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    New Deck termites

    universalremodeling, My dad sprayed the bugs w/bug spray (I believe the bug spray was for termites). I don't know if that worked: haven't asked him if he has seen any bugs lately.
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    Radiant Heating in the Ceiling

    Mustered up the courage to dig (literally) deeper into this. The radiant heating system is indeed copper pipe. As previously mentioned, the material around the pipe came down like sand as I poked my finger into it to get closer to the leak source. So, I'll move forward first by calling in a...
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    New Deck termites

    My brother installed the same type of decking for my parents' home sometime this past July. On a visit to my parents' house a few weeks after he installed it, I too noticed a huge number of insects congregating in the corners of two of the steps going up to the deck. Nasty looking...
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    Radiant Heating in the Ceiling

    I moved into a house from the 50s w/radiant heating in the ceilings. Not sure if the heating is electric or water running through copper pipes (original owner was a plumbing professor, so I’m assuming the latter if such a thing exists). Ceilings are, I believe, plaster and/or lathe. I...
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