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We'll be glad to have you, Chad. Looking forward to it.

Most likely NOT!

Turn up your faucet, Tom. The drip wasn't quite enough for some of us to catch it.

Well, Tammie, I'm glad your back to enough health to come here on your research path.

Hmm, someone dropping key words. Guess he forgot the link or an admin already took care of it.

Don't forget justifying their own jobs, Marc.

I wonder if that's what they call a foundation in Louisiana?

I've done a few over the years. Do what I can and write a report. What else could you do?

1400 foot! That's an area about 10x140 or 20x70. That's a LOT of tile. What kind of building is it installed in?

Gotta love the ability to search and refresh your memory from the older posts when you need it. This helped me a bit tonight!

I finally replaced my Rheem last year, at 26 years of age. It was still working but I felt it was a good time for an energy efficiency upgrade.

Look closer. The new LEDs just have a flat disc with little yellow squares up in them. No light socket like you and I are used to seeing. Took me a while the first time I saw them. I was bamboozled for several minutes when I didn't see the typical socket. And of course they had a daylight sensor. I had to flip the switch and cover the sensor to get them to come on.

They're usually marked for open and closed positions, at least around here.

And right next to a big opening where the combustion gases can sink into the living area, though I'd bet they rise a bit until they cool off.

It's about more than a few dollars saved. When I'm gone that long, I don't just turn off the water heater, I also turn off the main water supply. A few years ago, one of my customers from California move here, bought a nice house on a three foot deep crawl space, moved in, and went on a cruise a few days later. Nobody in the neighborhood knew who she was or how to get a hold of her. A few days later, one of the neighbors noticed water coming out of her crawl space vents. Knowing nothing else to do, he shut the water off at the meter. Turns out the washing machine hose burst, flooded the whole first floor ruining the wood floors, seeped into the crawl space, eventually filling it up and pushing water out through the vents. Cost her insurance company about $50,000 to repair the damage and make the place livable again. Not to mention the inconvenience of finding temporary living quarters while the damage was repaired.

So many people don't know how to use proper grammar and spelling. And then they put it out there for the public.

Sure, you CAN..... But do you NEED to...

I've always found it odd that we dig a round hole in the ground, call it a well, and expect it to produce water. Then we dig a square hole in the ground, call it a basement, and expect it to stay dry.

You do realize, DuoMit, that this post is almost a year old without any responses, right?

I'm with Jim. If I know an approximate, I'll tell them. If I don't, I'll tell them I don't and to get a contractor to give them some estimates. People are hiring us for advice and guidance about their home. Why wouldn't we provide all we can. Granted, some inspectors can't provide any advice or guidance other than "Recommend a ___________ further evaluate ______________." But still take their money.

I'd think that, as long as the pins are properly locked in their holes, it isn't going anywhere.

One possibility!

Thank you for the answers, Jim & Bill. I'd forgotten about this post from last year. Dragging up memories!

This place is always good for a chuckle or two and sometimes a downright loud belly laugh!

There's always that one dang grammar nazi hanging around, huh Jerry. "Neoprene (also polychloroprene or pc-rubber) is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene. Neoprene exhibits good chemical stability and maintains flexibility over a wide temperature range." My apologies for not being so specific as to include the word "synthetic' in front of rubber in my post. 😁 😁 😁