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Wire closet shelf coming out of wall...
Hi! The wire closet shelf in my coat closet is starting to come out of the wall. The rest of the places that it is screwed into the wall are fine, it's just this one part. I have no idea how I can fix it because the peice that the screw was screwed into made a bigger hole in the wall then most screws would make. I don't know what the thing is called that the screw is screwed into. It looks like it's made out of plastic and it is kind of cone shaped. So if any one has any idea what I'm talking about and how I can maybe fix the problem please let me know.
P.S. Sorry if I wasn't specific enough or left something out, I'm very new at owning a home so I'm not used to a lot of stuff and am just learning.
Does the plastic thing look kind of like this:
That is called a screw anchor (atleast thats what they are called around here.)
If so, you might beable to bring it to the local hardware store and explain whats happening to the person there and they should beable to give you one which is alittle bigger or a different (like the one in figure A) kind that should work for you and a new screw.
Hi! Thanks so much for responding. Yes the plastic thingie is what you suspected. It's so hard to do a search for something when you only know what it looks like. Thanks so much for the information and the detailed pictures. I will be visiting a hardware store soon to see if I can fix this problem before a big hole is riped in the wall.
Thanks again,
you might want to explore a bit,,,and see if you can find another stud to screw direct into. a stud sensor or the good old tap method?? Direct into studs will hold ten times as much as ANY wall anchor.
The problem with this shelf is that it has at least 4 other places that it is screwed into the wall. I don't think this shelf is made in such a way that you can control where the screws go into the wall. I am trying to avoid having to redo the whole thing, or worse having to buy a completly different shelf. I should have said in the begining that this same shelf is what our coats hang from. Do you think it's still possible to change where the screws go into the wall? The one place that is coming out is one of the front supports. I wish I had a picture I could show everyone. Maybe I could take a picture of it and upload it here so it will be easier to describe what is going on.
One way to solve the problem is to take the shelf totally down, screw a 1*4 into the wall at the studs then screw the shelf back into the 1*4. It won't go anywhere then and with a little paint on the 1*4, you'll never notice it.
I understand what your saying. There are probably wire loops built right into the shelf. Thats not to say you can NOT hang another bracket,,a small one,,,where the studs ARE. any hardware store has alot of variety of them,,,and most 'junk' drawers do too. there is ALOT of weight on hollow wall anchors to ask to hold. You get a rod full of coats,,,its heavy,,plus whatever is on top of that. Add to that a few younger people in the house that 'PULL' their coats off hangers etc. . One 'could' make something very easy in a few minutes that would work and look decent,once painted wall color. Anything solid,bent in a slight 'u' or 'w' shape that fits the wire with a screw hole drilled in it,,,good to go!! put one on 'every' stud you can find.
You said another bracket. When I go to the hardware store can you tell me what I would say to the person I ask to help me? I think if I just say a bracket then they will look at me like that isn't enough information. Better yet maybe I should take the whole shelf thing with me when I go to the hardware store. What do you think?
seems like SUCH a mess to take the whole shelf out. Find something to closely resemble the size of wire you have to encircle,,or at least hold up,,,and use that as a explanation of what your doing. Just say your trying to screw mounting brackets from this wire basket/clothes rod to the studs ,,and the wire is 'this' big,,,holding up something of similiar size.,,,in thickness. or something standard,like pencil lead,wood part of lead pencil,,,drinking straw,,a screw,,,anything like that!!(how about a drill bit out of a small assortment that 'looks' same size!!!)
A 'bracket' takes care of a wide array of descriptions.
Thanks everyone who replied. I feel like I learned a lot just with this one thread. I have been told I could hire a handyman to do things like this, but I think that the more I can do myself then the more I will learn about keeping my house running and the more money I will save. Thanks for being patient with me and helping me understand all of this "stuff".
Thanks again,
P.S. I will explore the suggestions given and let you guys know later what I ended up doing. Unless you don't want me to.
