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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/27/2018 10:15 PM, Hank Rogers wrote: > >>> >>> >>>> But mostly living directly on a cement slab >>>> in direct contact with the ground is not healthful.... it's like >>>> living in a camping tent. >>>> >>> >>> Man lived in caves for millions of years. These days you can have tile, >>> carpet, wood above the ground. The builder promised to cover all the >>> dirt. >> >> Man, you really should have checked with Popeye before you signed up >> for the house. Now that he has found it unlivable, what will you do? >> >> >> > Maybe I can mow the grass there. Looks like plent of it in the video > https://www.privatecommunities.com/f...leaf/index.htm Good idea. That just might get yoose by, because Popeye *loves* mowing. |
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On Monday, August 27, 2018 at 8:59:55 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > I mentioned we want to avoid steps. Everything you mentioned adds up to > many trips a week. Just laundry would be 6 or 8 trips down there. It > will be nice to have that on one floor. > > My house is 90+ years old and everything is all on one floor and am I ever thankful! I do have that daylight basement and it has been a full year since I've been down there. Hopefully, it will be another year before I have to venture down there. |
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On Monday, August 27, 2018 at 9:55:16 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > Maybe I can mow the grass there. Looks like plenty of it in the video > https://www.privatecommunities.com/f...leaf/index.htm > I think you'll really enjoy it there. Is it adult only? I did see a playground in the video, though. |
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On 8/27/2018 10:41 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-08-27 10:11 PM, jmcquown wrote: > >>> Yup. Sheldon has to 100% wrong here. >>> >>> Areas prone to hurricanes tend to be low water table to start with so >>> no basements. He' thinking northern 'nor easters' and dryer mid-west >>> with lower water tables. >>> >> He's obviously just arguing for basements because he has one.Â* If he >> was in a hurricane zone he'd know better than to head underground. I >> hope. > > In this part of the world houses have basements.Â* If I lived in a > hurricane zone and had a basement it wouldÂ* be about the last place I > would head in a hurricane. Some of the old antebellum mansions along the Beaufort waterfront have basements. There is clay and some rock on the mainland. Space for a wine cellar, storage and pantries in those old homes. I don't know if they ever flooded. I do know houses on the sea islands south of Beaufort don't have basements. Jill |
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On Monday, August 27, 2018 at 11:12:50 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> > On 8/27/2018 9:08 PM, wrote: > > > Sounds like Florida is not a habital place for anything but flamingos > > and gaters... there's only swamp water > > Flamingos! I guess you think Ed will have the plastic ones in his front > yard. > > Jill > I'm going to stray a bit here, so bear with me. Have you been watching "The Zoo"? One of the keepers has been nursing and spending a lot of time with an injured Flamingo. It is so cute when it sees her and hears her voice it comes running and dances around so excited. It clearly has a bond with the keeper. |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:52:13 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote: >On Monday, August 27, 2018 at 11:12:50 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote: >> >> On 8/27/2018 9:08 PM, wrote: >> >> > Sounds like Florida is not a habital place for anything but flamingos >> > and gaters... there's only swamp water >> >> Flamingos! I guess you think Ed will have the plastic ones in his front >> yard. >> >> Jill >> >I'm going to stray a bit here, so bear with me. > >Have you been watching "The Zoo"? One of the keepers has been nursing >and spending a lot of time with an injured Flamingo. It is so cute when >it sees her and hears her voice it comes running and dances around so >excited. It clearly has a bond with the keeper. Ok, then. Time to slaughter it and eat it. |
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"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ... On 8/27/2018 10:15 PM, Hank Rogers wrote: >> >> >>> But mostly living directly on a cement slab >>> in direct contact with the ground is not healthful.... it's like >>> living in a camping tent. >>> >> >> Man lived in caves for millions of years. These days you can have tile, >> carpet, wood above the ground. The builder promised to cover all the >> dirt. > > Man, you really should have checked with Popeye before you signed up for > the house. Now that he has found it unlivable, what will you do? > > > Maybe I can mow the grass there. Looks like plent of it in the video https://www.privatecommunities.com/f...leaf/index.htm == Is that where you are going to live? Wonderful:)) I can foresee a very happy life there and certainly with plenty to do, without having to mow grass:)) |
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On 2018-08-27 11:30 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> Man lived in caves for millions of years.Â* These days you can have >> tile, carpet, wood above the ground.Â* The builder promised to cover >> all the dirt. > > Sheldon will never get it.Â* Basements not wanted. > A house without a basement would be a hard sell around here. |
