Is there anything more aesthetically pleasing to look at than round grey PVC or metal conduit? I live in a Florida hurricane proof block house that is impossible for me to penetrate the exterior walls to add 110v outlets. The builder proved practically none for landscape lighting or holiday lights. I could live with flat conduit painted the house color, but not round. TIA
I bought a house and the garden hose was cross threaded on the hose bib, sprayed water everywhere. I had a plumber give me an estimate for $250 to replace it, and I was okay with that, but now he's ghosting me and I want to do it myself. He told me that threaded brass part is soldered to the copper pipe. Is this true? I've done plumbing myself but never saw a threaded brass soldered to copper pipe. Thanks for any advice.
Anybody using a Honeywell X8S Thermostat with Home Assistant over matter? I need your help. I Just installed and it went smoothly, but I am puzzled why there are so few attributes exposed to HA. All I can do is set the modes and temperature. The thermostat senses humidity and air quality but all I get it temperature. It doesn't even share with HA when it's running! My Ecobee Lite was so much better through Apple Homekit. One thing I absolutely need is to know the run cycles and if HA doesn't know when it's running, there's nothing to graph. Unless there's a better way to integrate it with HA, it's being returned. Sharing any experience with this thermostat is appreciated.
Google says:
"In 2026, you can stay within the 15% long-term capital gains tax rate if your total taxable income (including the gain) is up to $545,500 for single filers or $613,700 for married filing jointly."
Our joint income last year was $200k. Does the $613,700 threshold INCLUDE the $200k? I'm trying to figure out how much long stock I can sell, and stay within the 15% capital gains tax rate. The way I read it, the $613,700 INCLUDES our other income. Just want to be sure before I give Uncle Sam an extra 5%.
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