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Craptacular! posted:Is this the thread for me to talk about shame and misery in buying furniture, or do we have another thread for that? I gave up and went wall mount. http://www.harborfreight.com/large-tilt-flat-panel-tv-mount-61807.html So long as you are okay with finding studs and drilling holes, etc.
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Had a similar problem and went professional with it. The guy put in a drain leading to the front yard, dumping out into a rain garden. My point being, maybe just make a rain garden where the wet spot is? You just find a bunch of native water-hungry plants and put them there, seems to help. If it fails, you're out the cost of some plants.
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Also probably goes without saying, but check your local regulations. City of Milwaukee, for example, forbids fences taller than 4' for a "front" yard - defined as any yard that faces a street, so if you are on a corner, you have two front yards.
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peanut posted:That's a ... front door???!! Storm door leading to enclosed porch/sun room which leads to the actual, lockable front door. Usually happens when someone decides to enclose the front porch well after the house was finished.
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jerry seinfel posted:I'n trying so hard to convince him not to buy it. So so hard. His wife loves the hideous kitchen for some reason though. Talk your friend into hiring a home inspector. Find one with a good reputation that's been working for at least 10 years. 'cause this poo poo? This is just what you're seeing. Guaranteed there is way more and a good home inspector will find most of it just by walking around and looking. You know; since they won't listen to you, maybe they'll listen to a professional. Also that kitchen is so narrow, the first time either of them asks for help with something there's going to be a murder.
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Oh! I can contribute a little here. Had radon tested before buying our house - was a $100 add-on to the home inspection, but saved us around $900 that the previous owner footed before we'd sign. EPA guideline is 4 pCi/L, I think we were double that. Re-check put us around 1, I think. What the official radon mitigation guy did was seal off the sump pump hole by putting a clear plastic (lexite? acrylic?) panel over the top, sealed with clear caulk. That panel has an access port (I guess for if the sump pump shits itself) and a 3" or 4" PVC tube that leads to the outside, with a small fan inside that runs 24/7 to pull air out, and a mercury vacuum gauge to show if there's a leak in the system. Heat loss isn't that bad, although the basement isn't much of a conditioned space anyway. And there's a little sticker on it that estimates a $45/year cost for running the little fan 24/7. Not that far off from what you have now, just more direct.
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