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Great idea on the fireplace! That hadnt even crossed my mind. Thats right, no hardwood under the carpet. I believe the reason why is the builder, who is a professional builder, raised his children in this house and really went all out on his new house. I imagine he thought the kids would...

Just a quick update: we have not actually started working on this yet. I think we have decided to attempt to tier the hill. Thanks for the confirmation on the English Ivy, I suspected as much.

Hello everyone. Here are two pictures of our living room: http://treygreyjoy.com/miscimages/homepics/13_Family_Room_Fireplace.jpg http://treygreyjoy.com/miscimages/homepics/14_Family_Room.jpg As you can see, there is a lot of dark wood in the ceiling and used as trim around the windows...

Thanks. Ive looked up the use of riprap and I think in some areas this may work. The amount I would need is quite large, would I call a landscaping company for something like this? Insofar as the vegetation was concerned, I was thinking about English Ivy. Is there any detriment to trying to...

Just to take a step back...is the AC on or is the fan still running? Is the outside unit running or is the inside unit moving air? Or both? Im just asking this because my wife called me at work with this "problem" and when I got home it was just the fan running, not the AC. ;)

I wanted to post a quick update. The "certified Trane professional" who told me the compressor needed to be replaced was wrong. Another serviceman from the company came out to replace the compressor and within 15 minutes discovered it was the thermal extraction valve that had failed.

Hello all, Im looking for some information on how to best control soil erosion along a ravine. My land slopes down to the ravine and there are several areas that water runs off into the ravine, down to a stream during rains. There are a couple of areas of bare earth along the walls of...

Hey Scopas, I have the same issue going on right now at my house with my heat pump. Ill skip the huge story and just say that after having 3 different companies look it over, the only thing the most qualified of them suggested was to replace the condenser. The first thing they checked was...