u/celtic-cryptid

Machine is a Laguna dust collector, one of the early generations of cyclone.

It blew the start capacitor when running. Ordered a new capacitor. With the same specs, and it blew smoke as soon as I tried starting the machine. Sounded like it was spooling up as normal, then blew maybe 3/4 of the way to achieving full speed.

I fortunately don’t have to work on my machines often, and the electrical part isn’t my forte. Anyone know what I should be looking at?

I thought this might be a good place to ask without a banker trying to sell me something.

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I live in the United States, and I own my home outright. I’m a self employed subcontractor, so my income does not come in bi weekly checks, but at the end of the year, my income is sufficient for what I’m thinking of borrowing. This does mean my copay checks are larger, but come unpredictably. I am generally good at budgeting for that unpredictability, but it does mean I prefer to be able to have lower monthly minimum payments.

I know with almost certainty how much money I’d like to borrow, and I would need the amount I one or two chunks within 6 months of each other. Does a home equity loan make more sense, or a line of credit?

There are so many people looking for land where they can build without code. Code enforcement varies widely, and an important thing to remember is it applies to everyone when it’s unforced, not just you. Anyone who has lived rurally knows neighbors can still impact your life in very real ways from their property. I spent 40+ years in an area with little to no building inspection, and I thought I’d share some memories.

A man who had a very long and losing legal battle with the state because he built half his house on state owned land. A site inspection would have prevented this.

A neighbor of mine who built his house on 10 acres 15’ from my property line, then built outbuildings partially on my property. Site inspection would have prevented this as well

A neighbor of a close family member placing boulders in a way that made snow removal from family members driveway impossible.

6 or 7 houses burning to the ground due to chimney fires. Included are 3 deaths in homes with no smoke detectors.

Outhouses next to creeks. One outhouse built over a creek. Leech fields draining into creeks, rivers, and lakes.

A buddy with a land survey company that spends a crazy amount of his time helping settle cases of neighbors logging adjoining properties.

A year round creek that went dry for 3 months out of the year because an upstream landowner wanted a pond and owned an excavator.

Dumping garbage in creeks, meadows, or any small depression in the ground beyond counting. Periodic burning of the garbage in meadows and depressions as well.

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Some of those are issues code would help prevent. Some are issues caused by people with the mindset of “nobody can tell me what I can do on my land” who gravitate to areas without code.

I’m building a house now in an area with code enforcement. Just passed my final electrical, as I have every other inspection. I’ve done 100% of the work myself, with the only hired help being a concrete truck and a concrete pumper. I’m not a framer, a septic installer, a plumber, or an electrician.
It’s not overly challenging, and every inspector I’ve ever met has been a person doing their job, who’d rather help than start a fight. Plus, if I go to sell, I’ve got a big stack of signed reports to help prevent people lowballing me for potential questionable work.

I have been a one man shop for about 15 years, in a state where I did not need a contractors license to do installations. Since I like as few cooks in the kitchen as possible,and me doing the install saved my clients the sales tax, I always did my own installations, and wrote my bids and estimates as “price includes delivery and installation”.

Now I’m living in a state where I’m required to get a contractors license to do installs, and I’m about to start looking for work again. I’m curious to at least try it out having a different sub install. But, since I always looked at a job as start to finish, I’m having a hard time feeling secure on how to adjust my price.

If you price by lineal foot, what is the build price, and what is the install?

If you price by overhead cost plus percentage, same question.

I’m getting ready to lay flooring in my house. Flooring is 7”wide oak, subfloor is plywood, floor joists insulated at R30 with a crawl space underneath.

Would it be better to use a roll on moisture barrier like Bostik roll cote, then use glue assist, or use an adhesive that provides a moisture barrier and go for 100% glue coverage and nail?

I know the first option will be the cheaper way, just wondering if there’s a significant difference in function.