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Hello BP Community,
I have a two-family and currently live in one unit. The unit I live in has the oil burners (controls heat and hot water) and electrical boxes for both units. The oil burners require a bit of atten...
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I've got an electric glass-top stove in one of my units and only 3 out of 4 burners are working. The unit is currently vacant. Should I just leave it as is, or should I take this opportunity to replace it? It was manu...
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Pilot goes out AFTER it heats the water. That is, I can start the pilot light, and it will stay on (even all night - as i left it in pilot mode), but once the gas turns on and heats the water for awhile (not sure ho...
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I have some tenants who are complaining to me about a 'broken' stove where 1 out of the 4 range tops wouldn't ignite. I had someone come out and take a look at it today, and before leaving he called me down and I was...
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I had recently purchased a home and with in less than a week my oil burner stop working on me. I walked into the house and the house was filled with heavy oil smoke. Now my insurance company (USAA) is telling me that ...
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Thought I would share a quick tip. Often in this business, you have the need for multiple phone lines. You may have google numbers that you need to link to an actual phone, or craigslist postings to verify, etc. Witho...
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Hello everyone,I recently purchased a property that I am going to househack then rent out after a year or two of living there. It has a kitchen in an area of the home where there's no attic access. The kitchen feature...
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BP furnace experts - do you consider it important to replace a gravity furnace (often referred to as an "octopus") for safety reasons?
A duplex I've had for eight years has one of these. I do make certain t...
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I have a potentially small and intermittent gas leak in a house that's becoming a real pain. And before you immediately chime in with 'call the gas company right away', I already did that. That's why it's becoming a p...
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I am currently renting the upper level of my home, while converting the basement to its own "unit", (both levels have separate entrance, house is old and I suspect it functioned like a duplex at one point). I found an...