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Cindy, we have the clay, too. My tulip poplars that come with red Georgia clay around
the root balls do very well on my yard. The insurance man said my rec room overflow was "groundwater," I guess meaning from too much rain, instead of flood water, which would be a water table issue ... There is a reason to designate flood plain areas, I guess. Anyway, I am a happy camper now and ground water is no longer an issue. N. |
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On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 8:33:40 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-08-27 11:30 PM, jmcquown wrote: > > >> Man lived in caves for millions of years.Â* These days you can have > >> tile, carpet, wood above the ground.Â* The builder promised to cover > >> all the dirt. > > > > Sheldon will never get it.Â* Basements not wanted. > > > > A house without a basement would be a hard sell around here. Hard, but not impossible here. My mother's house and most in her neighborhood are on crawlspaces. My previous house was on a crawl because of high water table. When we bought it we knew it was going to be short-term (we ended up living there for three years), so it wasn't a deal-breaker. It would knock the price down quite a bit, though. Cindy Hamilton |
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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
news:2018082808124147021-barbschaller@earthlinknet... > On 2018-08-26 02:46:15 +0000, said: > >> On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 22:31:52 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote: >> >>>> (snipped) > >>>> We thought about a 2 br but the price for 3 was not that much more. >>>> The >>> third will be an office/sewing room. We also got an extended garage so >>> I can put my woodworking tools in there. >>> >>> It will be fun getting everything set up. Taking some furniture, buying >>> some new. We upgraded the kitchen appliances but will buy a washer, >>> dryer and refrigerator. Gas for cooking, including the grill. >> >> I hope there's a basement otherwise it's like living in the >> garage.... I would never live in a house on a slab, a double wide >> trailer up on blocks is better, at least it's off the ground. I don't >> consider a house on a slab a house, it's a barn. > > Good thing Ed wanted your opinion, huh? LOL!! > -- > -- > Barb LOL, yes...so much drama over a simple post about the house Ed is moving to soon. Cheri |
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Cheri and Barb, even though this thread drifted far from the OP, it was definitely a good drift
since we quit reading/talking about Kuthe's private parts. ;-)) N. |
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"Melba's Jammin'" wrote in message news:2018082808124147021-barbschaller@earthlinknet... On 2018-08-26 02:46:15 +0000, said: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 22:31:52 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote: > >>> (snipped) >>> We thought about a 2 br but the price for 3 was not that much more. The >> third will be an office/sewing room. We also got an extended garage so >> I can put my woodworking tools in there. >> >> It will be fun getting everything set up. Taking some furniture, buying >> some new. We upgraded the kitchen appliances but will buy a washer, >> dryer and refrigerator. Gas for cooking, including the grill. > > I hope there's a basement otherwise it's like living in the > garage.... I would never live in a house on a slab, a double wide > trailer up on blocks is better, at least it's off the ground. I don't > consider a house on a slab a house, it's a barn. Good thing Ed wanted your opinion, huh? LOL!! Barb == Hi there, Barb:) Nice to see you:)) To what do we owe this pleasure? <g> |
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"Nancy2" wrote in message ... Cheri and Barb, even though this thread drifted far from the OP, it was definitely a good drift since we quit reading/talking about Kuthe's private parts. ;-)) N. == That was indeed, a blessing! |
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On 2018-08-28 10:33 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> Cheri and Barb, even though this thread drifted far from the OP, it > was definitely a good drift since we quit reading/talking about > Kuthe's private parts. ;-)) > Don't we all wish his whole life would be private. There is way TMI when his thoughts escape through the keyboard. |
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Nancy2 wrote:
> Cheri and Barb, even though this thread drifted far from the OP, it was > definitely a good drift since we quit reading/talking about Kuthe's private > parts. ;-)) > > N. > He's a needle dicked bug ****er anyway. Jill |
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On 8/28/2018 12:52 AM, wrote:
> On Monday, August 27, 2018 at 11:12:50 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote: >> >> On 8/27/2018 9:08 PM, wrote: >> >>> Sounds like Florida is not a habital place for anything but flamingos >>> and gaters... there's only swamp water >> >> Flamingos! I guess you think Ed will have the plastic ones in his front >> yard. >> >> Jill >> > I'm going to stray a bit here, so bear with me. > > Have you been watching "The Zoo"? One of the keepers has been nursing > and spending a lot of time with an injured Flamingo. It is so cute when > it sees her and hears her voice it comes running and dances around so > excited. It clearly has a bond with the keeper. > I've seen a couple of episodes and really like the show but I keep forgetting to watch! I don't have a DVR :( The flamingo sounds cute. Birds do form bonds with caretakers. Jill |
