Should I be concerned about this home?
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Comments (0)I want to lay the Novalis vinyl planks in my basement. The floor has old asbestos tile that I plan on going over. There is an area where the tiles are missing, and concrete is showing. I tried putting down some cheap 12x12 tile to cover the exposed concrete and bring the height up to the height of the floor with the tile, but there is old paint on the concrete that's chipping so the cheap 12x12 tiles won't stick. What do I do at this point? Chip the old paint? Should I be concerned about lead? The house is from the 1950's. I'm very frustrated with this whole project. Help!...See MoreShould I be concerned about our granite slab selection process?
Comments (8)I think the biggest issue here is that there are two different lots and one is more desirable than the other. We didn't ask our granite yard to move the 6 slabs in the stack on their assurance that pense's "sliced bread" thing applied to this particular granite, all in the same lot. They did go out with a marker and wrote our name along the edge of the first two themselves when we called in our confirmation of which stone we'd decided on (took 2 samples home). Having said that though, I think weissman makes an excellent point about slabs that have big movement in them. One way or the other, it's a good idea to see your name in indelible marker on the edge of specific slabs....See MoreShould I be concerned about spruce gall on noways
Comments (18)I am in MA also, and it was really bad last year, and looks to be equally as bad this year. This damage is actually being caused by two things: cankerworm and winter moth. The bad news is that the new growth on Norway spruce is their favorite feast for conifers. They like the deciduous trees better, but will not pass up a meal of fresh Norway growth. They just about stripped the top of my 'Gold Drift' last year. I was totally unprepared, never saw anything like this on a conifer. Oh yea, Mugo pine is the only other conifer they like better than my norways. They did tremendous damage to my 15yr old Mugo that had never been attacked before. No joke, you can hear them crunching on the ends of the needles. They even eat the mature needles on the Mugo They are back in full force again this year. I'm testing out out Safer brand Bacillus thuringiensis. Hope it works. The 'Gold Drift' recovered nicely this year, but I don't know if it can take another year in a row of attacks! June 2015 May 2016 https://ag.umass.edu/fact-sheets/winter-moth-overview...See MoreShould I be concerned about AC leaking refrigerant & oil?
Comments (277)I'm not a big fan of oversizing the coil to increase SEER (that's why they do it) as it actually impairs dehumidification. It's not necessarily done to increase SEER, but to reach the rating that AHRI matches the equipment to. Ironically, this rating is just a number that if you use a certain set of equipment parts and pieces you 'should' hit the SEER number. It doesn't mean you 'will' hit the number, because proper installation is always the elusive variant. No matter how much or how little you want to realize this fact. A nice pretty install picture doesn't mean the system was 'installed properly'. But people, God bless them, don't look at things this way. They say 'company A' uses xyz brand and 'company B' uses xyz brand so it's the same brand so the outcome will be the same as in a 'properly installed HVAC system'. However, it doesn't work this way in the real world. You're not buying a toaster. Having a larger coil does not necessarily hurt dehumidification either. The whole purpose of dehumidification is removal of water from the air. A larger coil has more surface area in which to ring moisture from the air. BUT, the difference is proper to improper. As if there are condensate draining problems with the said coil, it can reintroduce the condensate (humidity) from the air that was removed back into the air from whence it came. So if this thread is good for anything, it's to show that what I mention repeatedly about 'proper' versus 'improper' goes much farther than most people understand. ---------------------------------------------- Deb, hopefully this time you get what you paid for. Good luck....See Morekudzu9
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