Disclaimer:The following init.d scripts assume some linux knowledge and that your Synology NAS device has been bootstrapped allowing you to install the required dependancies using ipkg.

All init.d scripts require some values to be defined by you in order to work correctly.

Required Packages

• openssl
• py26-cheetah
• py26-openssl
• python26
• wget

SABnzbd – /opt/etc/init.d/S99sabnzbd.sh (rwxr-xr-x)
Download: S99sabnzbd.sh

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#!/bin/sh
#
# Synology DSM init script for SABnzbd
# Requires: sabnzbd
#           python
#           wget
#
# Configured Variables:
#
PYTHON_EXEC="/opt/bin/python2.6"
SABNZBD_EXEC="/opt/share/sabnzbd/SABnzbd.py"
SABNZBD_PORT="9200"
SAB_API_KEY="YOUR API KEY GOES HERE"
SAB_INI_FILE="ABSOLUTE PATH TO sabnzbd.ini"
 
# Begin script
#
case "$1" in
start)
  PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin
  printf "%-30s" "Starting SABnzbd"
  ${PYTHON_EXEC} ${SABNZBD_EXEC} -s 0.0.0.0:${SABNZBD_PORT} -f ${SAB_INI_FILE} -d
  printf "[%4s]\n" "done"
  ;;
stop)
  printf "%-30s" "Stopping SABnzbd"
  /opt/bin/wget -q --delete-after "http://127.0.0.1:${SABNZBD_PORT}/shutdown?session=${SAB_API_KEY}"
  printf "[%4s]\n" "done"
  ;;
*)
  echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
  exit 1
esac
 
exit 0

SickBeard – /opt/etc/init.d/S99sickbeard.sh (rwxr-xr-x)
Download: S99sickbeard.sh

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#!/bin/sh
#
# Synology DSM init script for SickBeard
# Requires: sickbeard
#           python
#           wget
#
# Configured Variables:
#
PYTHON_EXEC="/opt/bin/python2.6"
SICKBEARD_EXEC="/opt/share/sickbeard/SickBeard.py"
SICKBEARD_PORT="9201"
 
# Begin script
#
case "$1" in
start)
  printf "%-30s" "Starting SickBeard"
  nohup ${PYTHON_EXEC} ${SICKBEARD_EXEC} -q -d > /dev/null 2>&1 &
  printf "[%4s]\n" "done"
  ;;
stop)
  printf "%-30s" "Stopping SickBeard"
  /opt/bin/wget -q --delete-after "http://127.0.0.1:${SICKBEARD_PORT}/home/shutdown/"
  printf "[%4s]\n" "done"
  ;;
*)
  echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
  exit 1
esac
 
exit 0

CouchPotato – /opt/etc/init.d/S99couchpotato.sh (rwxr-xr-x)
Download: S99couchpotato.sh

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#!/bin/sh
#
# Synology DSM init script for CouchPotato
# Requires: couchpotato
#           python
#           wget
#
# Configured Variables:
#
PYTHON_EXEC="/opt/bin/python2.6"
COUCHPOTATO_EXEC="/opt/share/couchpotato/CouchPotato.py"
COUCHPOTATO_PORT="9203"
 
# Begin script
#
case "$1" in
start)
  printf "%-30s" "Starting CouchPotato"
  ${PYTHON_EXEC} ${COUCHPOTATO_EXEC} -d &
  printf "[%4s]\n" "done"
  ;;
stop)
  printf "%-30s" "Stopping CouchPotato"
  /opt/bin/wget -q --delete-after "http://127.0.0.1:${COUCHPOTATO_PORT}/config/exit/"
  printf "[%4s]\n" "done"
  ;;
*)
  echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
  exit 1
esac
 
exit 0

If you find this helpful or found a problem with any of the scripts let me know in the comments section below.

Unfortunately I was unable to fix the two short shingles from the original window. They wrapped up over the peak and would have involved a lot more shingle tear out. So for now I left them intact.

This is the original wooden skylight at our cottage.

