Yung_Humma

Have rats that look like they are running along the bottom of the walls outside on the patio. Have found poop, urine, and eaten acorns along the walls. I can’t find any evidence that they have gotten inside the house.

What would y’all do to get rid of them?

At a different house they were getting in a shed and I was able to put out a bunch of the big plastic spring loaded traps with the teeth on them to kill a few then they left. But I am nervous to just put those outside and catch something bigger like a raccoon or neighborhood cat. I cut some holes in cardboard boxes and put traps in there but haven’t been able to catch anything.

Any ideas?

Thanks just bought some

We still using this one for 2025?

I’ve been posting off and on in here for way too long. Last time looks to be last june. Time to try again.

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Had posted this about a year ago but forgot to mention that I have a ventless fireplace so all of the suggestions were about checking the chimney. There is no chimney.

We have a wet mildew type smell coming from our ventless fireplace in our house. I finally got around to drilling a hole in the sheetrock and pushing a camera through. The metal casing of the fireplace is covered in condensation. Think of what happens when cold metal is outside in Louisiana. Some of the wood studs around it look like they may have some beads of condensation as well. Makes sense since the front of the unit is exposed to the a/c of the house, then this metal casing is just sitting in stagnant humid air as this is just a triangular dead space enclosed by the living room, a bedroom, and an outside wall.

I don't see any glaring patches of mold or anything, but the camera I have is cheap and I can only manipulate it so much.

Questions,

Is this condensation typical for these ventless fireplaces?
I'm assuming this is what is causing the smell?
Should I drill other holes to continue to investigate or hire someone like guaranty restoration to come take a look?
Anyone know of fixes?

Please ask for more info and thanks for all of the help.

Is it too late in the summer to try to kill Common Lespedeza? It is all over my yard. I see a few threads about what to use to kill it but then see that those have a temperature limit around 90 F.

I've got an enclosed area in my house that has a musky mildew mold type smell coming from it and I want to see what it looks like without tearing out a huge chunk of wall. Am I looking for a endoscope?

I finally have the time to maintain a schedule for my yard. Moved in recently and the previous owners definitely didn't take care of the yard so I suspect the backyard is mainly weeds with possibly some hope for the front and side yards. Just seems like different grass everywhere. Hoping y'all can help me ID what I have so then I can find the right schedule for it.

I realized how bad most of the pictures I took were when I went to post them here, so just let me know if they are worthless and what type of pictures I should take that would actually be helpful.

Here's a link to the gallery because the images seem very pixelated in the preview LINK

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Currently have a squat rack, enough plate weights, adjustable dumbbells, some kettle bells, stationary bike.

Have some free money, what would you get next?
Current ideas are dip attachment for the rack, some sort of lat pull down attachment for a rack, possibly a rowing machine.

Any thoughts on what I'm missing?

Anyone put together a cheat sheet for goals for different biomarkers from bloods tests or other similar testing? Blood glucose, cholesterol, liver enzymes etc

Would love to steal it from y’all to set some goals for myself.

Update. New house for us so really wasn’t paying attention when I first posted. There actually isn’t a chimney or any sort of vent out of the house. It’s just one of those unvented heaters that looks like a fireplace. All I can think is maybe it’s really dirty