To:iMisspell that is a disturbing picture you have there. :)
The big box stores sell the white, U-shaped clips:
Find the Studs and put one of these at each stud location. They mount vertically over the wire shelf. Depending on the type of wall, (drywall or plaster) you may need longer screws. You don't need the inserts if you find the studs.
Studs are 16 inches apart - or buy a "stud finder" (insert joke here)
how's that?
my two cents, I like Bradnailer's idea the best, those closet shelves and racks can be a nightmare, of course that is after we put all that weight onto them. Something else to consider, put an eyebolt into a ceiling joist, and use rope to take some weight off the shelve, not pretty maybe, but its a closet.
I too would agree with the 1x4 wooden strip.
Fastened horizontally across the closet into two studs at what ever height your current screws are at. Then just use normal wood screws to attach your shelf to the 1x4 wooden strip. It would be alittle work if you've never done it before, but for the long run would hold up the best... alittle paint, like suggested and it would look good too.
Don't know the artist, found it online long ago.
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The spec on the blower is for a 6" duct. It's only blowing 350CFM. It's going over a 20" range that on its best day can't generate over 25,000 BTU. For what it's worth, check the web link below... I've done this once or twice before.
The spec is correct, I just need the :censored: vent hood!
Steve, Just saw your other post and visited your web site ( good quality workmanship) you know your craft. I did not mean to offend by the measure twice on the duct thing.
I recently hunted for a exterior vent hood larger than 4" with no luck.. ran out of time and had a sheet metal shop fabricate what I needed.
I assume your suppliers were no help.
You might want to post this on Contractor Talk: http://www.contractortalk.com/forum
Someone there might have a source.
good luck
None taken. I don't want to go the custom route, cause I don't want stainless (too industrial). The hood exists, but not for retro-fit. I guess worst case scenario, I'll get the new work hood and modify it.
siding supply shop will order one for you. i found this through several manufactures, but neded to order it through my local shop
The siding shops around here only deal w/ Mid America. Does anyone know a manufacturer of the hood that I describe?
Did you try Broan?
Just remembered, HD carries a 6" wall vent. I used one for a kitchen job.
Lowe's also. 6" is normal stuff. any sheet metal or hvac supplier should have stock.
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According to court documents recently unsealed, the judge presiding over the IBM versus Papermaster lawsuit banned the latter party from working at Apple because he felt it would result in irreparable damage for IBM.
At the time of ruling there was plenty of information floating around as to why Papermaster felt he should be allowed to take up his position at the Cupertino company, however the same could not be said for Judge Kenneth Karas, who ordered Papermaster to step back from his position at Apple until further notice.
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AnonymousThe lawsuit is in Federal District Court, not state court. That is the proper court in a dispute such as this with a corporation based in New York, an employee working for the corporation in Texas and another company headquartered in California.
Besides, this ruling only applies to the temporary order preventing papermaster from working at Apple. It is not the final outcome in this case. Believe it or not this is just a contract dispute. Often times courts will uphold the temporary injuctions until the matter at the heart of the issue is sorted out. Maybe better than letting him work for 3 months then having a ruling that he is actually in violation and forcing him to leave for two years.
crossharesumm all these articles stated that the noncompetiton agreement was for one year and that he signed it in october 07 (i believe) and he went to apple in november of 08.
At least thats what i remember. (disclaimer, correct if incorrect)
so going by this the whole case is pointless and a total waste for IBM.
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Gloria Fletcher: Sandy Hook and America's response
Published: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 11:50 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 11:50 a.m.
The violent deaths of 20 children and seven adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, this past week has left us all stunned. It's an event of such horribly wrongful death, personal injury and an assault on our senses that words do not begin to describe its impact.
We're saddened at the horrific loss of life, especially of such young innocents. We're overwhelmed at the sadness parents and witnesses are left to cope with; even the shooter's family must cope with the death he wrought on strangers; and his apparent murder of his mother.