The ancient wooden skylight at our cottage, in need of replacement.

Not much left on the original skylight. The wood has mostly rotted away.

The skylight has been patched and patched and still leaks, its time to go.

Moss grows freely in the rotten wood.

Rotten skylight removed and in the fire pit where it belongs.

The old skylight will make better firewood than it would a skylight at this point.

The framed opening where the existing skylight used to be.

This is an inside view of where the skylight used to be.

The new skylight is much wider than the original so I needed to resize and reframe the opening.

Once the opening was widened and reframed, the next step was preparing the surrounding shingles.

The new skylight although wider was much shorter, so it left an area above that needed to be dealt with.

Framed in the area above the skylight and installed roof decking to close in the gap.

After surrounding the skylight with a self adhesive membrane, I got to work flashing and shingling the bottom and left side of the skylight.

Bottom and both sides are flashed and shingled.

Installing the top flashing to complete the process.

Unfortunately I was unable to remove the short shingles at the top as they are wrapped over another ridge.

Skylight installed and water tight. No longer will we have rain coming into the cottage.

Completed installation.

Inside view of the reframed opening.

Skylight installed.

Another view of the cottage showing the skylight installed.

Complete now the inside of the cottage will stay dry.

Now its back to work and rest up for the next project.

There were some set backs however as Friday night brought rain and destroyed the first coat of red paint we had put on the door. After which we brought it inside and it was given another 3 coats of red on Saturday. Sunday being final assembly day, I think it came together rather nicely.

Trim receives its last coat of white

Door receives yet another coat of red

After the second coat of paint, solar panel is also reinstalled

A side view after the first coat

Rear of the outhouse showing the paint

Front after its first coat of blue/grey on the main body

Door after its second coat of red

The moon gets painted white

Side view of eves showing grey paint and white trim

Completed paint job

Door and handle get reinstalled

The moon is now attached to the door

The moon is now attached to the door

Side view of the completed outhouse

Thats one red door, making the moon stand out.

Finally! We’re finished! This project took 6 weekends of effort from hole digging to hanging the moon, but at last it has been completed.

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What’s next, how about that pesky skylight…

So we set to work, finishing off the bench and mounting the toilet seat. Once that was complete it was time to prepare the door for paint. The old green paint was cracked and peeling so the entire thing had to be sanded down before finally applying primer. The next step was to caulk some of the larger gaps between the boards and give it an initial coat of paint.

While we had our brushes full of primer it was time to coat the entire building. Unfortunately we ran out of painters tape before we could start painting the trim of the building.

Completed sub structure and inner hole plywood mounted

Left storage compartment

Right storage compartment

Screen on the eves to keep the bugs out

Plywood top in place and toilet seat installed

View of the seat down and the bench top mounted with hinges

Found this recycling bin works perfectly as a hole liner, we had to notch around the nuts that mount the seat

Completed bench

Burning the final remains of the old outhouse

Painters tape set around the bench top

Added some scrap roofing to the back as the barrel in the ground was still slightly exposed

Bench and floor finally primed

Door after spending hours sanding it downv

Door completely primed

After caulking the door, not that you can see the white caulking

Final coat of paint for the bench and floor, the building gets its primer

Completed priming the entire building

Door remounted after being painted white on the inside

Oh well at least the inside is done so it should be functional the next time we go out.

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These things were just plain awful, attacking in numbers to high to count. Whenever you’d stop to hold a piece of wood, or attempted to screw two pieces together they were all over you. Needless to say while up shingling the roof I was a sitting duck. By the end of the day Saturday my arms were covered in bites. My ears were swollen and bright red causing them to stick out, not unlike the Mad magazine “What me worry” guy.

Despite it all we did get somethings accomplished, but did not manage to complete the project. We got the roof on, the door hung, solar light installed, trim and screened vents in place. We started work on the bench, but had to pack it in when the rain started on Sunday.

Roof finally shingled

I did a fine job shingling if I do say so myself.

Roof complete, starting to get the trim on.

