My dad and mom are super big fans of football.
Each year, they must watch all the games, and start to root for their respective teams.
See, we aren’t a one team sort of family. We actually support three different teams and it’s always funny to see this play out each year. My team won the super bowl last year, and let’s just say it was so funny rubbing it in everyone’s face. Well, this year, things are different and mom and dad were up against each other. That weekend, we had planned to be at home, and enjoy the game together. No one was cooking so we’d order food and invite folks over. Unfortunately, those plans were put on hold because the furnace broke. Dad and mom called to say we had to find an alternative place to stay because there was no heating at the house. Plus, I had to call and tell folks there was no way to host them to watch the game. A friend owns a hotel in town, and she had the best idea. Instead of canceling, we could just move the event to the hotel. Her dining room was free, and she booked it for us for the day. We’d pay for food and drinks only. Dad and mom loved the idea because we’d all be together and enjoy the game in a room with heating. My job shifted from canceling invitations to alerting folks to the change of venue. It seems everyone had been looking forward to the gathering because they all agreed to show up at the hotel and enjoy the game.
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Jane, a mother of more than one children lived in a small house.
She was typically looking for ways to make her lake house more comfortable & cozy, especially during the cold Winter months! One day, while browsing through a lake house design magazine, Jane came across an advertisement for heated flooring.
She was right away intrigued by the program & began to research more about it. She found out that heated flooring was not only costly however also energy-efficient & could help reduce heating costs; Excited about the prospect of having radiant floors, she decided to take the plunge & invest in them. She worked strenuous & saved up enough money to purchase the flooring & hire an Heating & Air Conditioning worker to install it! The replacement was no straight-forward task, and when it was finally done, she was overjoyed with what she saw. The radiant floors looked beautiful & added a touch of luxury to her home. And the best section was, her feet were never chilly again! Her children were also glad with the new addition to their home. They loved the feeling of hot flooring on their bare feet & couldn’t wait to show their friends. And as for Jane, she felt prefer she was finally living the life of luxury she had typically dreamed of, but as it turned out, the radiant floors were more than just a luxury item. They helped reduce her heating costs, making her lake house more energy-efficient & eco-friendly, however jane was proud of herself for making a smart investment & was grateful for the comfort & warmth it provided to her family. Jane was cheerful with her hot feet & her beautiful home. And she typically looked back on that day she invested in radiant floors as one of the best decisions she has ever made.
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And as for Jane, he felt like he was finally living the life of luxury he had regularly dreamed of; But as it turned out, the radiant heated floors were more than just a luxury item
Jane, a mother of more than one children lived in a small house, and he was regularly looking for ways to make his apartment more comfortable as well as cozy, especially while in the freezing Wintertide weeks! One morning, while browsing through a apartment design magazine, Jane came across an advertisement for heated flooring. She was right away intrigued by the idea as well as began to research more about it. She found out that heated flooring was not only extravagant however also energy-efficient as well as could help reduce heating costs. Excited about the prospect of having radiant heated floors, he decided to take the plunge as well as invest in them. She worked taxing as well as saved up enough money to purchase the flooring as well as hire an Heating, Ventilation & A/C worker to install it, then the replacement was no easy task, and when it was finally done, he was overjoyed with what he saw. The radiant heated floors looked beautiful as well as added a touch of luxury to his home. And the best section was, his feet were never frigid again! His children were also blissful with the current addition to their home. They enjoyed the feeling of moderate flooring on their bare feet as well as could not wait to show their friends. And as for Jane, he felt like he was finally living the life of luxury he had regularly dreamed of; But as it turned out, the radiant heated floors were more than just a luxury item. They helped reduce his heating costs, making his apartment more energy-efficient as well as eco-friendly, but jane was proud of herself for making a smart investment as well as was grateful for the comfort as well as warmth it provided to his family. Jane was blissful with his moderate feet as well as his beautiful home. And he regularly looked back on that morning he invested in radiant heated floors as a single of the best decisions he has ever made.
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My house has well water which is a huge pain in the butt.
Getting water from a well should be good but instead I have a whole lot of problems.
I deal with stains on my plumbing fixtures all the time. My toilet always looks orange. My shower has calcium build up. The soap doesn’t lather and creates blockage in my drains. The water can’t be consumed either. It isn’t a good idea to brush your teeth with it. It stains teeth. It also turns hair orange and dries out skin. It is like the water is toxic. The worst is the damage it does over time. I alway know when it has ruined our water heater. There is a part on a water heater called an anode rod. This rod catches all sorts of calcium and sediment from getting into the water. It should be a good thing. However, our water is so bad that the rod cannot handle it. It gets totally clogged up. What happens is then my water smells like rotten eggs. I know that the rod needs to be removed and wreck our water heater warranty. Then my husband has to dump bleach down the drains to get rid of the smell. We are then good to go until the water ruins the water heater and we have to start fresh. We go through water heaters in half the amount of time we should. It is really expensive to have crappy water. How sad is that? No water softener added has helped matters either. We really just need to move to where there is town water.
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So if you choose to move to the south, as many of us do, I’d suggest moving here at the end of winter.
For one, it’s wonderful to go from all that cold to the mild winter we have around here.
I left a house that had the gas furnace still running to a house where the heat pump was quiet when we arrived. And that heat pump has only had to stir a few times in this, my first full time winter. The reason I suggest moving here in the late winter is more geared to the heat of summer actually. Of course, we all realize that trading a gas furnace for a heat pump comes with way more air conditioning. But you really can’t quite understand this sort of heat until you experience it. I was lucky to move at the beginning of spring and have a great neighbor. He too was from the north and gave me some great advice right off the bat. My new neighbor suggested that we wait as long as we could before we cranked the air conditioning. I really didn’t understand why until I realized that you really do have to acclimate to this level of heat and humidity. Otherwise, you stay inside the air conditioning all the time. And over cooling a house can come with expenses that rival letting a gas furnace run wild in the winter. But once those four months of summer are over, the rest of the year is awesome. Yet, the winter is exquisite and I don’t miss that gas furnace one bit.