We're struggling to understand how this happened, and how we as a society may have intervened.
Yet, we're moved by the heroics, too. The principal who died while charging at the shooter in an effort to stop him. The teacher who hid her children, lied in telling the shooter they were not in the classroom but in the gym; and who was shot dead. The teachers who followed their emergency preparedness plans, hid their kids, barricaded the classroom doors, and maintained what order they could until first responders arrived and found the shooter dead.
Even the school system seemed to do much right in anticipation of violence against its facilities. Several years ago, Sandy Hook had a surveillance camera and intercom installed for visitors to request entry before being "buzzed in" and allowed access to the premises. The alleged shooter instead found entry by shooting out a nearby window and climbing through.
Of course, this wasn't the first event of its kind. "Sandy Hook" joins such names as Columbine, Virginia Tech, even the massacre at the University of Texas in 1966. Like some of the others, this episode has re-kindled the debate on gun rights, the treatment of mental illness, and the numbing effects of violent media, video games and even the persistent retelling of the tale on TV and in the news media on individuals. It even raises questions about the roles we, as a people and our government, can and should play in all of this.
Since the killer shot himself before authorities could apprehend him, we may never know causative or contributing factors that led him to perpetrate such a heinous crime against humanity.
So for now, we're left to wade through the numbness of those 20 young faces we see on television and the Internet, the adults who died noble heroes' deaths, and how we can prevent the next Columbine, Virginia Tech, or now, Sandy Hook Elementary.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families who've lost loved ones, the survivors and first responders who witnessed the unspeakable scenes, and to society left to try to understand how this happened – and how we may prevent the next such event from happening in the future.
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Congressman Charles B. Rangel applauded the Obama administration for issuing two regulations on Tuesday that will fill in key details on how the Affordable Care Act will regulate insurance plans, beginning in 2014.
"As more provisions of the Affordable Care Act get implemented, I hope the full extent of how this helps Americans becomes clearer to everyone," said Rangel, the sponsor of the healthcare reform law. "These new rules outline the benefits that must be included in health insurance plans sold on state exchanges and will control the cost of the premiums."
The first rule describes how the healthcare reform law's "guaranteed issue" and "community rating" requirements will work in practice. These rules will prevent insurance companies from discriminating against customers with pre-existing health problems and limit how much premium prices can vary on the basis of age, tobacco use, family size and geography.
The second rule relates to The Affordable Care Act's provision that requires a list of "essential health benefits" be included with all insurance products that are sold in state individual and small-group markets. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has delegated some of that authority to states, which can customize their packages within certain parameters, through earlier guidance. However, this rule gives states more formal guidance and allows them to pick their plans and start planning for implementation. A third rule gives guidance for employers that offer their workers wellness programs. This rule will allow employers to offer some financial incentives for workers to stay healthy without discriminating against sick employees.
"It's so important that Americans learn about the benefits from this law which has made healthcare more affordable and comprehensive. Since 2010, millions of uninsured Americans and more than half a million additional young adults were able get access to healthcare."
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Situated in the mountains, this resort is 5.7 mi (9.2 km) from Wat Huay Mongkol and 9.6 mi (15.5 km) from The Majestic Creek Country Club. Black Mountain Water Park and Black Mountain Golf Club are also within 16 mi (25 km).
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This resort features an outdoor pool, a coffee shop/café, and a steam room. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a children's pool, concierge services, and dry cleaning.
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The resort offers a coffee shop/café. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. In addition to an outdoor pool, Gorilla Hills Hua Hin Hotel provides a steam room and a children's pool. This Hua Hin resort also offers a terrace, a picnic area, and concierge services.
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Almost a decade after 9/11 first responders dropped everything to help others, legislation to pay for treatment of the diseases and debilitating effects that responders contracted is still being blocked by Senate Republicans.
The legislation was dealt its latest setback Friday, after Republicans moved to filibuster the bill.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has said he will bring up the legislation once more before the end of the session. The bill's defeat was already its second in the Senate this year.
