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Somebody spends too much time in the tub..... But, I have a TV mounted next to my hot tub outside, so I guess I'm not one to cast stones.

and I get the feeling English is not the first language.

You don't think anyone is willing to add travel to a time & material job?

Washington Post Article After a faulty home inspection, can buyers recoup some cash? Not a lot of information and leaves a lot to the imagination. Probably wasted ink in the print version.

A question was raised on a pool forum and I didn't know if the plumbing codes had anything. My thought was that they should be at least below the frost line in cases of frost heaving, even if you winterized an drained.

And I was waiting for the link bombs....

Anything in the plumbing code regarding the required depth of buried pool pipes?

I've seen folks put dimmer switches in place of a three way and they had the same effect, sometimes they worked, sometimes they didn't.

Darn iPad resent post when I came into the site....... Sorry for double post

oops - mis-read Cjad's post[:-paperba

It appears to be a flashlight shining on a painting.

Wow, I didn't know crime was that bad up Athens way. When we lived in ATL we looked up your way as God's country......

Mike, Google the address and see if there are any news stories about the house......

I'm glad I didn't see that photo until I was done in the crawl.....

Hey, I admitted up front about the spelling...... But, I do like fizzy bubbles, usually in an Appleton Reserve & Coke

Well, I spent the weekend in the crawl space of our new house installing pipe/wire for a central vacuum system. The old house I could walk around in most of the crawl, this house not so much. Most areas if I'm lucky I can get on hands and knees, the rest it slithering like a snake. I just want to say I have a lot of respect for you who are willing to do this. If it wasn't my house I don't think you could pay me enough to go in those places. As an aside, the inspector who did this house for us pointed out the eforvesecence (I don't think I spelled that right) on the block at the front of the house. I found that the gutter installer just stuck the downspouts in the dirt rather than pipe them somewhere. I fixed that already no even with our heavy rain/snow lately the crawl was nice and dry.

Well, if there was an "all of the above" check box, I would check it because almost all of you had part of the answer. I had a second guy come out today to look things over and give me his ideas and price. He looked it over and said he could suggest several things: 1. New furnace/coil hooked to the existing compressor for a dual fuel set up. 2. New furnace/coil and new compressor ending up with 95% effeciency on the furnace and a 16 SEER 3. Fix what I have and wait for everything to die - then replace it. After running it for a while he said "I don't think any of your heat strips are working. He grabbed his meter and under the house he went. Marc, you were about spot on - 15 minutes later he said they were all dead. 10 minutes after that he had them working again. He explained that these style heat strips are prone to corrosion where they attach. He unplugged and plugged them in a few times and got them going. He said if I plan to keep what I have, that he should,really come back and pull the heat coil assembly out and clean up all the connections as it is only a matter of time before they stop working again. So, he is going to put together some prices and get back to me. When he left hot air was pouring out of the vents.......

Subconscious slip of the finger? No, not really - but good catch! I guess this is a good example that one letter can change the meaning.....

WOW!!! Thanks!! I never knew that.

I built my own WP site that's hosted on Fatcow but won't be using them much longer. 10 years have taught me that if you're serious about your business website and it's mobility, you need an expert to oversee it. I've yet to find someone I trust. Marc Marc, Fatcow has hosed my personal site for years with little/few problems.

Not funny if you catch the ring voltage. I did phone work for a while in Florida and on more than one occasion got bit by ring voltage on a hot day with a nice sheen of sweat on my arm.

Jim GA is a great place. We were in Kenesaw for five years. Lots of nice spirits........

Electricity cost? BTW, if you're really interested in comfort, have you considered radiant heat? The last two houses we have remodeled the master bath and added radiant heat in the floor. The cats love it. I like the way you think! I would probably replace Appleton Rum for the bourbon, but I get the idea.

Jim/Marc: You are making my head hurt........ LP is 1.99 a gallon right now. I just want hot air coming out of the registers.....

I blame crap like this on the GC or whoever is overseeing construction. While I'm sure not as much as you guys, I have been on many new construction sites through the years. One trade does not care about the trades who follow him in installation. They only care about gettin in and getting out. Too many times the last guy has to do something stupid because an earlier trade didn't care or wasn't told what would follow. When thinking about the wood structure of a house I sometimes wonder which is worse, termites, electricians or plumbers.