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Oh ya, they would burn in a fire, but so would any other product you put on the floor except of course tile. Speaking of which, you could maybe look at a heated tile floor. It will be slightly more expensive but it will also BE warm, something like this is used under the tiles.

That is interesting, but I doubt if very practical for my application.

A space heater would probably work best. And possibly a dehumidifier. A dehumidifier would solve a couple of problems. There is a drain just to the backside of where the equipment alcove will be. I didn't want to leave it open due to possible escape of sewer gas. But the dehumidifier would guarantee that the trap in it would always be full of water, if I can find one that will fit well in this spot. Plus it would kept the possibility of mold at a low level.

It is starting to sound like you would actually benefit from the Dricore product.

Well the person that I asked to brick up my door told me several things, but 2 of them were:

1) He would not brick up the lower door, because shrinking/contracting would still cause it to leak, and..
2) I need to spend about $2100 to have a basement wall braced, because it's leaning inward about 1/2 to 3/4 inch and cracking. When it gets to about 2 inch lean, that would require a $6000 excavation, wall pull-back and bracing. This wall started leaning about 4 years ago.

Well, there goes 2 grand. I'll have to wait until after the first of the year when the money becomes available. This house just loves to keep me broke.

The Real Money Pit, you could start your own Reality TV show based loosely on the movie

Or move.

I'd consider a move, too.

Possibly, but that sounds rather costly also. Things like, resetting the counter on a loan to pay more interest. I've paid interest for 9 years on a 30 year loan here. Coming up with down payment and closing costs.

If I sold this place first, then perhaps I'd have the money for down payment and closing costs, but I'd have to already have a place picked out to move to, which with some work is a possibility. But it's the starting of a new mortgage that scares me. I'm 58 and don't have 30 more years to pay one off. Even a 15 might be a little on the rough side. If I increase my payments from 1000 to 1400 now, I can reduce the 21 years I have left to 10. I plan on doing this starting in 2012 when some money is going to be freed up.

I know. Gripe, gripe, gripe.

One of these days I'm going to have to get a real camera.

I just bought these ceramic tiles today that will go in the room just outside of my HT where the main walkway and fireplace is. The colors are beige and brown. It'll give the room a cheerful and artsy appearance.




I just noticed one of the corner ties was off by 1/4 rotation. Good thing it's not glued down.

re mortgages, have you considered weekly or biweekly payments, Brian? it does pay your loan down quite a bit faster.