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New 50 gal nat
gas water heater installed. Hopefully this one will last longer than 6 yrs!
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Mike, sorry to hear of the challenges you were given and praying for a great resolution for you.
Nice shiny attachments and beautiful tubing.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
I didn’t notice the gas regulator on your old water heater installation (maybe I just missed it). If that is a new code requirement in your area, that would account for a higher new water heater installation cost.
They are not required where I live nor have I ever seen one for a natural gas water heater or natural gas furnace installation.
jmonroe
On the other hand, I do have a catch pan under my hot water heater, and I'm a little surprised that you don't.
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I’m assuming sda has the water heater in the garage and that the floor is sloped away from the house and towards the driveway making a floor drain unnecessary???
What is with the dual water softeners?
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I have a Rheem at the shore. Installed in 2016. Hoping to get some more life out of it. If it goes, I’d look into tankless. There would absolutely be an ROI on it down there due to how it sits vacant a lot.
Problem is the intake vent would have to ran and I’m not sure if that is possible with the design of our units.
The extra space in the small laundry room would be very nice.
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
Just installed two of these. $179.99 retail. Got them both for $13 from the electric company.
I could have gotten Nest as well but I’ve had one replaced already at the shore, so I went with these.
My Honeywell zone controller already supplies a common wire so no work at the furnace like I had to do at the shore.
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
I'm pretty sure I have the same unit as you except it has a power vent.
FWIW, it’s a 6 year warranty job. I’ve had more than one plumber tell me that if a water heater from the same manufacture has the same series/model name, buying the longer life unit costs more only because you’re paying for the longer warranty not because it’s a better built unit. I think they’re right so I buy them with the standard warranty.
jmonroe
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I am on a roll today! Rainy days = money spent and things get done!
Wife has wanted our whole house audio expanded to the basement. I ordered the module and today went to Home Depot to get all the wiring. The speakers are under our TV in the main part of the basement. This system isn’t meant for critical listening, but great for background music.
Pics or it didn’t happen of course
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
We have a Bluetooth module in the kitchen. That feeds a panel in the basement which distributes the audio via Ethernet to the wall controllers. Those wall controllers have small digital amps which connect to any speaker. We have four zones now. Two on the main floor. One outside and one in the basement.
You can also add other sources and feed them to any zone you want.
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
I’d imagine yours must have benefits, but I’m pretty happy with having an echo dot in every room. In the important rooms, it feeds into powered speakers. I then have them in groups. So we can say “play music I like on the whole house group” and she’ll play on every dot in the house, for example. And none of this involved running wires, THANK GOD. I have enough darned chores.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
I'm for always being fair, in every aspect of life, and both being illegally terminated and not getting my full s s payment are not fair. Hopefully, both wrongs will be righted in due time!
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
I remember the days before they had the self clamping old work electrical boxes. Had to use what was called Hold EZ Clips (one on each side of the box, metal in those days) to hold the box to the wall. I don’t know who named those beasts EZ because there wasn’t a damn thing easy about them. It sure kept the average home owner from adding electrical switches and outlets. The electricians loved those days.
Ain’t new technology great?
jmonroe
Unlike those in private industry, you were able to forego paying into SS during your time with the Post Office. It's fortunate you got your 40 quarters in, but regular employees have had payroll deductions for 160 quarters or more. It isn't just postal employees. Teachers, ministers, firefighters, police, and dozens of other civil service occupations have their SSA benefits reduced, due to them not paying into the system, while employed.
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@qbrozen
It was here when we bought the house. Not sure I’d spend the money to install it from scratch as there are similar options without wiring available now. I will say the in ceiling speakers we have on the main floor are nice and unobtrusive
@jmonroe
Yes the old work boxes they have now are great. The straps you are referring to were called “Madison straps” or “battleships” by old school electricians. I’ve used them, they are a pain. Also these modules would never fit in an old box. It was tight with the super deep box I bought.
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
I never heard of those strap names you mentioned but anything other than the old work boxes used today can’t be too user friendly.
As far as box depth, those boxes that are as deep as a 2 X 4 (3 1/2 inches), do come in handy when needed.
jmonroe
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
until then, the bluetooth speaker does the job when we need something. which isn't that often.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
and yesterday got to dismantle the microwave until I found where they hid the filter on that. I noticed there was a light blinking under the "change filter" message. I recalled seeing one in a box downstairs and got that installed. old one was pretty greasy but no clue if it really needed to be swapped. but, it is done now.
also got the Xmas tree up. first real tree in decades. could have been a little taller, but live and learn. but it is really nice and full at least and fits the spot well.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Have always lived under our means, brought the kids up that way & still, we all live under our means. Really don't need to keep my part time gig but what else am I going to do with my time? I'm getting paid for doing something I truly love & the other retirees I work with are mostly pretty decent folks. A few which aren't my cup of tea but I'm cordial but don't go any farther than that. Was thinking of going down to only a couple days a week in January, but going to stay the course right now and keep my three days a week. Plan to re-look at the situation in 6 months or so and see how I feel. If I'm still having more bad days than good like I have been this last year, will definitely drop down to two days and see how that goes. Nothing is written in stone so I do have options if needed.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
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It really wasn’t too bad. No wire fishing, the back side of both places I cut into the wall is our storage room and where all the connections are for the system.