Its taking shape, still a number of things left to do

Door trimmed out and the repurposed door was rebuilt and sized for the opening.

Hinges worked like a charm, not the first door I've hung.

Solar panel installed.

Solar light installed at a kid accessible height.

The light is on in this shot but the camera flash makes the whole thing kinda pointless.

Close up view of the light.

View of the inside of the door, and door latch installed.

Bench starting to take shape, the plywood on the front hasn't been fastened down yet.

Underlying structure of the bench.

Till next weekend…

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The next weekend we set out to dig in a new location, while we didn’t hit any large rocks we did encounter several difficult layers. The first 7 inches was dirt and roots. Then we hit about a foot of grey material that was like digging in a litter box. Next came a dark rusty layer that was harder than hell and had to be busted apart with a steel bar. This layer also brought ground water which started seeping into the hole.

Every inch after the rusty layer for over the next foot or more consisted of hard packed sandy rocks. This layer was so tightly packed we had to use the steel bar to break it up before we could shovel it. We couldn’t stop digging at this point as water continued to come into the hole.

In the end we where exhausted but managed to sink a plastic barrel into the hole to keep the hole from collapsing.

The barrel finally in place.

The barrel finally in place.

Barrel in place in the hole.

The hole and barrel done, and the gravel base.

The gravel in place around the barrel.

The gravel in place around the barrel.

The gravel in place around the barrel.

The hole and barrel done, and the gravel base.

That was it for that weekend, next weekend it was time to build. We got some concrete footers and a pile of lumber based on the plans in our heads and set to work. The black flies were out in full force, and there wasn’t any wind to blow them away, but we kept going. After two days of working from morning to sun down we managed to get everything up and sheeted before the weekend was gone and the rain started.

Outhouse base and footers in place on the gravel base.

First stud wall in place.

Second stud wall in place.

Third stud wall in place.

Front stud wall in place, framed for the door.

First wall panel goes up.

Second wall panel installed.

Half the roof, this photo doesn't represent the hours required to figure out the angles involved.

Roof studs completed.

Front view of the completed roof studs.

Top view of the roof, back wall panel in place.

Back panel installed.

Hole in the floor screened to keep bugs from sneaking in.

Front wall panel installed.

Inside view of the roof peak.

Completed roof sheeting.

Inside view of the completed roof peak.

Completed outhouse structure.

We still need to install the door, shingle the roof, build the bench, add trim and paint. Next weekend…

See all the posts, from start to finish.

We bought a new sump pump and drained the basement and set to work removing all of the years of crap plumbing and stuck together bits in an effort to remove as many of the future potential leaks as possible. We also installed a number of shut off valves as any that were down there either went to some long ago piece of pipe that no longer exists or where so badly corroded they refused to move. Some did both and just slowly dripped showing their age.

I failed to get any before pictures but grabbed some after everything was redone.

New pump and plumbing all installed and working.

New platform, up on concrete blocks to prevent any future floods from rotting the wood.

All plumbed in, notice the two disconnects on the water in and out pipes. Now we can remove the pump in the fall.

All new fittings, removing years of hose clamps and different sized pipes and adapters.

All new fittings, removing years of hose clamps and different sized pipes and adapters.

The original compression tank, thank god it didn't leak.

Straight runs of pipe replacing years of T connectors and leaking valves.

Shutoff valves installed for the hot water tank.

New shutoff valves for the upstairs washroom. These are off until we can fix the problems up there.

New shutoff valves installed for the downstairs washroom.

Why does the wall say "leak"?

Damn rock in the well caused us nothing but problems.

The new sump pump, installed in its well.

The new sump pump, installed in its well.

Mystery pipe in the well, no idea why but its in the way.

I should also mention that I did all of the solder connections and didn’t have a single leak. Not bad for a guy who’s only training was soldering electronics and DIY shows on TV.

This leaves me to believe that either his head is too heavy, or his neck it too small.

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Still not sure if “leaves” or “leafs” is correct, I’m leaning towards “leaves”.