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re: Insulation Requirements - any code?
Posted by LSUKTR on 11/7/21 at 4:55 pm
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CrawDude
Thanks CrawDude! This is the ceiling surface between conditioned living space (kitchen/bedroom) and non-conditioned, non-insulated attic space. It sounds like this should be insulated per code.
Is R-30 the current standard for south Louisiana? Appears that is the lowest per IRC 2015 and the correct value for us in zone 2.
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re: Insulation Requirements - any code?
Posted by LSUKTR on 11/7/21 at 1:36 pm
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PorkerFace
Thanks for the helpful response, you may be my builder. My research says R-30, based on IRC 2015, Part IV, Chapter 11, but that’s not my trade hence the ask.
Any skill can be learned with effort and time; both items this builder does not commit.
Looking forward to hearing some helpful responses. Thanks in advance.
Insulation Requirements - any code?
Posted by LSUKTR on 11/7/21 at 1:09 pm
Just purchased new construction and at time of inspection, we couldn’t access a small secondary attic space. The garage door track interfered with the attic stairs. I’ve now gotten up there and see that the attic space above two rooms is uninsulated on the single story portion of the house. Builder said “we only ever insulate above the 2nd floor.”
I feel this is a BS response, but like to be educated before calling someone out. It would be a few hundred bucks and a Saturday for me to tackle this, but feels like the sub just missed this section or was hoping no one would notice since access it a little tight.
Are there any codes regulating insulation between ceiling and attic? Jefferson Parish if it matters.
FYI, tempted to become a builder to show how sh*t should be done. Incompetent people piss me off. This is one item on my grievance list.
I feel this is a BS response, but like to be educated before calling someone out. It would be a few hundred bucks and a Saturday for me to tackle this, but feels like the sub just missed this section or was hoping no one would notice since access it a little tight.
Are there any codes regulating insulation between ceiling and attic? Jefferson Parish if it matters.
FYI, tempted to become a builder to show how sh*t should be done. Incompetent people piss me off. This is one item on my grievance list.
re: 2022 JEEP Grand Wagoneer
Posted by LSUKTR on 10/24/21 at 8:47 am
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Anybody received delivery yet? It’s been seven months and I have heard nothing.
Pretty sure I saw one in Old Metairie this week.
Eta: may have been a wagoneer vs a grand wagoneer.
re: Risk 2.0 - FEMA Finnda Eat!
Posted by LSUKTR on 9/18/21 at 9:25 pm
Here we go, straight from the site:
So, sounds like "if you can afford a more expensive house, we'll charge you more." That's the "equity" they are talking about. When choosing coverage, they have various limits with higher premiums for the more coverage you choose. Think its capped at $250k. This new system sounds more like a "tax" on those with higher value homes.
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Currently, policyholders with lower-valued homes are paying more than their share of the risk while policyholders with higher-valued homes are paying less than their share of the risk. Because Risk Rating 2.0 considers rebuilding costs, FEMA can equitably distribute premiums across all policyholders based on home value and a property’s unique flood risk.
So, sounds like "if you can afford a more expensive house, we'll charge you more." That's the "equity" they are talking about. When choosing coverage, they have various limits with higher premiums for the more coverage you choose. Think its capped at $250k. This new system sounds more like a "tax" on those with higher value homes.
re: Louisiana, Your Governor’s Mask Mandate Is Working!
Posted by LSUKTR on 9/10/21 at 12:08 pm
Look at the COVID charts. The behavior in communities follows a pattern. Make a mandate on the way up and you’re guaranteed to be right. It’s not causal.
re: “Burreaux” the giraffe has died according to officials with the Baton Rouge Zoo
Posted by LSUKTR on 9/8/21 at 5:45 pm
Should’ve been a goat named after him.
re: Where do I watch the reinstatement tomorrow?
Posted by LSUKTR on 8/12/21 at 7:55 pm
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which tells you how much people were disgusted by trump.
Success is so disgusting.
re: Power outages in MI
Posted by LSUKTR on 8/12/21 at 11:31 am
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The electricity has lead in it
All Americans deserve affordable, lead-free electricity!!!
re: Real estate agents, are they really needed anymore?
