Not necessarily, needs to be an “arms length transaction”. Conditions of sale have to be taken into account.
Apparently the argument against is that it's more efficient to seal and insulate better, because the fans can pull cold air out of the house and they also use electricity. That seems like more of a long term project anyways, but I was curious if I should even replace them. I've always assumed they were ok, I just didn't want to get shunned by the hose bros
seems like assessor might remedy the discrepancy next week, going to review my appeal to the board and call me thursday, but if that's not enough the public hearing is monday my argument is extremely cut and dry so should be easy
Had to look up attic fan only because we have a whole house fan and wasn't sure if it was the same thing. Also just based on my 2 minute research if you are losing cool air because of an attic fan that's moving 150 degree air, I think you have bigger fish to fry. Edit: No idea if it's 150, but sure as fuck feels that way when I go up in mine during the summer. I am buying a thermometer to find out.
I have those old school wind powered "whrily-birds" ones They were on the house when I bought it, but there were no vents in the soffit, so I installed vents along all the soffit I dont spend a whole lot of time up there, so I'm not sure how much they help. But I know there is no way they are hurting
It's less of an energy concern and more of a question of whether it's even worth fixing them on a roof that will need to be replaced in the next 5 years.
So the important thing about the fans on the roof is if you are going to have a fan running, make sure every opening on the roof either has a fan or is closed. I looked at adding one but if you don’t seal up the openings, it will pull super heated air from the shingles back into the attic instead of from the soffit vents. They now have solar powered ones with a thermostat on them to only turn on when the air hits a certain temp or above and those are relatively easy to install. I did add attic stairway insulation barrier to help keep the heat out of the upstairs as that can be a problem area where it pulls cool air into the attic. It wasn’t hard to install. Some hvac tape and a shit load of staples. Panady Attic Stairs Insulation Cover - 25" x 54" x 11" - Class A Fireproof Attic Door Insulation Cover - Attic Access Insulation Cover - Attic Stairway Insulator - Attic Ladder Insulation Cover (turn off your ad blocker).
All of this attic ventilation discussion forces me to share about our situation to see if anyone can offer guidance - had new package unit HVAC installed that feeds up into attic ductwork. We got a wet spot on ceiling next to a return vent which we figured out was moisture collecting in the insulation wrapping the ductwork pooling up in attic. (Hot moist air contacting cold ducts = condensation on outside of ducts) replaced ductwork, but don’t want same issue happening again. How does one go about ensuring the right circulation to minimize heat + moisture in the attic? this is swamp climate of N FL in case that helps
Hell yeah...there are so few things this fsu educated brain can handle solo, and that's going to be one of them
Appraisal on the new house came back 19k under purchase price. We said we would pay 20k over appraisal if needed in our offer, so whatever. I call our realtor to check in. She tells me the seller’s are refusing to do any repairs from the inspection, including securing the live loose wires in the attic and radon mitigation. Very cool.
Not sure if you're in a price range where that's immaterial, but that kind of refusal was a bright line for me personally. That seems indicative of a shitty owner that's going to leave a bunch of unknown landmines through letting the house go without basic maintenance.
The house is in fine shape per our inspector (he is really good) but there is some weird stuff since the original house was built in 1974 and there were additions. We asked for tons of small repairs as well as the “safety” stuff. I told our realtor they need to either fix the safety stuff or reduce the price to give us money to do it. We’ll fix the small stuff in one day. They have basically moved out to head to Colorado, are getting 5% over asking, and 180k more than they paid in August of 2018. If they want to blow up the deal over this go for it but it’s really non-negotiable in my mind.
Had same issue with my old house in the humid river valley. Turns out some of the insulation on the duct work got fucked up during the install. I redid it and wrapped a shit load of insulated tape (had access from work for free) to patch up the issue and it stopped the condensation problem. I also had an issue with my ac unit that was a design flaw that the condenser coil used two dissimilar metals and were prone to leak. Mine did 3 months after the manufacture warranty went out so put in a heil that my friend recommended since I knew id be moving soon.
Yup, insulate the duct as well as you can. You can get foil faced bubble wrap (r-6ish) and foil tape at Lowe's typically. Makes a ton of difference.
Cheap cordless Ryobi. Replacing the old siding but some was behind the intersecting brick wall. Nobody will ever see it so trimmed to the brick line edge and seamed in the new siding. Trim over the seam.
Hell yeah. Amazing for any kind of flush cutoff work. We use one nearly every day. I'm told they originated in the medical field.
update: they reduced the price 5k for us to do the repairs. Total repairs should cost around 3k and our realtor is lining it all up to be done before we move in.
Fast forward 6 months and laugh at the gullible that paid too much for a “self-retractable” hose. Everyone I have seen is built cheep af and break with the quickness with any type of regular usage. I see them in yards all the time and they hardly ever work.
We bought a rental property for 100k April of 2019. Renters told us today they want to buy it. We told them we would sell it for 130k and they agreed. I doubt it will appraise high enough so that will kill the deal because I doubt they have enough cash to bring to the table if appraisal is low. But basically zero inventory in my area right now. It’s nuts.
Looks great! I really like it without the screen, tho I'm sure sometimes you'll wish you had it, lol.
Just wanted to point out that my giant waste of money retractable hose worked fantastic today while I power sprayed the front porch and walkway but as we all know it’s a ticking time bomb so we are thankful for every day that it doesn’t break
The end without the roof we’re going to add a new roof and rescreen. The other 2 sides will have motorized retractable screens
if it breaks does it become a similar situation to an escalator breaking? Does it then become a self retracting hose? Sorry for the convenience.
Replaced the front siding, trim, front door and repaired some broken bricks this weekend. Needs some touch up where I got a bit sloppy with the caulking. Happy with the results over all though. And got I use the oscillating saw and nail gun so over all pretty nice lil weekend. Spoiler 21 year old me is crying somewhere
front of the house after adding the hydrangeas, some ferns and the rocking chairs. Ways to go but a good start