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I have D rings on roof, use safety harness now. Gravity be damned!

Of course. No itching and scratching!

I crawled up to the attic and looked at the blown in insulation. Then crawled back out.... I think the roof makes more sense now. And the chance of me putting a foot through the ceiling drywall is low.......but not zero.........

Just seeing if it made sense to repair vs replace. I found a new valve and thermopile/pilot. I also found someone locally licensed to do the repair. Biggest issue is disassembling the unit to get to the valve. 1 think 1K in parts and labor beats 6K for a new unit

My neighbor is an audiophile and electronics kind of guy. He says go ahead and put an antenna in the attic for the TV. It would sure beat an ugly one on the roof

Anyone ever replace a gas valve on older gas fireplace? The unit is otherwise ok, just needs a new valve and going to add a new pilot while its apart

Look up Fantech products. They really perform well, quiet. Our whole house has Fantech fans. Exterior 'puller' fans help move fan noise outside of house.

I have narrow feet, and only Allen Edmonds shoes really fit well. Because of that they have been resoled many times. CobblerG is a great guy to watch on YouTube. Good at his job and really helps folks understand what a good repair does.

there is one section where I could do that.

I was finally able to get an ammeter on this. I thought motor was dead but it starts up again. At zero tank pressure it starts at about 16+ amps and crawls up to just over 20 when at top pressure. So....I think it's my voltage drop causing just enough increase in amp needs to get past my 20A...

Trying to decide if it's genius or idiocy to get a new motor for this compressor. Why the various amp ratings for various motors of same HP? I see anything from 14 to 17 amp ratings.

Came home with a meter, switched on the compressor, motor went chug chug and died. Sort of answers that question! I had put in a new start capacitor a year ago and the cleaned up the innards a bit. Now a no go

I wish I could pull another wire for 240 but there is a house in the way! I saw another 1 HP motor, an older Craftsman motor, for sale on the web. It was rated at 14 Amps. How does that work? A friend told me they rated them higher than they performed and to go by standards. I am going to borrow...