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Comments (6)I did the sad task of tapeing up all my nestboxes and winterizing them today. They will be nice and warm for the woodpeckers. It means I have to say goodbye to my Blues, (though I did hear them out there today). Most of my summer birds are gone, a few late Hummers are still here, not unusual, I'm sure they will take off on the front of the next storm or two. I remembered I had some dried bird house gourds. I have wanted to get some little roosting houses and thought ...hhhuuummmm why not bird house gourd roosting houses? I cleaned them up & out and poly coated them today. I will try to do the inside with some wood shavings for comfort and insulation. We are predicted to have a cold harsh winter in MI this year. We have hundreds of natural cavities in our woods but knowing I am placing about 10 more "out of the wind and dry" options makes me feel like I am helping. We grew at least 50 nice sized gourds this year. I think I need to call the PM group here, I need to share....See MoreAttractive, interesting, creative grab bar placement? (any pics?)
Comments (17)We have just installed a 2 man Jetta tub and wanted grab bars for it. Since we used oil rubbed bronze faucets, I had problems finding what I wanted. A local plumbing store was going to order them for me when I found them at Lowe's. I had asked repeatedly and was told they didn't have them in ORB. Well, this is called Venetian Bronze or something like that. It is close enough. It is a Moen product and is ADA approved with a 500 pound pull capacity. They only had the 16 inch one, but I was going to check into a longer one. Thanks for the link above it has them there! We just got this bathroom finished a couple of days ago. Now, granted this tub is not a handicap type one, but we wanted the bars for practical use now and need in the future. The small one is placed vertical on a stud at the edge of the tub. I already know that I want and need one lower. They gutted my other bath this week and the tub/shower is being replaced with a shower that will be handicap accessible--but we are adding glass doors that can be removed later if needed. This shower will have the grab bars and I think we are going to add one beside the toilet in there. Both new toilets are the ADA higher ones and I love the one that is new to master bath. The master bath is large enough to get a wheelchair around in, but the hall bath was very inaccessible. We found this out during the past few years as our parents health failed and we had them here for extended times. We decided to do this bath remodel Christmas when my Dad's health failed to the point that he could not remain at the assisted living. We were going to move him in with us and remodel the bath. However, we lost him in late January. We looked at the overall picture and realized that although we have now lost all four parents, we will have a need for this at some point. So, we went ahead with the plans--just took a little more time doing it. We also have taken out the small hall bath door and they are installing a much wider pocket door so that a wheelchair can go through it. Although I do have solid wood vanities in both baths, we decided to leave them. They will be able to be replaced with a pedestal or something more handicap assessible if needed. I am adding a link to pics of the new master bath. You can see the bar on the right side of the front of tub. Again, it is not a tub that you would think of in this way, but wanted to share the grab bar there. We will add another one. The shower will be much more practical and I will post pics when they finish it. http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z203/printersdevil72/Master%20Bath%20Pics/...See MoreWhere I live and how my hoyas grow here!
