At what temp does brick mortar require an additive?
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Does citrus require a 'dark' period every day?
Comments (25)If LED were a rope you would give your citrus enough light to pull it out of a deep dark hole. I think all the points above have merit but they are just looking at it from a different angle. Most northern citrus indoors are deprived of light and the more the better if your goal is to actively grow during the winter months, but 24/7 light is not good either. Two interesting articles I found researching this subject https://www.cropking.com/blog/light-greenhouse-how-much-enough https://www.gardenista.com/posts/13-things-nobody-tells-you-grow-indoor-citrus-trees-lemon-lime/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20citrus%20trees%20can%20have%20too%20much%20light.,a%20vegetative%20state.%E2%80%9D%20Think%20of%20them%20as%20sleep-deprived. The ideal for Cannabis is suppose to be 12/12 flower and 18/6 veg. Looking for ideal ratios for Citrus. My suggestion is if a citrus tree is brought indoors and you are using a 12/12 schedule and the tree is dropping leaves, particularly when the lights are turned off than I would start to increase the length of light. Keep an eye on leaf temperature for signs that the plant is getting stressed. Unfortunately comparing one persons light to another's light setup is like comparing apples to bananas. The hours of sunlight in the wintertime in zone 8 or 9 is very different than the amount and quality sunlight in zone 4-6 and it depends on the month. When you read articles on citrus you really have to parse the information and weigh and measure objectively because their situation may not be the same as your situation....See MoreWhy is red brick "awful"??? Does awful mean outdated?
Comments (45)I am going to get on my design high horse and probably offend some people who personalize discussions about design theory, because I am good at annoying people in this way. First, I think almost anybody who buys a post war house in almost any part of the country that was not built as a completely custom house is probably going to end up with a lot of choices in houses that include a patch of brick or stone on the front facade and plain siding or plainer brick on the rest. Almost anybody who builds a new house in a development or subdivision or home owner's association is not only going to face the same, thing, but in addition are not going to be allowed to leave the stone or brick accent off even if they want to. The element that was originally used as a budget cutting device is now "important" to the design and consistency of the entire development. The consistency of materials of the individual house is no longer important, but the inconsistency of materials and how they are used must be consistent throughout the neighborhood. The building a house forum is full of questions about how to tack the stone or brick onto the front of their houses even if they don't want it because the guidelines say the house must be 10% stone and 30% brick on the facade. Second, I don't think there is anything the matter with vinyl siding. I don't think there is anything the matter with any particular building material. Frank Lloyd Wright built beautiful houses out of concrete block. There's nothing the matter with building a plain rectangular house with plain modest materials that go all away around the house and calling it done. But as a culture we have been convinced that this is cheap looking somehow. But if its three sides of a rectangle with a convoluted elevation on the front including three or four different building materials, it's "pretty". Third, if you are building a custom or semi custom house, why not build something that you can afford to finish the same on all four sides? We are also in a culture where people are pressured into feeling it's necessary to take everything to a level that we can just barely afford it. And who is that impressing? Some random stranger may be impressed by your house driving by, but what about the people who get inside, and see that there's barely any furniture, and many of the rooms are cheaply detailed drywall boxes. I understand if you live in a HCOLA that it is easy to be house poor, but whats the point of a 4000 square foot house when you are entertaining people on card tables. Sheer volume isn't everything. Should you apologize to friends because the back of your house is vinyl? I dunno, but think about where you are putting friends and family. There is this fancy facade out front that no one ever spends any time in front of. They are escorted to the back yard. There are $1M townhouses here that have stone and brick facades with genuine copper bays and details on the front. The end unit has plain stucco on the side that faces a side streets. The backs are vinyl siding (you can easily see all three materials together.) So some stranger sees the fancy front of the house where the real friends are taken out back where they sit on crudely built pressure treated decks next to vinyl siding with all sorts of PVC pipes and vents and such sticking out all over with no concerns about esthetics, or quality, and it's all right at eye level. As a culture, maybe we should apologize....See MoreNew idea for brick ranch exterior with garage addition
Comments (20)You said, " The sides are painted wood siding. ". That's why I asked if the addition would be sided like them. I think if you already have siding on your house, even though it's not on the front, then you'd do best to make sure all the siding on the house is the same. So that either means painted siding on the addition, or new siding on all the sided parts + the addition....See Moredistressing exterior brick and mortar on new build, what can be done?
Comments (41)@hallettco The 1/3 offset is incorrect - the builder told me it would be 50% brick lay. I don't have it in writing though. What should I do? I can't stand the brick, the lay or the mortar. I'm so upset over this. There have been quite a few things that were verbally discussed, some during redline meetings with the designer that the builder totally forgot to do or did differently than we planned. For example, we moved some windows out to add space to fireplace wall bc of firebox code. He didn't do it and now the fireplace I've payed for (marble slabs with woodwork surround) won't work. Of course they'll give me a credit for what I paid but the only option now is an all stone surround which is going to cost more than what the designer and I planned. The builder should eat the overage, correct?...See Morethreeapples
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