I still have my office stereo and of course our movie room. No other stereo components are in the main parts of the house, even though I wouldn’t mind that.
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Assuming it’s a microwave/vent hood combo.
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I'm happy with a high quality Bluetooth speaker that I can place wherever I am. It's more than good enough for background music. Like you I have enough things to do that I am not going to add to chores.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Some are free and some you have to pay. I am not sure what the ratio is but I'll bet that the pay ones out number the free ones by a lot.
They have them at a mall near me and one day I witnessed a little altercation at one. It seems a Tesla was going for one of the charging slots but a motorcycle got to the spot first and took it. As the biker was taking off his gear the Tesla driver was yelling at him that the spot was foe EV's. The biker just finished taking off his gear then went and plugged in his electric motorcycle, waved to the Tesla driver and walked off.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
But I have another filter story. A bit over a year ago I had an ERV installed here because the house was tight and I was always dubious of the air quality. It took the installers the better part of 2 days to put in all of the ducting, etc, and before they left the guy showed me how to open it up and pointed to where there was a nut that held something up that supported the core which needed to be removed every so often for cleaning. That few seconds was it and of course I immediately forgot what he said.
The other day it occurred to me that I had never touched it since so I figured it needed cleaning. I got out the manual it came with and the instructions were sketchy at best. It is in the basement between a pair of floor joists in the ceiling so it isn't hard to access but when I opened it up I couldn't see a wing nut anywhere. I wiggled the core piece and it was loose enough that it slid down and out and two foam filters fell out with it. Unfortunately I failed to take a picture of it before doing so.
I washed the foam filters which were quite dirty and vacuumed the core as best I could. The next day after the filters dried out I went to reinstall everything and realized I had no idea which of the 4 sides the 2 filters should be on nor how the whole assembly should be oriented. The manual only had engineering drawings with no detail on anything that helped in that regard. I went to the manufacturer website and found nothing either except for a pdf of the useless manual I already had. Hmmm. The core had a sticker on one segment and I tried to remember how it was oriented when I first opened the cover but I couldn't recall if it faced north or south. I put it back together and it ran OK so I buttoned it up, turned it back on and it ran.
The whole thing nagged at me though so I continued my online search for something that might offer better info. I was astounded to find virtually nothing. But the one useful thing I found was a picture from some ventilation trade site that had awarded it an honorable mention when the product was introduced a few years ago that actually had a picture of the thing installed. Eureka! I saved the pic on my phone and went downstairs to check. Turned out I had it wrong and I had to remove the core again and change one filter location. How a company can fail to provide decent user maintenance instructions tells me it must be run by nobody but engineers.
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Assuming it’s a microwave/vent hood combo.
Ah...
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I am vested in a pension from a private company and I can start pulling from in next month as I turn 62. I don't think it will be a lot but it's a little extra money as I plan on working the next 5 to 6 years before retiring. When I retire I'll get a state pension and Social Security which will replace about 90% of my salary with savings and investments we should be ok. I still plan on doing taxes in my retirement but full time during the tax season and maybe get some type of easy peasy retirement gig.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
The microwave is an over the range vent hood combo. It does have the little grills on the bottom and I did clean them, but it seemed odd that there would be a filter alert for those, so I dug deeper. Above the unit, there is a pretty dense filter (like a small furnace filter) that is what you are supposed to change. The element was black material so hard to tell if it needed it, but I had one, so did it.
it does vent to the outside, so I was surprised that it had one. I did not study it too close but it looks to be in line between the exhaust fan, and the pipe to the outside. I guess it keeps gunk out of the pipe?
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I am vested in a pension from a private company and I can start pulling from in next month as I turn 62. I don't think it will be a lot but it's a little extra money as I plan on working the next 5 to 6 years before retiring. When I retire I'll get a state pension and Social Security which will replace about 90% of my salary with savings and investments we should be ok. I still plan on doing taxes in my retirement but full time during the tax season and maybe get some type of easy peasy retirement gig.
How do you think this new $600/1099 rule will effect your tax preparation business? I’m not even sure who has to generate them but it looks like if I pay my mechanic $600 in cash I’m supposed to give him one. Is that how it works? Sounds like a nightmare.
As for an easy peasy retirement gig, Sandy and I can hook you up.😉
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
It looks like if it goes back together it doesn't matter which way you place the filters...but I do put them in the way they always were.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
In my professional career I never got a COLA. For those who have, consider yourself lucky not be be in something involving lower reimbursements with increasing overhead .
My provincial government pension has no indexing for a 5-year period that we are about halfway through. Even if things were unrealistically great in the financial world it is legislated in such a way that we would never receive full COLA. A government from about 10 years ago changed the legislation to really put the screws to U.S. pensioners. Shameful, really.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6