*** Quoting Roy J. Tellason from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***
 CS> Forgot to add, GAS heat.  Not using electric for anything other 
 CS> than a blower unit.  (grin, otherwise i suspect I would need 
 CS> 250 amps and be minimal safety factor in cold times).
RJT> I would have expected to see a higher service for any sort of 
RJT> electric heat.  There are some places around here that favor electric 
RJT> appliances,  but I'd consider electric heat to be way too expensive 
RJT> around here (I currently have GPU for an electric company -- the same 
Smile, my stove and my heat are gas.  My house is *very* well insulated and I 
am one of the few who can actually make it work heating the house out of wood 
due to outstanding insulation.
 CS> far enough yet to ask any questions, but be ready for a 
 CS> mini-flood of them once I am done . 
RJT> Feel free...
Hehe I will.  PS I have a diagram f what breaker feeds what.  We just checked 
them all not long ago, using the lamp trick.  Ok, so I had to reset the 
electric clocks?  Big deal.  We turned everything off and then turned it on 
breaker by breaker to see what powered what for sure.  The livingroom 11 
outlets are powered by 3 breakers but the porch is all on one 20 amp breaker 
for all 7 outlets.
 CS> replace the toilet over it.  Best to have some corkwood about 
 CS> if you replace the toilt too, as that will make a neat leveling 
 CS> material that will grow with the house as it shifts.  Seals 
 CS> normally last 10 years.  Many folks end up spending 200$ for a 
 CS> plumber plus the cost of a new toilet unit for what is actually 
 CS> a 2$ job and about 4 hours work for a *first timer at it*.
RJT> I did have to do that job,  once.  I ended up using a rubber seal 
RJT> rather than the wax ones,  but didn't know about the cork.  Had lots 
RJT> of fun with that place,  it was a mobile home which had been set up 
RJT> after thanksgiving,  and had no skirting on it when things got real 
RJT> cold.
Wince.  Ways to help with that.  The cork for example mostly makes the seat 
fit well, rather than rock.  The rubber gasket about the toilet wont last as 
long (waxy ones last 10 years by average, rubber 5 or so).  Skirting can be 
as simple as mere plexiglass but that green corrigated stuff with a trellis 
work in front looks better (and cinderblocs behind it are a must in windy 
areas storm-wise).
RJT> Whatever you do,  you don't want to come in contact with those bars 
RJT> running down the center of the box in the back...
(breaker box) Heck, we were really careful.  We just opened it and looked.  
Like I said, we know when it's time to get a pro in.  Crispy critter dance 
isnt my style .
Thanks for the help!
                                       xxcarol
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