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Because it's too dang hot to work on a radiator in the summer.
I'll take the heat over freezing cold any day of the week. Once you start sweating you don't feel the heat so bad. Once you feel the cold it takes forever to warm up. I have a 55 gallon burn barrel near my woodpile for those really cold days to keep warm.
 
Question to anyone who has put up a steel building recently. What company did you buy from and how was the transaction. My buddy has two Carolina steel buildings and loves them unfortunately they stopped dealing in NY . Looking to get a 30x50 with radiant floor heating I’ll be doing the pour and heat install
Have you tried Conestoga out of PA? I had a 36x28 built quite a few years ago and they were competitive. They were a pleasure to deal with. Love the building and haven't had any issues.

https://www.conestogabuildings.com/
 
Anyone else get a huge increase in part D plans ? My Wellcare script plan was $3.70 per month it’s now $38.70 increase of 945.9459% no change at all prescriptions wise on my part take one pill daily for BP . After an hour of talking with 5 different people only one who was a licensed agent spoke without an accent I got the same canned lines . Went online and called several different insurance companies and they are all around the same price .
 
Anyone else get a huge increase in part D plans ? My Wellcare script plan was $3.70 per month it’s now $38.70 increase of 945.9459%
Welcome to Obamacare! But don't worry, Biden has promised to lower prescription drug prices!
Went to cut yesterday 7910 won’t start . Looks like it flooded right out . Got good spark tried a new plug and after three or four pulls nothing and the plug is soaked . I let it sit all day in the shop with the plug out tried it again and the plug was again wet .
Sounds like your carb is leaking fuel into the cylinder. Most likely that plunger valve. Either the O ring went bad, or the lever went out of adjustment ... I have seen both happen.
 
Welcome to Obamacare! But don't worry, Biden has promised to lower prescription drug prices!

Sounds like your carb is leaking fuel into the cylinder. Most likely that plunger valve. Either the O ring went bad, or the lever went out of adjustment ... I have seen both happen.

My thoughts exactly to both your points . I leaning towards the oring saw ran great when I shelved it about a month ago
 
Not sure what exactly you're looking for, the DIY "kit" like I built, or a more traditional steel building.
https://www.butlermfg.com/building-...engineered-metal-building-structural-systems/
they have a branch in annville, kinda expensive for my taste, but they have built a lot of steel buildings in my area.

I really don’t want to do anything with raising the building . I set up the slab and do the radiant heating plumbing. The building itself I want it done quickly
 
Anyone else get a huge increase in part D plans ? My Wellcare script plan was $3.70 per month it’s now $38.70 increase of 945.9459% no change at all prescriptions wise on my part take one pill daily for BP . After an hour of talking with 5 different people only one who was a licensed agent spoke without an accent I got the same canned lines . Went online and called several different insurance companies and they are all around the same price .
I am 2 decades short of having to worry about part D but I know insurances of all types of insurance (outside life insurance which is decreasing due to substantially increasing life expectancy) are skyrocketing.

The policy for my little office building more than doubled last year and my home and auto are way up too.

A lot of homeowner insurances also have a COLA in them so they increase the value of your structure every year even if the cost to replace didn't go up. When I reviewed my insurance back in 2015 they had my house replacement value at 1 million dollars. Now mind you my house is 2400 sf and built in 1982...at the time in 2015 you could have rebuilt it and then some for 1/3 of that amount or bought another house on the lake for about 500K and still had the lot and outbuildings. They are always looking for a way to squeeze a few more pennies out of you.
 
Anyone else get a huge increase in part D plans ? My Wellcare script plan was $3.70 per month it’s now $38.70 increase of 945.9459% no change at all prescriptions wise on my part take one pill daily for BP . After an hour of talking with 5 different people only one who was a licensed agent spoke without an accent I got the same canned lines . Went online and called several different insurance companies and they are all around the same price .
We work with an agent to help sort this stuff out (no cost to us).

It’s WAAAY too complicated and confusing.

My wife is a nurse, who worked with medical billing, for many years, and still roils her eyes and shakes her head. Different plans / options are better for different people: including spouses!

Like a good travel agent, financial advisor, etc.: you can make your own choices, but somebody who works with this every day has more information.

‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, . . . Pretty soon the whole alphabet!

Philbert
 
We work with an agent to help sort this stuff out (no cost to us).

It’s WAAAY too complicated and confusing.

My wife is a nurse, who worked with medical billing, for many years, and still roils her eyes and shakes her head. Different plans / options are better for different people: including spouses!

Like a good travel agent, financial advisor, etc.: you can make your own choices, but somebody who works with this every day has more information.

‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, . . . Pretty soon the whole alphabet!

Philbert
I gave up my state insurance licenses and my securities licenses a few years ago. The continuing education became unbearable for the return . I was selling maybe 3 or 4 policies a year in my retirement. Also not many companies now will hold your license unless you sell in volume.
 
Thanks for the recommendations on buildings I have 3 quotes coming . I made them all the same spec wise 30x40x12 . Two 10x10 overhead doors one man door and four windows . All with R 16 wrap style insulation .

See how it goes
Let us know who you end up going with and how you like the building.
 
Let us know who you end up going with and how you like the building.
Will do . It won’t happen till summer at least . Don’t like doing concrete on frozen ground it always settles and my town loves to drag out permits .
Going with a monolithic slab 5-6 inches with 12 inch edge.plan is to have at least one two post lift and possibly a four post too. Needs to be insulated since I’m doing radiant heating .
Friend who dug the last part of the well line trench built a 30x60 with radiant floor heating about 5 years ago . I’ve worked in the garage with him and it’s toasty warm and he said it’s very easy on heating cost . Only thing he would change is to use a domestic hot water heater instead of an actual boiler for the hot water heater.
My brother in law and I will be doing the electrical, he was a union electrician in NYC .
 
I gave up my state insurance licenses and my securities licenses a few years ago. The continuing education became unbearable for the return .
This guy just does Medicare, and has his hands full.
Eligible for Medicare but still working?
Eligible for Medicare but also V.A. benefits?
Medicare ‘Advantage’ or ‘Supplement’ or . . . .
Which doctors / providers can you see?
What prescriptions are you on?
Do you plan to travel out of state, or outside US?
Deductibles and co-pays.

Then the alphabet stuff . . .

Waaaay too complicated.

(* I don’t want to drag this into the P&R threads. Trying to answer the ‘Part ‘D’ question).

Philbert
 
Went to cut yesterday 7910 won’t start . Looks like it flooded right out . Got good spark tried a new plug and after three or four pulls nothing and the plug is soaked . I let it sit all day in the shop with the plug out tried it again and the plug was again wet .

Sounds like your carb is leaking fuel into the cylinder.
This.
The springs are known for being weak and then they leak.
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Good luck on the building, can't wait to see what you come up with.
 
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