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On 8/28/2018 11:03 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > "Melba's Jammin'"Â* wrote in message > news:2018082808124147021-barbschaller@earthlinknet... > > On 2018-08-26 02:46:15 +0000, said: > >> On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 22:31:52 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote: >> >>>> (snipped) > >>>> We thought about a 2 br but the price for 3 was not that much more. >>>> The >>> third will be an office/sewing room.Â* We also got an extended garage so >>> I can put my woodworking tools in there. >>> >>> It will be fun getting everything set up.Â* Taking some furniture, buying >>> some new.Â* We upgraded the kitchen appliances but will buy a washer, >>> dryer and refrigerator.Â* Gas for cooking, including the grill. >> >> I hope there'sÂ* a basement otherwise it's like living in the >> garage.... I would never live in a house on a slab, a double wide >> trailer up on blocks is better, at least it's off the ground.Â* I don't >> consider a house on a slab a house, it's a barn. > > Good thing Ed wanted your opinion, huh?Â* LOL!! > > Barb > == > > Hi there, Barb:)Â* Nice to see you:))Â*Â* To what do we owe this pleasure? <g> > > Ditto! Still jammin'? :) Jill |
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On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 11:08:27 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-08-28 10:33 AM, Nancy2 wrote: > > Cheri and Barb, even though this thread drifted far from the OP, it > > was definitely a good drift since we quit reading/talking about > > Kuthe's private parts. ;-)) > > > > > Don't we all wish his whole life would be private. There is way TMI when > his thoughts escape through the keyboard. The only real solution is for nobody to ever participate in the threads that he starts or respond to any of his other posts. A nice dream, but I can't see us all having the discipline to do it. Cindy Hamilton |
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On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 12:24:03 AM UTC-5, Druce wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:52:13 -0700 (PDT), " > > wrote: > > >I'm going to stray a bit here, so bear with me. > > > >Have you been watching "The Zoo"? One of the keepers has been nursing > >and spending a lot of time with an injured Flamingo. It is so cute when > >it sees her and hears her voice it comes running and dances around so > >excited. It clearly has a bond with the keeper. > > Ok, then. Time to slaughter it and eat it. > Hold out your hand so I can smack it with a ruler!! One reason there are so many Flamingos in the world is because they do not taste good, even wild animals will not eat them. Flamingo are safe! |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 07:33:24 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote: >Cheri and Barb, even though this thread drifted far from the OP, it was definitely a good drift >since we quit reading/talking about Kuthe's private parts. ;-)) Lol. But for how long? |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:35:03 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote: >On 8/28/2018 11:03 AM, Ophelia wrote: >> >> >> "Melba's Jammin'"* wrote in message >> news:2018082808124147021-barbschaller@earthlinknet... >> >> On 2018-08-26 02:46:15 +0000, said: >> >>> I hope there's* a basement otherwise it's like living in the >>> garage.... I would never live in a house on a slab, a double wide >>> trailer up on blocks is better, at least it's off the ground.* I don't >>> consider a house on a slab a house, it's a barn. >> >> Good thing Ed wanted your opinion, huh?* LOL!! >> >> Barb >> == >> >> Hi there, Barb:)* Nice to see you:))** To what do we owe this pleasure? <g> >> >> >Ditto! Still jammin'? :) Is that 70s speak? |
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On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 11:33:16 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> > On 8/28/2018 12:52 AM, wrote: > > > > Have you been watching "The Zoo"? One of the keepers has been nursing > > and spending a lot of time with an injured Flamingo. It is so cute when > > it sees her and hears her voice it comes running and dances around so > > excited. It clearly has a bond with the keeper. > > > I've seen a couple of episodes and really like the show but I keep > forgetting to watch! I don't have a DVR :( The flamingo sounds cute. > Birds do form bonds with caretakers. > I found it on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-uEdEnXlJ4 |
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On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 12:38:53 PM UTC-5, Druce wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:35:03 -0400, jmcquown > > wrote: > > >Ditto! Still jammin'? :) > > Is that 70s speak? > Barb is famous for her homemade jams and jellies. |
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There are currently two zoo series...the one mentioned in the discussion with flamingos...
