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What he said!!! ^^^^ Most utility companies will send out someone at no cost to inspect potential leaks.
You should also call an HVAC company to "service" (basically clean and inspect) the furnace and replace the filter. Should be $70-$100 if nothing's broken. This will give you peace of mind and your furnace will run more efficiently, saving you utility dollars. It's a good idea to have the service done every year in the northern U.S. - maybe every other year in your area.
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Maybe it was just a weird smell. I was just searching online and everyone was calling it gas smell. It did go away, so I'm just making sure it was because of first time turning it on. I'm on natural gas, I believe since I don't have a propane tank for sure. Does anyone know any good sites for nice small house projects? House still looks plain to us inside and outside.
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11-03-2010, 04:40 PM
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thisoldhouse.com is one of my favorites. I also have a subscription for their magazine.
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11-03-2010, 05:38 PM
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thisoldhouse.com is one of my favorites. I also have a subscription for their magazine.
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Thank you, I'll look into it.
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11-07-2010, 07:12 PM
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Awesome website no1hustler, thank you!
Has anyone ever installed Ethernet ports throughout the house? I'm just wondering because I would like to hook up my TV to the internet, but my internet is in my man cave.
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11-09-2010, 03:27 PM
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Awesome website no1hustler, thank you!
Has anyone ever installed Ethernet ports throughout the house? I'm just wondering because I would like to hook up my TV to the internet, but my internet is in my man cave.
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You can use powerline type adapters (I use THIS one)
They're not cheap - but they have plenty of throughput and will save trying to physically wire it all up through your attic...
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You can use powerline type adapters (I use THIS one)
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Thanks, I'll look into it. I was thinking of just wiring it under the house, would that work?
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11-09-2010, 04:26 PM
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if you can find a way to route ethernet cable - then I'd say that would be the best way...
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if you can find a way to route ethernet cable - then I'd say that would be the best way...
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Do you know of a howto?
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11-09-2010, 06:26 PM
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the professional way would be to install a couple ethernet receptacles (Lowes might have these) - one in the living room and one in the man cave. wiring these using a standard ethernet cable is fairly straight forward... You would then just run a jumper from your router to the new wall receptacle and then in the living room plug the tv into it's own receptacle...
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Like this?
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11-11-2010, 07:04 PM
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Yup - that would work just jiffy (assuming your TV is internet capable of course). Plugging into the remote box (on the tv end) would be the same as plugging it into the router... 
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I'll be buying an AppleTV first generation put Boxee on it. That way I can cancel TimeWarner Cable since they are expensive and I can get my TV shows for free!
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11-20-2010, 10:05 PM
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I'll be putting the smart house networking aside right now. Got a huge problem, we have 2 puppies that are almost house trained, but it seems their piss has ate away the glue under our plastic tiles and are lifting up, so now I have a new project and would like to lay down wooden floors, how would I do so?
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11-21-2010, 06:04 AM
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I ordered solid bamboo florring from Ifloors.com - this has been the greatest flooring I've ever had. I've got pictures of my livingroom remodel here:
http://www.polarsoft.net/remodel/
It hasn't been updated in quite a while...I'll have to add more pics soon. Anyway, you can see the flooring about 3/4 of the way down. After shipping, I paid around $2 a sqf...
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