All Forum Posts by: Chris Carrigan

Don't make the mistake i just made, i painted all the subfloor with primer (B.I.N. and another water based primer from Zinnser) which worked well to get rid of the smell.  The problem is I was planning on tiling the bathrooms using Ditra and guess what - a primer prevents your thin-set from bonding to your subfloor.  It instead bonds to the primer which can be pulled from the subfloor.  This won't matter if your going to use cement backer board, because you screw those into the subfloor over the thinset; but with Ditra its a no-go.  I figured this out right after I put the Ditra down.  Now I'm back in demo mode to remove the Ditra and thinset and start over with cement backer board.  (I was so happy to have gotten past the demo mode.....;0(   

Hi, new to BP, but a 23 year veteran of policing.  You want a security system with a LOUD exterior alarm that will scare of intruders and get neighbors attention.  Paying for a monitoring service is mostly a waste of money.  By time the system notifies the alarm company, the company calls to make contact, then calls the police, police dispatch, and officer arrives on scene, your suspects have gotten what they came for and are long gone.  The other option is to go with the cameras so at least you can give police some evidence as to who did it.   I do second Diya Sharps comment about meeting your local patrol officer and letting them know the house is vacant and being repaired - ask them to keep an eye on it at night.