All Forum Posts by: Daria B.

 Gotcha!

 Hi again Russell,

Do you provide a rechargeable extinguisher or is yours one-time use?

Thank you @Russell Brazil I will send a message to Matt if he does not respond here.

Is there a difference in the inspections for City and County? My townhouse is County.

Hello, hello...

I am about to go through a rehab of my property (located in Baltimore County MD) and was informed as a reminder of the new smoke detector codes. Detectors are currently up to code.

I found these articles on the Baltimore County gov web site but don't see anything specific for fire extinguishers - must have.

ARTICLE 14 - FIRE PROTECTION

SUBTITLE 2. - ALARMS AND SMOKE DETECTORS

§ 14-2-201. - AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS

ARTICLE 35. - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING

§ 35-5-213. - FIRE SAFETY AND PROTECTION

I read these sections and am looking for "if" it says that fire extinguishers are required. Are they? Even if they are not, I think it's a good idea to have one for the tenant. I'm just not sure if I am opening myself up to liability if the extinguisher for some reason didn't work when they tried to use it.

I have always had one in the kitchen and it's never been used. It is now suggested that I have one on the other two floors. It's a townhouse, lower level is a garage-laundry-den with 2nd level living and kitchen finishing off 3rd with bedrooms. Seems like it would be overkill to provide anything other than the kitchen level.

In summary, 

1- Are fire extinguishers mandatory for a unit such as mine and if so, if it did not work properly (Murphy's law) would I be liable since I provided the extinguisher?

2- Do any of you buy the rechargeable extinguishers or the one-time use?

Thank you much...

I used to get annoyed and thought about it as mentioned above, there must be a demand or they would not be canvassing the neighborhood and doing mailings. I have contacted a few and requested to be removed but I suspect it just cycles back again when they get a refreshed list with my name still on it. :-) 

I recently got a call from someone and I know I should not have answered the phone when I just woke up but I thought, hey it might be an emergency. Once I had my whits about me I realized what it was and politely declined and asked to not be contacted again.

Thanks @Dawn P.

I am leaning toward the Asheville with light to very light grey walls. I think with will work. Coordination of color and types are not my strong  suit. I have a friend who eats this stuff up and has no problem picking out and doing coordination.

 What underlayment do you use?

I have an existing old roll out vinyl they used to do in the early 90’s, which is when this was done, in the kitchen that I want to lay over it but I want to get an underlayment.

I also want to install the same LVP in areas where carpet is being pulled out and the subfloor is wood - not finished - I believe it’s level but we are checking.

 In your first picture, this looks similar to a coloring I have been looking for. What is the name and where did you purchase it?

I looked into Floor N Decor (Gaithersburg MD) because I had great success with the Jacksonville FL location, which is where I  live near. They have some very nice selections well under $2.00 sq ft good quality. Unfortunately, after speaking with someone in their command center about delivery to the MD rental, I found out all the LVP waterproof selections I looked at was not carried in their location and would be too much to ship from another location. They said in a month “or so” they would have switched out their clearance for newer items. The person I spoke with said their location is still new and not up to dat as other locations.

I also looked at Lowe’s and HD and didn’t find anything under $2.00 sq ft as my price point over that will not work. I have seen Lifeproof as a product that I have not looked into yet.

Sams Club also carries flooring but it’s water or moisture resistant and not waterproof.

Thank you and your rooms look great.

 In your first picture, this looks similar to a coloring I have been looking for. What is the name and where did you purchase it?

I looked into Floor N Decor (Gaithersburg MD) because I had great success with the Jacksonville FL location, which is where I  live near. They have some very nice selections well under $2.00 sq ft good quality. Unfortunately, after speaking with someone in their command center about delivery to the MD rental, I found out all the LVP waterproof selections I looked at was not carried in their location and would be too much to ship from another location. They said in a month “or so” they would have switched out their clearance for newer items. The person I spoke with said their location is still new and not up to dat as other locations.

I also looked at Lowe’s and HD and didn’t find anything under $2.00 sq ft as my price point over that will not work. I have seen Lifeproof as a product that I have not looked into yet.

Sams Club also carries flooring but it’s water or moisture resistant and not waterproof.

Thank you and your rooms look great.

Congratulations @Lamont Marable

You don’t know it but you are now the go to guy! Haha ^_^

Good luck with your ventures.