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I know it’s still February but man, I’m already getting excited about spring.
And who can blame me, right? By this point in the winter, I’m over the snow and ice. The teens and single digit temperatures are wearing me down. And all I really want is for the gas furnace to stop running day and night. I sure don’t miss the high cost of heating this house when the winter ends. But we still have another month or two of having the gas furnace come on. However, the frequency with which the gas furnace cycles on will start to diminish. That’s always an exciting sign that spring is around the corner. Actually, we live in a region that has such a harsh winter I actually have to protect the air conditioner. We have a central air conditioning system inside our home the produces the heating and cooling we need. So half of that system is the air conditioning and the other half is the heating. Of course, in our neck of the woods, you have to have a gas furnace or some sort of boiler to get through this type of winter. I supplement the heating in our house with a wood stove and still my gas furnace costs me plenty. The other half of the central air conditioning is essentially a heat pump. Our winter is so tough that I actually cover the HVAC cabinet outside the house. It won’t be long now before I uncover that part of the air conditioning and call the HVAC company. I always like to start out spring with an air conditioning tune up to go along with our spring cleaning.
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I called a couple of different roofing contractors after I noticed some water pooling on the roof of the building.
- I manage the apartment building which has 24 units.
Six of the apartments have one bedroom and one bathroom. They are rented as efficiency units. Six of the apartments have two bedrooms and one bathroom. We have a couple of small families in these apartments as well as some single people or roommate situations. The other 12 units in the apartment building are all three bedroom and two bathroom apartments. The apartment building is quite large. Most of the time all 24 units are rented and leased. I often have to deal with problems inside of the apartments like issues with the air conditioner, radiator heaters, dishwashers, and garbage disposals. One of my tenants called me because she said there was water leaking down the window in her living area. The window is facing the street and it had not rained in several days. The first thing I did was go up to the roof. I went to the area above the spot where the tenant was complaining about a water leak. There was a problem with the rubber asphalt roof. I could see there was a bubble and a small amount of water pulling at the area. I immediately called the commercial roofing contractor that handles all of our problems. There should not have been a bubble in the rubber asphalt roof and I knew that was a sign of trouble. After the contractor tore up part of the rubber asphalt roof, it was easy to see the leak.
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Ever since I was a little kid, my dad has been working as a commercial roofing contractor.
- He works with all kinds of construction companies around here in our area, and everyone knows him.
I think that he has put commercial roofing on probably half of the buildings in our city and in surrounding communities. My dad really doesn’t have all that much competition when it comes to commercial roofing installation around here. there just aren’t that many commercial roofing companies around. I guess this has been a really good thing for my dads company, since he has grown by leaps and bounds since he started up his business about 25 years ago. He really likes being a commercial roofing contractor. He likes dealing with all of the different construction guys on a daily basis. He usually ends up going out to lunch with one or two of them at least three or four times a week. Whenever I was in high school, my friends and I all went to work for him during the summer to do roof installation and roof repair. I don’t know if I’m going to take over the commercial roofing company once I get finished with college, but it’s a good possibility. My dad thinks that he might want to retire by then, but I don’t know if he ever will. I really think that he just enjoys his job too much to retire. I don’t know what he would do if he did not run the commercial roofing company. I think that he would be bored out of his mind.
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There isn’t a dentist around here who takes our insurance who will also handle a root canal.
We found out about this whole thing the hard way when my husband found out that he had to have a root canal done on one of his teeth.
He was having a lot of pain in his lower jaw and when he went to the dentist office to find out what the problem was, they told him that the toothache was happening because he needed to have a root canal done. The people at the dentist office told him that he was going to have to go to an emergency dental clinic to have it looked at because they don’t handle that kind of thing at the office. I did not know this until this point. I thought that they handled all kinds of stuff at the dentist office. Apparently, if it’s something like a root canal or another sort of dental surgery, they make you go somewhere else. At least that is the way it is here with our dentist. Unfortunately for us, the insurance company that we currently have our insurance through will not let us have a root canal at any of the places around here. We found one place that will do a root canal, but it’s about an hour and a half away. I can’t believe that they expect us to drive that far when we have all kinds of places that do dental surgery near us. I don’t understand insurance companies except for the fact that they are in it for money!
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Back when he was a little boy growing up, my son Ray used to pretend that he was an HVAC professional.
My husband and I used to really love it when he did that because it was so cute to see.
He loved to get out his little tool belt and pretend that he was going around and taking off all of the heating and cooling vent covers. Then he would pretend to suck out all of the dirt with his little pretend vacuum. It was really just the cutest thing. The reason that he left to pretend to be an HVAC professional is because his favorite uncle was also a heating and cooling technician. Whenever his uncle would come over to visit, Ray would follow him around like a little duckling. His uncle actually ended up teaching Ray a whole lot about furnaces and air conditioning systems back when he was a little boy. Whenever we had any issues with our furnace or air conditioning system, his uncle always made sure to let Ray watch him work on them and fix them. By the time he was in high school, Ray already knew more about home repairs and HVAC systems than most adults. So, it was no big surprise when he graduated from high school and our son Ray decided that he was going to go to the local technical school to get his heating and cooling certification. Now he is working at a local heating and cooling company here in town and he really loves his job. We were not surprised in the least.
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