Comments (3)So, to start... I have a small infestation of pachyclada, (I had one, it rotted (over watered in store) so I chopped it and all bits rooted, I bought another and same thing happened then I found two larger nice plants and potted them up together and they are happy. So I now have 9 pachy plants in various stages of growth... lol. *edit. The two newer pachys haven't grown an inch. Dropped the new leaves and are still in some kind of stasis. All the cuttings and stumps have sprouted sloooowly! Except for one over achiever. Have 2 or 3 pottsii. Two bought as pottsii, one with longer narrower leaves, one with shorter more heart shaped leaves ( heart shaped as in, upright heart, not the upside down kerrii heart shape.) The third "maybe" pottsii I once posted pics here for ID and pottsii was the best guess. Really should take more photos because it's grown a heap. It was in a hanging pot and not doing much until the cat decided to "help" and pulled it to the ground and out of the pot. I repotted it up on a trellis and it went nuts with growth! Hoping for flowers to get a proper ID. I have australis ssp. tenuipes which survived last Winter but really sulked! It lost half the plant, has begrudgingly put out a bit more and I expect a repeat performance this Winter. Australis silver valley is a new one and I've only had it a couple of months. I read it likes cold so hopefully it will be ok. So far it got offended with me buying it and threw it's new leaves. Has tentatively grown a new leaf and I get the feeling it is waiting to grade how I do as a plant parent before it commits to growing any more. That or (more likely ) it's a slow grower :D I have a sussuela I got it maybe 8 months ago and it has taken off and is close to a metre tall now. I'm really interested to read that it can tolerate colder temps! I knew it was eriostemma family so I actually bought it expecting it to die (which is a kinda horrible thing to buy a plant knowing it will probably die but I like to give things a go!) This Summer my erythrina has woken from whatever long magical sleep it (or they, two plants potted together) were obviously cursed with and decided to vine up and grow out. It's now got 10 new leaves and 3 more bitty ones on the go (grow?) After this show of enthusiasm I'm really hoping they don't drop anything during Winter. They survived last Winter but (as Aurorawa said) they pouted. If plants had lips, theirs would be well below the pot line. I have 3 multifloras and they hate me. I now hate them. I wanted to like them (easy growers! great bloomers!) but they leave me with no choice. One looks like a "normal" (javanica?) multiflora. Broad leaves, plain green, hates me. The other two are darker, narrower and flecked with white and also hate me. They grow well! They sprout new leaves and peduncles, then they turn yellow and drop off. EVERY TIME!! The ends looks like a medieval mace, they look so knobbly with stubs of aborted new growth. I tried more water, less water, more sun, less sun.. Tried changing the soil mix, tried misting them.. Nope. They HATE me!!! Maybe it's the cold? Or maybe not, they do the same all Summer....See Moreelectric feedback: kitchen and bath plans
Comments (3)- I haven't seen a great need for quad receptacles in residential, other than a tv/gaming area or office desk - maybe a duplex next to a USB in some rooms. Have you taken stock of how many appliances you will have continuously plugged in at one receptacle? Realize that for a tv/gaming or office area, if you do not have surge protection at the breaker then a surge strip should be used, so a duplex is adequate. In a bathroom, for safety, curling irons, hair dryers, etc should not be left plugged in when they are not in use. In a kitchen, code requires receptacles within 24", so you probably don't have enough counter to have that many appliances sitting out. Otherwise, placement of duplex receptacles within 6' is usually adequate, with adjusted placement taken like behind the bed for each nightstand or up high for a wall mount tv. And if chargers/transformers are taking valuable 'plug' space, you can use receptacles with USB ports, they even have some with a USB at the same time as having 2 'plugs' on a duplex. - LED is technically low voltage. For under cabinet lighting, a receptacle inside a cabinet is usually the better choice if you do not know the exact fixture type, as it will hide either the transformer or cord plug in a direct-wire fixture. There are other means, but that is the most value-oriented option which matches a value-oriented kitchen. - Bathroom: Don't understand where "punching hole" would occur. Typically a receptacle is placed on the side out of the way. If you have a long vanity, you can place them on the back wall, but you then have to coordinate mirror and backsplash, and better to offset single sinks or place the receptacle between doubles. If your vanity is short, a back wall receptacle is worse as you drape over the sink. There is no disadvantage to having a cord strung to the side wall. If you plan on storing small plugged-in devices in a mirror cabinet (shaver, toothbrush), there are some available with interior receptacles so no need to jerry-rig holes. Panel: You are required to have min 2 SABC circuits, and once you factor in separate for ref, micro, disposal, etc, it takes a lot of space. Solar: Not sure what you are asking, but 1 panel would not provide the KW needed for much of anything. - Lighting plan: Bedroom2 recessed probably won't flank the bed (Master ok). Hallway needs 3 fixtures. Tub should have a combo exhaust/light just outside the footprint (again value-oriented). Dining would suggest a chandelier to make table permanent, recessed if not sure where you want it. Kitchen don't need center mount, recessed too close to Living. Living lay out furniture first. - Exterior: That's a lot of fixtures. Also, cameras would need either PoE or coax, and probably would not coincide with where every light fixture would be needed....See Morea2zmom_Z6_NJ
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