Just Answer
Feb. 6th, 2023 10:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisYears ago I found this thing called JustAnswer.com - a gazillion professionals who answer questions on the cheap-ish. $33 a month. All the questions you want. I never used the service but was intrigued by the concept. Today, it turned up again when I was looking for HVAC answers. So I paid $33 and got, exactly what I wanted.
Andre chatted with me. He told me exactly what settings to use to get the temperature I want in each room. He also said the running the humidifier at night won't be a problem at all. He also said that my plan of buying a spare set of filters was ok but not at all necessary - that the filters themselves have like a 15 year lifespan.
Now I have 30 days of more questions. So I've set everything like he said and have thermometers to monitor and see if it works like he predicted it will. If not I know where to find his chat window.
I also heard from the carpet cleaning guy. I suspect he's not going to be the one and that we will go a couple of rounds with others before I get what I want. But, ok.
Just read about a less than cheery little incident at the gym where my pool is. Apparently two idiots who aren't members came in and when they were not allowed past the front counter they pulled out a gun. Cops got 'em in the garage where I park my car (which is on the floor below and dark and creepy on a good day). I haven't been to the gym in a while and this surely does not scream 'come on back!!!'
Remember that giant condo bill we got last year? It was to pay for the re-sealing of all the terraces on the 5th floor (which previously leaked down into here) and for tuckpointing. Tuckpointing is really just knocking out the old brick mortar and replacing it. It's the usual maintenance on a brick building and this one is more than 100 years old.
They did the west side of the building (not my side) and now they are doing my side. They are working in sections and my section is the last one. They started working on the section next door last week and it turns out to be loud work. I'm delighted that I can keep my door closed. I think it's taking them a couple of weeks to do each section so I'll be bitching about this for a while.
Andre chatted with me. He told me exactly what settings to use to get the temperature I want in each room. He also said the running the humidifier at night won't be a problem at all. He also said that my plan of buying a spare set of filters was ok but not at all necessary - that the filters themselves have like a 15 year lifespan.
Now I have 30 days of more questions. So I've set everything like he said and have thermometers to monitor and see if it works like he predicted it will. If not I know where to find his chat window.
I also heard from the carpet cleaning guy. I suspect he's not going to be the one and that we will go a couple of rounds with others before I get what I want. But, ok.
Just read about a less than cheery little incident at the gym where my pool is. Apparently two idiots who aren't members came in and when they were not allowed past the front counter they pulled out a gun. Cops got 'em in the garage where I park my car (which is on the floor below and dark and creepy on a good day). I haven't been to the gym in a while and this surely does not scream 'come on back!!!'
Remember that giant condo bill we got last year? It was to pay for the re-sealing of all the terraces on the 5th floor (which previously leaked down into here) and for tuckpointing. Tuckpointing is really just knocking out the old brick mortar and replacing it. It's the usual maintenance on a brick building and this one is more than 100 years old.
They did the west side of the building (not my side) and now they are doing my side. They are working in sections and my section is the last one. They started working on the section next door last week and it turns out to be loud work. I'm delighted that I can keep my door closed. I think it's taking them a couple of weeks to do each section so I'll be bitching about this for a while.
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Date: 2023-02-06 07:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-02-06 07:08 pm (UTC)yeah, well, ok
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Date: 2023-02-06 08:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-02-06 08:48 pm (UTC)Ugh, on the flip side, however, definitely not good regarding the incident where you swim. Does the Seattle area have a lot of issues with that on average? Because where I live [& your brother can probably attest to], it's, unfortunately, a common thing. It really upsets me because it feels as if nowhere is safe.
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Date: 2023-02-06 09:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-02-06 10:47 pm (UTC)I hope it was a one-off & not something that's going to become more frequent.
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Date: 2023-02-07 02:53 am (UTC)Have a lovely evening! :)
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