Cleveland, I think. The other is "Secrets of the Zoo," on NatGeo Wild, Saturday nights. It features a zoo in Chester, England. Really fun to watch, both of them...and very educational. I have learned all about an ungulate I never heard of found only in very small areas in Tibet, China, Burma and NW India...the Takin. I get NatGeo Wild through DirecTV. N. |
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On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 12:58:19 PM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
> > There are currently two zoo series...the one mentioned in the discussion with flamingos... > Cleveland, I think. The other is "Secrets of the Zoo," on NatGeo Wild, Saturday nights. > It features a zoo in Chester, England. Really fun to watch, both of them...and very > educational. I have learned all about an ungulate I never heard of found only in very small areas > in Tibet, China, Burma and NW India...the Takin. > > I get NatGeo Wild through DirecTV. > > N. > Yes, when I first started watching them I thought at first they were the same show but I've seen one from the Bronx and one from the Cleveland Zoo. But I've not seen the episodes from the English zoo. I'll have to pay more attention and I get NatGeo through DirecTV, too. |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:31:34 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote: >On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 12:24:03 AM UTC-5, Druce wrote: >> >> On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:52:13 -0700 (PDT), " >> > wrote: >> >> >I'm going to stray a bit here, so bear with me. >> > >> >Have you been watching "The Zoo"? One of the keepers has been nursing >> >and spending a lot of time with an injured Flamingo. It is so cute when >> >it sees her and hears her voice it comes running and dances around so >> >excited. It clearly has a bond with the keeper. >> >> Ok, then. Time to slaughter it and eat it. >> >Hold out your hand so I can smack it with a ruler!! > >One reason there are so many Flamingos in the world is because they do >not taste good, even wild animals will not eat them. Flamingo are safe! Lucky birds. |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:42:22 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote: >On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 12:38:53 PM UTC-5, Druce wrote: >> >> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:35:03 -0400, jmcquown > >> wrote: >> >> >Ditto! Still jammin'? :) >> >> Is that 70s speak? >> >Barb is famous for her homemade jams and jellies. Oh ok, thanks :) I thought Jill was trying to be a cool bird or something. |
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"Druce" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:42:22 -0700 (PDT), " > wrote: >On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 12:38:53 PM UTC-5, Druce wrote: >> >> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:35:03 -0400, jmcquown > >> wrote: >> >> >Ditto! Still jammin'? :) >> >> Is that 70s speak? >> >Barb is famous for her homemade jams and jellies. Oh ok, thanks :) I thought Jill was trying to be a cool bird or something. === But, but ... Jill IS a cool bird dontchaknow??? |
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On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 9:33:31 AM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
> Cheri and Barb, even though this thread drifted far from the OP, it was definitely a good drift > since we quit reading/talking about Kuthe's private parts. ;-)) > > N. It's nice how we get together on Usenet like this, eh? John Kuthe... |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 20:05:10 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote: > > >"Druce" wrote in message ... > >On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:42:22 -0700 (PDT), " > wrote: > >>On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 12:38:53 PM UTC-5, Druce wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:35:03 -0400, jmcquown > >>> wrote: >>> >>> >Ditto! Still jammin'? :) >>> >>> Is that 70s speak? >>> >>Barb is famous for her homemade jams and jellies. > >Oh ok, thanks :) I thought Jill was trying to be a cool bird or >something. > >=== > >But, but ... Jill IS a cool bird dontchaknow??? Lol, and a groovy chick too? |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:35:40 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote: >On 8/26/2018 7:10 PM, wrote: >> >> A basement can save you during hurricane