Recent content by escape

Thank you all for your responses. I'm hoping that someone has specifically had experience with Basement Doctor trenches and mice. I believe BDry uses the same techniques. Other than the BD trench, i cannot find any other possible entrance.

Thank you. Sticky traps are horribly cruel. i do have humane traps, which are reported to work extremely well but my cat gets them first. It's not a great experience for the mice but it's preferable to intentionally inflicting even more human cruelty on nonhuman animals!

Hello, when i bought my house, there was water in the basement. I contracted Basement Doctors and they dug out a narrow trench all around the edges that leads to a sump pump. the good thing is no water intrusion (i also put in a french drain in the front of the house). since then i've had a...

the float test is not reliable. just go by bubbles and volume. note that it will take longer to grow in cooler temps! my starter is very active but takes almost 6 hours to double because my house is kept at 69 degrees F.

Nooooooo! the discard method is a big waste and totally unnecessary. Use the scrape method: https://www.culinaryexploration.eu/blog/Sourdough-feeding#:~:text=The%20principle%20is%20quite%20simple,the%20jar%20with%20the%20scrapings. I've been baking 100% whole wheat sourdough sandwich loaves...

nope. many reasons: health, environment, workers, animals. the majority of the industry is owned by just 4 corporations. and now there are many tasty plant-based options. bring on the hate.

I have a heat pump that is new last year. thoughts and opinions appreciated!

Thank you for your response. Old unit was same size.

Thank you. House is located in central Kentucky.

Thank you for your response.. Yes, I think you can describe the attic is essentially a 2nd story that's insulated but not part of the ducted area. I'm not sure if there is insulation between the main floor and the attic. I don't believe so. There is no insulation between the basement, where the...

In Nov. of 2021 i bought a new 2.5 Ton Trane Split Heat Pump and Air Handler with a 15.5 SEER. It's a small house: less than 900 sq. feet street level conditioned space and the part of the basement that's renovated less that's than 300 square feet that's also conditioned. There's also an...

I will most definitely keep the fan on "auto" mode. this was a replacement. I assume you mean the air filter that must be cleaned or replaced every so often, in which case it is sitting OK as far as I can tell. Is there a different filter. I'll have to decide whether I want to hire a 3rd...

"The first thing that comes to mind is mold. Mold spores are everywhere, they're just looking for a nice (for them) home environment. Since you have the fan switch on "ON", rather than "AUTO", that leaves out the fan motor itself as a possibility of smelling, as if the fan motor had a problem...

Thank you, this is very helpful!

thank you very helpful!