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Post# 74768 7/23/2005 at 09:51 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch  (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74769 , Reply# 1 7/23/2005 at 09:52 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74771 , Reply# 2 7/23/2005 at 09:58 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74772 , Reply# 3 7/23/2005 at 09:59 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74773 , Reply# 4 7/23/2005 at 10:00 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74774 , Reply# 5 7/23/2005 at 10:01 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74775 , Reply# 6 7/23/2005 at 10:04 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74776 , Reply# 7 7/23/2005 at 10:05 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74777 , Reply# 8 7/23/2005 at 10:06 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74778 , Reply# 9 7/23/2005 at 10:11 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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GE gas dryer Notice that the location of the lint filter has migrated to have a front opening rather than a top opening. Supposed to prevent lint from getting on dry garmetns as they are removed. Baby, just lick your fingers, rub along the surface (not shown)and you get results. No need to handle the whole thing. Interesting also that the drum looks purple. nto so in reality. I wonder if the camera is picking up discoloration of SS due to heat, that is not visible to naked eye. 
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Post# 74781 , Reply# 10 7/23/2005 at 10:52 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Oil -fired steam heat and domestic hot water plant. Burnham Brand boiler Riello brand burner head. Left in black= oil filter. beige, (bottom-left)= circulator to push (non-potable)hot water to basement heating loop via baeboard style convectors ("radiators"). You can also see the Hartford Loop made of 2" wide steel threaded pipe that goes up across and then down This it to keep the water in the boier in case of slight over-fill and when the steam is fresh and not yet dry (superheated). As the steam becomes "dry" it rises and flows by gravity to the radiators. Green boxes (left side) relay for low-votlage control (24v). One is to control the burner the other is to control the circulator -- allows for a 24v thermostat. Green round valve (left-side near top.) Thermostatic mixing valve (non-electric) cools water to safe temp by introducing cold to hot water feed line. Between red valves is water-level viewing gauge. In a steam boiler the water level i partially full, in a hot water boiler it is entirely full. Left of red valves is water level sensor that--- a) adds water by shooting a signal to the black box back-right (trace the wires). b) turns off heat should boiler run dry. Even further left of that is the pressure-limit control switchover a pipe pig-tail. shuts off burner when system is pressureized. cycles burner on and off as home is being heated. Shoulf that control fail, there is a mechanical pressure relief vavlve above that. It prevents explosions due to steam build-up. Domestic hot water needs are met by a coil on the right side. You can see the grey thermostat (aquastat) that maintains the minimum boiler temp, when steam is not needed. 
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Post# 74782 , Reply# 11 7/23/2005 at 10:53 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74783 , Reply# 12 7/23/2005 at 10:55 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74785 , Reply# 13 7/23/2005 at 10:59 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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WP electric smooth-top 30" self-clean ["pyrolytic" for you Brits :-)] range TOL (or near TOL). S M L burners and the L one switches to 110v as a "simmer" element. Half price. Slight mar on left side..invisible to me here. AVANTI (Turkish) 20" gas stove with sealed burner and waist-high broiler ("Grill" => UK) oven can be used if there is no power for ignitor.. WOOOO-HOOO 
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Post# 74788 , Reply# 14 7/23/2005 at 11:02 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74791 , Reply# 15 7/23/2005 at 11:04 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74793 , Reply# 16 7/23/2005 at 11:05 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74796 , Reply# 17 7/23/2005 at 11:09 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74797 , Reply# 18 7/23/2005 at 11:11 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74800 , Reply# 19 7/23/2005 at 12:30 (6,851 days old) by PeteK (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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good show Steve
did you put the summer kitchen downstairs of was it already with the house. It's very much like the one in my moms house, but hers is a bit dated now and not used anymore, the previous owners were Polish and many of them always had the 2nd kitchen to escape the heat, before a/c became the norm. BTW a pot for every job I see.
