer's best interest to have me go home with all my fingers and eyeballs. A safe workplace attracts good people. An unsafe workplace attracts the kinds of people that cover … text/html 2026-04-10T00:10:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/guesstimate_math?rev=1775779850&do=diff Do all calcs in linear feet for ease of math. These prices were checked in April of 2026 * 2×4's are ~ $0.50/lf * 2×6's are ~ $1.00/lf * Zip sheathing 4×8 is ~ $78. standard wall framing 16“ OC. 6 studs * 8' length = 48lf 8' top plate. 8' bottom plate. 16lf text/html 2026-04-15T00:44:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/minecraft?rev=1776213882&do=diff My daughters asked me for Minecraft servers, so here we go! Our servers are Java Edition. One of these days I'll get around to using the Geyser/Floodgate plugins that should allow Bedrock players to join, but it hasn't been high priority yet. General politeness rules apply. Don't be a jerk, don't break anyone's stuff, etc. text/html 2026-05-15T00:56:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/newhouseproject?rev=1778806588&do=diff This is the page for our house project. Please put all TODOs in the timeline. budget timeline Permit rough houseplan actual houseplan stairs calculations bathroom ideas tree stuff Silly videos and resources text/html 2026-05-15T01:49:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/permit?rev=1778809748&do=diff <https://www.portland.gov/ppd/documents/plans-you-need-building-permit-brochure-6/download> <https://www.portland.gov/ppd/how-fill-out-building-permit-application-form> We need: * site plan * floor plans and foundation plans * cross section plans * building elevation drawings * See the brochure above. Sample Plans! site plan text/html 2026-04-30T03:16:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/rough_houseplan?rev=1777518968&do=diff Rough dimensions are... 40' by 26' ---------- Roofing ---------- Roof Trusses * How TF are we getting them up there? Winch and a ramp? ---------- second floor framing ---------- trusses again ---------- framing * Here's a link for insulation standards in Oregon. Floors R30, walls R21, ceiling R30, Windows U0.27. text/html 2026-05-14T21:17:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/showoff?rev=1778793437&do=diff My weird little projects I'm just showing off my weird little projects. :D Pan cello, guitar, violin Here's a 2 string cello, a 3 string guitar thing, and a 2 string violin... All made out of scrap wood, spare parts, and stuff found in the local thrift shop pie pan section. :D text/html 2026-05-14T21:05:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/sidebar?rev=1778792702&do=diff Links * About Tony * Minecraft for kiddos * My little dice API * Diethelm new house project * Why Tony would be good at being an electrician. * My WeIrD LiTtLe Pr0jEcTs Tony's Private Stuff * My TODO list * My notepad Connect with Tony * LinkedIn * Github * tonydiethelm@gmail.com * Tony lives at Simply Home Community text/html 2026-05-24T17:00:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/silly?rev=1779642018&do=diff Here's some videos for Aline to watch. -T ---------- This channel has a bunch of informative short videos. ---------- medium video on the process. longer video on the whole house build. short video about foundation footers. ---------- Here's a video about vapor control. text/html 2026-04-28T18:45:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/stairs_calculations?rev=1777401933&do=diff Stairs are 7'8“ for a riser. Calculate how many you'll need for the vertical distance. Then do 10-11” for each tread to find out how long your stairs are. Let's assume 8' ceilings and 2' for joists. 10'. 120“. divide by 8”, is 15. So we'll have 15 steps, with the last step being the upper floor. text/html 2026-04-14T03:50:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/start?rev=1776138615&do=diff Hi! I'm Tony. :-) Welcome to my little website! This is just my little web page for when I need to put something up on the web. It's ran off an old Thinkpad in the basement, because I value DIY in all things. Also, it's kinda scary how much of the web runs off of just a few companies. text/html 2026-05-01T23:21:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/timeline?rev=1777677690&do=diff 2025 Get all the permits in order Dig a big ass hole. Get the exit plumbing fixed put in the foundation Tap off water line? Do we need a temporary power pole? 2026 bottom plates floor joists subfloor 1st story framing Temporary electrical connection? text/html 2026-05-16T23:31:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/tree_stuff?rev=1778974319&do=diff Taken from Portland tree code Roots over 4 inches in diameter should not be cut. root encroachment zone is one foot for every inch of diameter. See this handy pamphlet. What is the diameter of the oak tree? Circumference is ~83“. Therefore, Radius is 13.2”, Diameter is 26.4 text/html 2026-04-30T03:16:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://tonydiethelm.life/trusses?rev=1777519013&do=diff Google had Parr Lumber and Harbor Truss. I'm reaching out to both for a rough quote. These things are going to have to be engineered to our plan, so we gotta get our shit in order before we can order these things.