season too and there >> are lots of hurricanes in Florida. >> >BZZZZZT! It's a really bad idea to go into a basement during a >hurricane. Not if you have common sense. > >Hurricanes involve torrential rain, high winds and potenial flooding. > >More than one person thought seeking shelter in a basement was a good >idea during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. It made landfall in the Northeast. > It was called a "Superstorm". It hit Coastal NY, NYC boroughs, NJ. >Drenching rain, damaging winds. And flooding. Many people who went >into basements during Sandy were trapped and drowned in their own homes. :( > >When you're dealing with lots of water, you don't go *downstairs*. > >Jill Not true! Basements contain the waste water drainage for all the drains in the house.. I even have a sink and a washing machine in my basement, where do you think the waste water goes... most all northeast city homes are on the municipal sewer system and there is always a drain (with a main trap) to the sewer in the basement floor. The trap prevents odors from entering the house. Larger buildings contain several waste water drains in the basement floor so that water entering drains faster than it enters. Basements also have latched windows at ground level so one can escape on the very rare occasion the main drain becomes blocked... there's a grate over the drain so if one lives like a slob trash in the basement can block the.drain. However I'm so far out in the boonies that I, and other's living here, are not connected to the municipal sewers like the townies are... we have septic systems but they can fill up with heavy rain so we have safty systems, typically French drains, those pipe excess water underground to nearby creeks. The creek in front of my house is about fiften feet below my basement floor, there's a six inch pipe underground leading to the creek. Several, houses on this road have French drains exiting in that creek. There are many ways to construct a French drain. |
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"Druce" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 20:05:10 +0100, "Ophelia" > wrote: > > >"Druce" wrote in message .. . > >On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:42:22 -0700 (PDT), " > wrote: > >>On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 12:38:53 PM UTC-5, Druce wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:35:03 -0400, jmcquown > >>> wrote: >>> >>> >Ditto! Still jammin'? :) >>> >>> Is that 70s speak? >>> >>Barb is famous for her homemade jams and jellies. > >Oh ok, thanks :) I thought Jill was trying to be a cool bird or >something. > >=== > >But, but ... Jill IS a cool bird dontchaknow??? Lol, and a groovy chick too? == Yep:) |
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On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 3:41:48 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:35:40 -0400, jmcquown > > wrote: > > >On 8/26/2018 7:10 PM, wrote: > >> > >> A basement can save you during hurricane season too and there > >> are lots of hurricanes in Florida. > >> > >BZZZZZT! It's a really bad idea to go into a basement during a > >hurricane. Not if you have common sense. > > > >Hurricanes involve torrential rain, high winds and potenial flooding. > > > >More than one person thought seeking shelter in a basement was a good > >idea during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. It made landfall in the Northeast. > > It was called a "Superstorm". It hit Coastal NY, NYC boroughs, NJ. > >Drenching rain, damaging winds. And flooding. Many people who went > >into basements during Sandy were trapped and drowned in their own homes. :( > > > >When you're dealing with lots of water, you don't go *downstairs*. > > > >Jill > > Not true! Basements contain the waste water drainage for all the > drains in the house.. I even have a sink and a washing machine in my > basement, where do you think the waste water goes... most all > northeast city homes are on the municipal sewer system and there is > always a drain (with a main trap) to the sewer in the basement floor. Not in 100% of the cases. My house, for example. We're on municipal sewer, but when we converted from septic we didn't dig up the floor. The waste line exits the house at the base of one of the walls. > The trap prevents odors from entering the house. Larger buildings > contain several waste water drains in the basement floor so that water > entering drains faster than it enters. Basements also have latched > windows at ground level so one can escape on the very rare occasion > the main drain becomes blocked... Glass block in my basement windows. No escape there. Cindy Hamilton |
