Yeah Lenny, good points. One of the things I have to work out is that I don't own a car or other gas engine at this point, so unless this got used, I'd have to occasionally dispose of gasoline. Anybody know how long you can keep gas in a Gerry can or tank before it gets funky and unusable?
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:55 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] generators Thermol windows > Bill, I have been thinking about that for a long time and keep > putting it > off. Many years ago in Money Magazine they recommended that you > have a min > of 4500 kw generator and treat it as an insurance policy. Not only > for the > winter but also summer. It mentioned about your freezers and the > average > dollar value of food. In the winter you can cycle your heat to > keep pipes > and bathroom fixtures from freezing. They stated that you should > treat it as > a one time payment as an insurance policy and hope you never have > to > collect. > Lenny > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Stephan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:51 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Thermol windows > > > Thanks Bob, I'll do that tomorrow. > > > > What I found out so far is that it really depends, and you better > be real > careful who you deal with. I talked to three firms that > supposedly did > energy audits and two of them were ready to sell me more > insulation without > even looking at the property and the third guy told me I probably > ought to > buy a new furnace. > > So, I got a hold of the general contractor who did our massive > remodelingwhen we first bought the place and who is honest and > does excellent work. > He told me that in a home less than thirty years old it probably > didn't make > a lot of sense to put thermal windows in, but in one as old as > ours, where > the windows are not at all tight, they probably made sense. He > had two > prices, one he thinks is $550 a pop, and one at about $440. > According to > this fellow the $440 one is the way to go since the higher dollar > windowisn't really all that different, just better known. > > > > On a sort of related note, can any of you give me good suggestions or > techniques I can use to convince my wife we really have to have a 5KW > generator in case we have an ice storm this Winter? So far I've > come up > with, "The cat will die if we can't stay here, because he can't go > to a > hotel, even if we could find a room somewhere after an event like > that". > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of chiliblindman > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 20:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Thermol windows > > > > Bill, if you search for window R value or R insulation factor you > shouldcome up with something workable. > ...................bob > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind > Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > __________ NOD32 3304 (20080728) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > >
