Its already 9 am and not much "chatter" here, I bet your all out in the
shop building Yeah, tinkering more like it right? Having that cup O Joe.
Whats the normal routine for others out there on the weekends. So far I have
contructed and set my new mailbox post, took like half hour. These petty
projects, sure wish I could afford some maple this weekend! Found out why my
front lights don't work? (we just bought this house in DEC), seems some
idiot put an outlet at ground level some time ago cause I just found it by
digging it out from under 3 inches of dirt and mulch. An electrical outlet
under ground WHY? The wires are too short for me to relocate it to the light
post 2 " away. This is a regular outlet not some fancy wet proof box!! Now I
have to dig up the front garden and plant a water tight box make some new
connections and relocate the outlet to the post. Boy, it sure isn't easy
owning a house!,(My first house BTW). Had the estimate for the new furnace
yesterday, and heres why I can't afford simple maple, 8500.00, Did I mention
we just bought the house in DEC. Worked then, worked just fine for something
50+ years old, even had a Beckett oil burner, seems they don't make parts
for a 50+ year old furnace! Go figger. Well, enough of my ranting for the
day. I'm off to the BORG to finish this front light situation.
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"Shopdog" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Its already 9 am and not much "chatter" here, I bet your all out in
the
> shop building Yeah, tinkering more like it right? Having that cup O Joe.
> Whats the normal routine for others out there on the weekends. So far I
have
> contructed and set my new mailbox post, took like half hour. These petty
> projects, sure wish I could afford some maple this weekend! Found out why
my
> front lights don't work? (we just bought this house in DEC), seems some
> idiot put an outlet at ground level some time ago cause I just found it by
> digging it out from under 3 inches of dirt and mulch. An electrical outlet
> under ground WHY? The wires are too short for me to relocate it to the
light
> post 2 " away. This is a regular outlet not some fancy wet proof box!! Now
I
> have to dig up the front garden and plant a water tight box make some new
> connections and relocate the outlet to the post. Boy, it sure isn't easy
> owning a house!,(My first house BTW). Had the estimate for the new furnace
> yesterday, and heres why I can't afford simple maple, 8500.00, Did I
mention
> we just bought the house in DEC. Worked then, worked just fine for
something
> 50+ years old, even had a Beckett oil burner, seems they don't make parts
> for a 50+ year old furnace! Go figger. Well, enough of my ranting for the
> day. I'm off to the BORG to finish this front light situation.
>
$8500.00????? Holy Cow - that must include a complete new installation -
heat distribution and everything. Is it hot air or a boiler? Either way
the unit itself should only be $1200-$1500 for a "normal sized house".
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-Mike-
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On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:35:58 GMT, Cap'n 321
<[email protected]> wrote:
>it's the labor hauling out the old boiler that kills you. I had a quote
>of $7,800 last year to replace an oil boiler. Sold the friggin house
>instead.
>
You didn't happen to sell your house in December, did you? ;-)
>Mike Marlow wrote:
>
>Boy, it sure isn't easy
>>>owning a house!,(My first house BTW). Had the estimate for the new furnace
>>>yesterday, and heres why I can't afford simple maple, 8500.00, Did I
>>
>
>>
>>
>> $8500.00????? Holy Cow - that must include a complete new installation -
>> heat distribution and everything. Is it hot air or a boiler? Either way
>> the unit itself should only be $1200-$1500 for a "normal sized house".
>>
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If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
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it's the labor hauling out the old boiler that kills you. I had a quote
of $7,800 last year to replace an oil boiler. Sold the friggin house
instead.
Mike Marlow wrote:
Boy, it sure isn't easy
>>owning a house!,(My first house BTW). Had the estimate for the new furnace
>>yesterday, and heres why I can't afford simple maple, 8500.00, Did I
>
>
>
> $8500.00????? Holy Cow - that must include a complete new installation -
> heat distribution and everything. Is it hot air or a boiler? Either way
> the unit itself should only be $1200-$1500 for a "normal sized house".
>
Well, the new boiler (radiators) is a "super high effiecent" model. Low mass
boiler, heats only 2.5 gals of water, then an indirect hot water tank. Yes
there are some modifications, such as re-plumbing my garage errr SHOP for
more effiecient use of the water to heat my 2160 sq ft. Thats just the shop,
(eat your heart out). Thats only the first est. others are coming in this
week. So far I have had three companies out to give me estimates.
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