Well, Now We Are Moving

[ShawnF350]

I just signed up last night
Hoping I sell and move on to a better place

[Nizmo]

Got 95% of everything moved today. I can say I do not want to do that ourselves again. Would have loved to pay someone to do it but it`s the slow season at work, so money is tight. Just got caught up financially from the last move and here we are again. Not sure what to do with all this room!

[ShawnF350]

For sure. Everything is in the basement now. Come spring, just a straight shot over to set up the garage. Lubed the heat pump on he furnance this morning. SAE 20. Had to get it at lowes. Just a few drops at two points on the motor.

If the bearings are hard to get to, get yourself a Zoom Spout bottle of All Purpose lubricating oil.
Lowes or Depot may sell one or go to your local plumbing supply. You`ll never go back to that old can style.

Amazon.com: Zoom spout: Tools & Home Improvement

[PA DETAILER]

Got 95% of everything moved today. I can say I do not want to do that ourselves again. Would have loved to pay someone to do it but it`s the slow season at work, so money is tight. Just got caught up financially from the last move and here we are again. Not sure what to do with all this room!

For sure. $$ was tight, but we had movers do the heavy stuff. MONEY WELL SPENT! Plus we could have never moved that stuff ourselves!! We used weleski transfer. They are 100% on the ball. 3 men at 5.5 hours for our move.

Johnstown, PA Movers - Weleski Transfer

They did all the appliances, beds, attic contents, mower, etc....

And we did all the rest. Too many trips in the escape and xterra!!!

[JSFM35X]

Gravel floor in the garage equals drainage. You can wash in there.

Hopefuy not to much clay in the soil and your set.

Thanks guys! It`s really a nice house for the money. We plan on moving in around the first week in December. The garage floor is gravel, but it`s better than no garage! I`m going to put paving stones down where the tires go. There is storage out the ying yang, the basement is super clean; it was recently painted, floors and block walls. The owners said I can do anything I want to with the garage and he would help me put a better electrical service out in the garage. All it has now is one 110 circuit. It is oil heat, but it`s a newer furnace and with me being gone most weeks for work we will keep it set low. Water heater is a separate electric so we won`t have to worry about running the furnace in the summer. Snapped a better picture of the garage and back yard.

[ShawnF350]

Found two potential houses now so things are looking better for me if I get offers on my house.

2nd house has a very small back yard. .less yard work.

But the driveway is about +5 degrees which converts around a 10% slope.
Is that a detailers nightmare?
It didn`t look that bad until I drove my Grand Marquis on it.

[ShawnF350]

Imagine this?

[Nizmo]

That would be a no bueno for me. There is a little slope to mine near the garage, but not too bad.

They delivered our new washer this evening so I guess I need to repair the plumbing tomorrow. Went to Lowes and looked at their "scratch and dent" section and got a $579 Maytag for $279. It had been used a couple times and then repaired, but hey, it still comes with the factory warranty!

I eventually was needing to run some more power to the attic. Done some diggin around up there and then in the panel box. Looks like someone already did the dirty work and ran two lines up there, just need connected!

[PA DETAILER]

imagine this?

wth?? No way.

[jfelbab]

OMG, that driveway would be a no-go for me. Could you fill a bucket on that slope? Would it even stay on that slope or would it slide down. How about even getting the car door open. Once open it would not stay open either. You really can`t park a car on it. When it snows how do you get up the drive? How about ice? Hell even if just wet, it would be dangerous. I find it unbelievable that they could even build something that steep under code. I would expect several cars would scrape their air dam getting up the driveway. When you get to the top you will likely scrape the middle of the car too. That just blows my mind.

Another thing to consider. If you owned that home and wanted to sell it down the road, that slope would turn off almost all buyers.

[ShawnF350]

The photos I posted ate what I found when looking up driveway slope.

Here`s the house I looked at Sun.
I just think it`s too steep to enjoy working on.

[Nizmo]

That doesn`t look too terribly bad. Looks about like the houses I live in in Mississippi.


Today was some good progress. Got the washing machine hooked up. Not a pro plumber by any means, but now it actually drains. Snapped a before and after pic:

Before (I have no clue how that even worked before):



After:



Don`t have the dryer yet, but I have an indoor clothesline in the basement. They were already clean but I washed some of my microfibers to test everything out. Perfect.

Also got all the CATV and new receptacles installed. Owner didn`t want holes drilled through the hardwood (I don`t blade him either, they are perfect) so I installed them in a pop-in boxes with a receptacle on its own circuit in each room.



Had to buy a Kline flex drill bit set to get the job done, but it`s all finished and we now have cable in every room. Need to add one in the other corner of my room for the air conditioner and a lamp, but that`s tomorrows job.

[ShawnF350]

Nizmo, are you an electrician by trade?
I see the screw heads aligned on the receptacle cover vertical.
Ground up too.
That`s how I put every receptacle in for years . ....until many of the devices you plug in force you to turn it around. I got tired of the wife complaining.

[Nizmo]

In a way, yes. Mostly use 3-phase, though. There are 120v circuits in the motor control panels, but mostly 3 phase controls. But I`ve been working on and restoring houses since I was 16. Along with keeping up to date on the latest NEC code book, you pick up a couple things over the years. I was trying to not let my OCD kick in on the panel box, it`s kind of a mess, but workable. Went ahead and tightened down all the terminals while I was in there. The washing machine outlet by code needs a GFCI, so I need to correct that tomorrow.

[ShawnF350]

Nizmo, my house sold in 3 days after listing.
And. ....I was able to sell fast enough to get a home just a week or so from completion.
Settlement is Jan 28th.
I just can`t believe that neighbors can convince people to move....better than my wife ever could.
It wasn`t really planned but I take pride in everything I own.
If people don`t respect my personal property I have no choice but to move.