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| Post# 74802 , Reply# 20 7/23/2005 at 12:37 (6,851 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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Nice spinner Steve. It looks like a washer. Have LOADS of fun with it :) | ||
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Post# 74805 , Reply# 21 7/23/2005 at 12:55 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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I put in that kitchen, Pete, in that my main dining room sits four- only, so I needed a big open kitchen dining entertaining area. I had put the big 30 inch Gas 1990s self-clean gas range that came with the house down there, and found a 20" wide gas Welbilt brand BOL POS on the street that I brought back to life with TLC and a few Major scrub-downs. for down there also. (*SIGH* Yes I extended the gas line myself.. LOL ) I'm pretty good with pipe. I wanted an electric range with a glass-top to try, so that was installed upstairs. (I ran the Bx wiring and added the outlets myself.) I liked it so much that (dfaser, cleaner, safer,much cooler)Tthat I got another one for downstaris and donated that older gas S/C to the neighbor...for HER basement kitchen.. LOL Brought the TOL (witht he whote top down and left the newer (at the itme) MOL one up here (with the black top. I will however switch, I lke the small burner in the front for everyday use, and I tend to used the middle sized top burner (element really) most for everyday cooking. | ||
| Post# 74807 , Reply# 22 7/23/2005 at 13:05 (6,851 days old) by gmpayne (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) | ||
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Toggle's Appliances HOW NICE STEVE I GUESS I SHOULD GET BUSY AND POST MINE 
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Post# 74808 , Reply# 23 7/23/2005 at 13:06 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Yes a pot for every job.. Love cooking. Hate to have too much "Stuff" 2 kitchen means duplicates and I hate it. If I ever get a summer house (here or north) or a winter place (in Florida or south), I will close down the upper kitchenn and use all that stuf in the new place. Just too much damn stuff!! LOL,and half the time I still go to the "other" kitchen to fetch something! PS the Martha Stewart pots are decent and were 75% off, open stock. The IKEA stuff is actually very sleek and nice and works on induction as wll (thinking of the future!!!) like it much more than I thought I would. Highly recommended. And slight "V" shape (when upright) means walls of pot come really clean in DW!! | ||
| Post# 74812 , Reply# 24 7/23/2005 at 13:56 (6,851 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Thanks so much for sharing the great pictures Steve, Looks like you could cook and do laundry for a bunch!! Terry | ||
| Post# 74813 , Reply# 25 7/23/2005 at 14:18 (6,851 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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I liked those pot&pans you had hanging in the kitchen. Very sleek looking indeed. We'll have to have a cook off plus a wash-in in the near future. Eat your heart out Emeril! LOL! Pat | ||
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Post# 74822 , Reply# 26 7/23/2005 at 15:03 (6,851 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 74826 , Reply# 27 7/23/2005 at 15:34 (6,851 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado) | ||
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Steve- Thank you for having us all over! I always have loved the idea of a second basement kitchen. I like it better than your "real" kitchen. I also enjoyed reading about your new spin dryer. What a nice addition to a vintage automatic with a slower spin speed (Not everyone can have a unimatic!) David | ||
| Post# 74827 , Reply# 28 7/23/2005 at 15:57 (6,851 days old) by Acerone () | ||
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toggleswitch, I C your from Long Island. I'm thinking about moving there one day in the Bayport area. I heard it's a nice area but I never been there. Chris | ||
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Post# 74842 , Reply# 29 7/23/2005 at 20:16 (6,851 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 74856 , Reply# 30 7/23/2005 at 22:33 (6,851 days old) by Brent-Aucoin () | ||
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Great Pictures Steve, I must say that your two kitchens are such a unique idea! Very cool! And what shocks me is that they are both so darn clean! Thanks for the pictures! Brent | ||
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Post# 74861 , Reply# 31 7/23/2005 at 23:29 (6,851 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 74862 , Reply# 32 7/23/2005 at 23:29 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74864 , Reply# 33 7/23/2005 at 23:35 (6,851 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 74881 , Reply# 34 7/24/2005 at 01:34 (6,851 days old) by kenmore1978 () | ||
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gas and electric ( LOVE the idea of having gas AND electric ranges in a kitchen, so one can choose the best appliance for the job. That's defiantely teh way I'd do it if I had the choice. | ||
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Post# 74882 , Reply# 35 7/24/2005 at 02:17 (6,851 days old) by PeteK (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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2nd kitchens
Eventually I would like to get around to installing a small kitchenette area on the lower level in my house as well. Small stove, undercounter fridge and a dishwasher or dish drawer. The main floor gets stifling hot in summer but the seasons short and dry hence no a/c | ||
