Jerry Simon
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Supposedly only one of two such left in Elgin, IL Anybody know what it is? (In front of a house built in 1904.) Click to Enlarge 104.29 KB
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People share the surrounding air so by twisted logic maybe, they share the benefits from your trees. Actually, if I remember my real estate days correctly, you own the air space above your property. Such gives you the right to trim the limbs on a neighbor's tree that over-hang your property. (Though, as you posit, that can piss-off a neighbor; Miss Manners says to ask first.)
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John, is that a Canadian thing? I think it is a town thing everywhere?People share the surrounding air so by twisted logic maybe, they share the benefits from your trees. They will suffer a loss if you cut 'em. We can't have them suffering, can we? [:-magnify [] A few of the hoity-toity towns up north of Chicago enacted such tree-cutting ordinances (after Mr. T bought a house, in Lake Forest I believe, and leveled the land; they called it the ChainSaw Massacre), but that's not the norm around here. You got a tree on your property, and want to cause suffering, not a problem. Cut 'er down. . .
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John, is that a Canadian thing?
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If your handyman is an experienced home inspector or a structural engineer, go for it. . .
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That seems to only make sense in a minor or moderate rainfall, where the water SLOWLY seeps into the pit. I think in a heavy rain, water will readily and much more easily flow into the pit through the drain tiles than into and through the stone under the slab, overflowing the pit if the pump can't keep up. You're right, though. Water will seek its own level, but it needs time to do so under a slab.
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Not if it has an automatic transfer switch.
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Collapsing firewalls. Are they drywall or masonry block?
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What I meant, was, I hope he shared the cost with the adjacent unit. . .
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Eleven years later? Would probably take a lawsuit (assuming builder didn't go belly-up after 2008). Why did "one" person have his replaced? Wouldn't that have affected two units? Sounds more like a Homeowner's Association thingy.
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I got a car phone when they first came out (widespread, that is). First time the phone rang, it scared the heck out of me and I threw my cup of coffee all over me and the car. Wouldn't be so bad now, but back then I wore nice suits.
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Kurt, I wanna see the next one. By the by, total approx. cost?
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And of course, if the floor has been sanded a couple times already, you run the risk of getting down to the tongue & grooves with another sanding.
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On-site well that serves two or three houses. Are these common in other parts of the country (just had a client ask about such, and short of a community well, I've never heard or seen one) ? I would imagine there would have to be some sort of maintenance agreement between the homeowners. Anything else to look for/know about?
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No. You'll get less. True, but perhaps a *better* light. Those dang tube-type skylights are so bright that I'd rather have two dimmer ones. (Can't tell you how many times I tried to turn them off at a light switch when leaving a room.)
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Just for fun - older equipment - all in use!
Jerry Simon replied to MPdesign's topic in Electrical Forum
So much for the prior Solenoid types, the Remote Control Electro-Pneumatic types, and of course, the Motor Operated suckers. -
The T&P valve on the boiler in my daughter's condo released last week and set off the alarms.
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I've heard those called finish-head drywall screws. Once you locate the floor joists, spread the nap of the carpet, and drive the screws through the nap to fasten the sub-floor to the joists. Works quite well in situations like yours. (You'll feel the resistance in driving the screws when you hit the joists.)
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Since I ain't busy, I'm gonna beat it a bit more. How does the lack of a landing in this example pose a trip/stumble/fall hazard? One would step down onto the first step, just as one would do when descending a basement stairway.
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I'm having trouble seeing a trip/fall hazard. By the by, that set up is a very common thing around here (right or wrong).
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Regardless of code, what problems are posed by no landing? And, I always measure to top of threshold for step height.
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Radon - Record Level
Jerry Simon replied to Bill Kibbel's topic in Indoor Air Quality (I.A.Q.) and Mold Forum
This might be folklore, but. . . I heard of a high radon level in a skyscraper condo. Supposedly gases were coming up through the elevator shaft. ('Course, why one would ever test a high-rise condo for radon would be a stretch IMHO.) -
Series resonant circuits facilitate the transmission of frequencies at or near the resonant frequency of the circuit. Parallel resonant circuits attenuate the transmission of frequencies at or near the resonant frequency of the circuit. The design in question is a series resonant circuit. That kind of goes without saying. . .
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Many times, a foundation will sink and leave a gap at the sill. The wood frame structure will kind of hang there as a boxed unit. Am I correct in the idea that the foundation can move and the wood structure hang unsupported without much corresponding movement? Do you build without foundation sill plate anchors?
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But doesn't the wood framework/exterior wall framing also rest on the foundation, and if the foundation moved, the brick and the wood wall would both move, regardless of any wall-ties (ties keep the brick from toppling & bulging). Not, at all, unusual IMHO.