Nolan Kienitz

Many manufacturer require/request that the first 24-inches of the primary condensate line from the EVAP coil be insulated. This to minimize/contain the sweating of the PVC. Of course in Texas in many/most cases the furnace/EVAP coil are located in the attic and the summer temps can range from 130 to 170 degrees and thus a lot of sweating from the condensate line. Sweating results in the water/moisture soaking through the insulation and then the ceiling sheetrock and then folks freaking out thinking they have roof leaks. And ... we don't always see the insulation wrap on the condensate lines down here as well.

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You are making O'Handley so jealous it is likely not even funny!!!

South of Kennebunkport near York, Maine. I have an artists' painting of that lighthouse from September of 1988. I was living in NYC at the time and my girlfriend and I were on holiday to Maine and visited the lighthouse and area. Known as the "Cape Neddick (Nubble) Light" ... York, Maine.

Interesting ... dunno anything about it, but still interesting. Global Shield

Dang it, John ... your step-by-step is wearing me out ... I feel as if I'm there helping with the renovation!!! Pls ... don't take that as a negative. Your approach, presentation and steps is simply fantastic. Truly ... I feel like "I'm there". Your doing a darn good job.

Did they "back it in" from above or "go in forward" from below?

Ditto what Kevin said.

Jim L., I fixed the file name. It is working now.

Attached are the documents that will be presented within the next month to the various committees at TREC for changes to the TREC Inspector's SoP and Report Template. This package has been being worked on for the past year and has produced an SoP that has a word count somewhat less than the current one. Still too large, but it is an improvement. Who knows if it will be blessed, but if it is then it will be posted in the Texas Register for 60-days of public opinion, then more tweaking and then possibly final approval and into rule. Likely many months away. Download Attachment: RulesforInspectionReportForm3-27-2012.pdf 199.54?KB Download Attachment: REI7-3formwork03-27-2012withInspectedcheckbox.pdf 111.44?KB Download Attachment: SoP535_227-233ReviewWork03-27-2012DraftWork.pdf 204.02 KB

That has been my experience for the last six months. I seldom ever convince them to book me as I can't compete with the $150 to $199 fees they are getting from the drive-bys. My business was off 35% last year and is not getting any better yet this year.

They must have used good "stick-um" to hold it in place in the ceiling ... many of those are simply loose in the wall and just quickly pushed into the sheetrock down here.

CPSC Document RE: Aluminum Wiring Download Attachment: CPSC_516_RepairingAluminumWiring.pdf 544.48 KB

I believe they first appeared in the late 1960's. The early devices were labeled with CU/AL. The early switches/receptacles with the CU/AL specification did not work well and a new specification noted as CO/ALR (Copper/Aluminum Revised) was implemented. The new specification/design was better at dealing with the aluminum wiring. Bottom line ... late 1960's.

Interesting as the lack of dealer support goes to more than one dealer. I worked with three until I finally got one via an arm-twist to send me a replacement switch and rubber boot. The other two said I had to communicate with the manufacturer overseas for replacement parts. Not a good support mechanism for a pretty doggone good light. I have a TK11, TK15 and an O-light M20-X The Fenix lights are spares due to lack of good support. If you know of the "good, responsive" dealers here in the Lower 48 it would be nice to know for the rest of us who still keep the Fenix lights at the ready.

I will absolutely "not" suggest that I'm a brilliant mind, but the application I use is Whisper Reporter. It is a DB driven application and has a pretty good editor and has virtually all the elements that Marc has noted. It is NOT a Texas only application. There are many sample templates and one can assemble a template to do and look how they please. I've built several different templates that are not TX TREC mandated. I also built a new TX TREC template this past weekend as the TX TREC SoP and template is going through a change. The involved committee members provided a draft copy of the new template. The one good thing is that it is moving more toward a PCR with fewer checkboxes. To look at Whisper Solutions application called Whisper Reporter click below. Whisper Reporter One can download and trial run the full application at no charge.

I just went through a scrub of my notebook's hard drive and loaded W-7 Ultimate along with Office Pro Plus 2010. I keep all my 'data' files on an external HDD to begin with so it was just a matter of reinstalling the programs on the notebook once I got the new OS leveled out. Dom's right ... copying/pasting/cloning just doesn't work. The registry would not be at all happy with things. I have some legacy combination printers and some older applications that balked at first with 'old drivers', but Windows was able to find all but about two and I downloaded them from the vendor's site and updated them. Be sure you make appropriate backups of your e-mail contacts and items such as that (depends upon your e-mail client of course). I thought I had done that correctly, but did not and was fearing I had lost them. Turns out I had a backup on my HDD of the inner backup of some nature for my e-mail client and was able to extract them and reload into the new client. Whew! All in all ... W-7 is pretty nice with my change from XP-Pro. My backup machine and my wife's are still on XP-Pro. I've considered Apple, but that is a bigger move with more $$ than I can take on currently. Scott - best of luck in the change.

Did you see anything else related to A/C, copper wiring problems that could be related to the problem drywall? Florida was loaded with that product, but don't know if any of it does what is indicated here unless the products react with the corner bead metal ... assuming it is metal and not plastic. Nevermind. Just reread the OP ... plastic corner bead was noted.

No CCW or CW here, but still wise to be careful [] Click to Enlarge 31.38 KB

FWIW attached is the base template for the Texas TREC 7-2 report format. Currently the only required check boxes are for I, NI, NP & D (Inspected, Not Inspected, Not Present & Deficient). Inspectors can do "pretty much" (within TREC limitations/rules) anything they want under each topic. From check box style to narrative or any combination. Download Attachment: REI-7-2-PropertyInspectonReport.pdf 35.48 KB

My local HVAC guys and manufacturers have always "strongly suggested" not running them when ambient air temp is below 60-degrees. If it were me I would "not" be running them.

The garage is going to fill up like a swimming pool in the first place. I know, I know ... different construction in all parts of the country. Just wondering about snow, ice, etc.. No way in hell is one getting out of that garage and entering (on ice) will be "quick". ! I know there is 'some' ice/snow in NJ. I lived there once or twice in my prior lifetimes.

Tug, You might gain some credibility if you could properly form a readable paragraph or two ... but even then I doubt it. Your mushed together post is fundamentally unreadable and will be pretty much ignored as someone who didn't make it through high school English classes. Sorry ... you lost me a long time ago.

Tom Witherspoon has his Phd and is a PE in the D/FW market and has written about "corner pops" or "wedge cracks". He is well respected and an involved engineer. Here is the URL to his website: Tom Witherspoon Below is what I put in my reports about the "corner pops" or "wedge cracks": Comment: Corner(s) of foundation were observed to be cracked. W. Tom Witherspoon, PE; has commented in his book: Residential Foundation Performance about cracked foundation corners: "Cracking at the corners is a very common feature in concrete foundations. It is very common to see spalling concrete, commonly called "wedge cracking" at the corners with no damage to the brick. This anomaly is normally caused by a thermal expansion coefficient difference between brick and concrete which terminates at the corners. Seldom is there a foundation problem, but it is very unsightly and must be repaired in severe cases."

Maybe the electrical company has really "short" electricians or helpers?