It will eventually fray, but it won’t right away.
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Put strong tape on it (both sides), then cut through the tape. This will give you a good edge that will not fray. For a while.
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Groovy, thanks guys!
After cutting take a lighter to the part you just cut and heat it for a few seconds along the whole cut side. That will stop it from fraying for longer.
If I never replace another drain and faucet combo it’ll be too soon.
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I have enough of the tools tht if it goes decently it’s almost relaxing.
Thanks, good idea. I was crunched for time when we were leaving, and just grabbed a couple of plastic kitchen trash bags, which worked well enough. Stuffed them in the wife’s purse.
I want to be excited about working on the punch list. I really do. But I am so over this house and all its problems. I have a page and a half list of little things and I just can’t get my brain around doing them. Ugh.
I know that feeling.
Maybe it is time to call it quits for a while, then tackle things again?
I would but these are things that have to be done before selling it. If I were staying here I’d just take a break. But I gotta get in on the market in four months. 
Today’s project. Last of the projects. Now just little punch list items.
Sadly I could not put the new deadbolt in because the hole size is all wrong. Guess I’ll have to go buy a tool! 
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Wish I could come and help! 
Ahh, that’s so annoying. I have an old house, with the original doors. Had to redrill the deadbolt hole so my new one would fit in. And of course that means in order to do so I have to basically ruin a lock drilling template since they are designed to use a pilot hole, which you can’t put in when there is already a hole there.
Clamp that sucker down nice and tight and go for it and pray.
No.
Get a disposable piece that you can use to make a rigid template and drill the hole through that first.
Clamp the new template on the door.
Drill the hole that as your bit guide.
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I tried that, the template I bought wouldn’t play nice doing that and it seemed like there were more possibilities for slippage and damage to the door itself doing that.
I’m sure that’s the right way to do it, but with what I had at the time the other way worked.
The tub in my master bathroom needs to be replaced. I got a quote last night that was about double what I was expecting. I have sticker shock still today. Not a happy camper. Had to vent.
Not nice when things like that happen.
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Hey, at least you got all that overtime last night to help pay for it. Right? Right? 
Lol, no, I’m salary.
I am totally ready to go home, though. Just waiting on the user to come pickup his stuff.
I’m thinking I might have to break down and buy an electric string trimmer as getting our backyard cut this summer is probably not happening. Anyone got any advice on getting one? Should I push for cordless or just deal with a cord?
(Background: The HoA covers our lawn care, but getting to our back yard is slightly annoying at best and may involve an unfriendly and intimidating dog at work, so they do it maybe every two months when someone reminds them. Since it doesn’t show,. there’s no real incentive for them to do cut it in a normal year. I expect this year for it to be even less reliably done.)