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Moses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
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Comments (16)Why do people do that? Everything looks better with large trees! After hearing that, I think I'd be inclined to leave the trees and wait to see signs of distress. It does seem like maples can take a lot. The house across the street had a maple that was planted directly under the power lines, so aside from the trunk, the top of the tree was cut in a C. To say it looked odd...! My best friend had maple trees over in Braidwood. She really wanted to plant under them. The roots were practically on top of the soil, so she had someone haul in soil and we spread it out over top of all those roots. When it came to planting, we were forever running into roots. She got out the sawzall and that's how we cut the roots. I've read that you don't put soil over roots, there was no talking her out of it. That was over 18 yrs ago and the trees, when they moved out 2 yrs ago, were still fine. Now this is nothing compared to what's happened to yours. So I don't know. It's just with the birds that you're seeing, I'd be inclined to leave them. I do know a guy though that has a sawzall. I'd probably go ahead and buy a redbud and borrow that sawzall and go ahead and plant the redbud. But that's me and I've done it before. Gray dogwood must be more tame for other people. That was another shrub that we had to remove. At the back of our very small lot, we have a privacy fence. The gray dogwood was near it, then we made a path leading from the garage to a door we'd made in the fence. After 4 yrs the dogwood was coming up on the other side of the fence, the other side of the path and you could tell that the roots were going under the garage. We've got cracks in the floor, so who knows when it's going to pop up! Ha! I planted Silky dogwood the year after I planted the Gray dogwood. I'm not finding the Silky to be anywhere near as aggressive as the Gray was. They have it for sale at the plant sale you're going to. It's Latin name is Cornus obliqua. I also have the Corylus americana. I like it, I like it a lot. For some reason, after I planted it, the Japanese Beetles showed up. I'd never had them before. Maybe just a coincidence. It's a spreader too, but much easier to control with the spade. There's also more viburnums that would do great in shade. I know it says sun to part sun, most of mine are in shade and doing great....See MoreHelp with Replacement HVAC Proposals
Comments (23)Tigerdunes brought up demand defrost versus timed defrost. For the past 18 years, I have dealt with my Lennox defrost scheme. The only times I heard it go into defrost mode were when the unit was first running in heat mode. The unit would switch over from heat to defrost, the defrost cycle would complete and everything would turn off. I never heard it run a defrost cycle when it was not first heating. I rarely heard it go into defrost. I never heard it defrost on a fixed cycle such as every 90 minutes. Am I to understand that a Carrier will just go into defrost mode every X minutes whether it needs it or not and is not in a heating cycle; just turn on and defrost itself? I found this information in the Carrier 25HNB6 heat pump installation instructions: AUTO defrost adjusts the defrost interval time based on the last defrost time as follows: When defrost time When defrost time 3-5 minutes, the next defrost interval=90 minutes. When defrost time 5-7 minutes, the next defrost interval=60 minutes. When defrost time >7 minutes, the next defrost interval=30 minutes. The control board accumulates compressor run time. As the accumulated run time approaches the selected defrost interval time, the control board monitors the coil temperature sensor for a defrost demand. If a defrost demand exists, a defrost cycle will be initiated at the end of the selected time interval. A defrost demand exists when the coil temperature is at or below 32_F (0_C) for 4 minutes during the interval. From that description, if the time interval elapses and the coil is not at 32 degress, then no defrost will take place. That, to me, sounds like a form of demand defrost. Is Baldloonie saying that the coil could be at 32 degrees or less without frost and, therefore, a defrost cycle would be unnecessary? What kind of ambient sensor detects presence or absence of frost? Neohioheatpump asked, "When your old A/C would run, was it producing water?" It was producing water and I saw it dripping from the condensate drain. One weekend I went out of town and came back to find water on the floor around the return box that the fan coil sits on. I opened up the access and found the interior insulation of that box soaked. Turns out the condensate line was plugged. Took awhile for that to dry out. On the other hand, this past summer I did not see water dripping from the condensate drain. The drain line was not plugged and the drip pan seemed dry. I thought it was because I had dried out the air so much with the two dehumidifiers that there wasn't enough remaining for the A/C to remove. Cooling was normal. Running the fan on manual started with the installation of the Lennox and an associated Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaner. The house suddenly became dusty and I blamed the EAC for not doing its job. The Honeywell zone representative came to my house, sized up the situation, and told me to run the fan on manual so that the dust would remain suspended in the air and available to be captured by the EAC. I did that and it was of no help for the dust situation but it did help reduce the temperature differential between the first and