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> On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:35:40 -0400, jmcquown > > wrote: > >> On 8/26/2018 7:10 PM, wrote: >>> >>> A basement can save you during hurricane season too and there >>> are lots of hurricanes in Florida. >>> >> BZZZZZT! It's a really bad idea to go into a basement during a >> hurricane. Not if you have common sense. >> >> Hurricanes involve torrential rain, high winds and potenial flooding. >> >> More than one person thought seeking shelter in a basement was a good >> idea during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. It made landfall in the Northeast. >> It was called a "Superstorm". It hit Coastal NY, NYC boroughs, NJ. >> Drenching rain, damaging winds. And flooding. Many people who went >> into basements during Sandy were trapped and drowned in their own homes. :( >> >> When you're dealing with lots of water, you don't go *downstairs*. >> >> Jill > > There are many ways to construct > a French drain. > Giggity Popeye. I bet yoose knows all bout them french things, huh? |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:11:07 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote: >On 8/27/2018 8:34 PM, cshenk wrote: >> jmcquown wrote: >> >>> On 8/26/2018 7:10 PM, wrote: >>>> >>>> A basement can save you during hurricane season too and there >>>> are lots of hurricanes in Florida. >>>> >>> BZZZZZT! It's a really bad idea to go into a basement during a >>> hurricane. Not if you have common sense. >>> >>> Hurricanes involve torrential rain, high winds and potenial flooding. >>> >>> More than one person thought seeking shelter in a basement was a good >>> idea during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. It made landfall in the >>> Northeast. It was called a "Superstorm". It hit Coastal NY, NYC >>> boroughs, NJ. Drenching rain, damaging winds. And flooding. Many >>> people who went into basements during Sandy were trapped and drowned >>> in their own homes. :( >>> >>> When you're dealing with lots of water, you don't go downstairs. >>> >>> Jill >> >> Yup. Sheldon has to 100% wrong here. >> >> Areas prone to hurricanes tend to be low water table to start with so >> no basements. He' thinking northern 'nor easters' and dryer mid-west >> with lower water tables. >> >He's obviously just arguing for basements because he has one. If he was >in a hurricane zone he'd know better than to head underground. I hope. > >Jill Most of the damage from Hurricane Sandy was erosion, not flooding. A few idiots near the Long Island beaches put in summer bungalows many years ago without permits, they had no basements, in fact they were up on driven pilings but the houses were lost from erosion All yoose are really dummies, basements have drains doncha know. Every building's basement in NYC drains into the city sewer system. Anyone having a house built no matter where make sure the builder puts a drain in the basement floor, the idea is to pipe water away from the house to a lower area. Typically the houses that flood have no basement as in Lousiana... NOLA was built on a flood plain, basements didn't flood, there were no basements, entire houses were under water to the roof tops. Morons got exactly what they deserve... the entire town went under water because it was constructed below sea level... the levees/dams were inadequate and collapsed.... any beaver can do better. The most common cause of water in a basement is inadequate rain gutters, they are not large enough to handle a heavy rain so water overflows the gutters and it pours on the round right next to the foundation and will soon seep under the basement floor and ooze into the basement... it won't flood but will damage anything on the basement floor. Builders usually cheap out on rain gutters figuring people don't know. Most of the cost of rain gutters is labor, larger capacity rain gutters don't cost much more but the labor is the same. Greater area roofs collect more water so need larger capacity rain gutters, over size down spouts too. I've never met anyone yet who lives in a slab house who knows much about construction... if they knew they wouldn't live in a slab house... yoose think an inch of water in a basement is the same as an inch of water sitting on your house slab. DUH |
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