Posted by LSUKTR on 8/1/21 at 8:02 am
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Same can be said for plumbers, electricians, accountants, cooks, etc.
Ya, but should a realtor really make more than the plumber or electrician? Electric and plumbing bids are in the range of realtor fees and the other trades include materials in addition to their labor. And no one is paying their accountant $15k for 10hrs of work.
I think everyone agrees on $700k+ homes, realtors are overpaid with traditional fee structures and actually impacts housing prices as most ppl want to at least break even on their home sales, meaning they have to ask a min of 4-6% above purchase just to make it out whole.
Do they add some value? Sure. Do they collectively add $30k value in a sellers’ market where a home sells in a few days? Hell no. They’re making hourly rates well north of a damn surgeon.
re: LA Federal Unemployment Ends TODAY
Posted by LSUKTR on 8/1/21 at 7:43 am
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I see a ton of $15 - $20 an hour jobs posted everywhere, but I am not hearing of that many jobs paying $40 K and up. Not all the unemployed are restaurant & service industry workers. Just saying......
Uhhh, you do realize $20/hr is $40k/yr right? Assuming someone actually works full time.
re: Where can I buy a gas can I don’t need to be an olympic athlete to operate?????
Posted by LSUKTR on 7/31/21 at 9:03 pm
Harbor Freight. I got 4 back in May when it was one of their specials, $29/each. Currently showing $44.
re: Potus just said restrictions coming back “in all probability”
Posted by LSUKTR on 7/30/21 at 7:20 pm
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But in this country we vote based on our feelings, and Trump was very, very mean.
“The media portrayed Trump as very, very mean.”
FIFY
re: Potus just said restrictions coming back “in all probability”
Posted by LSUKTR on 7/30/21 at 7:11 pm
Caulk underside of siding?
Posted by LSUKTR on 7/27/21 at 5:31 pm
Question for the H&G board.
We’re having our house painted and after telling them last Friday not to caulk the horizontal runs of the siding, I come home today to find that everything is caulked.
Is there any evidence supporting one way or another? This is the second wood siding house that I’ve had painted, and both (highly rated) painters wanted to caulk the bottoms, so it must be pretty common. I’ve told both not to, but the most recent one didn’t comply. Google tells me to let it breathe.
What’s the H&G consensus and how big of an issue should I raise?
We’re having our house painted and after telling them last Friday not to caulk the horizontal runs of the siding, I come home today to find that everything is caulked.
Is there any evidence supporting one way or another? This is the second wood siding house that I’ve had painted, and both (highly rated) painters wanted to caulk the bottoms, so it must be pretty common. I’ve told both not to, but the most recent one didn’t comply. Google tells me to let it breathe.
What’s the H&G consensus and how big of an issue should I raise?
re: When did Metairie real estate become Uptown expensive?
Posted by LSUKTR on 7/25/21 at 7:32 am
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Tiger Attorney
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We had a 900k-1M budget...we had good options in New Orleans, but I am glad we thought it through. It was my love of Uptown that kept it an option.
We’re shopping and there’s nothing in this price range. Minimum of $1.25M for the good parts of Old Metairie (I.e not next to causeway, next door to the train track, or next to I-10). We are in a prime spot now, but old cottage.
re: When did Metairie real estate become Uptown expensive?
Posted by LSUKTR on 7/24/21 at 9:21 pm
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Yep. My appraiser told me my house has gone up 120-130k in 2 years
Old Metairie has gotten ridiculous.
They are paying $500k for tear downs in prime old Metairie and $300k+ on the outskirts.
re: Vaccinated Texas dems fuel covid outbreak inside White House
Posted by LSUKTR on 7/20/21 at 11:28 am
re: Is Metairie the least aesthetically pleasing decent suburb in the country?
Posted by LSUKTR on 7/17/21 at 8:29 pm
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My guess is bounded very roughly by Airline Hwy, Causeway,
I-10, parish line
re: Arizona Senate to Hold Hearing Thursday Morning at 10AM (Noon CDT)
Posted by LSUKTR on 7/15/21 at 1:19 pm
Being a “fact-checker” or journalist qualifies you as an investigator. But being a lawyer with sworn affidavits from eye witnesses makes you a conspiracy theorist.
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