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The house originally started off with a couple of T87F's aka "The Round" and now I have a couple of Honeywell Prestige IAQ thermostats in place, that control humidity, dehumidification, and ventilation if I had that as well. I've had them awhile now and they work with no fuss, I can control them...

First thought that comes to mind is they're not running the chilled water cold enough. You want it around 40-45°, they probably have it running around 55°, maybe even higher based on your complaints of high humidity. Corrosion of the fan/coil unit should have zero effect on dehumidification...

Amazon reviews are about 95% garbage. A lot of reviews weren't even for the product you see them on. The rest are fake. You tend to notice a pattern after reading so many... The other 5% are legit but written by people that probably can't even use toilet paper correctly. Then there's the...

I'm a bit late to respond but right now AT&T prepaid is the best prepaid offering out there. Their top plan - Unlimited Plus is $50 with autopay discount. As for phones the 2020 iPhone SE is a really good value at $400. 

Still drive a 2013 Nissan Altima. I like how comfortable the seats are and how smoothly it drives for a modern car. Have 69k on it now (didn't drive much the first 5 years with it) and then since lockdown have been driving all over just to pass time, it's a good highway cruiser.    Drove a...

I've not once had the courage to use Normal Eco to wash my own clothes, however others in the house have used it and it seems to do fine. My biggest gripe is the cold wash. 

We've only ever had gas dryers. I wouldn't consider electric as long as gas is available.    My sister used to live in an all electric duplex and the PoCo uses smart meters and lets you monitor your daily usage down to the hour and the Kwh's required to do laundry was shockingly high between...

The gas company for the city of Chicago is called Peoples Gas...    There was a This Old House season from around 1991 where they were in Tucson and they went with a natural gas chiller to cool the house. I didn't know it had been a thing even that recent.     

99% of cycles in my AWNE82 have been on warm or hot for the last 5 years I've had it and there's no gunk to be found in there. A proper washer needs no maintenance to keep the tub clean. Use a damp cloth to wipe off the top and plastic parts and that's it. 

I've been replacing outlets and switches in our house for the last 15 years, every time a room gets repainted. This past February I finished off every room in the house except for the master bedroom and made sure to get all the odds and ends this time. My main motivation for this wasn't because...

Tom She knew it was coming and so did we. First off I noticed she had water in her hand but hadn't touched it in an hour, then toward the end of the tour she stopped the tour to go inside and cool down for a minute, pushed herself to come back out and finish it off and carried on and we stood...

I was in Phoenix last July right at the peak of the season and it wasn't all that bad. I would make sure to stay hydrated at all times and stay indoors at the peak of the day. We went on a tour at the Taliesin West and our tour guide who had to have been in her 70s fainted from heat stroke (she...

Having the washer & dryer in the kitchen is common to me. My grandparents house where my mom grew up was a slab home where it was in the kitchen. My parents home has them in the kitchen, my dads rental units have them in the kitchen also. An apartment my sister lived in some time back had a...

I forget the brand of my deep dryer but I had the same issue with the one I got before it, it would not get warm enough and the thermostat was slow to respond. The new one has a digital control like your Waring Pro (and looks similar) and was quick to cycle the element back on. Aside from...

I always thought it would be cool to go to one of those shows. I had no idea it was in Orlando this year. I see it's supposed to be in Chicago in 2021, which is my back yard, so I may very well go then. 

The only time I’ve ever had lint redeposit in the wash basket is when washing brand new towels. They put off so much lint you could make a new towel out of it. As to the agitation harshness I was wary of this when I first got it, and even saw more lint than before in the dryer lint filter...

Dryer vents and Chimneys/flue pipes. As a kid I would stare out the window or even sit outside and watch the steam billowing out of them. Nowadays alot of people have gone to HE furnaces otherwise I might still be doing the same thing......actually if I'm sitting in the living room at home I can...

My first interests were vacuums, appliances, and HVAC. There's also a picture of me carrying around a hair dryer at about 4 years old. I really was into everything...kinda like I am now.   My first books were various how-to books on home repair, the Lost Art Of Steam Heat, and various...

It seems to perform better than I personally give it credit for, or take for granted anyway. Anytime someone stays over and uses it the first thing they comment on is how well it cleans.   There are a few things it's not as good at as a machine with a longer cycle time (and tumble action vs...

Before my aunt started building her house she said she was gonna get a proper range hood. Next thing I knew, she was cheaping out and going with an OTR microwave and downplaying everything I had said about why she should get a regular range hood. Fast forward to now, the thing is noisy and...