Comments on: Versions and Upgrades http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/ faults | sins | abuses Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: bradley http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-121247 bradley Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:25:23 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-121247 Maybe you'd like to come out and visit as we can work on my house together? Electrical isn't really so bad, once you do it a few times. For me, I end up borrowing a neighbor's volt meter so I can be sure to get the positive and negative properly, even though I don't know how much it matters with AC. Still, it's nice to do it right. I installed light/fans last spring and they have radio control switches in the wall that my niece described as looking like an iPod. How much cooler can a light switch get than that? What I had to do is put in more insulation in the crawl space, finish painting several things, put in quarter-round in the dining room and our bedroom and work on the back deck, never mind the yard and all the branches that fell in the snow last night. A homeowner's work is never done. When was your house built? Ours was built in 1928. Maybe you’d like to come out and visit as we can work on my house together? Electrical isn’t really so bad, once you do it a few times. For me, I end up borrowing a neighbor’s volt meter so I can be sure to get the positive and negative properly, even though I don’t know how much it matters with AC. Still, it’s nice to do it right. I installed light/fans last spring and they have radio control switches in the wall that my niece described as looking like an iPod. How much cooler can a light switch get than that? What I had to do is put in more insulation in the crawl space, finish painting several things, put in quarter-round in the dining room and our bedroom and work on the back deck, never mind the yard and all the branches that fell in the snow last night. A homeowner’s work is never done. When was your house built? Ours was built in 1928.

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-120912 mike Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:08:12 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-120912 Thanks, Cheryl and Joanna. Dad's advice is definitely invaluable, and he's encouraged me to replace some of the other old electrical as well. Thanks, Cheryl and Joanna. Dad’s advice is definitely invaluable, and he’s encouraged me to replace some of the other old electrical as well.

]]> By: cball http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-120813 cball Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:32:19 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-120813 chiselling the joints?! ugh. thank goodness for Dads who can do electrical work! I have the same fan in both my bedrooms and another on the front porch (!) thanks to the Pops. (Plus 47 new electrical outlets :) Congrats on the house and the curtains. Curtains are better wind-breakers on old windows than blinds, btw. I like both. chiselling the joints?! ugh.

thank goodness for Dads who can do electrical work! I have the same fan in both my bedrooms and another on the front porch (!) thanks to the Pops. (Plus 47 new electrical outlets :)

Congrats on the house and the curtains. Curtains are better wind-breakers on old windows than blinds, btw. I like both.

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-120560 mike Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:10:46 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-120560 Yeah, I'm always nervous around electrical stuff too. Still, it's a step, and there'll be more. Biggest priority will be more adequately winterizing the home -- the kitchen's cold and drafty. Yeah, I’m always nervous around electrical stuff too. Still, it’s a step, and there’ll be more. Biggest priority will be more adequately winterizing the home — the kitchen’s cold and drafty.

]]> By: joanna http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-120311 joanna Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:47:46 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-120311 I'm glad that you've posted! I know how busy you are this year at the school on the Hudson, but I've missed you! Now that we're into year two at Chez New, I'm starting to see the little things I want to change. Like the color of the kitchen--too dark. Your prowess and patience in replacing the fan is very impressive. I'm like Scott--well, almost like Scott. I don't even try to repair the electical stuff. I’m glad that you’ve posted! I know how busy you are this year at the school on the Hudson, but I’ve missed you!

Now that we’re into year two at Chez New, I’m starting to see the little things I want to change. Like the color of the kitchen–too dark. Your prowess and patience in replacing the fan is very impressive. I’m like Scott–well, almost like Scott. I don’t even try to repair the electical stuff.

]]> By: Scott http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-119901 Scott Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:43:13 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-119901 Every time I do something electrical in my house, I spend days worrying that it'll suddenly burst into flames. Every time I do something electrical in my house, I spend days worrying that it’ll suddenly burst into flames.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-119885 Michelle Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:31:35 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/01/19/versions-and-upgrades/#comment-119885 It's a great photo. It's even greater that it got put up with your dad. I love that. Curtains instead of blinds? I'm a blinds lover. I don't want any curtains anywhere. It’s a great photo. It’s even greater that it got put up with your dad. I love that.

Curtains instead of blinds? I’m a blinds lover. I don’t want any curtains anywhere.

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