As we enter this New Year and leave the past one in the past—which it has earned—I would like to talk a bit about money. I have never had what anyone would consider a “lot of money.” I have struggled back from losing everything twice and am grateful for having lots of stories to tell around thos
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12/31/2013
Even before I got to the inspection, I was already aware that there had been easement issues that had to be addressed in order for the home to be sold. Modifications to the home had to be done in order to satisfy the easement requirements and my buyer was interested in how satisfactory the remod
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12/28/2013
While it was not without considerable kicking and screaming, it feels like a million buck$. However, I was not at all prepared for the relief that came with it. Obviously I could not have gotten to a million points without a lot of help from many of the rest of my ActiveRain family. I would like
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12/26/2013
I have only come across a couple of encapsulated crawl spaces, but both were performing as advertized. I used to have my worries about them and the building codes do not have a provision for allowing them as some of them are installed. The building codes allow for having crawl spaces that are u
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12/25/2013
I only very rarely post videos from the Internet on ActiveRain. I have used a few of my own to make a point in a post and have linked a few music videos as well. A friend of mine shared a video on Facebook that is very moving and I feel it is well worth seeing go viral. Some viruses are a good
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12/23/2013
I experienced a “relatively short” pregancy of 8 months and 3 days, before I somewhat pre-maturely fell kicking and screaming into the Rain. Having been conceived on April 17th of 2007, I was finally born on December 23, of 2007. This means that today I am 6 years old, and certainly out of diap
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12/22/2013
Lots of older homes have asbestos components so what is the big deal? I want to side step the whole issue of which common home components are likely to contain asbestos, you can find that information at EPA Asbestos Information. What I want to talk about today is how the presence of asbestos mig
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12/21/2013
Why is there a black line on the carpet in this doorway? This “ghosting” on carpets is pretty common in homes. It merely shows you where there is a great deal of air movement. It is typically worse where there is inadequate clearance under the door and the door has been kept closed a lot. It i
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12/20/2013
Why are there usually two sinks in a Jack & Jill bathroom? We are all familiar with those bathrooms that are located between two bedrooms—shared by two bedrooms. My question has to do with their typically being two sinks in them. With two sinks, I could see calling them Jack & Jim Bathrooms o
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12/19/2013
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