Jim Baird
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...nope. So stylish too!
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I don't know what to call it but mofogazebo or gazebississimo, but it must be a current undercurrent in people's thinking. My wife is lobbying for me to build something stout, outdoors, and open to weather.
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I visited the Pacific Northwest and Olympia and loved it but everything was a little damp. The OP should move to Arizona or to central Mexico.
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Your posts always are of value..No joking.ī
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We have to go all the way back to the risen-from-the ashes OP to clear up the confusion. The pipe refered to is not a drain one but a discharge one. It doesn't drain or run up or down it blasts like a Civil war muzzle-loader. In GA it is supposed to be directed towards advancing boys in blue.
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He really means condensate secondary drain.😉
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I don't see that as an issue at all.
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If you are interested in restoration type improvement, remember that in those times nobody had closets. Clothes were hung and stored in chiffarobes! Your time and money would better be spent in antique stores.
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Thanks for the reply. My search of Mike Holt etc shows it as being not available, and as such, antiquated. Google search shows some General switch breakers for sale on ebay. Home built in 1987.
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Have not seen this brand before. General switch co. Is it antiquated?
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That's the thinnest roof sheathing I ever saw.
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Yes, with a little hook and eye keeper. Swing is less than 90 though because it hits a hard duct. No spring so at least it does not slam!
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I have posted before about things I'd never seen, exposed myself to slings and arrows from the more experienced among us, invited the members to call me rookie and been taken up on the offer with gusto, but now I got one I can stand pat with. Who here has ever seen a screen door on a crawl space opening? See picture.
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Thanks for the reply. This room is about 1100 cf but 34K water heater wants 1700. My wag at duct size is 8", which would take 142' length to make enough volume, but the supply system does size up as you approach the equipment, so I am thinking a louvered door might be the best approach. Gas water heaters are not very common around here.
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A gas fired water heater stands in a house's utility room that holds about 60% of the 50 cf per 1K BTU needed to meet code. The room does have a central HVAC supply duct. Does that supply duct negate the room as "confined space"?
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...once during a commercial tear-out I found some 1/4" gypsum wallboard that had a paper woodgrain cover.
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I once saw a washer draining into a 1 1/4 " cast iron drain. Owner had found a huge (laundry basket size) funnel that took the rinse load and patiently fed it into the tiny pipe, that also served a sink and its trap.
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Sorry no photos, as edge indications I have are not showy anyway. Brick veneer on 1975 house stands on a 12" block course placed on a continuous footing. 12" block course also supports periodic 8" block piers that support beam and floor frame. Codes typically call for plywood sheathing at corners and at intervals to prevent rack of wall framing. In between I have seen "blackboard" and composition foamboard, but that is about it. Over sheathing goes the WRB. This house has gypsum wallboard, AKA sheetrock, as the fill in between structural sheath. Anyone here seen such use?
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The frame likely includes that transom. Don't forget to check the height too, as 84" high doors were as common as 34" wide ones. Best option would be a custom rebuild of the whole thing. You might want it to look like it fits the looks of the rest of the doors and windows.
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Somebody said an outlet by a sink had to be GFI.
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Can A Small Toaster Damage The GFCI It Was Plugged Into?
Jim Baird replied to KateFl2020's topic in Electrical Forum
When you say, "will not reset", did you throw breaker into off before reset? It will not "reset" unless you do that. -
replace subpanel with wires to other apartments
Jim Baird replied to JimAntoni's topic in Electrical Forum
Wonder what your state-licensed electrician has to say. Way too little info for a post here. -
Been there with Marc. Mine was a cherry (Prunus nigra) stump that looked like a foxhole by the time I got done. Shovel, mattock, ax, and a wheelbarrow load of resolve.
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My best guess is the plastic was supposed to make up for that pine pier cap not being treated material? The cap it drapes over is a solid piece, no? The metal shield idea is like Marc said, making the bugs be more visible in their tube construction.
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...what a funny picture. No wall visible, no foundation. Truck way to small to o pull that tooth. Not many contractors would be willing to dig and pour with stumps that big inside.
