Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[fuzzi]

The owner of a crawlspace insulation company was doing an inspection and discovered this oops...the drain to our shower had never been connected underneath the house...

 

[saysfaa]

The inspection options are more extensive than they were when we bought previous houses. We found the person who did the last inspection and they will do it again. They work for one of the nationwide franchises. There is a standard whole house inspection covering roof, exterior walls, foundation, grading near the house, interior structure, electric, plumbing, hvac, and major appliances.

Then a bunch of add-ons are available. I'm considering the WDO/WDI (wood destroying organisms and insects), mold in air, mold on surfaces, and air quality (because the house has hot water heat - if previous owners tried to seal up air leaks there may not be enough ventilation).

I don't have prices from this company but I called their competitors early in this process to get an idea of costs. The add ons typically cost $100 to $300 each on top of the cost of the general inspection. Maybe do the first three and do air quality with the radon if we get the house?

Like radon, air quality is probably not a nightmare to mitigate if it is about adding ventilation or filtration (as opposed to a problem like mold). I think; I'm not sure.

It is mold I'm most worried about. And wood destroying things second most worried about. Those can be devastatingly expensive and not easy to see.

They offer fentanyl testing. Evidently, that has become surprisingly common, is extremely hard to remove, and it takes very little use of it to contaminate a house enough to cause problems.

There are other add on options but costs add up so quickly.

 

[1muttsfan]

Happy February, everyone. By the end of this month sunrise will be about an hour earlier, and sunset will be an hour later, giving us some much welcomed daylight. The angle of the sun will also rise, giving some of those shaded spots sun for the first time in months. While we are in the coldest part of winter, spring is just around the corner now.

 

[Folly's place]

January has always been my least favorite month of the year! Happy February!!!
Shorter, more daylight, and hope for spring, terrific.
Mary

 

[Sally PB]

Now that sunset is just about 6 pm, I feel less "hemmed in" by the short hours of daylight.

Now I can do lockup after I eat dinner! It's still light-ish by 6:15 or so.

 

[Chickin Fairy]

giving us some much welcomed *eggs*

Fixed it for you

 

[1muttsfan]

That too. I have two hens laying, one of them was laying in a dark corner of a lower box where I didn't notice the eggs for 4 or 5 days. But a big step up from zero that's for sure.

Much nicer to be able to do chores when I come home after work rather than running home at lunch to do them.

 

[TheDandyLion]

I got 10 eggs total last month from 5 hens. I'm ready for the egg numbers to increase again. Instead of the first robin, its multiple eggs a day will be a sign spring is coming.

 

[Chickin Fairy]

I hear geese flying over my property all the time. I want to let the ladies out so badly, because the snow is melting and they're pretty tired of being cooped up, but I'm not going to this spring.

 

[1muttsfan]

I'm glad I live in the woods and see very few wild birds. But the geese do fly over sometimes. Nothing to be done about that.