second floors during cooling so I kept doing it as a matter of routine. Thus, I cannot say that not running the fan reduced the humidity. Though I complained about humidity, the heat pump contractor never told me that I was humidifying the house by running the fan (on orders from the Honeywell rep). I will continue to run at least one dehumidifier in the completely below grade basement during the summer because I want that area to be warm and dry to avoid mold and mildew. I've been in the basements of other houses in the area that don't use dehumidifiers and they stink. Mike Home said, "You stated in an earlier post that you run the fan in the summer because the upper floor is 2-3 degrees hotter than the lower floor. I think adding the attic insulation will help this." I agree that adding attic insulation could help. But, having a Dutch Colonial house with a barn-like roof that is covered in dark shingles on the east and west sides causes a lot of heat gain through the second floor walls. I'm not keen on opening the walls to determine the amount of insulation or add to it. Changing to a light-colored roof would make the house look out of character with the neighborhood. There are newer shingles that reject heat gain that I will investigate. Mike Home also said, "You could also zone the first and second floors, but this is expensive and probably not feasible with your current duct work." There is but one main feed duct and it runs through the basement. There is no way to segregate the room feeds in this scheme without doing each one individually. I'll leave that expense to the next owner....See MoreFaucet Angst!! Need input - HELP! (pix below)
Comments (20)Livein - argh, I just wrote a ton of info and then it vanished. here I go again. Yes, I chose a KWC (they claim to have invented the pull-out spray) and in fact, just ordered mine today from Chicago Faucet Shoppe on line because they had the best price by far, of anyone on or off the web. But I digress... I ended up with KWC because after working in my daughter's kitchen with her pull-down Grohe, I hated it - and discovered that pulldowns are very awkward and uncomfortable for me. When I went back to look at the KWCs I realized their faucets (at least these 3) are pull-UPs and the angle is similar to pulling up the sidespray, which is very comfortable for me. Hooray! Then it was a matter of narrowing it down. For that, I called KWC to ask some questions and now know more than I need about all of them. After two phone calls - and they were very helpful - I can give you some info that may help you make a decision. In the end, I ordered the Konos in stainless. It makes me smile - it's a bit quirky and I just love the way it looks. I kept going back to it and went with my heart. THAT SAID, here is what I learned about the Konos, the Edge, and the new Suprimo: The Konos is the oldest of the 3 models and the tech guy at KWC told me it will probably be discontinued in another year. That doesn't bother me at all. He said the Edge is the second oldest and will be around for another 3-4 years and the Suprimo (they just changed the model), is the newest. (last year's model is all over the Internet, probably for good prices since it is discontinued) If you look at all 3, you'll see that the Suprimo faucet starts higher on the stem than the other two; I was afraid that would be awkward for me, but it is a beautiful faucet. My KD, FWIW, liked the looks of the Edge best. The spray on all 3 of these stays on without your having to hold it on. On the Konos, you push the button and the water pressure keeps the spray on; when you turn off the faucet, it goes back to regular aeration by itself. On the Edge and the Suprimo,when you push the button the spray locks on so when you turn off the faucet you must push the button again to turn it off or you'll get spray coming out of your faucet when you turn it on again. For me, this is one more pain in the ass thing to remember, but for other people, it will be routine and no problem. The salesman on the phone at Chicago said that KWC changes its models every 2 years, which he found annoying. However, since KWC has to support its faucets, the parts should not be a problem. The tech at KWC said the Edge and Suprimo are better insulated so the spray handle is not as likely to get hot when you are using hot water. However, I have asbestos hands, so that isn't a problem for me with the Konos. And I am really happy that I went with my instincts and ordered it. Of course, it is not in stock (nobody seems to stock it because it isn't the newest) so it will take a couple of weeks - but that's ok. I was lucky enough to find a showroom that had the Konos & the Edge available for me to play with (no Suprimo). If I hadn't seen and fondled them, I would really have had a tough time. Truthfully, they are all nice faucets - just go with the one that is most visually pleasing to you and you should be fine. Keep us posted! Rayna...See MoreNeed help with selecting Eff Heat Pump replacement.
Comments (40)I agree that having nat gas heat for your home makes your home more attractive at time of placing it on the market. Trane use to underwrite their labor ext warranty through a third party. It was a good warranty unlike most of the third part warranties available that are problematic and just short of fraud in many instances. Be careful here. If you plan on selling your home, I see no need for an ext warranty. If you do decide on purchasing a warranty, you want to understand it along with exclusions and if it is transferable to your home's new owner. IMO...See MoreMoses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
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