Recent content by jk96

We are around year 13 on our home now. Installed all LED bulbs and almost all are still origional. At that time they were expensive and most had metal housings and heat sinks. I remember wondering how the mfg companies would make any money if the bulbs lasted 20 years. They must have figured...

Our second fridge we replaced was LG. Bad compressor. Compressor was still under factory warranty but LG could not get anyone to our place to fix it. It took three no shows on service calls that were scheduled and about 2 months of frustration but I finally got a 100% buy back including the...

My biggest complaint is newer home appliances. We built our home 12 years ago. We are on our 3rd refrigerator. 3rd dryer, 3rd washer. Dishwasher, oven/range, and microwave are still going strong. Current refrigerator is 3 years old and just had it's first repair. I always pay for the...

It starts with the parents. It's not the grandparents that they are learning from everyday. If you feel you can't spoil your grandkids I think that's kind of sad. One of the things I'm looking forward to as we are getting close to being empty nesters.

I think I have right at or just under another 4ft to go.

2 more inches of rain today and came down fast. Gained 9-1/2" on this one. What Dodge Man called my blue shop vacs (fish structure) is almost covered now. 4 ft to go.

2-1/8"

Gained another 6" of water last night. Finally starting to look like a pond.

For the first time I am feeling pretty optimistic that I have fixed the leaks in the pond. It may be end of the year or even into next before it completely fills but water loss is looking good. Plugging surface area, temps, humidity and some wind into some formulas I'm getting estimates of...

I should know in a week if it's going to hold. At this level before the rework water loss was pretty rapid.

Gained a couple more inches from a small storm this morning. Best I can tell I probably have about 6-7 feet to go.

15 tons. That was the most they could ship in one truckload. I ended up using Lone Star materials. Even with freight they were by far the cheapest I could find https://lonestarbarite.com/

Finally caught a decent storm this morning. 3.25" in the rain gauge. Until now we had only recoeved 1 rain event over an inch this year at 1.25". Everything else has been less than an inch. I will know real quick now if the pond is going to be viable. So far it's been holding between the...

Thats why I went with Sensi. No monthly access charges and no "smart" functions.

Sensi themostats have worked freat for us for almost 10 years now. Multiple zones house and business with schedule options. I'm using the basic models but they have others available. link Sensi t stat