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  1. Tom Raymond
    In my climate all sorts of insects go to that hardware gap to die. Never seen that kind of growth though.
  2. Tom Raymond
    I have one of that vintage too. It's missing a few pieces, but it is too cool to go to scrap.
  3. Tom Raymond
    The shell is porcelain on something close to 20 gauge, maybe 22 on the interior, over a cast iron frame. It weighs over 400 pounds.
  4. Tom Raymond
    This one is very similar to mine, though a bit newer. Mine has a separate valve for the oven fuel. Turn to on, turn the stat to just above room temperature, hold match to ignitor tube. I have those salt and peppers but have swapped them for a set with a timer. Mine also has a work light over the vent. Click to Enlarge 29.59 KB
  5. Tom Raymond
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  6. Tom Raymond
    I have a 1940 vintage Roper. No safety devices, utterly reliable. $250 for the stove, $300 to rebuild the oven t-stat a couple years after I bought it.
  7. Tom Raymond
    Keep the bulldog. As far as I am concerned modern switching is still in beta. Let someone else be the guinea pig. I have run into lots of defective new electrical equipment in the last year. GFCIS, AFCIs, dimmers, fixtures, even bushings. Not worth the headache.
  8. Tom Raymond
    Sometimes, maybe, depends on the opener.
  9. Tom Raymond
    It's not the height of the fall, it's the sudden start and stop that get you. The startle response puts your body in the worst possible state for the inevitable sudden stop. When an immovable object meets an unstoppable force, shit gets broken. I fell 30" off a ladder. Landed on my heels with my knees straight. Compressed 3 vertibrae, crushed 3 discs, and up slipped and rotated my left sacroiliac. That was nearly 25 years ago. I still feel it every day.
  10. Tom Raymond
    Opener rails are sized for standard door heights; 7,8,10 feet. Doors are available in 3 inch increments from 6'6" and up. 7'3" is the only increment that can't be made with standard panel heights. A 7'6" door with a 7' opener rail won't open all the way.
  11. Tom Raymond
    Petrified.
  12. Tom Raymond
    It's tragic. It was avoidable. Someone, probably several people, are going to end up in jail. Generations of Flint residents are going to be dealing with the fallout.
  13. Tom Raymond
    Ever touch a rusty galvanized drain pipe and have it start to leak? I had a one inch iron gas pipe do that in a crawl. Black iron isn't a perfect solution either. Buildings are complicated dangerous environs. That's why we're here.
  14. Tom Raymond
    Why? The product is listed. The manufacturer has determined the fittings provide an adequate bond, and advise following local rules regarding additional bonding. As long as it is installed in a good and workmanlike manner it's fine. The odds of a lightning strike are akin to winning the lottery. A strike that energizes the CSST, perforates it, and creates an an arc that ignites the fuel...you'd hit the powerball and the lottery first. If you're really worried about it install lightning suppression.
  15. Tom Raymond
    There's CE on report writing where you are? That'd be refreshing. The best classes in my area are architectural walking tours. If I'm going to waste 4 hours if might as well be doing something interesting.
  16. Tom Raymond
    Funny. That answer is just about as relevant as any other he'll get regarding a low resolution jpeg on an Internet forum.
  17. Tom Raymond
    When public housing units are being prepped for demolition all the asbestos gets removed. The aircell is always smashed. The caulk, tile and mastic isn't dangerous until someone tries to remove them.
  18. Tom Raymond
    I had two in November like that. A 1946 cape, every copper pipe in the crawl was black, but none of them were more than 12" above the high water mark on the stemwall. And, a 1964 log cabin, every pipe and wire (including the copper bus in the panel) was black. Even the brass valves on the boiler and water softener were black. Someone stole the chlorinator and half the water softener but left six open and mostly empty 5 gallon jugs of chlorine behind.
  19. Tom Raymond
    My brother is an asbestos abatement guy. After the aircell is out of the building he is most concerned with the remaining lead paint. The rest of the asbestos just isn't that dangerous.
  20. Tom Raymond
    Admin, Can we please, please, pretty please get a like button? Thanks
  21. Tom Raymond
    So if it was set in 64 and still has a tongue and axles can I call it a trailer? There is a 25 year old double wide near me that has been vacant 5 years. The cheapest way to make it habitable will be to haul it out and slide in a new one. Fair market value on the tax assessment is $225,000. Bank is gonna be sitting on this one a while.
  22. Tom Raymond
    Im with Katen. I built a kayak on my dining room table once.
  23. Tom Raymond
    I can't open the links. I am currently repairing a cedar roof, spot replacement of about a square of medium hand splits on 14/2 A frame. $2500. That makes $60 k about 24 square. Am I close?
  24. Tom Raymond
    In my neck of the woods, $4-8,000.
  25. Tom Raymond
    Personally, I would make sure there are GFCI devices or breakers on circuits that need them and run new dedicated grounded circuits for the entertainment system and desktop (does anybody still use these?) And leave the rest alone. AFCI only if the new work requires it, far too many nuisance trips for my liking.
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