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They are relatively noisy, we had one in an apartment in New York. They are also "weird" and I believe would put off many buyers when the time comes to sell the house.

I did also briefly look at installing one, but in fact they are relatively expensive and the larger ones, for several rooms, you wouldn't actually save much money over installing a small conventional HVAC system.

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Thanks for the help. The spikes look like what I want but I couldn't find them anywhere, including amazon.

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Google <spikes insulation> - there appear to be two main suppliers of 2.5" spikes.

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I have to find them locally, no way I want to go up in the attic again in the heat we get here!

I like the idea of the adhesive spray too.

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:confused:

What does where they come from have to do with going in the attic? You were already looking on Amazon, why would another supplier be different?

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Amazon Prime Now.... 2 hour delivery. If I can find them at Home Depot, or Ace, I'd go get them and install today. But I'll just get the spray from HD.

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So of course, when I get into the attic I notice something else is wrong.

Someone ran the 3-inch exhaust duct from the bathroom fan into a 6x6 inch roof vent and just screwed the duct to the inside of the opening to keep it there. I guess sealing it properly was too much work.

Also a tip - don't use one of the cheap paper masks for laying insulation in a humid attic. You will sweat so much the paper mask will lose it's form and collapse into your mouth when you breath.

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Just did the gutters on the house. One needed a complete overhaul, the rest were missing.

Down here contractors charge a small fortune for gutters but the parts are cheap.

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I felled three trees today - an 80ft dead pine, a 60ft tulip poplar by the driveway that had been badly damaged when a delivery truck backed into it, and a smaller hornbeam that suffered the same fate. I also shoveled a yard of granite from my truck, to fill ruts and potholes in the driveway. .... Then I loaded the felled logs into my truck to take them to where I will stack them pending burning them. ..... You know you have "land", rather than a yard, when you use a road-going vehicle rather than a wheel barrow to move things from one place to another on your property. :lol:

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And the fact that you can feel an 80ft tree on your own lot without hiring a tree service is also a big clue. I can only cut down trees that will not hit either my house or the neighbors house.....the last thing I need is a tree with a mind of its own to make an appearance through the neighbors roof. :ohmy:

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Thursday we had a large palm taken down on our front yard. It was of a pair and they had been planted too close together years earlier and one needed to be removed. We hired a tree service company. Quick and easy and love how they removed it, loaded it onto the truck and then returned to grind up the stump.

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Totally agreed. I have a dead pine on the edge of my lot that is lop-sided (most branches on one side) and close enough to a neighbour's home to hit it. I will be contracting a tree service to come and fell that one for me.

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I've started a straw bale raised garden, for the first time, 72 hours after planting and it's looking great. Pic to follow at some stage.

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We had a dead/dying laurel oak taken down recently. Our back deck was built around it so it was a shame it had to come down but one branch had already fallen off, making a bit of a mess. I asked the contractors to slice it into 18" sections, so i now have 30 x 2.5 foot diameter trunk sections to split with my trusty axe. My wife is concerned that the back yard is turning into a lumber yard

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That sounds like Boiler's "thing", accumulating firewood.

Whenever possible I have felled trees sawn into boards at one of the nearby sawmills. I have a fair stack of pine boards and 2"×'s, as well as hickory, red cedar, tulip poplar, and mulberry boards. I just need to set up a woodwork shop now! :lol: Most of the pine I hope one day to use for a hen house. :unsure: