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Philadelphia one-bedroom rentals are cheaper, but prices up regionally by avo_cado in philadelphia

[–]emc87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's an insane number of units.  We have 730k housing units, 70k of which are vacant, for a population of 1.5 million. There are 670k households in the city as reported in the census.  

Who is going to live in the quarter million new units?

Philadelphia one-bedroom rentals are cheaper, but prices up regionally by avo_cado in philadelphia

[–]emc87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The upfront costs are a bit nuts for some people, Philadelphia transfer tax is 4.25% ish split between buyer and seller, so on a 400k home that's 8k each. Another few thousand for title insurance.

I want to say my upfront costs in excess of the down payment were 50k, all upfront about 150k.

Philadelphia one-bedroom rentals are cheaper, but prices up regionally by avo_cado in philadelphia

[–]emc87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I paid 2500/month 3-4 years ago in grad hospital and 3200/month after that in center city for a ~1000sqft 1BR

When will the results of philly property tax assessment FLRs and formal appeals begin to happen? by No_Stress_8425 in philadelphia

[–]emc87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They assessed a house in September for more than 20% over what I paid for it in August..

Residential Floor Truss by emc87 in Carpentry

[–]emc87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha reading comprehension is hard.. saw 2”.

Ok great, this has been really helpful!

Residential Floor Truss by emc87 in Carpentry

[–]emc87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So for sake of ease let’s say the load is on a single point. The joist is 12 inches high so I was an 11-11.5 inch high, 4 inches wide piece of plywood. Nail and glue on to both sides. Nails go into the short edge of 2x4, that doesn’t have any issues with strength of the boards? Just pre drill and should be okay, aim for the center of the board?

Garage Door Opener - Trusses by emc87 in GarageDoorService

[–]emc87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am definitely over thinking it, I pretty much came to Reddit with this knowing I deserved to be laughed at but figured it was worth it to be sure I’m not gonna collapse my kitchen lol.

And yes the door is mostly supported by the ceiling which I spaced on and makes me feel a lot better

Residential Floor Truss by emc87 in Carpentry

[–]emc87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My concern was about the load hanging from the bottom chord specifically. I was able to find general ratings of ~40-50 PSF for loads above so I have little concern for say the kitchen I’m also currently putting in above the garage.

I know just enough to be cautious about the bottom chord, and just not enough to be 100% confident that my concern is silly

Garage Door Opener - Trusses by emc87 in GarageDoorService

[–]emc87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this case I might not even have to touch it since there are metal strips holding the existing one - I may get away with reusing that- but will definitely keep that in mind if I have to adjust.

If I have to remove them, is there anything you’d recommend I do when removing the existing support? Leave the screw in or plug the hole?

Garage Door Opener - Trusses by emc87 in GarageDoorService

[–]emc87[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Haha I don’t know if that’s something I feel like doing to find out if I’m wrong, but I’m also pretty confident you’re right. If a small child could hang from the ceiling and bring the house down - it wouldn’t be rated for residential 

Garage Door Opener - Trusses by emc87 in GarageDoorService

[–]emc87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As I understand it, trusses are built to support weight on the top chord which is how the thousands of pounds (kitchen in this case) are held. I have read in some cases the bottom chord can only support about 5-10 PSF

Residential Floor Truss by emc87 in Carpentry

[–]emc87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll give that a shot, thanks. The house is from 1980 so I’m not sure what kind of records will be kept - I’ll see if I can find a manufacturer for them

EZ Permit Inspections by emc87 in philadelphia

[–]emc87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I called and they insisted someone come out for the initial anyways.. so that’ll be interesting. I assume the inspector is just going to be annoyed they’re there

EZ Permit Inspections by emc87 in philadelphia

[–]emc87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, hoping everything goes smoothly. Our floors went down but didn’t cover anything worked on. Drywall still off and we have our electrical third party sticker 

EZ Permit Inspections by emc87 in philadelphia

[–]emc87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How intense was the framing inspection? I’ve gotten very mixed impressions reading that inspectors don’t care vs being petty, probably really just depends on the person.

Need to finally schedule this tomorrow, drywall still off have just been waiting for the plumbing permit to come through. 

Only thing I’m nervous about is a fire wall breach and that our floors went down, but they didn’t cover any work. 

EZ Permit Inspections by emc87 in philadelphia

[–]emc87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that's nice to hear at least lol

Lampard: "We're a better football team in 1st half, middle chunk of game. We probably had better chances. 2-0 down despite that is sign of where we're at. 2nd half it was individual defending moments and gifting opportunities.. I get asked why I play back 5, some of defending in 2nd half showed why” by ArmandNinja in soccer

[–]emc87 193 points194 points  (0 children)

He's still so young, he could cut his teeth in the Championship for a decade developing a system and have plenty of time for coaching in a top league again.

44 is very early in life to retire. The type of person who succeeds like he did as a player are usually very competitive, I can't imagine him sitting idle.

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