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RE: Choosing between energy efficiency or water savings for green building points?
CHOOSING BETWEEN ENERGY EFFICIENCY OR WATER SAVINGS FOR GREEN BUILDING POINTS? You’re not alone with the “eco” shower trauma - honestly, I still remember one rental where the water pressure was so bad, it took twice as ...
RE: Digging into property easements - anyone else find online tools confusing?
DIGGING INTO PROPERTY EASEMENTS - ANYONE ELSE FIND ONLINE TOOLS CONFUSING? Honestly, I’m a little more skeptical about the online maps than most people seem to be. I’ve seen those GIS layers be off by several feet, and ...
RE: What happens if your house isn’t finished when it’s time to switch loans?
That’s what gets me - one lender’s fine with unfinished landscaping, another won’t even schedule closing if there’s a missing shrub. I get the risk thing, but sometimes it just feels arbitrary. Out of curiosity, has anyo...
RE: Color combos that oddly please the brain
COLOR COMBOS THAT ODDLY PLEASE THE BRAIN Lighting’s a total wildcard. I’ve had similar issues - picked a “greige” that looked neutral in the store, but at home it went straight-up lavender under LEDs. Ended up costing m...
RE: No more dead zones: how I got wifi in my backyard shed
Title: No More Dead Zones: How I Got Wifi in My Backyard Shed I actually tried the fence post method last summer when I needed to get ethernet out to a detached garage. Used PVC posts, which made fishing the cable a bit...
RE: No more dead zones: how I got wifi in my backyard shed
No More Dead Zones: How I Got Wifi In My Backyard Shed You nailed it with the “strategic thinking” part. It’s easy to get caught up in all the marketing hype for mesh systems and “whole home” kits, but honestly, a lot o...
RE: No more dead zones: how I got wifi in my backyard shed
I get where you’re coming from, but man, some of that “outdoor-rated” stuff is pricey. I tried to cut corners at first - ran a basic Cat6 through some leftover PVC, buried it shallow. It worked for a while, but after one...
RE: Building base structures - what if you had to start over?
Title: Building Base Structures - What If You Had to Start Over? I get where you’re coming from. When we built, I spent hours poring over every “future-proofing” suggestion out there - extra conduit runs, blocking for s...