DrewEckhardt 0 #26 July 1, 2013 JohnMitchell It cost me $300 a month to keep 3/4 of an acre of grass green. Next year I said "F-it, I don't care if it turns brown." Moving into a house with a much smaller lawn. I have no lawn just decks and gardens (eight). The closest I get is the blue rug juniper covering my front yard mixed with various conifers (including a couple of Acaia cognata common name "Cousin Itt" ) and a nice Japanese maple in the middle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #27 July 1, 2013 airtwardo All 3 days of summer?! Usually, but we had 40 consecutive days without rain last summer. I think it was a record. It's hot and sunny here now, has been since Friday. Damn, I bought a portable AC unit straight off the pallet this morning at Home Depot. The 2 people ahead of me and the one guy behind me were getting the same damn thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #28 July 1, 2013 Sea Ranch wouldn't budge on the bill. He fixed the toilet, and will install a whole-house shutoff. Sonoma county requires fire sprinklers, so the shutoff can only valve out the non-sprinkler stuff. If the plumbing was done right it should be pretty easy to do. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #29 July 1, 2013 Talk to your homeowner's insurance co. Some of them cover the weirdest things.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #30 July 1, 2013 >It cost me $300 a month to keep 3/4 of an acre of grass green. Next year I said "F-it, >I don't care if it turns brown." We're putting xeriscaping everywhere except a patch in the back for the kid to run around in. Should cut our water bill down by almost 50%. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #31 July 2, 2013 JohnMitchell I think it was a record. It's hot and sunny here now, has been since Friday. Damn, I bought a portable AC unit straight off the pallet this morning at Home Depot. The 2 people ahead of me and the one guy behind me were getting the same damn thing. I haven't used my a/c since Saturday. The past two days have been in the 70's here in the CO Front Range. Quite unexpected, and very welcome!"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #32 July 2, 2013 JohnMitchell *** All 3 days of summer?! Usually, but we had 40 consecutive days without rain last summer. I think it was a record. It's hot and sunny here now, has been since Friday. Damn, I bought a portable AC unit straight off the pallet this morning at Home Depot. The 2 people ahead of me and the one guy behind me were getting the same damn thing. Hi John Thats one of the challenges of being retired. After a fun weekend at the dz, you don't get to go back to Quote your real job and get paid to sit in the AC and rest up for the next weekend I bought one of those window AC units at the pumpkin patch aka home depot Two heat events ago. Its still sitting in the closet never used. A walk out basement is 15 degree cooler than the upstairs level.This year we are still digging out the fans, from summers past. If it ever gets hot enough to install the window AC that I have sitting in my closet I will move to a higher elevation. One summer we bought a portable AC unit at home depot. Took it back in two days for a refund. Bad design the portable AC was on wheels and could be relocated from room to room. The net effect was we were actually adding heat to the room. All you had to do was plug the AC unit in the nearest outlet and stick the uninsulated plastic exhaust hose out the window.. It reminded me of the joke about sitting in front of the fridge with with the door open thinking your going to get cooler. Wanna swap a unused window ac unit for some of your lawn toolsThink coolR.One Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #33 July 2, 2013 That's actually the design we got too. We put it on a stand in front of the window so the hose has a short, straight run to the exhaust. It was either that or sew up an insulating jacket on that hose. I then duct taped all the gaps and seams for a better seal. It did a pretty good job, cooled the room down to the low 70's so I'm satisfied. Probably be the only one I need, but what yard tools do you need? I know what you mean about basements. In Utah I had basement rooms and apartments. Loved 'em. We should all move underground like hobbits in this hot weather. I know a guy that lays a box fan over his opened crawl space hatch in hot weather, cools his house pretty well just by doing that. That AC unit you're not using. Craig's List, to the highest bidder. The way the stores keep running out of them, you could double your $$$. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
