The material was about $2/SF, and install was wrapped in with my painting, but it was probably about another $1/SF.  

It's probably another prime example of satellite dish installers inventing a reason to make their job easier.  

Burner caps are the small metal disks the flame shoots around and you'd expect them to be cheap but I usually have to shell out $30 EACH, which sucks if all 4 are missing.  

If you have a hardwood floor it could be the floor itself or the subfloor and hardwood floor rubbing against each other due to a breakdown or missing underlayment.If you have a sleeper flooring system you will have 2x2-4 sandwiched between two layers of subflooring and should be running 12" on center.If you do decide to do the drywall method here is a link to resilient channel http://www.soundproofingcompany.com/soundproofing1...If you do decide to use this make sure that when you hang the drywall that the screws are not too long so that they don't go beyond the channel into the joist or other wise you will defeat your purpose. also when installing the channel you should install it perpendicular to the joist and don't forget to box around any fixture with the channeling so you can properly attach the drywall to it.

I got a couple of quotes from plumbers install a new meter w/the appropriate permits.

the stoppages you are getting could be the symptom of another issue, such as cast pipes rusting up, improper installation of pipes or fittings, etc. 

I am pretty sure the windows are not a standard size, and I don't particularly want to go with retro-fit, so I am in search of recommended brands and installers in the Oceanside, north San Diego area.Any ideas/tips would be most welcome.Thanks,Russell

With the strange shaped crown you will cut ( to match the angle of the slope), once installed and caulked - the eye will see the bottom of the crown molding line up with the rest of the room.Another method to do this: hold the crown up against the wall, with the right side flush with the ceiling and straight across to the left wall ( make sure the right side bottom is in line with the molding from the wall to its immediate right).

Project manage and install flooring.  

Guys;  MySQL is easily installed on any PC or Mac :)  In fact, so is the Apache server, PHP and Perl - - my laptop is my development platform for web services.As to what data is important or useful is GREATLY dependent upon the intended usage.