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  1. James Hardie Information & Class

    in Building Science

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    I was able to attend a class at the James Hardie manufacturing plant South of Fort Worth in Cleburne, TX this afternoon.

    A great class, experience and tour of their manufacturing plant.

    This may be old news to many, but JH has created products based on climate zones. They have maps at their website for the coverage areas of the HZ5 and HZ10 products.

    I've attached a link to the portion of their website where you can download the "Best Practices - Installation Guide for the various zone products.

    Downloads are broken into sections and likely due to heavy duty file size. Very nice graphics in the manual. We were given hard-copies in the class today and I've also downloaded the HZ10 documents for my region.

    Don't know if Mike will want to draw these docs down into the library or not.

    I'll have to say the time spent and the information presented about the JH product was excellent.

    James Hardie - Best Practices & Installation Guide

  3. CSST touching steel ductwork

    in Plumbing Forum

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    I wonder if a case like this would trickle down to other manufacturers such as Gastite.

    Absolutely ... the concern is "CSST" ... made by whatever manufacturer.

    Some individual CSST legal claims have been made in the D/FW market over the past year. Homeowner's filing claims against builders and involved trades. They have prevailed.

    No ... I don't have access to the legal final findings.

  9. Current State of VoIP

    in Computers & Reporting Systems Forum

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    I've been using Vonage for the past 6-7 years with no issues.

    Albeit my internet service is from Verizon FIOS ... "smoking fast" fiber optics.

    Helps to have the bandwidth.

    When I first signed on with Vonage I had two separate lines from them as one was for a company I was consulting for while doing HIs.

    The internet service was basic DSL and still no problems with the Vonage VOIP service.

  12. Faucet Question

    in Plumbing Forum

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    TM -

    My experience has been that there 'is' cold water flow when no h/w is present on the single-control valves.

    Can't say I've experienced all makes/models of the single-control valves and I've had many, from vacant homes, where the 'hot' side of the single-control cartridge fails to operate. Seems as if the single-control valves (varies by manufacturer) have more failures when they are idle or not operated for extended lengths of time. Such as vacant properties.

    I've had one client advise me that the single-control valves (h/w side of cartridge) would not work after a couple of months in the 2nd floor of their home. They pretty much never used the upstairs bathrooms as they had not yet populated the bedrooms with their "yet to be born" young-ins.

  18. Federal Pacific Panels

    in Electrical Forum

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    Do a search here at TIJ for FPE or Federal Pacific and you will find a lot of information concerning the Federal Pacific problems.

    I'm surprised you have not seen those panels before in the Houston market.

    I used to live and inspect there years ago and saw them all over.

  21. Brand preference for new equipment?

    in HVAC Forum

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    Since Goodman (and their upper level Amana) was taken back "private" they have made extraordinary strides in quality.

    I've been through their factory in Houston twice and was very impressed.

    In fact I had to replace my complete HVAC system last fall and I went with an Amana. Best warranty, best price from all the quotes I received.

    On the other side ... there are also many other good systems out there.

  22. Looking at Moving

    in Open Topics

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    I knew it ... JK has confirmed it.

    He works part-time for the Chamber of Commerce for the State of Oregon!!!

    Actually ... his information is spot on. In all the states I've lived in throughout the U.S (I have only done a lot of work in prior lives in Oregon) I've not had the privilege of living in Oregon.

    I have a very close friend, who used to work for me (many years past) who, along with his wife, has retired to Joseph, OR.

    My wife and I are hoping to get up to see them next year on holiday.

  24. Home Inspection Quote

    in Open Discussion Forum (Chit-Chat)

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    Gave up the desktop PC many years ago. Been using notebooks every since, but with "large" external flat-screen and keyboard via docking station. Can grab 'n go with the notebook from the office as necessary. Usually try to plan/budget for a new notebook every 2-3 years.

    I've burned through many keyboards as well. Some on the notebook itself and some remote/desktop units. Some are just better than others in their response and stability.

    Smith Corona image below was not the 'mill' I learned 'touch typing' on, but it was my first "portable" typewriter.

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