All Forum Posts by: Peter Morgan

@Scott M.

Thanks Scott, fortunately it's not too deep.

Hello,

My previous tenant a frequent smoker left burning cigarette stubs on wooden stairs at least at three different spots and there are very conspicuous dark spots there, I have been putting of remediating this for quite sometime now. What is the best way to address this. I was thinking about putting a white oil paint on top of the dark spots first and then a wood color on top. I appreciate if anyone here can suggest other ideas.

Thanks

@Benjamin Perkins

Thanks Benjamin! one of my primary motivations to consider a solar roof is to make my existing roof impervious to the elements of extreme weather changes snow,rain,hot summer etc. My initial impression is that the new Tesla roof acts as a double safety valve protecting ones roof from elements and the energy savings will be an icing on the cake for me. Is it safe to assume the new solar roof can make existing roof impervious to the elements of extreme weather without a high footprint of load on the foundation? Does Tesla offer roof inspection before taking it forward?

@Zee Abbas

Thank you!!! Should I put insulation vent around the external vent register or open the register and try to insulate internally? I observed the sweaty vent in summer can I expect it in winter as well?

@Zee Abbas

Thanks Zee this is helpful. I noticed one other problem overweekend , a sweaty vent, just one vent though in the restroom. Do you have any suggestions to address this?

@Joe Splitrock

Thanks Joe and you are absolutely right about my shared unit situation. This Mother in law unit has an excellent partition that enables me to rent short term or commuters,traveling nurses etc there is also another exclusive unit on top that I don't have any problems with.Not renting the ADU is not helping the numbers work and there are not many renters in my area who will consider the entire apartment including ADU. I need to move OOS soon due to my job and I just need to kick the can another six months as I am planning to put on sale Spring around March 2022 for all the reasons you mentioned, covid and my new job OOS.

@Greg Scott

Thanks that makes sense. Does it also impact

appreciation in any way?

Hello,

I have a question just out of curiosity, suppose there is a development of highrise apartments may be within 2 to 5 miles of radius with say 700 apartments , how does it impact small landlords with 2-4 units close to a major metropolitan city?

Thanks

@Zee Abbas

Thanks Zee. Are these dampers accessible externally to adjust or it requires opening up the ceiling?The tenant who sealed the vents during winter enjoyed the free cooling coming from the vents with very little electric bill for the 2020 summer. He had much higher cooling needs than us above his apartment  and rejected when we offered him a window ac and was literally driving our ac for his own needs.He even asked me during summer if there is any way to optimally adjust the pressure of air flow as per his needs in one of his bedrooms.

Fast forward during winter he closed the vents in his bedroom and another one in the living room that comes before his bedroom.

Now the same bedroom which once had a high pressure air flow has virtually no airflow makes me wonder if there is a duct burst or duct got pinched somehow? Ideally i think that unit must have the highest airflow pressure because it is at the same level as the furnace. Who can help me best diagnose this problem? Are there any contractors who specialize in diagnosing issues in duct without ripping the ceiling?

@JD Martin

Thanks. I did reach out a hvac company that offer tune ups for winter and summer , the technician who conducted the tuneups seemed inexperienced ,all he did was dusted off the furnace, punctured the aluminum tube near furnace for "combustion test" when I brought up no airflow from one of the air registers he suggested the only sure way to address the issue is by ripping the ceiling off and checking the tube for any holes.