Learning is cumulative. It builds one lesson on top of another, slowly adding to one’s expertise and skills. It is incremental. Perhaps that’s why they call a college education a degree. Confidence also grows by degrees. As I mentioned many posts ago, I probably would not have had the nerve to take on the trailer restoration without first having worked on my 50+ year old Vespa. Prior to that I wasn’t very mechanical, having never so much as changed my car’s oil. Oh, my background contains some home improvement and going way back to my childhood, I stripped a lot of wire while working in sibling servitude to my older brother. But for most of my adult life I worked with my head, not my hands.
So the work on my Vespa and Spartan brought me to a place where, at 65 years old, I had enough guile and know-how to install a new HVAC system in my rental house in Pittsburg. The decision to do this myself was driven mostly by thrift. I had quotes to replace my central HVAC unit up to $11,000. I simply didn’t have that kind of cheese lying around. They say “necessity is the mother of invention”, but I will add that it is also the mother of imitation and, turning to youtube, I did a lot of that monkey see/monkey do kind of study.
No, I didn’t decide to hoist a 1,500 pound HVAC unit to the top of the roof. I went in a different direction, installing instead a mini-split system. The mini-split system is a hybrid of sorts. featuring an outdoor compressor as in conventional central HVAC systems coupled with a network of indoor air handlers. Pictures and captions will explain it best.
For those still reading, I realize the aforementioned has nothing to do with trailer renovating. However, as I mentioned at the outset, I never would have taken on this A/C project without the knowledge and moxy gained from restoring Sparta.
So, if you’re wondering, the skills and attributes are transferable. Get started!
The best part? Total out of pocket was about $4,000.
Post script: I purchased a Blueridge mini-split system from Alpine Home Products online and it has been working beautifully now for two weeks. Online and phone-based customer support has been great and I highly recommend Alpine. Also, special thanks to my bro-in-law, Jeff, who assisted me one day with some of the heavy lifting and those tasks made easier with two people.
146208 778743Wow, fantastic weblog layout! How lengthy have you ever been running a blog for? you make running a blog glance simple. The total look of your web website is magnificent, well the content material material! 131031
Good day! Do you know if they make any plugins to help with Search Engine Optimization? I’m trying to get my blog to rank for some targeted keywords but I’m not seeing very good
gains. If you know of any please share. Thank you! https://sites.google.com/view/rolling-the-dice-craps-/home
632282 190813Thanks for the post. I like your writing style – Im trying to start a weblog myself, I think I may well read thru all your posts for some suggestions! Thanks once a lot more. 541590
524264 36220Spot ill carry on with this write-up, I truly feel this site requirements an excellent deal far more consideration. Ill oftimes be once more to see far far more, a lot of thanks that information. 547171
I have been exploring for a little bit for any high-quality articles or blog posts in this sort of house .
Exploring in Yahoo I ultimately stumbled upon this site.
Reading this information So i’m happy to convey that I’ve
an incredibly just right uncanny feeling I found out exactly what I
needed. I most certainly will make certain to do not put out of your mind this web site and
give it a glance on a relentless basis.
I was excited to discover this website. I want to to thank you for ones
time for this particularly fantastic read!!
I definitely savored every part of it and i also have you saved as
a favorite to look at new stuff on your blog.
Increases testosterone levels in the blood.
While these companies cause a lot of fuss, doctors often suspect that patients could be harmed if they cut corners and skip a personal consultation.
Despite the fact that the frequency of dizziness on the background of placebo and Sialis is the same, during treatment it is necessary to be careful when driving and other potentially dangerous activities, requiring increased concentration and rapidness of psychomotor reactions.
Attractive portion of content. I simply stumbled upon your weblog and in accession capital to assert
that I get in fact enjoyed account your blog posts.
Any way I’ll be subscribing for your augment or even I success you get right of entry to consistently rapidly.
Here is my homepage 구글상위노출프로그램
Thanks so much for the blog post.
I like this website very much, Its a very nice office to read and incur information.
I learn something new and challenging on blogs I stumbleupon everyday.
A big thank you for your article.
Like!! Thank you for publishing this awesome article.
Hello there, just became alert to your blog through Google, and found that it is truly
informative. I am going to watch out for brussels.
I’ll be grateful if you continue this in future. A lot of people will be benefited from your
writing. Cheers!
Feel free to visit my web page ซื้อหวยออนไลน์
Thanks for some other wonderful post. Where else could anyone get that type of information in such an ideal manner of writing? I’ve a presentation next week, and I’m at the look for such info.