A 2005 documentary by the Sierra Club follows four men who responded to the 2001 terror attacks and have paid with their health for doing so.
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Facing Breast Cancer Head On
Posted on Sep 30, 2013 in Cancer
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, throughout October we'll be posting a series of stories about breast cancer prevention, treatment and survival.
When Laverne Hendricks' annual mammogram showed a small lump in 2013, she'd been half-expecting the diagnosis for decades. Her sisters, both heavy smokers, had died in their 50s, one from breast cancer and the other from ovarian cancer.
To better her own odds, Laverne, 72, had gotten mammograms each year at the Mills-Peninsula Women's Center in San Mateo. Still, with every screening the retired nurse wondered, would this be the year?
"When it finally happened, I wasn't shocked," she says. "I thought, let's get going with treatment."
Early Detection
Thanks to her diligence, Hendricks' breast cancer was caught early, in stage 1. Her doctor, Brian Henderson, M.D., at Mills-Peninsula Health Services, told her she wouldn't need chemotherapy. She was an ideal candidate for a lumpectomy followed by high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy, in which a catheter is placed into the breast tissue so radioactive pellets can be inserted and removed twice a day for five days. HDR spares patients five to six weeks of treatment with traditional external radiation.
Treatment went better than she ever expected. "Within 30 minutes of recovering from surgery, I was dressed and walking around, waiting for my son to pick me up," she recalls. "It was so successful, I never took any pain medicine."
But what matters most to her, looking back, is that she was well-informed, and treated with intelligence and respect. "The staff was so great about explaining everything before I went through it. That meant a lot to me," she says.
Looking Ahead
Hendricks and her late husband, Donald, believed firmly in the value of education. Now, she says proudly, one grandson is a cadet at the Air Force Academy.
Her love of education has taken her in new directions since her husband died in 2006. She started traveling, visiting Jerusalem, Egypt, Italy. She perfected her recipes for pies, pickles, jams and BBQ sauce, already famous in her family, to win awards at the San Mateo County Fair. And, after a lifetime of sketching, she took up impressionistic painting.
"I'd never held a brush in my hand," she says, chuckling. Just a few years ago, her painting of sunflowers growing outside a country cottage won second place at the San Mateo County Fair.
Today her treatment is over and Hendricks is cancer free. She still drops by the Cancer Center occasionally to say hi or drop off a treat. However, she spends most of her time thinking about what new challenge to take on next.
"Most of my early paintings are copies of someone else's work. That's how I learned," she says. "Now I want to do my own. It's time to establish my own style."


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I had a blast playing Eldevin the past few days, but sadly the population in that game is severely lacking.
Nothing too specific really. Just no "Action RPG" type games. Something where if I want, I can just go and fish for an hour or kill a few mobs or just gather some resources.
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Their Alexander Valley vineyards possess some of the most diverse soils of any wine-growing region. Years of geologic activity – from an ancient mudflow to the meandering Russian River and Mayacama Creek – has created numerous distinct soil types and a range of microclimates. Here they grow the red Bordeaux varietals for their Reserve Cabernet and Sauvignon Blanc as well as Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon for their Sendal.
Their Russian River Goldfields vineyard is planted to field selections chosen from the oldest and best Chardonnay vineyards in California. The combination of diverse clones and the cool, Russian River Valley climate produce Simi's distinct Reserve Chardonnay.
Simi's winemakers focus on site-specific winemaking and use the most modern advances in vineyard management, fermentation and blending to best express the personality and flavors of each vineyard site. View all Simi Wines
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The Russian River Valley is named as such due to its proximity to the Russian River, the river itself named for the Russian fur traders who came down from Alaska in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Russian River is agricultural land. While there is a focus on wine, beyond the vineyards are many small, family-owned farms cultivating everything from cattle to Christmas trees.
