SW Ohio is okay but west central and central Ohio did get some tornadoes touching down but I have not heard about damage. My farm is fine and i am happy we did not get the plastic on the high tunnel on Saturday as it might have been damaged by the storms (though probably not as the storms weakened a lot over top of us so we didn't even get big winds for more than a minute or two) I will assume there are row covers all over the place but nothing more than that. Indiana was hit badly from north to south by tornadoes but i don't think as badly as IL

I'm sorry to hear about your experience with this company. Unfortunately this company has a notoriously bad reputation and is affiliated with another disreputible company called Gardens Alive! MB has more negative then positive feedback. 270 positives 144 neutrals 496 negatives Unfortunately we can no longer link to the site that provides feedback on mail order nurseries. If you want the name send me an email. I always use them to check a company that I haven't ordered from in the past.

All, sorry for the delay. I assumed I would get email pings when posts were made so was not checking this daily. 1. Home is a 2 story clonial, approx 2,500 sq ft per floor, well insulated, although I need to add more insulation to the attic. 2. System 1 is a 2 year old Carrier 3.5 ton unit matched with a 20 year old 3.5 ton A/c. evap coil is bad so I am told. Installer is offering me $1k for the carrier system. System 2 is 20 year old system that is dead. it is also a 3.5 ton system with a 5 ton a/c for some reason. 3.Furnaces are located in the basement, side by side. A/C's are located on the East side of the house. House faces North with walkout to the South. 4. I do not know the rates off the top of my head for electric or gas. Gas is a lot cheaper than electricity from what I gather here. Consumers Energy is our Gas providor and DTE Energy does the Electric. 5. I do not know exact model numbers. The Furnaces are Trane XV95 (95%AFUE/80kbtuh) models. The Heat Pumps are Trane 16i (16 SEER/4 ton/2011 model). Southeastern Michigan is relatively mild over all temperature-wise. There are a bunch of sever days hot and cold, but nothing that is a major problem like would be in Upper Michigan or any other Northern state. Detroit/Chicago/Pittsburgh type weather. I hope this helps. Seems like this is a nice system. I'm glad to see some comments. Any more advice is much appreciated.

I didn’t see these inquiries for some reason until now. We’ve had a positive experience with PG. We actually passed our final inspection today. Yay! Our build started in the middle of August and now here we are. Their standard materials, we felt, were of good quality. We did choose to take some of the credits to get things like custom kitchen cabinets and quartz countertops. They do 2x6 exterior construction and framing went pretty fast. We had a lot of compliments from subcontrators we hired on the quality of the home. There were some snafus like our siding installation being delayed. Some of their allowances and credits seem very reasonable and others are low. They do give you this information up front so at least you know what you’re getting into before you start. Even had we gone with all standard materials, we would have still been happy, but we wanted to do this once and do it exactly how we wanted. The reps and owners are hard working, down to earth people who made it an overall pleasant experience. However, if you’re thinking about doing this and doing a lot of DIY, just know it’s not for the faint of heart. We’ve put in a lot of late, late nights, along with the blood, sweat, and tears I wanted to have invested in our home. At the end of the day we have a solidly constructed, beautiful custom home that we can raise our children in. Was it all worth it? Ask me after I move in this weekend and hopefully catch up on some sleep!