It was a great turnout at the 14 Carrot Café. The Seattle Meetup. It is always a hoot to hang out with the assorted ActiveRain crew and great members of the ActiveRain community. Kerrie Greenhalgh was of course there---the most 14 Carrot of all. Along with the Jeff Gray (who I am pretty sur
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08/29/2012
Back-drafting of water heaters is when the exhaust gases, instead of going up the vent and outside of the home, draft back into the space around the water heater. If the water heater is in the living space, this can mean that combustion by-products are ending up in the home. This is not just
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08/27/2012
Lately I have been finding an epidemic of improperly installed replacement vinyl windows; or, if they are “properly” installed the installations are not working out as planned. I am talking about windows where the old windows have been removed and new windows are installed in the same opening.
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08/25/2012
OK boys and girls it is time for another ActiveRain “Meetup” in Seattle at the 14 Carrot Café. As far as I know this is different than a “hookup” so there is no reason to be afraid of showing up on time at 8am, on August 29th. Yup, that is 8am for breakfast---coffee, eggs, cinnamon buns and con
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08/22/2012
The post previous to this one talked about an abused house with a couple of barely functional bathrooms. I said the story would continue regarding where the water from the bathrooms was actually going. So here goes. While the vast majority of the water was still going down the drains, some of
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08/19/2012
I typically steer clear of overly political issues on my blog. I have had an opinion here and there regarding various issues over the years---but generally as comments on someone else’s post where I simply could not resist. But how can I resist something with a name like, “Pussy Riots?” Recen
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08/18/2012
This post is the first in a series of posts that wants to get at the real question of the day. How did we get “here”---and from “where” did we come? This is not simply about “directions,” although in a twisted way maybe that is what it is all about. Garmins and TomToms will not provide the rea
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08/16/2012
Honey? Can we make the deck bigger? In fact, can we cover the whole yard with it? Sure honey---will get right on that this weekend! What started out as a nice little rectangular deck on the back of the home, turned into a complicated series of decks, which did in fact cover much of the back y
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08/13/2012