Notable FactsThe proximity of this cool river and the rolling fogs from the Pacific Ocean make the area amenable to cool-climate grapes like Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. In fact, the region is quite known for its full-bodied, yet elegant Pinot Noir, as well as their ripe, yet lean Chardonnays. Within Russian River Valley lie the smaller appellations of Chalk Hill and Green Valley. Chalk Hill is the warmer of the two and furthest from the ocean, while Green Valley is cooler and closer to the water.
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The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.


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PHOENIX - The thumping drone of Black Hawks are heard before the helicopters are seen. They come in, one-by-one, dropping hundreds of gallons of water on areas of flame.
With syncopated precision, the helicopters pick up water in bright orange buckets and continue their drops on the designated spots.
All of the Black Hawks then land and the rotors slow to a stop. The pilots and crews exit the landing site and go to lunch for a break following a long morning of training with the use of Bambi Buckets to fight wildfires.
Members of the Arizona Army National Guard's Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment participated in their annual wildfire fighting training at the Buckeye Armed Forces Reserve Center, May 22-23.
"We are conducting our annual fire bucket training so that we are certified to fight fires within our state," said Chief Warrant Officer Ken Twigg, an instructor pilot for A Company, 2-285th Avn. Regt, and one of the coordinators for this event. "This state is about 114,000 square miles, and a lot of that is rural setting, which poses a threat for wildfires, so we want to make sure we are prepared to assist in the event there is a major fire disaster."
Every year, Arizona is faced with the threat of wildfires during what is commonly known amongst Arizonans as fire season. Wildfires can easily displace residents from their homes and destroy natural resources, which is why it is imperative to have all response agencies readily available.
"There is more to it than just flying around and grabbing buckets of water," said Tom Tobin, the Air Tactical Group supervisor for State Forestry Division, and a pilot for the Prescott National Forest. "We have a standard everyone must be able to meet so we can all be on the same page in the event of an emergency."
The training is designed for aviators from the Arizona National Guard to receive validation by the Arizona State Forestry Division in order to provide aviation support to state wildfire emergencies. The aviators must show their capabilities to communicate with ground units while working effectively with their own flight crew to ensure successful water drops.
"We are the support element to the team on the ground, who coordinate and communicate with us on where to drop water," Twigg said."In turn, they use the water we drop to create mud, which helps stop the fire in its path and begin eliminating the threat."
While tactical operations for responding to wildfires are a major part of safety, communication can quickly become a risk factor if overlooked.
"A multi-million dollar aircraft will sit on the runway if they are ill-prepared, do not know the terminologies we use, nor have an understanding of the state operations for responding to a fire," Tobin said. "Those differences can make or break how we function."
This training also works as a conditioning tool for the aviation unit, which has seen more activation for deployments overseas.
"As a National Guard unit we have been focusing on our wartime mission for a long time," said Capt. Caleb Grandy, the commander for A Company, 2-285th Avn. Regt. "We have been in and out of deployments for the past ten years, so this is preparing a lot of our guys who have been in the wartime mindset, and get them back into our state mission."
Although the pilots are in the driver's seat, the crew receives just as much training – if not a little more.
"Our crew members are a huge asset and they are the eyes of the whole flight crew," Grandy said. "They are timing drops and communicating with the pilots; they are the ones who get the buckets in the water and get the water dropped on the fire."
What made this training even more of a challenge this year was the use of a buoy wall. Fire crews refer to the large water-filled orange cylinder as a pumpkin tank. Typically, the unit is able to train through the use of the canals located on the outskirts of the Valley.
"Using a buoy wall is difficult - it is like dropping a shot glass into a thimble," Twigg said. "Since this would be the resource we will normally turn to because of the lack of natural water resources in this state, this is good training for us in the long-run."
During the training, Blackhawks can be seen coming in, hovering over the pumpkin tank, attempting to drop, and miss. They would repeat this until they could successfully get the bucket into the buoy wall. As the day went on, the Blackhawk crews became more proficient in this water-retrieval method.
