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re: Insulation Requirements - any code?

Posted by LSUKTR on 11/7/21 at 4:55 pm
[quote]CrawDude[/quote] Thanks CrawDude! This is the ceiling surface between conditioned living space (kitchen/bedroom) and non-conditioned, non-insulated attic space. It sounds like this should be insulated per code. Is R-30 the current standard for south Louisiana? Appears that is the lowe...

re: Insulation Requirements - any code?

Posted by LSUKTR on 11/7/21 at 1:36 pm
[quote]PorkerFace[/quote] Thanks for the helpful response, you may be my builder. My research says R-30, based on IRC 2015, Part IV, Chapter 11, but that’s not my trade hence the ask. Any skill can be learned with effort and time; both items this builder does not commit. Looking forward ...

Insulation Requirements - any code?

Posted by LSUKTR on 11/7/21 at 1:09 pm
Just purchased new construction and at time of inspection, we couldn’t access a small secondary attic space. The garage door track interfered with the attic stairs. I’ve now gotten up there and see that the attic space above two rooms is uninsulated on the single story portion of the house. Builder...

re: 2022 JEEP Grand Wagoneer

Posted by LSUKTR on 10/24/21 at 8:47 am
[quote]Anybody received delivery yet? It’s been seven months and I have heard nothing. [/quote] Pretty sure I saw one in Old Metairie this week. Eta: may have been a wagoneer vs a grand wagoneer. ...

re: Risk 2.0 - FEMA Finnda Eat!

Posted by LSUKTR on 9/18/21 at 9:25 pm
Here we go, straight from the site: [quote]Currently, policyholders with lower-valued homes are paying more than their share of the risk while policyholders with higher-valued homes are paying less than their share of the risk. Because Risk Rating 2.0 considers rebuilding costs, FEMA can equitab...
Look at the COVID charts. The behavior in communities follows a pattern. Make a mandate on the way up and you’re guaranteed to be right. It’s not causal. ...
[quote] which tells you how much people were disgusted by trump. [/quote] Success is so disgusting. ...

re: Power outages in MI

Posted by LSUKTR on 8/12/21 at 11:31 am
[quote]The electricity has lead in it[/quote] All Americans deserve affordable, lead-free electricity!!!...
[quote]Same can be said for plumbers, electricians, accountants, cooks, etc. [/quote] Ya, but should a realtor really make more than the plumber or electrician? Electric and plumbing bids are in the range of realtor fees and the other trades include materials in addition to their labor. And no o...

re: LA Federal Unemployment Ends TODAY

Posted by LSUKTR on 8/1/21 at 7:43 am
[quote]I see a ton of $15 - $20 an hour jobs posted everywhere, but I am not hearing of that many jobs paying $40 K and up. Not all the unemployed are restaurant & service industry workers. Just saying......[/quote] Uhhh, you do realize $20/hr is $40k/yr right? Assuming someone actually works ful...
[img]https://shop.harborfreight.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/9/9/99551_W3.jpg[/img] Harbor Freight. I got 4 back in May when it was one of their specials, $29/each. Currently showing $44. ...
[quote]But in this country we vote based on our feelings, and Trump was very, very mean.[/quote] “The media portrayed Trump as very, very mean.” FIFY...
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Caulk underside of siding?

Posted by LSUKTR on 7/27/21 at 5:31 pm
Question for the H&G board. We’re having our house painted and after telling them last Friday not to caulk the horizontal runs of the siding, I come home today to find that everything is caulked. Is there any evidence supporting one way or another? This is the second wood siding house that I’...
[quote]Tiger Attorney [/quote] [quote]We had a 900k-1M budget...we had good options in New Orleans, but I am glad we thought it through. It was my love of Uptown that kept it an option.[/quote] We’re shopping and there’s nothing in this price range. Minimum of $1.25M for the good parts of Old Me...
[quote]Yep. My appraiser told me my house has gone up 120-130k in 2 years Old Metairie has gotten ridiculous.[/quote] They are paying $500k for tear downs in prime old Metairie and $300k+ on the outskirts. ...
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[quote]My guess is bounded very roughly by Airline Hwy, Causeway, [/quote] I-10, parish line ...
Being a “fact-checker” or journalist qualifies you as an investigator. But being a lawyer with sworn affidavits from eye witnesses makes you a conspiracy theorist. ...