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Post# 74883 , Reply# 36 7/24/2005 at 02:47 (6,850 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Prices on window units have come down greatly. Now that the cooling season will soon be ending (here and north of here), you may find a deal very very soon. Good luck, and keep those peepers open! P.S.- getting a 220v unit will work if you have a dedicated (single-outlet) 110v 20a line. It just takes an extra breaker to convert it to 220v. The neutral wire (white) gets transferred from the neutral bus (in the breaker box) to the 2nd breaker. Of course the outlet will need to be changed to a a 220v one. And there too, the white conductor functions as the second pole (second hot-leg). | ||
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Post# 74898 , Reply# 37 7/24/2005 at 07:30 (6,850 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 74932 , Reply# 38 7/24/2005 at 13:35 (6,850 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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I bought a window unit for the basement to supplement the central air. With two stoves going and many people in the one large room (which is literally half of the house's footprint) it gets too hot there! When I gut the basement and insulate and re-sheetrock and rewire and throw down a nice ceramic tiled-floor, I will get a split system (Euro system) to replace the window unit. Louis: Not yet installed. Need to get it serviced. (how fast did i mail in that warranty card!!!!) Defective electronic controls right from the sealed never-before-opened box! CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK | ||
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Post# 74933 , Reply# 39 7/24/2005 at 13:39 (6,850 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Here it is by Mitsubishi. (Mr. Slim? HA that doesn't help its chances of establishing residency in my home any!) BTW They say that the mistubishi is a great heat pupmp for my area in that we are the northern-most border where these work decently. Mitsubishi IIRC has a DC compressor that runs at 150% of normal speed in really cold weather extracting much more heat from the ambient outdoor air. CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK | ||
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Post# 74957 , Reply# 40 7/24/2005 at 19:45 (6,850 days old) by PeteK (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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I've priced
some of those mini-splits and around here anyways they cost as much if not more usually than just having a central unit installed in your furnace. Of course if you don't have a ducted forced air system you don't have a choice. Also I noticed Delonghi or someone is making those portable a/c's that vent out the window but with the compressor situated outside as well so they're quiet. Haven't seen any for sale here though. | ||
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Post# 74978 , Reply# 41 7/24/2005 at 22:07 (6,850 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Central air, IMHO is always the way to go when the heating system is ducted forced warm air. Just remember that the return(air suction intake) has to be as high as possible, to keep the air that is delivered from the floor from settling back on the floor. [In norhtern climates where the heating need prevails air is delivered form the floor or low on the wall.] The return functions even better when in the ceiling of the highest point of inhabited space in the house. When adding a high-wall (large)return, think about opting for one that has an opearble damper to be able to close it in winter so you "default" back to you current air-flow pattern in the heating season. I personally like the return grilles that have a filter behind them to keep the ductwork before the main furnace filter cleaner! Interesting that the mini-splits are more money in your market than adding to a forced warm-air system! | ||
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Post# 74979 , Reply# 42 7/24/2005 at 22:12 (6,850 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 75392 , Reply# 43 7/27/2005 at 15:30 (6,847 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Chris (Acerone) Quote: I C you're from Long Island. I'm thinking about moving there one day in the Bayport area. I heard it's a nice area but I never been there.. What makes you want to chose Bayport? Come visit first, B4 uprooting yourself to that extent. My home is always open to appliance-nuts! "We are family...." | ||
| Post# 75393 , Reply# 44 7/27/2005 at 15:36 (6,847 days old) by Acerone () | ||
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I have a friend who lives in Bayport and she said I would love it there. Where in NY do you live? | ||
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Post# 75397 , Reply# 45 7/27/2005 at 16:00 (6,847 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Mineola Long Island Nassau County- (suburbs) 6 miles from the New York City border. Here is a quick way to see how far a locaion is from the city: area codes Inner New York City- (Manhattan) 212 & 646 Outer NYC (boroughs) 718, 917 & 347 Western LI (nassau) 516 Eastern LI (suffolk) 631 Please feel free to write to me off-line by e mail.. or my tel # is in another thread.. (Tiny wash-in was it? ) | ||
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Post# 75398 , Reply# 46 7/27/2005 at 16:02 (6,847 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 75411 , Reply# 47 7/27/2005 at 18:35 (6,847 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
STEVE I DID NOT KNOW YOU HAD | ||
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Post# 75471 , Reply# 48 7/28/2005 at 06:14 (6,846 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 76129 , Reply# 49 8/2/2005 at 06:23 (6,841 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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