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  1. Chad Fabry
    The screws are not being used for structural reinforcement in this case. All weight is heading straight down. Writing up screws in this situation is a needless complaint. I disagree, Mike. The screws are under shear loads- glance at the rear post in the photo- it's evident that the ledger boards are just attached to the sides of the columns and no not rest on the footers. Also, it's pretty unlikely that the 2X ledgers are rated for ground contact.
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    60,000 indentured servants?
  3. Chad Fabry
    He's correct.
  4. Chad Fabry
    There is difference between a simple question and a naive query. Your question cannot be answered with any degree let alone a reasonable degree of certainty. If you're allergic to mold, why are you propagating specimens in your home? In the future, save the money on the mold test kit and leave a slice of bread in a baggie to produce the same results.
  5. Chad Fabry
    Never mind the stray voltage, who would install the sink off set below the fixture and the window? That's unacceptable.
  6. Chad Fabry
    It's one or the other. In brutal weather I wear the battery powered gloves from Cabela's. They're 200 bucks but always welcome my cold hands after I had to expose them to frigid temperatures to use tools or to take a picture. In moderate weather down to about 30 degrees, I wear unlined goatskin gloves.
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    Water heating in SC could easily be achieved with evacuated tubes and high efficiency storage or use gas. Dryer and supplementary water heating and stove should all be gas or propane. You'd probably never have an hour with more than 1- 1.5 kwh of usage. By my calculations, even if you spend 5 grand upgrading, payback would take less than 5 years. There's no difficult calculations where I live, just a flat rate of 14.7 cents per kwh plus $20 a month for the privilege of hooking to the grid. Before we went PV (and I bet PV is the reason for your punitive price schedule) our bills were in the $200 range. Now they're just the line charge.
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    60 grand
  9. Chad Fabry
    I'd guess in the 1200-1500 range
  10. Chad Fabry
    It looks like the chimney had a fairly hearty burn. Welding the crack will fail at the edge of the weld, but patching the crack after drilling a hole at each end of the crack will probably work OK. Any competent welder will know what to do.
  11. Chad Fabry
    Slow drainage and clogs. #3) Confusion [] Sousaphones
  12. Chad Fabry

    Unlined flue?

    Chad Fabry replied to asihi's topic in HVAC Forum

    I'd like to see the water heater that's made of chimney blocks. Since you didn't really get a look at the business end of the stack, you really don't know what's going on. Shouldn't you suggest a thorough chimney inspection using whatever means necessary to ascertain that the chimney is safe and reliable? Be prepared to explain why the chimney person can get on the roof to inspect and you couldn't
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    [:-thumbu]
  14. Chad Fabry
    Every single installation resulted in a wiring failure?
  15. Chad Fabry
    Really? I've been working on cars for more than a few years and I have yet to see it. It's bubba either way. So where do they tap in, the battery cable? That's a fire hazard waiting to happen unless you run an inline fuse. Well, something like that. Just the insulation is removed from the supply wire and the strands are separated. Then the supplied wire is wrapped into the strands and the whole mess is taped up. If you don't like the idea, don't get a non- factory remote start installed. (Don't anyway, they create some weird difficult-to-diagnose issues)
  16. Chad Fabry
    That's a common method for tapping power in the automotive world.
  17. Chad Fabry
    It looks so authentic, especially at the corners.
  18. Chad Fabry
    I'm not sure what any of this means. Can I just email my credit card info to you? I'll fix the active rain. OK, I figured this out after Googling "nameserver". I made the changes you asked for.
  19. Chad Fabry
    In NY, it's required to list your license # on all forms of advertising, your report and your invoices and correspondence.
  20. Chad Fabry
    I'm not sure what any of this means. Can I just email my credit card info to you? I'll fix the active rain.
  21. Chad Fabry
    All my mail comes directly to a Gmail account. Nothing is saved to download.
  22. Chad Fabry
    Right Mike?
  23. Chad Fabry
    That's why we should be partners.
  24. Chad Fabry
    I'm finally getting around to putting some CE classes together and maybe a licensing course as well. The process is mind numbing and very, very slow. I'd love some of your more interesting photos including laughable defects, dangerous defects, text book perfect installations or anything interesting at all. I'll credit all photos or put a smallish watermark or tag on your photo. Look at Erby's tags and then use something much, much smaller. Chad@structuresmart.com
  25. Chad Fabry
    Beautiful.
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