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Re: Furniture.. [corvette] by steve_ HOST
Jun 27, 2009 (9:48 am)
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Replying to: corvette (Jun 27, 2009 8:46 am)

New heat pump AC combo. $5,900.
 
But hey, $500 in incentives and a $1,500 energy credit. Almost as bad as what a car manufacturer has to do to sell cars these days.
 
Houses cost too much!
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Re: Furniture.. [corvette] by woodyww
Jun 27, 2009 (10:48 am)
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Replying to: corvette (Jun 27, 2009 8:46 am)

Ever seen that movie, The Money Pit?
 
If you had Shelly Long living in the house with you, you might not care about the repairs......or anything else.
 
"hidden roof damage"--how old is the roof? The crawlspace--is it concrete, or like the awful bare dirt crawlspace under one room of my house? Would a dehumidifier fit, or help?
 
This is why saner people buy condos. Unless they are wealthy enough to buy a perfect house, &/or just pay whatever it takes to pay for the constant repairs, maintenence, yardwork, etc.......(from someone who's too stubborn to sell his SF money pit, back-breaking yard work & snow-shoveling--house, & move to a condo.....)
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Re: Furniture.. [corvette] by fintail
Jun 27, 2009 (10:56 am)
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Replying to: corvette (Jun 27, 2009 8:46 am)

Buy a house, have a ca. 1928 Lincoln touring car thrown in for free. Sounds like a deal to me
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Re: Furniture.. [woodyww] by corvette
Jun 27, 2009 (1:20 pm)
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Replying to: woodyww (Jun 27, 2009 10:48 am)

New-ish roof, bad flashing in one area on the back. Rest of the roof looks OK, so we think it can be fixed rather than having to replace the whole thing.
 
It's a dirt crawlspace with a vapor barrier that stops about 8" short of the edges. You can get a dehumidifier that will fit, but I think there may be some groundwater drainage issues that need to be fixed first.
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Re: Furniture.. [corvette] by roadburner
Jun 27, 2009 (5:46 pm)
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Replying to: corvette (Jun 27, 2009 1:20 pm)

New-ish roof, bad flashing in one area on the back. Rest of the roof looks OK, so we think it can be fixed rather than having to replace the whole thing.
 
We lucked out on our roof; it's about 15 years old, but we had a roofing company inspect it-just to be safe-and the diagnosis was $250 to fix a couple of buckled boards a and several nail pops. The foreman told me that now the roof should be good for at least another 10 years.
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Re: Furniture.. [corvette] by woodyww
Jun 28, 2009 (12:41 pm)
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Replying to: corvette (Jun 27, 2009 1:20 pm)

I saw a show on HGTV or someplace about a crawlspace over dirt that needed to be "fixed". It was amazing what they did. I think (?)--it's supposed to have gravel on the dirt, & a modern vapor barrier over that. And maybe french drains around the perimeter.
 
Of course the sub-floor over the crawlspace can get dry-rot, or wet-rot, if there are water issues....mine is the "Collapsing floor", because of the shoddy construction over bare dirt, with non-pressure treated wood, etc.....
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Re: A little Friday afternoon levity .... [lilengineerboy] by qbrozen
Jun 29, 2009 (7:49 am)
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Replying to: lilengineerboy (Jun 27, 2009 7:27 am)

Given the Honda Accord thread begun previously, I don't know too many kids burning to get an Accord,
 
That's only because you and I aren't willing to paint it purple with ghost flames, put a folgers can on the tailpipe and a 3-foot wing. ;b
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used cars by tomcatt630
Jun 29, 2009 (10:03 am)
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"purple with ghost flames, put a folgers can on the tailpipe and a 3-foot wing."
 
That's so 9 years ago,
 
Anyway, used cars are a better buy, but then look what happens when new cars sales drop. Catch22
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Re: used cars [tomcatt630] by qbrozen
Jun 29, 2009 (11:54 am)
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Replying to: tomcatt630 (Jun 29, 2009 10:03 am)

oh-ho.
I beg to differ. Bad taste never fades. ;b
Here are a couple of pics from the last SEMA.
 

 

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