"The coordination with using the buoy wall is more challenging, so the more practice we can get, the better," Grandy said.
The crews have to communicate with each other constantly in order to make this happen, Twigg adds. "Over time during this practice, we develop a battle rhythm and the process becomes a smooth operation."
Support from the Buckeye Fire Department and the State Forestry Division was provided on the ground. The personnel gave target spots for the air crews to drop, simulating how a fire response would initially function.
"The Buckeye FD and State Lands hot shot crews increased the reality of the exercise," Twigg said. "They called out spots where we needed to drop, just like we would from a ground guide on a real fire, so we got to simulate actually fighting a fire."
The reality of the training helped flight crews understand the challenges faced with fighting wildfires from the air and how to effectively communicate under pressure.
"Our air crews did a great job working together and conquered frustration, which was an excellent element to help give the crew a real-life feel on how to overcome stress while working together," Grandy said.
The Arizona National Guard is an organization of volunteers dedicated to protecting and defending the interests of the community, state and the nation.
"Our guys are motivated and ready to serve their state," Grandy said. "We have not had very many opportunities in the past to provide support to state emergencies so we hope to be utilized more often in the future."
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I understand why contractors prefer to to do the whole install, it is afterall their livelihood. However, if one has a system and duct design provided by a HVAC engineer what is really wrong with the homeowner doing the physical labor himself and then calling for a professional to do the actual line hookups, testing and startup? This assumes there are no codes in the way of the HO actually performing said work. The grunt work is usually done by apprentices anyway right, and the usual HO should care more about a quality install than thew average apprentice.
Not putting anyone down, just looking for intelligent discussion.
How would your customers prefer to split up that job?
What sort of problems/conflicts can you anticipate showing up?
How about providing those apprentices with work. So they keep coming to work. So they can become journeymen.
Next, meeting schedule. not just for your home, but to get to other jobs. if you end up taking a week longer, it throws off our schedules. If we come there and find something not done as it was suppose to be done, then we either still have to redo it. Or wait until you correct it.
If you want to DIY some stuff, have at it. But have everything ready and right when you call a contractor in.
Nothing wrong with it so long as the customer knows what to do and that when they do the work they also assume the responsibility for any problems/warranty. Air flow has to be right for the system to work correctly.
Around here an apprentice is paired with a journeyman for 3 years after trade school,4 years without trade school. They can't work a job without a J-man there and can't take the test for the above amount of time.
I know you said no disrespect to anyone...but...listen to your question and read your own post....now look at the comments from a few professionals... yes our apprentices are very qualified to run a job after 1-2 yrs and they earn that respect for doing such so you are kinda disrespecting them.. i know that is not your intent.. but imo I would never share my work with the average ho because ...1- it takes food off the table of my hard working men..2- there is just a ton of problems ..that WILL come up ...no disrespect to you though...ben sr
Here is something to think about.That install will be yours for 20 years.Durning all that time you will be paying for it to run effiently so you don't go broke.It also has nto make you comfortable for 20 years.Do you think you can do that?
Your points are well made and I am glad to see you gentlemen are using apprentices properly. Maybe I am jaded by the work in my current house and painting with too large a brush. We built in 99 using a GC & therefore had little control over the subs. My duct work looks like little skill was used (all flex), one condensate line was left unglued & resulted in damage sheetrock a couple of years later, and the tubing and wiring for both units was shoved down the same gap in the 2x4 frame resulting in a big bow in the sheetrock of the room. It left me thinking 'My goodness, even I could do better than this'. So here I am 14 years later planning another house, except this time I am the GC and I'm thinking 'why not'. Your points are well taken, so how do I find a good contractor? I've run a prelim Manual J using the HVAC Calc sw, I have my window & door spec, the wall specs, roof, etc., so I'm probably in the ballpark somewhere, but I'm having a real hard time getting any HVAC people to talk to me about a bid. I'd be happy for a reasonable answer within $5k just so I'd have an idea, but all I get is a pat on the back, thanks for stopping in & call us when the house is built and we'll come out to tell you what you need. Needless to say I'm kinda pissed off with the industry right now. Do I just keep calling contractors or what?
