Question: Did you have to pour any concrete piers or drive metal ones into the ground below your foundation footings for additional support? 

There are literally 1000s of paint types, and most will not work in this application.PS - we did a metal roof on an IHOP restaurant, and for some reason they painted it This spring (original paint was in GREAT shape, and had 30+ years on it). 2 months later the "new" paint came off / became grey, and they just painted it second time, two shades off - I really have no idea why - probably corporate rebranding, as the also redid the exterior

It is true that to a professional thief they can bump or pick Baldwin, Schlage, Kwikset, Defiant etc...although I think Baldwin, Medeco, Schlage will be harder.I once spoke to someone in auto security back in the days when we used THE CLUB (remember the club its a metal thingie that locks the steering wheel) and he told me the difference between a car with a club lock and without is about 7 to 8 seconds.

Two jacked alternatives: 1.Remove the ceiling finishes and apply a corrugated metal ceiling on the ceiling side of the joists and fur so that slopes to drainage 2.

i do exactly what rob said. all my houses were from the 50's and they all have just 2 wires. you could put a GFCI in each box and spend a few hundred dollars and would look silly. you dont have to have the GCI grounded in order to be to code and would still trip correctly.or you can just put 2 prong outlets (hate the cost).nothing else is correct. not a false box, not wiring the neutral to ground, not installing a metal box and wiring the ground to the metal box. nothing. except running a ground wire all the way back to the box.

And I took the aluminum storm frames to the scrap metal yard and got around $25 for them. 

In asking about it, the realtor said this was common in the area due to metal theft (copper pipes in same house had been cut out, etc).

A semi gloss or metallic paint may give you a high look that looks actually better than the brick.

I have had these sorry people rip apart a brand new 1500 dollar unit to get to the 45 dollars worth of copper on the inside.I recently contacted a iron welder I found in the yellow pages and had him construct an iron metal frame that can be planced aournd the outside unit.

I don't know the exact dimension, but it would be the standard size that works with the metal "H" stand that pushes into the ground.