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most insurance companies won't agree to insure properties with fuse boxes anymore. too many people shoving pennies under the fuses and starting fires. if you're still on a 4-space fuse panel, historically, that would mean the house is likely also knob and tube cloth wiring, which also desperately needs updating for the same reasons-- the natural rubber insulation breaks down over time, and falls off leaving uninsulated power wires running through flammable insulation...
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So many reasons now is a bad time. Hated having to do the HVAC, but maybe still better than 6mo from now. Or like the last one, coldest day of Jan when they were out there installing... We're still sitting on a broken 16+yr old dishwasher because... well, now isn't the time and that's survivable. Unsure if I could get parts, but it'd be half the cost of new and it still wouldn't fit our plates (newer models do). I just like to dream. And complain. Think I'm finally onto a kitchen layout which uses the space reasonably well. It took realizing I could put wall ovens next to the fridge. The vent hood exhaust could be interesting though - I suspect we may need to run an external chimney to get it up over the roof line. Will need make-up air, and very likely not a standard residential hood. Lots of money to save. Gotta make it first somehow. Would sure help if someone would hire my wife... this is getting ridiculous! multiple interviews for a number of weeks running now... some taking 6weeks or more to finally say "nah"... or the stock market weren't a bunch of wankers all worried about next week instead of next year or decade...
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We usually refer to those as track homes. Spec homes the builder wants to be able to still put their name on.
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chicago is going to be very much based on whatever the hell the general building inspector requires. generally, no one likes doing the oven next to the fridge for the temperature differences-- heating up a side of the fridge will make it work harder. Quote:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90673877...need-them-most https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/6/22...usiness-school
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Not far off the mark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode-...id-state_laser I used to play with one of this exact model.
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And agree on fridge/oven proximity. There'll have to be a buffer of some sort, we'll see. Still tossing ideas around, but the only other option I've found to work this well would mean removing a window... And it's not as good. Or I start moving the stairs or a bathroom... Not worth that much, I'd rather move again. And thanks for the tips. Interviews are happening. Craziest was 11 people for one job. Something feels off but what do I know.
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Ruckus, really? Other than the sound of material sheets moving around on the table balls and the zap-hiss of the laser cutting it's relatively quiet. Now try living all day with multiple turret punch presses pounding out parts in all manner and thicknesses of material. Talk about your pounding headache.
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Today I will learn whether Walkers festive flavoured crisps do taste like the "real" festive thingy..
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The various flavor Lay's special edition chips/crisps have been pretty good. I suspect these are the same.
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