All Forum Posts by: Peter Morgan

@Zee Abbas

Thanks Zee this information is very helpful. Yes I included both heating & cooling in rent, it was the first time I rented that unit and I had no clue how best to divy up the bill since the thermostat is in my unit and I get billed for that. Do you have any troubleshooting or tuning tips to diagnose and address why some of the registers are having weak to no air flow?

Out of the 15 registers at least three of them are having weak airflow ,8 have medium flow and rest seem below at considerably higher than medium.

Hello,

I had a tenant last winter and the heat in his unit was supplemented by the unit above him.It gets really cold down there in winter but he chose not to have free heat and sealed the vents tightly with an aluminum foil without  letting me know , I could have easily adjusted the thermostat to lower  per his needs if he had told me and supplemented my apartment above with any additional heat but he chose to seal without letting me know inspite of my warning later on and obviously it can have detrimental effect on the tubing inside the walls due to excess pressure build up.

He also complained about high electricity Bill's (obviously he would incur high utility bills when he turns on his electric radiator without using the free heat he was getting)

 I ended up having an oversight from my end as I did not verify if sealing vent caused any damage .  The subsequent short term tenant did not report issue about air not blowing from the registers as he was "cool" with the hot summer. I ended up identifying the issue really late. Do I have to rip off the sealing now to identify any punctured tubing issue?Appreciate your inputs

Thanks

@Monish Lillaney

Hi Monish,

How much did it cost for the three family setup? Can you please share more details, I will also PM you shortly.

Thanks

@Benjamin Perkins

Thanks Benjamin, I will check out the website ,I just have one question at this time.Is it worth having solar setup in areas such as Midwest regions or even in Eastcoast areas such as NYC and Boston where there are extremely cold winters

@Scott M.

Thanks Scott and glad to know I didn't get ripped here and he did service other things remote, pulley, lubricating etc. This is the first time the garage door came for repair in the last five years , I never had a chance to understand all its components, now I have a better understanding :-).

The garage seems functional to me but he pointed garage caving in while opening and kept on insisting the door is in very bad shape,and there is a chance for it to fall apart

I will try to get a second opinion. I am planning to sell home in Spring and a little wary it may start looking old if I install new one in winter.

Any thoughts on what is the best place to buy a new garage door for the best price, it's a single garage door, is Homedepot or Lowes good?

Thanks

@Peter Morgan

Sorry I forgot to mention I am planning to sell my home in next six months.

Hello,

The gear sprocket broke and the chain came off from the garage door opener in my rental, the technician advised me to replace the garage door opener with a new one and charged me $550 including replacing pulley. Is that a reasonable charge?Replacing gear sprocket seemed like a DIY project to me but I ended up giving in as the tenant wanted the garage fixed asap.He also indicated the garage door is in extremely bad shape and needs to be replaced asap and it can cost me up to three grand. Is that a reasonable estimate.The garage door is 15 year old.

Appreciate your inputs.

Thanks

@Jim K.

Thanks Jim I will research more into plumbing materials.

I agree with the lacking knowledge part (hence the post) and  i am unsure about the materials that makes up a robust draining system and i am usually at the mercy of contractors recommendations.

Its definitely not a strong desire to unduly push costs on to the tenants. This tenant exhibited some peculiar behaviors than my previous tenants as they took many things for granted . For example when I offered them backyard (not usually included) and theiy wasted so much water in backyard during  summer that it shot up my water bill, inspite of telling them to use water responsibly. 

I had to tell them to clean up lint in dryer after use after I observed an error  because they did not "know"  lint needs to be cleaned upl after use and they would still never bother to clean up the lint inspite of telling them. Heck they did not even bother to report the dryer error they observed . They were here short term for few months and it's a recent development and I am positive they did abuse the plumbing system in ways that had a detrimental effect such as drainex, stashing cooking oil and other junk.

@Jill F.

The water is flowing out easily there is nothing to snake right now but if they have used harsh chemicals it may have made holes in the drain line.

@Scott M.

Thanks Scott, I will bring it up to the tenant and see how it goes. He was there for only few months and I used to regularly monitor that area along with other vulnerable areas and it used to be always dry in that particular and am pretty sure it's a recent development but never had a chance to either inquire or be a direct witness of their usage.