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Very wise advice! Thank Manualman
You are so right about the washer and dryer expense! I may have a plumber add the hook-up for a second washer, but the washer can wait for another day. For now I manage on my X-tra large front load washer, and my cheap old-fashion, non-matching dryer. My laundry room is a work room and doesn’t need to look fancy. I need it functional. I use up 1/4 of my basement for the laundry area and really just need to add a new table (I’ll try and pick one up at a garage sale) and I need to fix my indoor clothes line. DH rigged a 4-line clothes line to hang the odds and end that need to be lined dryed, but I put more on the lines than he anticipated, so it needs to be firmed up to hold the weight of all the clothes I’d like to hang.
We are looking into a tankless water heater, but wonder how it handles in cold weather. I’ve heard that tankless systems do not work well in frigid regions, as the water is so cold when it enter the pipes, and the heating system only heats it so much. I need to investigate if this is true or not. If anyone from a northern area has info on them, I’d love to hear your experience.
And you are right, our garage holds the bikes, baseball equipment, snowblower, lawnmowers (we have 3 as we have an acre to mow!), etc. The cars get parked outside. Poor dh hasn’t seen his workbench in a long time.
Do you know how hard it is to buy non-stainless, and get the extra large capacity for kitchen appliances?? The choices are very limited! We had to replace our dishwasher last year and had a choice of two that were in the off-white color that matches our kitchen. I don’t like black as that makes my little kitchen seem even smaller.
We plan on using our same appliances as they are all less than 10 yrs old and can be replaced as we need them.
DH is great with electricity, so we can have him do a lot of the electical work. It would save him a lot of time and effort if the lines are pre-run to appropriate areas. We may have to add a new fuse box. He’ll have to look into that, as the electric co doesn’t like homeoners messing with those!
Thank you Truly for the link. I will check that out!
Annie, thank you for the color coded sheets idea. That will cure many headaches, as my old system in the closets is no longer working with our tight space.
Very wise advice! Thank Manualman
You are so right about the washer and dryer expense! I may have a plumber add the hook-up for a second washer, but the washer can wait for another day. For now I manage on my X-tra large front load washer, and my cheap old-fashion, non-matching dryer. My laundry room is a work room and doesn’t need to look fancy. I need it functional. I use up 1/4 of my basement for the laundry area and really just need to add a new table (I’ll try and pick one up at a garage sale) and I need to fix my indoor clothes line. DH rigged a 4-line clothes line to hang the odds and end that need to be lined dryed, but I put more on the lines than he anticipated, so it needs to be firmed up to hold the weight of all the clothes I’d like to hang.
We are looking into a tankless water heater, but wonder how it handles in cold weather. I’ve heard that tankless systems do not work well in frigid regions, as the water is so cold when it enter the pipes, and the heating system only heats it so much. I need to investigate if this is true or not. If anyone from a northern area has info on them, I’d love to hear your experience.
And you are right, our garage holds the bikes, baseball equipment, snowblower, lawnmowers (we have 3 as we have an acre to mow!), etc. The cars get parked outside. Poor dh hasn’t seen his workbench in a long time.
Do you know how hard it is to buy non-stainless, and get the extra large capacity for kitchen appliances?? The choices are very limited! We had to replace our dishwasher last year and had a choice of two that were in the off-white color that matches our kitchen. I don’t like black as that makes my little kitchen seem even smaller.
We plan on using our same appliances as they are all less than 10 yrs old and can be replaced as we need them.
DH is great with electricity, so we can have him do a lot of the electical work. It would save him a lot of time and effort if the lines are pre-run to appropriate areas. We may have to add a new fuse box. He’ll have to look into that, as the electric co doesn’t like homeoners messing with those!
Thank you Truly for the link. I will check that out!
Annie, thank you for the color coded sheets idea. That will cure many headaches, as my old system in the closets is no longer working with our tight space.
We have been getting rid of a ton of junk! The less stuff you have, the more living space you get! Make sure you are adding on for things you really need and get rid of the rest!
Take a look at what they have, get some ideas. Then make a list of what you absolutely do not want.