Recent content by north49

Early?? We have natural a/c in Alberta just go outside, lol, see my reply where I explained what I should have said in my post :-) We are a tough bunch in Alberta but not that tough! !

lol, No one in Edmonton needs air conditioning there in the minus 30 degree weather unless u r having hot flashes:-) I have spring fever so want to get the jump on getting this fixed from last years problem. This is an older wall unit in a rental apartment, have a new laminate floor and the...

Have I got it right that my air conditioner leaking down the wall after the coils become all iced up is the result of possibly loss of freon?

I have some rental properties and thought it might be a good idea to instal something that tenants would have a hard time to destroy, LOL I could buy granite countertops at auction at a steal of a deal in 7'6" lengths (fronts already finished) but I would really need to add another 4' which...

You may be right, but it is so dry with the infloor heating that your nose will bleed if we don't run humidifiers (this is not a small house). There is no condensation on the windows so I doubt that we have too much moisture besides without the humidifiers the wood floors shrink and start...

Actually our infloor heating is on the main floor and is hardwood not in the basement so I doubt that humidifiers would help with laminate.

Get this....in the middle of the night usually about 3 a.m. I am awakened by a loud crack coming from somewhere between our bedroom and the ensuite. I think it happens mainly in winter and hardly misses a night. It cracks loudly and sometimes sounds like there could be someone taking a few...

My hardwood floors were noisy like that (when building our floor was soaked before the roof went on too) but I got 2 free standing humidifiers and within a week the noise stopped ! We have infloor heating as well. Problem solved.

Ok it is not always cold up here but is often a land of extremes. Am looking forward to reading all your posts, so much information. I am a landlady with a 4-plex and 2 rental homes and none of these properties are where I live, in fact they are in two different provinces so sometimes my...

While I like a challenge this one needs some ideas. Bought an old (1912) bungalow 2.5 yrs ago which has a cement floor basement (amateur job but concrete nevertheless), one 5' wall of concrete block and the rest of the walls are dirt with parging that is crumbling and now one wall is leaking...