I wasn’t originally fond of the idea of a security system

When my hubby first recommended a house security system, I was not overly blissful with the idea.

I figured the installation, weekly fees, arming, disarming and dealing with false alarms would all be frustrating.

I wasn’t sure the benefits were worth the hassle. I decided to do some research into why a house security system is a superb idea. I wasn’t all that surprised to learn that the main reason people invest into security for their house is to protect. I was reminded of an acquaintance of mine who lost electronics, jewelry, tools and money to a house invasion. The theft was especially devastating because the thieves made off with several irreplaceable family heirlooms. Studies have shown that as the number of house security systems increase in a city, the number of residential robberies decrease. A visible security system works to deter crime. There is also the benefit of remote monitoring. The addition of surveillance cameras located throughout the inside of the house and around the exterior provide real-time footage. The video feed is vivid, full color and allows for recording, playback and remote monitoring. Through an app on the smartphone, homeowners can check up on their dwelling from virtually anywhere. There are further advantages to smart keyless locks and smart lighting. Since my family often takes lengthy getaways, I like the idea of being able to keep an eye on our empty house. The ability to turn lights on and off or unlock the door for someone to water plants was also an asset. The security system we chose includes smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors and moisture sensors. These features are as important to me as the door and window sensors and alarms.

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Security systems have greatly improved

Home automation technology provides real-time information via the smartphone

A few years ago, a security system gave only basic features. A beep would sound when a door was opened. If the proper code wasn’t punched in quickly enough, an alarm would sound. There were magnetic sensors and miles of wires concealed inside the walls. The control panel was quite substantial and simplistic. While the most important aspects of new security systems are still sensors, alarms and remote alarm monitoring service, today’s updates include numerous innovative features. The capabilities of house security systems have greatly expanded and improved. Wireless technology has changed how house security functions. The system is now installed without drilling and remote monitoring doesn’t rely on telephone lines. The wireless cameras and sensors have become much more powerful and dependable. At one time, if an intruder knew enough to split the telephone wire, the whole security system was useless. WIth wireless technology, today’s alternatives are protected by a cellular backup. There have also been considerable advances in video and imaging technology. Instead of blurry black-and-white pictures, we now benefit from clear, full-color HD camera feeds. The devices are compact enough to blend into house decor, remote control allows homeowners to pan and zoom individual cameras to know what’s going on at any time, whether they are on the premises or not. Home automation technology provides real-time information via the smartphone. There is the ability to watch surveillance cameras, record and playback the feed. The same app can turn lights on and off, raise or lower the control unit setting, lock and unlock doors and arm or disarm the security system.

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HVAC service requests go to the boss

All service requests for the house building have to go through the boss.

This is a rule that has been the same for the past 2 years.

I have been working for the house building complex that long, and when there is a service that requires parts, I have to make a request. When a service requires service from an outside provider, I have to send a request for that as well. Over the weekend, there was a problem with one of our renters and I needed to replace some parts for the air conditioning system. The parts for the air conditioning system were only $17 and I paid for them out of my own pocket. I truthfully didn’t feel it was going to be a substantial deal and I knew that the parts were going to repair the problem with the customers air conditioning system. I submitted the bill so I could get paid and I got a call 5 minutes later from my boss. He wanted to see me inside his office. When I sat down, I truthfully thought he was going to write me a check or give me money out of the drawer. I actually didn’t expect him to yell at me for not following the rules. I told my boss that the $17 parts were no big deal and I didn’t mind paying for them, but he told me that I wasn’t following directions and it wasn’t about the amount of money that I paid for the parts. I don’t feel I’m going to work here much longer with stupid rules like that.

