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- Is the furnace in Home Alone based on a real furnace model?
In Home Alone, a minor plot point involves Kevin overcoming his phobia of a fearsome-looking furnace in the basement of McCallister family home: The furnace resembles an old-style coal-fired gravity furnace in that it has a front grate and cluster of ducts coming out the top The movie furnace doesn’t seem to contain coal, but rather has something resembling a radiator and piping inside OK
- where to run oil line in basement (floor, furnace, tank) - House . . .
Underground lines are illegal, so the options are (1) to run the line up from the tank, along the ceiling, and to the furnace-disadvantage is that it may be hard on the oil pump; (2) run the line along the floor to the furnace-disadvantage is that the line needs to be covered with a cement bump where it crosses walkways, in two places in our
- Grasshoppers in my basement? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
grasshopper-looking bugs in the basement are usually identified to be Cave Crickets Camel Crickets Apparently they can be controlled by the introduction of House Centipedes, but for some reason many people do not find this a desirable solution That is what we have, a shop vacuum and a strong flashlight is the best method of hunting them
- Finished basements are becoming more popular, especially in large . . .
Andrey Kamenov, Ph D Probability and Statistics According to the U S Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction, the number of new houses with basements is declining across the U S , down by almost a quarter from 40 percent of new homes in 2000 to 32 percent in 2013 Surprisingly, not only did the relative number of finished basements … Continue reading Finished basements are becoming more
- What is the deal with this basement-dweller meme?
A basement with a separate entrance, and possibly even cooking facilities, allows an offspring, whether adult or minor, the ability to live a somewhat independent life without having to deal with paying bills and other adult responsibilities
- In Nellys Hot In Herre - Cafe Society - Straight Dope
I have heard it as “fold” in the basement, but I think it’s a HOLE in the basement If so, I think it’s a Silence of the Lambs reference, but “Buffalo Bill” wouldn’t fit into the “lyrical rappery” On the other hand, if it is fold, it might be a folding bed…she IS taking off her clothes, right? BTW: “Lyrical rappery” is
- Does a Walk Out Basement count as a Story? (square footage . . .
Purchased an Italianate brownstone style home with vinyl siding at the bottom of a hill The "basement" is a walk-out basement with the front entrance of the home at the lowest point of the hill From the front of the home, it looks as if the walk-out basement is the first "story", however less than 20% of that level is above grade
- Builders: Is It Cheaper To Build a Wall From Blocks, Or Pour Cement . . .
If you build a wall from blocks, you need to transport the blocks, mortar, and employ a skilled worker (a mason) to set the blocks In contrast, for a pored wall, you set up the forms, pourthe concrete, then remove the forms Which is cheaper to do? It seems to me, that a poured wall would be easier cheaper to construct-which is?
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