I’ve got one beacon at least 50 feet away, no problems. When you are setting it up the app will tell you if you’ve placed the beacon too far away. Eero works with pretty much any modem. I hooked mine up “downstream” from my AT&T modem. Didn’t need to bridge like I did with the netgear router. It was pretty seamless and the setup was a breeze.
Interested to hear how you did this. I thought you had to put the router in bridge mode which has drawbacks
I think technically it may be in Bridge mode but I didn’t “put in Bridge mode”. I just hooked an Ethernet cable from my AT&T modem to the eero and a power supply and that was it. I’m just guessing but I think eero automates the process. The user doesn’t have to do anything or at least I didn’t. The entire setup couldn’t have taken more than 5 minutes and half that time was me playing with my beacons figuring out where I wanted them. My experience was very similar to their YouTube video setup tutorial:
Awesome, appreciate it. I’m thinking I’ll just use the modem my ISP gives me when they set it all up (don’t currently use them at my apartment), I’ll ethernet into my Xbox in the basement for streaming, set up the first eero there. Then put the beacon in my living room which is directly above this upstairs, and have that cover the upstairs of my house. It’s just a standard split entry, first house, type property so not incredibly huge.
Yes. I get like 800/800 hard wired into the gateway, but my WiFi is pretty bad. I want to run Ethernet from the router switch to the main part of the house to put another wired access point and then another near the back of the house. Want to make sure it picks up the security camera in the backyard.
I have a 60 foot tree that 1/3 of is over my house. I want to cut the huge limb(s) off before hurricane season. This tree also has another huge branch that hangs over our street. I’m sick of leaves and don’t really like the tree to begin with. What’s a typical cost? Quote from guy tonight: Over house $1200 Over street so no risk $100 (was additional $300 but dropped to $100 if I do both) Am I just being cheap? He said his guys don’t have work tomorrow but they’re gonna start getting busy. I told him I’d text him tonight. Trying to see if he’ll text later and tell me he’ll drop it another couple hundred to have work.
Seems steep for just the limbs. I had four ~35ft leyland cypress right next to my house removed and stumps ground as well as two magnolias trimmed back off my house for $1500 total.
I am thinking it’s high as well. He wants to get started so you don’t get more bids on the tree work. I had a tree trimmed for like $250 all in. It wasn’t a lot but it wasn’t a little either.
The tree limbs are big and hanging over our house. They’re going to have to harness and climb. Then tie a rope around one branch and to the one they’re cutting so it doesn’t fall on our roof. Bottom right of pic is part of the roof over the entryway. You can see the gutter is messed up from the last hurricane. I pushed the tree branch off the roof and onto my company car so it didn’t cause more damage. Waiting to repair gutter once I get any branches over the house cut down.
Already went on a cruise, booked another. Went back home for a week and paid down some of my wife’s student loan debt. I’m poor again.
How high up is that branch you want to remove? If it's doable, get a pole saw, get on your roof and start taking off the branches one by one.
UPDATE Craig actually backed out of the repair. Moving, and doesn't think he can get to it soon. SHIT. If you have other recs, let me know. He was going to be $2k cheaper than the quote I got elsewhere. Have Hemphill and Stephens coming next week.
I've used them...but they took a long time to diagnose a pretty easy toilet thing that I couldn't work on because of an all-day thing at work. I should probably ask them since they're right down the street.
I paid some guys $500 to clean up my yard. At first I thought I got ripped off because of how fast they were tearing through everything, but the cost was justified when they produced 72 bags of yard waste. I'm getting 15 cubic yards of cypress mulch delivered this week and they are spreading it all for $300. I'm excited to have a respectable yard again (for $1200).
I probably have 1500 sqft of landscaping beds and haven’t cleaned them for a few years. I could fuel my house on fallen leaves alone.
How dumb am I for considering renting an aerator and power rake to redo my back lawn? Easier to just farm this out?
Obviously depends on your skills but neither are too hard to operate. On the same subject im about to be renting a stump grinder. Anyone rented one before, I’ve messed around with plenty of different toys but for some reason this one has me a little hesitate.
I've used one, they're pretty easy, and extremely effective. Just take the first few passes slow until you get the hang of it.
It's more than 40 feet. I have a pole saw and it won't reach a 3rd up. Even if I'm on my roof, I can't reach it with a pull saw.
I used this service before and they were pretty great. Paid $59 for aeration for all my lawn, they came over and did it when I was at work. Looks like the have service in Portland as well. https://www.grassrootslawnaeration.com/
What is the average lifespan of an air conditioner and gas furnace? House is in Alabama, so the AC (from 1993) probably gets a lot of use while the furnace (from 1995) is probably used fairly minimally. Trying to figure out how to price an offer on a house that will likely go above list price, so any help is appreciated.
I bought my house in a similar situation. Offered 2% over list because there were like 8 other offers in 48 hours. Inspection found that the HVAC system was 20+ years old. Sellers gave me $4k back, I paid $10k for an entirely new HVAC setup, and I pay less than half of what the electric/gas bill was prior to replacement.
Anyone ever dealt with artillery mold/shotgun fungus? I had never heard of it, until I started seeing it all over my wife’s car, and googled it. It is on the trim of our house too. Apparently, it originates in decaying organic material, like tainted mulch, and shoots spores at anything shiny or brightly colored thinking that it is the sun. It is a bitch to remove.
alright. getting ahead of myself, but I'm going to ask anyway. What do people recommend for kitchen appliances. I have heard samsung is not well liked ITT but the fiance is in love with. https://www.cnet.com/reviews/samsun...flex-family-hub-refrigerator-stainless-steel/ current plan Double oven (top oven doubles as the microwave/convection oven) glass top electric range the above fridge (fridge MUST have a water/ice dispenser because I drink way too much water to not have one.) washing machine not married to a single brand and fine mixing and matching to get best value/quality any tips/thoughts are appreciated.
I'm assuming it's a split system with a condensing unit outside? Based on location and usage, I wouldn't count on a condensing unit from 1993 lasting very long. The replacement will assuredly be a lot more efficient though. Gas furnaces can last longer, and if you can find an honest HVAC tech, they can last even longer if you find someone willing to just replace the board if it goes. Sometimes when the board goes out, a tech will just tell you that you need a brand new furnace.
I think that regardless of usage those units probably both need to be replaced, if for nothing else energy efficiency reasons. That's 20 plus years on both. I'll defer to thread expert Funshot Residue