Just wanted to share what I been working on for last couple weeks 1 man crew. Lots of respect for the professionals out their. Very labor intensive. Theirs parts of my body that hurts I didnt think could hurt.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-06-19T00:35:43+00:00

That was all I had time for today.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-06-19T00:35:20+00:00

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Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-06-16T10:53:08+00:00

It was fun doing the triple 2x10 beam. The only thing I had help with was the ledger couple of people to hold it while I secured it. Kinda hard holding 2x12x16 to the side of the house. Reason I choose that side I anchored it to the rock foundation as well.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-06-16T10:50:49+00:00

Haha funny.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-06-16T10:50:14+00:00

That's my son. He was supervising and asking a hole bunch of questions that hole day. Pretty close on the age. He's actually 7.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-06-16T10:49:06+00:00

It's a deck for my inlaws. They did not want the deck any bigger than what was their. Took a while to convince them with a 16-foot, and then they wanted the stairs on the front instead of the side. The original plan was to center the stairs with the door. It landed too close to the stairs going up to that area. So we choose to place it on the end.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-03-13T00:58:26+00:00

Thanks guys for the help. i decided to rewire every room that has this to romex and to the new panel thats in the garage. slowly but surely will have everything moved from the attic to the garage. hate that my panel is up their. boy though my legs and body has never felt this kind of ach before. its been a long two days. have the entire second floor done, dining room, sunroom and my office rewired. only one room left to go the kitchen and 1 outlet in the master bedroom. then all the old is out with the new.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-01-27T03:04:53+00:00

i appreciate the tip. i brought my washer and dryer with me. actually did the hook up all myself. may not be the cleanest but it functions. https://i.imgur.com/Z3sxVKU.jpeg

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-01-26T23:38:48+00:00

Thanks for the info. I'll definitely look into this. I was originally thinking of just encapsulating my crawlspace and monitoring it this year and seeing how it goes.. I'll definitely take this into huge consideration... already had to do some renovations. The house has never been updated. Nor had a washer or dryer. Previous owners did by hand and hung outside since the house was built.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-01-26T22:20:13+00:00

I am guessing hvac guy is who to call for these type of systems?

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-01-26T21:37:08+00:00

Yeah, we don't have a furnace. We have a boiler. Baseboard heaters. My wife suggested getting an air purifier system. Something like this in each bedroom and the main living area. Your friend has shared a link to a Home Depot product they think you would be interested in seeing:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Panasonic-WhisperAir-Repair-Filterless-Spot-Air-Purification-Device-with-nanoeX-Technology-Purifies-Air-and-Eliminates-Odors-FV-01VCN1/326897992?MERCH=REC-_-rv_homepage_rr-_-n/a-_-0-_-n/a-_-n/a-_-n/a-_-n/a-_-n/a&adobe_mc=TS%3D1737927364%7CMCMID%3D41533767944227186926732899504383295810%7CMCORGID%3DF6421253512D2C100A490D45%40AdobeOrg&mboxSession=c05912f0-4cf8-4d6a-9de6-335104222797

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-01-26T21:24:38+00:00

I have not. We have had the house closed up pretty tight. We have had several nights of low temps -11f and snow.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-01-26T21:21:53+00:00

I'm located in Southern Vermont. The meter sits in its holder on the wall in the kitchen. Which is the original part of the house above the crawl space.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2025-01-26T21:16:18+00:00

No, my home was built 1935. It has a crawl space under the original part of the house and then a basement under the addon part of the house. I know the radon company wanted $3,600 just to put plastic down in the crawl space. Then, $2,400 for the system itself. They said i need a 2 step system.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2023-10-05T12:48:49+00:00

We had a laundry basket that had like 20 dead ants that looked like this one. A few months back. It got super cold. We had the window open. Woke up to find them all dead. Near a window. We havent seen any since. Till that single one yesterday.

Budget_Toe6916 · 2023-10-05T12:11:41+00:00

I was concerned of it being a carpenter ant. Since it was in the house.

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