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RE: Best ways to prep your home for sudden flooding?
Honestly, I get the appeal of those cheap alarms - sometimes you just want a quick fix. But I’ve started leaning away from them for a different reason: the battery waste. That’s exactly what happened to me, and I ended ...
RE: When your water heater goes rogue: quick fixes and hacks
Yeah, I’ve been down that road too - tried patching a pinhole with some “miracle” epoxy and it barely lasted a day. Once the tank’s compromised, it’s just not worth the risk of water damage. On the bright side, replacing...
RE: When your living room is a sauna but your bedroom's an igloo
Had a similar thing happen, except it was my attic - insulation looked fine, but there was a gap where the duct met the register. I’d been cranking the heat, thinking it was just old windows. Wild how much energy (and mo...
RE: Getting more hot water from my solar heater - what am I missing?
That bit about the tree is spot on - - I had a similar issue with a neighbor’s maple. Didn’t realize how much it was blocking until I checked the collector mid-afternoon. Once I trimmed a few branches, my hot water outp...
RE: How much would you pay to fix water damage from a burst pipe?
Had a similar mess last year when a pipe burst under our kitchen. We thought the “waterproof” laminate would save us, but nope - pulled it up and the plywood was already spongy. Ended up having to replace a chunk of subf...