Maybe not to your standards, but compared to my current install yeah. However your points are valid and I respect them.
most contractors do replacement work so to quote they need to see a completed house. new home builders do 99% piece work jobs with subs who generally stab each other in the back and low ball each other until nobody is REALLY making any money. nobody wants to waste their time speculating on what your house may look like and be when done and there are so many tire kickers out there why would they. a top salesman only closes about 25% of his leads so they are not intersted in tire kickers or people wanting rough quotes, to survive they have to make the sale now and they have quotas to meet or they get fired. c'est la vie.
I suppose so, but every other sub has given me a bid. I'm paying cash for the build, so I'm on more of a budget than someone who's getting a mortgage. I'm really uncomfortable going in to this not knowing if the AC will be $10k or $20k (example). If I budget $15k now & when the house is built the low bid is $25k then I guess I don't have AC or heat. An idea now allows me to work my budget. I'm not expecting a firm bid now, but I don't feel it's too much to ask to get a bid. I mean is business really that goods right now?
However this would explain the crappy work done in a new build vs a higher quality replacement. Which also unfortunately supports my points about why can't a DYIer do it better? Or at least some of it?
The common saying in the mechanical trades is "you touch it, you own it". It doesn't matter if the contractor caused the problem, if there is one they will be held responsible, or at least blamed and suffer a bad review because of it.
The problem here seems to be that you're expecting a custom install on spec prices. Not going to happen. The budget minded builder is exactly the reason I got out of this game: they expect rock bottom prices, and there are hacks out there that will give it to them, all to the detriment of the industry. You get what you pay for. There is no such thing as a getting a deal.
An economy that is in the tank, or in recovery, doesn't mean that you'll get a quality installer to do your job for peanuts: they'd rather stay home than cheapen their product.
As for an HO GCing his or her own build, I would run away from that project so fast an ACME anvil may narrowly miss hitting me. No offense to you, but dealing with experienced GCs can be bad enough.
New construction(cookie cutter) is a cut throat business. Throw the lowest price at it they can and cut every corner possible to make a dollar.
Most of the existing construction contractors in your area may only size by sq ft, and not believe in Manual J. So you may have to make a lot of phone calls to find a good contractor. And it won't matter what our opinion is about you doing some of the work yourself is. Its what their opinion is that will count.
No sir - never said I wanted a budget install, I said I had a budget and wanted to know prices of installs so I could budget. Every GC started somewhere and a lot of them don't seem any more qualified than I am. Why would a HO GC be anymore difficult than dealing with a HO that needed a total replacement is beyond me.
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Attributes measure innate the abilities of a role playing character such as Strength, Intelligence, or Spiritual Resolve. These measure a character's full potential, and as such rarely fluctuates or improves. While not all RPGs utilize attributes, a great majority of popular RPGs has character attributes – including the most popular and original RPG system on the market today. However, too many RPGs attempt to reinvent the wheel when it comes to attributes. They split up some attributes, rename others, and add attributes that are out of place for the type of game in question.
When there is a purpose behind these attributes, these changes are fine, but far too often it seems like the designers have chosen their attributes only to be different. The end result is games that have far too many attributes, many of which rarely are used, and others which have obscure uses. As a game designer, I wanted to avoid making that same mistake.
I decided early-on that I would use terms that are very common within the gaming community and that I would try to make each attribute equally important. I chose four familiar attributes for the Dual-Core System; Agility, Intelligence, Strength, and Wisdom. These attributes all of their roots in some of the first RPGs created and haven't really changed in the 40 years since the birth of our hobby. Due to there being only four attributes, it becomes easier to balance all four and make them equally useful in game play. Of course, they will never be "perfectly" balanced, as there will always be factors which cannot be accounted for in game play.
