hate this idea and i never drive after drinking a single alcoholic beverage.
all those technology examples are just leaving the door open for abuse / confusion.
passively sampling air? what if you shithead passenger is shit faced? what if someone spilt beer on you earlier?
cameras looking for signs of drunkness? what if you are a stroke survivor or have random face / eye issue? hell, it’s been proven that facial recognition has issues with BIPOCs. do you really trust it not to passively discriminate?
what if it fucks up in an emergency situation? do you really want your car not staring due to thinking you a drunk while your new born is having medical emergency?
that’s good to hear on the ducts. our lower unit is under the house as well and plan on replacing the ducts. our current ducts have some sweating, but nothing major. the main thing is that since it is open to the world is that there are some damages to the ductwork and leakage
luckily since we have an open craw space (our basement was buried when they raised the house) and are above BFE we only pay around 650 for federal flood insurance (god bless the seawall). that said, since federal flood insurance only covers up to 250k in structural damage we also buy excess flood insurance which costs around 1.5k extra a year to insure the full value of the house. i have fears of a cat 5 just washing the house away and 250k would not get close to making me whole. All this is changing with fema 2.0 “equality in action” - laugh. so who knows what it will be like when i renew in august.
what part of the island? i’ve been in lost bayou for about four years now. lived here long?
hey neighbor. 1888 house here. curious about how this ended up. i just redid my upper-story unit and now about to redo the lower unit where the ducts are under the house (open craw space).
what’s your home’s insulation like? any in the attic, walls, or floor? if so what kind?
i have fiberglass in the attic and some walls. none in the floor, but i’m thinking about correctly that soon when i redo the ductwork.
fyi. Galveston historical foundation just released the tickets for the Tall Ship Elissa day sails in april. i did this before covid and it was one of the coolest things i have ever done. if you have interest, i highly recommend you buy asap. they sell out fast.
pictures from my sail.
Question. We are doing to do a 100k or so addition (new bedroom and a new master bathroom as well as repainting the entire house).
I would also like to refinance my loan.
can these be combined into one process? Or will I need to do two loans?
If so, what is the best loan for the addition? We purchased the house four years ago and since then has greatly increased in value. So I have plenty of equality to pull from (assuming that is the smart thing to do).
Location: Galveston Texas. Not sure if it matters, but it’s an old house (pre 1900s). Already have permission from the local landmark and building commissions.
sorry if these are dumb questions.