Greg Booth

[:-tong2]......Greg

.....I'm in the process of accumulating my 24 hours mandated, in classroom, continuing education for NY license renewal. Thought I would try a vendor that I've not previously utilized (Manfred Learning Center) with a course recently approved by NY for 8 hours credit titled "Mobiles, Modulars and Manufactured Housing". While the information that was presented was mostly accurate, there was absolutely no depth and nothing even remotely helpful to an HI trying to hone his skills in the manufactured housing segment. There were about 25 people in the class, 3 HIs and the rest evenly divided between assessors and appraisers. There was pretty good information on how to establish values and comps, and a little bit about how to distinguish between Mods and HUD Codes. The principle "clues" being that if you see a plastic vanity sink it will be a HUD Code - china or enameled steel equals Mod [:-paperba. For this I spent $150, and drove 5 hours to the class site - lunch was good though. Anyway, just yakking about my frustration 'cause there persists so much misinformation about manufactured housing and I don't see much change in the future with the dearth of educational opportunities being offered......Greg.

The Jack, the tubs I have seen have plastic piping under the skirt for the circulating water to pass through. Do you still see the need for the motor to be bonded? The metal is not in contact with the circulating water. It is on the supply side. Once the tub is filled it is no longer touching the metallic pipes. Jim I would say that if you have metallic piping feeding the faucets and plastic plastic piping for the recirculating water, then NO there is no requirement to bond the motor /pump to the metallic house piping feeding the faucets. Is this what you wanted to hear or do you disagree? ........probably overthinking this, but - isn't there metallic contact within the pump (shaft, etc.) and the circulating water? And then wouldn't there exist a connection between the circulating water and those metallic piped faucets if the person in the tub reaches to add more water? Seems like maybe there should be a bond jumper between the pump lug and the supply piping?......Greg

......I'd leave it as-is for the reason stated above - but I would cap it at the top in order to prevent moisture, bees etc. from entering.....Greg

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm just going with the recommendation of the installer on the pump. The house is quite a distance from the sewer main and (forgive me, sewer is not my high point) the system is a "forced main". So, could it be the distance or pressure? .........one size does not fit all applications. There is also the distinction between macerators which grind the solids and send to a forced main emptying to the sewer and effluent pumps in septic systems that only move the liquids from the tank to the absorption field

..........right. The propane locker aboard the boat is sealed, but has a "drain" to allow any propane leakage to flow overboard.......Greg.

.........beautiful car - hope his plan comes to fruition. Waaaay back, the retailer that I worked for was connected with Associated Dry Goods, who used Loewy's firm for all new-store design work. While clerking a new build, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Loewy while attending a project meeting in the City.......Greg.

.............[:-bouncy] That started my day with a smile! The toughest part of the job is often figuring out how to get into the thing..........Greg

..............my son and I visited Intrepid the Saturday before the Towers went down. The ship was out for a "re-fit" a couple of years ago and is now back at anchor. Hope to get back aboard on my next trip to the City..........Greg.

............as others have said. Average 200, rarely take a note during an inspection...........Greg

my comment was redundant.........Greg

...............I have had similar issues with lawn grubs. The grass is killed by the grubs feeding on the root system and the holes are caused by neighborhood skunks digging for the grubs--good eats......Greg

.........it's a fiberboard material with a paint-process finish. It is still available in 10, 12 and 14 foot lengths.......Greg

..........our county seat, Penn Yan, is a swell little town with a "downtown district" served by Main Street. Leave town in one direction and you travel on North Main street - leave town driving the opposite direction and you travel on East Main street.........Greg

.............in the 70's I owned a country home with balloon framing. The old couple that originally owned the place, swept the attic floor clean of dead cluster flies into the wall cavities. When I stripped plaster from the main floor, the exterior walls were 3 feet deep with dead flies. I still remember the smell......Greg

...........not that it helps find the source of the problem, but many municipalities will offer some billing relief for "accidental use". You might want to look into that once you solve the issue........Greg

............very popular in 1950/60 vintage hospital nurse station utility rooms.........Greg

.............thank you........Greg

..........what Chad said. I can't remember when I've seen a furnace wired with anything other than NM.........Greg

.............mods were around in the late 60's

......yes indeed. Remember, Marc's an export on HUD code homes 'cause he lived in a trailer one as a child........Greg

......play nice........Greg[]

..........in my neck-of-the-woods, it was GR-3-XXXX, and GR was "Greenfield". I feel right at home with so many of you well seasoned(read old) guys[]

.........evaporator element ?

..............I received my CE audit request in today's mail.........Greg