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Xarpolis
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I haven't read this entire thread, but I have one negative about cellulose, especially in the modern era.
It can strongly reduce cell phone signals. My mother had her attic and crawlspace filled with blown in cellulose. Ever since then, she would constantly get dropped calls on her phone. It really annoyed her until she moved last June.
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Yeah, if you are never going to open the windows again, and you're not willing to completely replace them, use a heap of well applied caulking, both inside and out, and that'll stop drafts coming in there. Do you need them for the light? If not, I'd fill them with insulation and put some plywood up over it.
Oldbased
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The issue is if he ever goes to sell the house the windows have to be functional for escape clause. If he doesn't need the light though you are right just put ply on it and seal it up. It can be removed later.
Noodleface
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Probably not going to board them up because we do use the light from them for our gym. I mean we could just use the lights, but I'd prefer not.
Can the caulk be easily removed?
Can the caulk be easily removed?
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Carpentry is definitely fun if you have the tools and the time to do some shit. My grandfather was a cabinet maker and when he retired I used to help him in the garage make small furniture and other shit for craft shows when I was a teenager. It was fun and I leaned a lot. I still have pieces of furniture around he built. Its like his legacy he left behind. Quite cool to think that even my sons will probably inherit some of the stuff he made back in the 80s.
Tuco
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I thought about doing that. But most firewood racks of that class don't have one. There is currently very little outward pressure, but I imagine that would change if it shifted over time which I don't know if it will without outside forces acting upon it.
Still it'd be easy to implement without sacrificing any features as long as I didn't want to overflow it which would be difficult to do, the vertical 2x4s are 6'.
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I was given an old greenhouse, about 20 x 40, and that's where I put my firewood on pallets. It gets hot as heck in there from the sun, and I have fans blowing air right through. Firewood is protected, stacked, and cured very quickly and ready for burning. Stuff I split this summer from live trees is ready to burn. I stack from one side, take from the other (doors on both sides of the thing).
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You can certainly buy a non hardening caulk that you can remove later, maybe something like a rope caulk that you can roll between your hands like playdoh and then open the window and close it against a bead of that stuff or just push it into the cracks and gaps.
Then consider something like this3M Window insulation film
That will also stop drafts, let in light and turn a single pane window into (almost) a double pane. You can remove all this stuff when it becomes time to sell, if you want.
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Oldbased
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Having the tools is key. Random cat and dog hang out at our house and Shelly has demanded they have a shelter. This weekend if I get time going to build a dog house with a cat loft and a covered deck on the side for food/drink. I have so much 1x material total cost will be about $10 in nails and screws. Last time I audited my tools I had roughly $13,000 in my van, assuming new of course. I do depreciate them each year.
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So I buy a new range and the guys come to deliver and tell me they can't hook it up. The receptacle is a 30 amp dryer receptacle and the cord on the new range is a 50 amp. The stats on the range say 40 amp. The guys gave me a 30 amp dryer cord and said it should be fine to use but they can't hook it up for me.
So what should I do here? I guess I also need to find out if the breaker is meant for 30 or 50 amps right ?
So what should I do here? I guess I also need to find out if the breaker is meant for 30 or 50 amps right ?
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You also need to know what gauge of wire is run between the receptacle and the breaker. You can't run 50 amps through wire rated for 30.