i forewent the security system and have a pit bull. COME ON OVER BOYS!
betta pack a lunch tho' cause its gonna be a long night! :) rocky. my canine sec. system! tw On 8/4/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Adam wrote: > > Some more things: > > > > Security system comes with the house (brinks), though the monthlies > > are extra after first 3 months. > > > > About the security system: make sure you get EVERY window and every > door along with motion detectors in all major rooms. Also get key > pads in all the rooms you think people will be sleeping in: the master > bedroom of course, and then all of the others including a corner of > the basement you think a bedroom might be in. This way people can > shut off the security system when they wake up. > > About the basement: in MN in order to call a downstairs room a > "bedroom" it has to have egress windows - that is, windows that people > could climb out of in case of a fire. Getting them put in place now > is WAY easier than digging up your yard later. And for resale you'll > finish the basement eventually. > > Also I'd get a sump in your basement with drain tile all around the > perimeter of the house that drains into it if there's even a hint of > water in your area. Every house I've owned has gotten a flooded > basement and every time people have said, "oh that never happens here. > Don't worry." LIARS! > > After we had a wet basement twice we got flood insurance which 2 > insurance people wouldn't even sell us because we didn't live on a > flood plain. Finally we got the insurance and about 3 months later we > got the "rain of a century" and half our town had flooded basements if > they didn't cave in - house insurance didn't cover any of it and > because it was only a single town there was no state or federal aid. > Luckily we had flood insurance! > > In our current house we've got the drain tile which empties into a new > sump pit and then I've got a 1/2 HP Rigid sump pump and a 1/4 HP back > up pump connected to a battery. As God as my witness I will never > have a wet basement again! > > One other thing I'd get if I had to do it again is zone HVAC. This > way you can have the master cooler than the rest of the house, etc. > If you'll have a finished basement it should have it's own HVAC and if > you have humidity GET AN INDUSTRIAL DEHUMIDIFIER! > > No room in your house should have humidity above 50% or you'll get > mold, musty smells, and dust mites. The basement is the place this'll > happen - in fact in most finished basements the RH under the carpet is > 100%. Mold heaven. > > I bought a Therma-stor Santa Fe which is awesome! It completely > changed the air in our house. I've recommended it to some friends and > they've all been really happy too. It's spendy but WAY worth it: > > http://www.iaqsource.com/index.php?module=product&prod_cat=2&prod_mfg=0&prod_sub_cat=0&prod_id=25 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168041 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