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Frustrating problems with heating and cooling system

It’s frustrating when there are problems with the heating or cooling system, and recently I had problems with the fireplace, a part of our boiler that we use quite frequently. My wife and I purchased our house with a fireplace so we could use that to help our heating costs year after year. A fireplace is free to use as long as you don’t include the cost of wood. We easily get free wood from the forest behind the house, so it’s no substantial deal for us to use our fireplace. I heard some strange noises coming from inside of the chimney and it was getting close to the time when we would normally use our fireplace. I contacted someone at the heating company to have a full system service performed on the chimney. There are skilled and trained specialists that climb up on the roof and clean the chimney from the inside out. This time when I had the service performed, I found out that squirrels made a nest in the chimney during the summer. I had no idea that there were squirrels inside of the chimney and I don’t feel we heard any noises at all during the spring or summer. The service specialist took some pictures of the problematic areas. We had all of the debris and problematic areas cleaned and detached and after that we had the service specialist clean and completely sanitize the inside of the chimney. We didn’t want to breathe any excrement from the squirrel so it was a superb idea to make sure that the chimney was well cleaned.

 

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I called someone to service the heating equipment

Both of my boys played basketball for the school and they are both undoubtedly good. I would not be surprised to find out that both of the boys end up with a scholarship to play basketball at a division one school. We had to go to a game that was on the other side of the state. It was an exhibition game and we did not get home until it was almost midnight. It was about 40° outside that evening and it felt just as cold inside of the house. It wasn’t pleasant and I knew there was a problem with the boiler as soon as we walked into the house. I told the boys to take a shower and I told them to grab a space heater from the hall closet. The boys were complaining about the uneven temperatures and I knew they weren’t going to be cheerful with the cold air. I didn’t want them to go right to bed without taking a shower even if the boiler was broken. I contacted an emergency service provider as soon as I got the teenagers settled. The emergency service provider said it was going to cost an extra fee to come to the house in the middle of the night. I did not want to spend money on any extra fees when I could wait until the afternoon. I knew there was another space heater in the hall closet. I slept in the bedroom or the door closed and the space heater was running high. The boys and I made it through to the other side.

 

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Eleven in the day cleaning HVAC duct

So, I believe my Heating and Air Conditioning rep’s Mom was correct when he told me that standup comedians and skydivers make for some risky investors.

I’ve been watching all the cryptos take off, including the one I had a bunch of, while I now sit on this dead duck stock that I was so sure was going to explode. I should have stuck with the AI supplier I was with, but I had the bright idea to switch to a supplier that appears to be in trouble. I need to learn to be more patient when it comes to investing so that I don’t lose all of my money like I did last year. The local corporation was correct when he told me to buy and hold, but I didn’t listen and ended up losing all of my Heating and Air Conditioning system savings from the previous ten years. Imagine saving money for ten years only to see it vanish in an instant due to impatience. So, I believe my Heating and Air Conditioning rep’s Mom was correct when he told me that standup comedians and skydivers make for some risky investors. I’m not sure I’d take financial advice from someone who jumps out of planes for a living; they might be a little too aggressive with their investment portfolio, don’t you think? Instead of attempting to do something I am unfamiliar with, I will stick to HVAC duct cleaning and boiler filter sales. In the end, it isn’t a big deal because money goes out and money comes in all the time, because money is energy, and that is how energy flows. I’m off to the local store now to get a HEPA filter.

 

 

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Missing my mum’s gas fireplace

This week is Saturday, and the only commitment I have is a short leg workout with my workout buddy at 5 p.m.

this week.

Aside from that, it’s going to be a day of working online and healing my body so I can play drums and sing with the band tomorrow. We’re trying to find our sound and getting closer, but my friend and I still need more time to fine-tune our music so that my friend and I can bring in the crowds like I know my friend and I can. We’ve mostly been playing on the streets, but my friend and I have been crossing over to local company show in clubs and air-conditioned bars around the neighborhood for some money. I did play a little too much ball a couple of afternoons ago, and I need to get better quickly so that I can drum without pain in my elbow. I’ve been using chilly gel to cool down my elbow and a heating unit that my mother bought me. This helps a lot with joint pain when you cool and heat the joint over and over, and I’m feeling better but need to keep working on the pain a little more. My boiler will need to be cleaned at some point, and if my elbow continues to hurt, I will contact the heating dealership and have them send out a professional to do the job for me. I want to focus on music and have a pleasant elbow, so having someone else do that work would be extremely beneficial.
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Struggling with home climate control and how we resolved the problem with a permanent solution: A replacement!

The most frustrating thing happened to us during summer; our cooling equipment kept going on and off and stopped being of any help with indoor comfort.

I was working from home, and opening the windows did nothing for climate control because it felt like all the hot air rushed into the house.

I had to call the cooling technician at the local service provider business, where I mentioned it was an emergency. I had already ignored the cooling technology problem for two days, and by the third day, I was afraid I’d pass out from the discomfort. I desperately needed a cooling solution. Despite how busy the HVAC business gets during summer with calls similar to mine, the cooling specialist made it to my house within four hours, which I found remarkable. I explained the situation. It wasn’t the thermostat because it was newly installed and was still functional from their troubleshooting. I didn’t even know my HVAC installation was ten years old until the HVAC contractor mentioned that it was dead and could only be repaired and damaged again within a short time which would be more expensive than buying a new system. I had to think about replacement in an emergency because there was no way I’d survive summer without a solution. The cooling corporation representative recommended an upgrade to the electric heat pump, which I was unfamiliar with. A short Reddit post later, I was convinced to go for it if I was making a replacement since the benefits seemed to outweigh the costs. I enjoyed the replacement process because the experts offered top-quality AC service and customer care. I felt part of the team because they informed me what they were doing and why without my inquiry.

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The cooling specialist told me to get an electric heat pump and I brought up a conversation regarding the scarcity of electricity in future

I was shopping for new cooling equipment for a client’s house, but since I have no experience in the HVAC business, I had to rely on the cooling technician team at the local cooling corporation.

I knew what the client wanted out of the cooling technology we would pick.

That helped with indoor comfort, climate control, and energy saving. I knew the local service provider would be resourceful based on the quality AC service they’ve always offered whenever I reached out for help with projects. The HVAC contractor assigned to me was new. Still, the HVAC installation business always has resourceful and engaging experts, so I felt safe sharing my expectations and what we hoped to achieve for the client. When the cooling specialist first took me through the electric heat pump, it felt like they were pushing me towards buying it because all the benefits it was said to have exceeded other cooling options I had encountered before. I had to find out the catch with the seemingly ideal HVAC option. I started poking holes at the perfection of the technology because it fit all my client’s needs, but since it was new to me, I had to be sure that everything would work out in the long term. My first question was how a client would survive in case of a power cut if they had no gas option. The expert told me I could easily pick a hybrid heat pump that would allow us to readjust the energy option according to needs. I had also seen a conversation regarding the burden such heat pumps would have on the electricity grid. I was reassured that there were efforts to ensure that it did not come to that because more electric energy options were being developed, and some heat pumps could be connected to solar energy.

 

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Thursday is heating up with air conditioner

Today is Thursday, and my fantastic friend and I are supposed to play songs on the pier beside my favorite beach tonight…

My friend and I played there two days ago and had a great time, so today my fantastic friend and I will do it all over again and also try to get into this beach bar near the pier.

The weather is warming up, and more people are flocking to the beach, which is fantastic for us because my fantastic friend and I have a larger audience, more fun, and more followers. My friend and I aren’t aiming for a million followers, but rather a good number so that local businesses can see that we have a fanbase. Our longer-term goal for the next year is to establish a proper rotation in the beach bars and clubs in town, as well as to earn enough money to spend on my savings and bills each month. I expect my fantastic friend and I will be close to doing that soon as well, and then my Heating, Ventilation, and A/C tech task will be easier because I will be able to reduce my hours working for the local supplier and focus more energy on songs. My plan is to spend the rest of my life in a band, entertaining people and writing songs for the rest of the world to hear. I’d like to work part-time on an air conditioner and spend a lot of my nights in temperature-controlled clubs having fun playing the drums and singing. I know it is possible, but I also know it will require a lot of hard work, which is fantastic for me because I love the craft.

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