Home ownership

Nice TJ! I assume you did not make the big move. You might want to have a word with your neighbors about the garage door. Unless that's yours.... then in that case it is lovely!

Congratulations, TJ. Hope closing and the finish up goes well.

i have not read every word typed in the past couple dozen posts, but as dictated by current international building codes townhomes are required to have fire separation between adjacent living units
rather difficult to image a scenario otherwise unless a bootlegger was involved

Have any of you guys had any experience buying things from Canada yet since we all got Trumped? I've finally got everything in line to buy the smartfilm I talked about earlier, but now I'm wondering if my $1800 quote is going to actually be $2300 because it comes from Canada. Waiting on a response from the company but I kinda expect them to play dumb so as to not lose a sale.

Edit: I'm hoping they have a distributor in US that avoids all of this.

I just get the free geese.

Answer from them:
To answer your concern about tariffs—this won’t affect your order. We operate under the USMCA (formerly NAFTA) agreement and hold a valid certificate, which means there are no additional tariffs or border fees for you to worry about. The only additional cost beyond the quote will be the credit card processing fee, which will be clearly outlined when we send your payment link.

Here are some pics of the samples they sent me. I've decided to just do the front window that is rarely in direct sunlight. The afternoon sun on the kitchen window seems to really have a negative effect on the clearness. I'm going with the cheapest option as I really couldn't tell a whole lot of difference one from the other. Left is cheap, right is less cheap.

Kitchen, these are all in clear mode:

I've pretty much decided to just let the holly bushes grow about halfway up the window instead of getting blinds or the film.

thanks for the update mark.
are those bubbles in the cheap one?

You get walls-in insurance. Your insurance covers the inside of the house. Your corporation's insurance handles the outside.

And yes, the line between an HOA and a Condo gets blurry for townhomes.

pretty sure this is the first time i've every responded to a spam text.

Curious if anyone has had experience with converting central air to use new refrigerant.

I have a small system and have had a refrigerant leak for a while. Every year or two I'd get it serviced and it was always to add refrigerant. It's old enough that I assume it's still using R22. Last time the service tech told me they were on the last of the refrigerant and that it would need to be converted if it needed service again ... which it does.

I fully expect to get the hard sell for a new system if I call for service, but I'm not the least bit excited about paying for one when everything works great as long as it has refrigerant. Given that I don't have any idea what the cost (or feasibility) of conversion would be, I'd be interested in knowing if anyone had that experience.

the ai response

They are, but they're there because I had just peeled it from the kitchen window and half ass stuck it to the front window. If I'd been careful and used a scraper they wouldn't be there.

Roofers started at 6am, done at noon. Naptime!

Also, the other 2 samples came without adhesive, so no bubbles from half assery. Hence the blue tape on those 2.

what a beautiful tree, i would have climbed the hell out of that as a kid.

Roofers are nuts.

There has been a crew on my neighbor's house since sometime before 7am Monday. They work past 5:30pm. I'm not sure what time they start or finish. Right now it is 98* with a heat index somewhere above 110. And it isn't a dry heat.

The neighbors were gone Monday, but I think they came home sometime late yesterday but maybe not. The noise bothers me and I'm 500' away and inside.

even worse are the hot mop crews installing acres of asphaltic three-ply layers upon elementary school roofs during summer when the kids are away

unsurprising almost every laborer appears to take frequent smoke breaks while flashing jail tattoos
if only they had an andy dufresne to negotiate their union beer contract

why be alone
call now

Hot Mop Crews
are in your area

installing acres of
asphaltic three-ply

Mark, great update on the window film. Thanks. Looking straight through the glass looks very reasonable. I noticed the off axis fog. How bad is that?

text ixtapa to zihuatanejo

On the refrigerant question, my brother just had a similar problem. Decided just to go with new equipment, as the conversion was going to be painful and expensive, but I didn't get (or ask for) actual numbers.

yeah mark that's a very solid tree

Found the flyer recently from when the house was bought in 1967. Tree's grown a little!

I'll say! It's amazing how gnarly one can become in only 60 years!

I used a weed eater this morning for the first time in years. It took less than ten seconds for me to remember why I hate them so much. Sumbitch worked like a champ! Me, not so much.