Home Improvement - Undoing Previous Owners "Landlord" Specials

[alicestevens]

My friend, who is a roofer, insists that if I apply a silicone roof system—starting with a primer layer, followed by a layer of silicone coating, and repeating the process a second time—it will be flexible enough and durable for a long time. He’s confident that this method would waterproof a planked deck and keep it water-tight for many years. I plan to check with Saratoga roofing co https://saratogaroofingco.com/ as well, since they did our roof repairs last time, but I’m curious to hear your thoughts on this

 

[state of hockey]

Dishwasher stopped working. It would fill, heat, and drain as it usually would, but no spraying. Figured the motor was dead. YouTube University said there may be some gunk screwing up the works and showed me how to take it apart to check. Didn’t really find anything, but rinsed some components that looked a little gunky off. Put it back together to check one last time before ordering a new motor. Works fine.

Growing up is realizing that a lot of the times your dad fixed something he had no idea what he did to get it going again.

Ah well. At least I found a way to rip the motor out without pulling the whole unit out if it goes out again. (Not what I did today, unfortunately. Took doing it the long way to discover the short way)

 

[dxmnkd316]

Dishwasher stopped working. It would fill, heat, and drain as it usually would, but no spraying. Figured the motor was dead. YouTube University said there may be some gunk screwing up the works and showed me how to take it apart to check. Didn’t really find anything, but rinsed some components that looked a little gunky off. Put it back together to check one last time before ordering a new motor. Works fine.

Growing up is realizing that a lot of the times your dad fixed something he had no idea what he did to get it going again.

Ah well. At least I found a way to rip the motor out without pulling the whole unit out if it goes out again. (Not what I did today, unfortunately. Took doing it the long way to discover the short way)

Highly recommend finding a dishwasher cleaner (and if necessary, descaler) recommended by your manufacturer.

We run them a couple times a year.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

My home is testing at 7-10 pCi/L for Radon. Recommendation to put a mitigation system in is much less than that. My Trumpaholic neighbor who almost punched me out because I dared suggest getting the Covid vaccine was a good idea says Radon is a scam.

So, what would you do? Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. At least that's what all the scientists that are getting fired say. Get it fixed, just let it go and if you get lung cancer say it was God's will and move on?

 

[walrus]

very common problem in Maine, Do you have municipal water or a well?

 

[ScoobyDoo]

We have municipal water.

 

[walrus]

We have municipal water.

Do you have full basement? On a new home they run perforated pipes under concrete and vent with a fan to the roof line. Not sure what they do on existing buildings but sealing and venting inside air is what I would guess. Air to air heat exchanger in your climate some how piped thru the house would be a good guess. Well water requires what they call a bubbler, they have an indoor tank that they aerate to release radon from water and vent outdoors

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Do you have full basement? On a new home they run perforated pipes under concrete and vent with a fan to the roof line. Not sure what they do on existing buildings but sealing and venting inside air is what I would guess. Air to air heat exchanger in your climate some how piped thru the house would be a good guess. Well water requires what they call a bubbler, they have an indoor tank that they aerate to release radon from water and vent outdoors

I am aware of the fixes available. All good.

The point was my neighbor says its a hoax. So, if you do what you are saying are you paying off a hoax?

 

[walrus]

I am aware of the fixes available. All good.

The point was my neighbor says its a hoax. So, if you do what you are saying are you paying off a hoax?

Its not a hoax, I could give 2 shits about what some idiot neighbor thinks.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

I'll put you down as "not a hoax".

 

[state of hockey]

I’d have loved to not put the money into a mitigation system when we were selling a house years ago, but because it’s not hoax we did.

 

[St. Clown]

My home is testing at 7-10 pCi/L for Radon. Recommendation to put a mitigation system in is much less than that. My Trumpaholic neighbor who almost punched me out because I dared suggest getting the Covid vaccine was a good idea says Radon is a scam.

So, what would you do? Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. At least that's what all the scientists that are getting fired say. Get it fixed, just let it go and if you get lung cancer say it was God's will and move on?

I had a radon mitigation system installed when I bought my house back in 2020. The house was built in 1954. Not getting cancer seemed like a good idea to me.