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10 October 2022 | 7 replies
Use "Great Stuff expanding foam, plastic sheet and tape, whatever does the trick.Then use Gentrol capsules to stunt their growth so they do not reach egg-laying maturity.
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16 May 2023 | 6 replies
These solutions offer some disadvantages as follows:-The most significant disadvantage to using a self-directed IRA is that the withdrawal is highly regulated by the IRS due to the qualified tax nature of the IRA.Investments funded by IRAs will lack some plasticity because IRA funds cannot be blended with other funds without risks and legal problems.
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9 October 2023 | 13 replies
Plus Dad works and can apply extra to the rent.Rhode island has a 1st time home buyer program (maybe this will help): https://www.rihousing.com/buyers/If they found their own place even a 1 bedroom 1 bath since MR is so good with woodworking he could make some bunks at each end of a bedroom for all 8 kids with a couple of plastic boxes underneath for each kid and sleep in the living room with Mrs...
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13 September 2023 | 200 replies
They don't have frat parties in Germany, China or Brazil with people drinking beer from red plastic cups on the front lawn of a 5000 SF frat house.
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22 November 2019 | 13 replies
Plus I didn’t like it, it felt like walking on hard plastic.
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22 May 2018 | 31 replies
If I felt a cold draft from a window, I covered it with the plastic film kit in the winter.
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12 September 2018 | 50 replies
@Matt ShieldsOh, how well do I know the stink that still haunts your dreams, Matt...Back in the days when I did basic property management and provided handyman services as a sideline for a friend in the business, a tenant once left 15 pounds in plastic-wrapped logs of frozen ground turkey in in a side-by-side fridge and freezer and moved out.
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27 November 2020 | 7 replies
In your part of the country, there are quite often issues with the plasticity of the soils which will require much more substantial amounts of concrete for footer and foundations.
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4 April 2021 | 57 replies
Crawlspace completely covered in water, couldn’t see past the opening without crawling inside as there was plastic hanging down, structural supports not properly installed, ductwork not attached to the HVAC system literally laying in the water, the roof is literally not even attached at one of the joists where it should be attached to the house, and wiring chewed through in the attic of the garageI feel those are items worth negotiating on right?
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31 August 2019 | 12 replies
.$7,000 to install a "rat slab" in the basement crawl space which basically seems like a layer of plastic with a bunch of gravel on it that drains to a sump pump (not included) and keeps the rats/mice from tunneling inSo this price seemed crazy to me and I had another company out yesterday to offer a competitive bid on the project.