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laureleg
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solar panels & septic system
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4/23/2009 10:23:54 PM
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Does anyone have solar panels? Did they survive the hail storms? Are 2x6 walls strong enough for our house at the lake? We aren't on a point lot but the latest stories are scarey.
Can one one recommend at septic system and installer. Heard some people pump their sewage uphill? How is that working for you?
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GoneFishin
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solar panels & septic system
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4/23/2009 10:34:06 PM
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Call the Health department in Alex City and ask them. It should work as long as the pump is working. Ask them if you can use a generator if a storm takes out the electricity.
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GoneFishin
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solar panels & septic system
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4/23/2009 10:57:42 PM
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I have a home on the Gulf in Florida and the building code requires 2x6s for the outer walls to withstand hurricane winds. Metal straps are used to connect the studs and the joists and floor plates. They also require impact glass in the windows and doors. If you want protection for your glass check impact glass. The are expensive. If you are building ask to have the seams of the roofing plywood taped with special tape that has a rubber base. It is designed to prevent water from entering through the seems if the roof shingles blow off. Also, rather than felt under the roof shingles, they are now using a synthetic underlayment between the plywood and roofi
Our home at the lake was not damaged. It was a fluke storm and that is the reason for homeowners insurance. I carry a $1,000 deductible on all my auto and homeowners policies. My feeling is I want coverage for the big claim and not the nickle and dime stuff.
I am not a builder or developer but have been looking at options for changing our roofing from shingles to metal.
As to solar panels, I have been too excited about them cause it seems to take so long to recover the cost. I read recently that a company plans to lease the panels which seems to make sense. If you plan on using the house as second home, I would think recovery of cost would be your lifetime or longer. I had a neighbor who years ago put panels on his roof to heat his hot water. I did not find that very exciting to haste the panels on the roof in the front of the house to save a few dollars in your electric bill. If you will be heating and cooling your house full-time it may well be something to consider. Be careful of fly by night companies entering this new field.
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MrHodja
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solar panels & septic system
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4/23/2009 11:02:26 PM
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My septic system is old and the field lines are clogged. Had a guy come out and he took a good look at the property and recommended pumping uphill into the wooded area of our property.
The way it works is they put a 1000 gallon tank (at least for our needs) downstream of the septic tank and install the sump pump in the tank. The pump on/off cycle is set so that there is plenty capacity to carry you a while if the power goes out.
The guy that did my perc test brought a backhoe and dug a six foot deep trench, and took dirt samples at various depths to determine suitability. The reason for the depth is that apparently there is a way to stack the field lines on top of each other so they don't take ip so much linear footage.
One final caution: Get the County Health Department, be it Elmore, Coosa, or Talapoosa involved early-on. The rules change almost by the day and they don't budge a bit once they have been adopted (that is why my perc guy is on his way back to dig a second trench -- even though it is a repair and not a new system, apparently Coosa now demands two holes).
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| Name: |
MrHodja
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solar panels & septic system
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4/23/2009 11:05:38 PM
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Very well said. I knew you had some L&R in you - just not in politics!
:>)
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Tate AU
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solar panels & septic system
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4/23/2009 11:06:52 PM
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I am a builder, 2x6 walls are plenty strong for your home.
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Swimmer27
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Westion fro Gone Fishin
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4/24/2009 7:50:15 AM
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You said " I had a neighbor who years ago put panels on his roof to heat his hot water."
If he had hot water, why did he need to heat it?
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StrunkWhite
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"Very well said?"
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4/24/2009 11:48:36 AM
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I could see giving that post an accolade along the lines of "Good points." But "well said" would indicate that you thought it was stated well. But from the words is appears that the poster IS "excited" about them ("I have been too excited about them") but the context indicates that he is NOT. When the words say one thing and the content the opposite, it is an indication that things were *not* "well said."
I'm still not sure what the sentence "I did not find that very exciting to haste the panels on the roof in the front of the house to save a few dollars in your electric bill" means, although I think I'm being kind in calling it a sentence.
And as Swimmer27 has already pointed out, why would someone want to heat water that is already hot?
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MrHodja
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"Very well said?"
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4/24/2009 11:54:12 AM
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It matters not so much where one ends up but the distance traveled.....
Here, let me hold that hair while you find the razor balse.
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| Name: |
MrHodja
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"Very well said?"
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4/24/2009 11:54:55 AM
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Not well typed ... meant "razor blade"
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| Name: |
Ulysses E. McGill
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Another one for Bigfoot!!
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4/24/2009 9:14:49 PM
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Ulysses E. McGill
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solar panels & septic system
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4/24/2009 11:53:31 PM
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don't jump to conclusions, Sam.......one must first determine how many elephants will be permitted to play on the roof at any given time.
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| Name: |
lakeplumber
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solar panels & septic system
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4/25/2009 8:56:19 AM
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There are 2 axioms that apply to the plumbing trade:
1. Anything, anywhere, at anytime can have a viable plumbing system instem installed, if the money is there to do such.
2. Good plumbing ain't cheap, and cheap plumbing ain't good.
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BigFoot
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Another one for Bigfoot!!
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4/25/2009 10:29:38 AM
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I might as well just flag this whole page...and the one before it.
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| Name: |
Tate AU
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solar panels & septic system
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4/26/2009 10:14:04 PM
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I think code for elephants in Tallapoosa County is 1x4 walls framed 24" on center and 2x6 ceiling joists framed 19.2" on center... Should pass inspection right?
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| Name: |
Mack
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and the Third Axiom..
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4/27/2009 6:05:22 PM
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I heard and have since proven, is POOP flows Downhill.
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