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    I just spoke with a friend that does a lot of stamped concrete about using water-based concrete sealer to seal the grout. Any pros or cons? Again, thanks for any replies.
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    After retiring from home inspecting at the end of last year I have been sprucing up our home. My current project is restoring the grout color. When we built it in 1994 we used salmon colored grout for the Saltillo tile. It looked great for the first week. Since then I have resealed the grout numerous times. I am starting to believe that there is no sealer that will last and keep the grout from getting dirty looking. Anybody have a sure fire sealer to recommend? Thanks for any tips.
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    According to Peerless the unit was made in 1967.
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    Thanks for the correction and I was leaning to the left, something that I occasionally do.
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    How old is a Peerless Furnace MM2 21554 with no model number. Thanks, Ed Click to Enlarge 49.04 KB
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    I am helping a friend shingle a multi-pitch irregular 8-sided polygon gazebo. Is there any way to use asphalt shingles to cover the ridges that will look proper. I am thinking metal ridge is the only way. Thanks
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    Thanks, Mike, unfortunately it is not available in Jamaica. I may be able to ship it in but the tariffs are extreme.
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    I hope someone in this group can help me with my predicament: I just returned from Jamaica after cleaning our rain catchment cistern. When I brushed the walls it opened several hairline cracks that had been plugged with silt creating several seeps. I have heard that a lime-paste or a sand/cement paste may work. Drying and curing time comes into play as the tank can be empty for three days. Any suggestions other than coming to Jamaica and assisting in the project?
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    John, I raised elk for many years. Now I am down to a few old cows and no stinkin' bulls. An elk bull in the rut puts any dairy bull (Holstein, Ayrshire etc.) to shame as far temperment and destructiveness.
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    Thank you, Marc. Ed
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    The furnace connected to this flue has about 60% of the combustion air that it requires. Would this cause the white stains on the shingles due to improper combustion? The stains are similar to ones typically found under swamp coolers that leak or have an improperly adjusted float. Click to Enlarge 45.68 KB
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    Thanks for all the input. I think I am going for the Proknee kneepads.
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    My surgeon says try doing crawlspaces, my PT says not to.I had my TKR six weeks ago. The knee joint feels great but the knee cap is much more sensitive than I thought it would be. Do the above mention kneepads distribute the pressure away from the knee cap?
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    Thank you, Bruce. I will call them and discuss the proper option. Ed
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    Anybody out there had a total knee replacement and continued doing crawlspaces, attics etc.? What type of knee pads work best? Or did you just hire someone to do those locations? Thanks, Ed
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    The siding in question is on an early 1980s home with Thermax or similar brand sheathing with no spacing between the siding and the sheathing. The siding appears to have shrunk more than usual. Has anybody seen this condition elsewhere? Click to Enlarge 29.81 KB
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    Is this an improper installation of electric baseboard? The wall is 15 to 20 degrees out of plumb. It is on the inside of a mansard Click to Enlarge 30.57 KBexterior wall. The home is thirty years old with no apparent problem. Thanks for any response.
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    This is AOL news this morning: http://www.aolnews.com/killer-in-the-at ... n/19731468
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    Any chance that the soils there are expansive and a spread footing would be detrimental to the foundation?
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    Today doing a pre-listing inspection I found this evidence of a snake invasion/infestation. Snake skins and numerous small burrows in the insulation, no snakes visible. The attic is not properly ventilated. Would proper ventilation stop this being good snake habitat? Do you introduce a predator? ( I don't know why she swallowed the fly) Remove and replace with another kind of insulation? This home constructed of concrete walls six feet tall on the back side and ends with the eaves about thirty inches from the ground. Click to Enlarge 50.91 KB Click to Enlarge 51.59 KB
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    1.Using a 3/4 inch drill with a shear-plate router head in Doug Fir beams. 2.A shaper. 3.An industrial-sized flooring buffer not so much for personal injury but for the damage they cause when the operator loses control. When I was in the Air Force I was was buffing the floor in the dayroom it got away frome knocking a large hole in the wall. The sargeant nearby came over and observed the damage. I was thinking an Article 15 was headed my way. All he said was that he never could run one either and walked away.
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    Thanks, Jim But it doesn't say horizontal or vertical. It says, "Where horizontal ducts are used . . ." Since the scenario you described uses horizontal ducts, that's the part you follow. - Jim Katen, Oregon
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    My concern was that it says horizontal or vertical, not in combination. I may be reading to much into it, possibly caused by having two sons and a daughter-in-law that are lawyers. They even find meaning in the spaces beween the words. According to the language in that code section, it should be 1/2000. However, I really can't imagine why it would matter. - Jim Katen, Oregon
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    Today I observed two 8x16 ducts supplying combustion air from outdoors for appliances totaling 402,000 BTUs. My question is that since these ducts run horizontally for about three feet before becoming vertical, should the 1/2000 for the horizontal or the 1/4000 for the vertical be used to calculate the proper sizing?
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    I did locate an inspector through EDI but at this point he is too far away to use. (135 miles) I will use a local certified stucco installer/contractor with a very good reputation first to evaluate the system as installed.
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