- Agility is the attribute of moving quickly and easily; its the nimbleness of a character's hands and feet.
- Intelligence is the attribute of learning and reasoning; its a character's ability to grasp abstract relationships and remembering facts.
- Strength is the attribute of muscular force and physical vigor; its the power and health of a character's body.
- Wisdom is the attribute of understanding and insight, which allows a character to discern truth from deception and judge options.
Attributes for characters normally range from 1 to 4, but sometimes can range from 0 to 5 if the setting includes races or if the character has suffered Attribute Damage – both issues will be discussed in detail later.
Skills work in conjunction with attributes to determine how well a character can accomplish any given task. Unlike attributes, skills represent learned abilities of a character. However, much of my thinking about attribute scores apply to skills as well – they should be few in number so that they are easier to balance against one another, and should not deviate too far from accepted norms. Fortunately for me skills do not have too many accepted norms. So long as the skills I have chosen make sense in context of the game and each are useful in the context of the game, it will be a successful design. The Dual-Core System is meant to be more universal than genre or setting specific, so each skill should have multiple uses that could be important in several different settings.
Each Character has twelve skills:
- Acrobatics (Agility) allows your character to jump or tumble around obstacles; it represents your character's ability to keep balance and move with stealth.
- Athletics (Strength) deal with activities such as swimming, running, climbing, fisticuffs, and sports that require endurance.
- Diplomacy (Wisdom) is the ability to detect deception, negotiate, and to convince others of your honest intents.
- Evasion (Agility) allows your character to dodge incoming attacks and squeeze out of precarious situations.
- Finesse (Agility) represents a character's hand-eye coordination; with the Finesse skill, your character can aim ranged weapons, do anything that may require fine motor skills
- Fortitude (Strength) addresses a character's ability to resist poison, disease, and exhaustion.
- Instinct (Wisdom) allows characters to hunt in the wild, understand the motives of untamed animals, and survive in extreme conditions.
- Knowledge (Intelligence) is the character's understanding of the world around them, and may include science, history and literature, just as much as it includes pop-culture, video games, and trashy romance novels.
- Manipulation (Intelligence) deals with the ability to manipulate another character's actions through deception, intimidation, or derision.
- Mechanics (Intelligence) deals with the common technology and techniques of the setting in which the character is native.
- Perception (Wisdom) addresses your character's ability to see, hear, smell, feel, and taste the world around you; it is usually used to detect individuals who are hiding and finding clues.
- Prowess (Strength) is regarding feats of strength, such as bending soft-iron bars, ripping phone books in half, and using melee weapons.
Each skill is associated with one Attribute, shown in parentheses next to the name of the skill; this will usually be the Attribute you will add to the skill when you roll a skill check. There are three skills to each attribute, which helps maintain balance in the game system. However, there will be opportunities and the occasional necessity to use Attributes other than that commonly associated with the skill in question. Skill Ranks usually range from 0 to 10, but only reach as high as 10 after the character had been played for several game sessions and gained several levels. New PCs have Attributes that range from 0 to 3.
Mechanics and Knowledge may be expanded upon by a character's background. Later I will discuss the mechanism that determines a character's background – named, aptly, "Character Background." Setting also may have a large impact on Mechanics and Knowledge; while how to shoe a horse may have been common knowledge just before the industrial revolution, a common person from this era wouldn't have a clue how to begin. Likewise, a gentleman from the 18th century would have no idea how to change a flat tire.
I have chosen a more balanced and familiar approach when it comes to attributes and skills. While I think this is sensible, some may find it a bit dull. I remain, however, open to critique and new ideas. If you have any suggestions, I am ready to listen.


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The base of my card is Midnight Muse with Comfort Cafe Dsp and Summer Starfruit & Very Vanilla Cardstock. I've used stamps Papillon Potpourri & Perfectly Penned with Elegant Butterfly punch.
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