Glad morz8 could help, I'm just not that experienced, have only PCd a few times. One thing Dave and others here have told people to do was to run a few test batches with colored water to check your stove's settings and see how to adjust to avoid siphoning. I did that, but still had some siphoning with the tomato sauce. I think the Presto person was wrong to tell you to turn heat up and down, Dave told me to just keep it steady or adjust in TINY increments. With the weight set you shouldn't have to worry about adjusting, just try to get it venting, put the weight on, and leave it alone - it's not like a dial gauge where you have to watch and make sure it doesn't go over so it's not overprocessed. If you're doing something like fish that takes a really long time the recipe says to start with more water so the canner doesn't run dry. Buy new lids and use those older ones for something like jam or jelly. "well, i've had my first messy case of PC siphoning with my 4th, and thickest, load of NCHFP's spaghetti sauce in my new presto . every qt. siphoned, but just one failed to seal. i've had 1 or more seal failures in the other 3 loads, too." I don't know, maybe siphoning is more a problem with thicker/denser foods? I think it is with starchier foods. Did you have siphoning with the thinner batches, or just an occasional seal failure (which could be the lids)? Or maybe you just adjusted the burner more on this batch after talking to the Presot rep? Store the jars without the rings someplace where you can see them (and some place easy to clean if one does start to ferment or something), I don't think you need to check daily, but occasionally (maybe daily at first). I really don't know when you can stop checking, but since you want to really eat it within a year for best quality, and mine kept a year even with siphoning, I'd say just check it often this winter, maybe again when spring/summer come around if your storage area might start to warm up. I'd wash the gasket if I had siphoning - I didn't after just running test batches of water. Sorry I can't be more help - I'm still learning myself. Here is a link that might be useful: NCHFP siphoning troubleshooting

I have saved the mother plant after taking cuttings on quite a few hoyas with a h2o2 dunk of the root-ball after washing off most of the soil of whats left of the roots.I use 1 part 3% h2o2 and 2 parts water and submerge the root ball and stem in the solution for 20 to 30 min.You will see little bubbles coming off the roots.This amount of time will kill the pythium rot while keeping most of the viable roots alive.After the dunk,wash off the roots off under tap water and re-pot in new medium.I sprinkle Great White on the roots to aid in the recovery and water it in with some molasses or humic acid.Works good,but I only us this method in worst cases ,when the plant is almost a goner or there is not enough of the plant to get a good cutting.

When you say contractor, do you mean a GENERAL contractor or an independent wood flooring contractor? And as Johnson Flooring Co. points out, because the dishing is UNDERNEATH the finish, you would have to sand all the way down to the problem (which is the wood) to fix this. I would find out how "professional" the person doing your floors is. If this is a general contractor telling one of his 'boys' (or girls) to hop on the sander and "getter done" then this is the level of work you can expect. If this is from a reputable hardwood flooring company that ONLY DOES hardwood, then they have plenty of 'splainin' to do. Either way, you need a full sand/refinish to get rid of the dishing. Only you can decide if this is worth it to have it redone. Some people are very happy with money in the bank after a renovation. Others are not. Only you can decide which one you can live with.

Liane there’s brands like mocket that make counter outlets and some make gfic counter outlets too. I just thought you were against the idea is why I didn’t mention it. Anyways, they pop up out of the counter so they aren’t just exposed sitting upwards. On another note, I assumed if you put the outlet on the wall you’d be doing them sideways...I should’ve been more specific and clarified that I think sideways would be best. It just doesn’t look like they will totally fit even sideways, correct?