Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[1muttsfan]

That does not sound out of line. Even a shingle roof would set you back quite a bit.

Rained most of the night and the temp was down to 62 this am, but no lightning or wind to speak of.

 

[ChevalierNoir]

That does not sound out of line. Even a shingle roof would set you back quite a bit.

Even just for the materials?

 

[aart]

Does anyone on the west side of the state have a supplier they like for metal roofing? That's what I'd like to use on my coop but my first quote was like 800 bucks! Or does that seem appropriate?

I have 4 surfaces that need to be covered:

2x: 13'-10 1/2" x 6'-6 1/2"
2x: 22'-8 1/8" x 7'-2 1/8"

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Is that installed price or just the material?
Have no idea about their prices but there's an amish metal place in Hartford.

 

[ChevalierNoir]

Is that installed price or just the material?
Have no idea about their prices but there's an amish metal place in Hartford.

Just the material

 

[troyer]

Does anyone on the west side of the state have a supplier they like for metal roofing? That's what I'd like to use on my coop but my first quote was like 800 bucks! Or does that seem appropriate?

I have 4 surfaces that need to be covered:

2x: 13'-10 1/2" x 6'-6 1/2"
2x: 22'-8 1/8" x 7'-2 1/8"

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Seems pretty normal.

 

[1muttsfan]

I haven't priced out roofing in quite a while. I would get some additional quotes.

 

[saysfaa]

We've had mice in the garage once a year every year. Usually, we catch them in snap traps within a few days and see very little evidence when I spring clean.

I didn't spring clean this year. Thus week, I shifted most of the stuff in the garage to sort and clean. I found a big nest in the front of the garage with a LOT of mouse dirt. And a little mouse dirt in various places in the rest of the garage.

I didn't find any other chewed stuff - except in and on the mattress that was stored vertically behind a refrigerator in the back of the garage. The mattress is going in the dumpster.

I'm concerned about what they might have done to the refrigerator. It has not been plugged in for several years except for running most of last summer and for the last few days.

Last summer it seemed all right.
Last night, it seemed to be working too hard and to be making a funny noise. This is after sounding fine for the couple of days before that. The food I took out of it for dinners seemed fully frozen.

The built in sensor said the freezer was at 0 F. But we noticed the ice cream is very soft for two or so inches in from the sides and all the way around. I activated the superchill function. I remember the manual said that is a
for when you add quite a lot of food that isn't frozen.

Netsearching was unhelpful - it focused on mice liking the warmth by the motor and the food inside. This case didn't have either when the mice were around.

What do you think about the odds of damage to the refrigerator, or how to check for damage, or anything like that?

 

[Folly's place]

Funny noises coming from the frig aren't a good sign, and the temperature sensor might not be accurate either. Get at least one or two thermometers in there!
We very recently had issues with our FIVE year old refrigerator, didn't have free standing thermometers in it, and had the repair service out: 65F for two days in the frig! Got to throw out a lot of food, the fan died inside, so air wasn't circulating. Then, still not okay, the sensors telling it that the door were actually shut failed, so the fan didn't come on, and temps 42F to 46F, not awful, but not fine. The freezer wasn't affected at all.
You can pull it out, vacuum the back, but fix it? Not likely yourself. And spoiled food is no joke! Get a repair person to look at it, check actual temps with your free standing thermometers, be careful about the food.
Mary

 

[saysfaa]

Maybe I can get the panel off and see if I can see any chewed wires or anything before I call a repair tech. It is past warranty anyway so it matters less if we "touch" it.

I would not be surprised if something got jarred in the move here. We couldn't find a house soon enough to move it just once so the poor thing was moved from the last house to the mover's storage area to our mini-storage unit to a different unit to here.

They really don't like to be moved. Especially these newer ones with all the extra electronics.

This year, I turned it on only to hold food from the deep freezer while I defrosted that. Then left it on to see how it worked. So, thankfully, we didn't lose any food - other than the quality of the ice cream may have lowered.

 

[Folly's place]

We now have thermometers in the freezer compartment, the frig section, and our free standing freezer. Peace of mind! And 46F isn't really so good over time...
Plastic parts and 'magic' electronics, here we are with modern appliances.
Mary