COVID and the housing market

Checked with Harold my 90 + neighbour who helped put on the second floor. (He still drives!)
The 2x6s were sistered with 2x10s. Could say now I can rest easier but I'm already sleeping on a waterbed.
How is the waterbed? Is it any good for lower back pain and shoulder/neck pain? Where can I find one?
 
That’s what we did existing ceiling joists are sistered to the new truss, then the upper part of the old truss is removed.

After seeing some stuff in century home I spoke to my 90+ year old uncle and he confirmed that it was common to see a 16' long 2X4 as a rafter, full span. Sometimes the walls bowed out and the roofs looked like ski jumps. Try that with the lumber of today.
 
We bought a Douglas foam mattress , on line , Canadian delivered to the door , we opted for the top level and love it . We both have lower back challenges, it’s a game changer for us .


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Logan and Cove (luxury firm) for us and we love it as well.
 
After seeing some stuff in century home I spoke to my 90+ year old uncle and he confirmed that it was common to see a 16' long 2X4 as a rafter, full span. Sometimes the walls bowed out and the roofs looked like ski jumps. Try that with the lumber of today.
Modern trusses are 2x4, no different lumber than they used 100 years ago.

Bowed walls has nothing to do with rafter lumber, that’s caused by the way rafters are tied together.
 
We bought a Douglas foam mattress , on line , Canadian delivered to the door , we opted for the top level and love it . We both have lower back challenges, it’s a game changer for us .


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We have a Douglas Summit too. No complaints other than I can’t tell the difference between sleeping on a Douglas and the $179 Amazon special I’ve been sleeping on for the last week.
 
They weren't trusses or tied.
Poor construction is the cause of a lot of building failures. Builders have known how to build properly structured roofs for centuries.

A sagging roof is a sign of poor design, not light materials.
 
Yeah, I didn't think I could find one anywhere now but thought I'd ask...I need a new mattress for sure...
I purchased one of their mattresses less than a year ago from Home Furniture in St.Jacob's
Canadian owned and operated
Mattress came roll packed for easy transport
Highly recommend you check them out if you can
 
Poor construction is the cause of a lot of building failures. Builders have known how to build properly structured roofs for centuries.

A sagging roof is a sign of poor design, not light materials.
How about the support columns having a footing that was a flat rock down about a foot? It lasted 90 years and the new code made it look like a tank barrier.
 
We have a Douglas Summit too. No complaints other than I can’t tell the difference between sleeping on a Douglas and the $179 Amazon special I’ve been sleeping on for the last week.
Yep. We rented a trailer last summer that came with an insanely comfortable mattress both my wife and I loved. When we returned it, we asked what brand it was, expecting some high-dollar memory foam/gel whatever. The owner laughed and said everyone who comes back with the rental asks the same thing, but that she bought it off Amazon for a hundred bucks and couldn't remember the brand.

Part of me wonders about the off gassing from a cheapo mattress, but I suspect the foam is identical to whatever fancier brands are out there, minus the branding, marketing and overheads...
 

In case you haven't been following the news.

Anyone have sympathy for the guy buying ten units, pre-build, hoping to get rich?

I don't know about the guy putting an $85,500 deposit on a $855,000 prebuild now worth half and a pariah to the lenders.

Sadly some victims just wanted a home
 

In case you haven't been following the news.

Anyone have sympathy for the guy buying ten units, pre-build, hoping to get rich?

I don't know about the guy putting an $85,500 deposit on a $855,000 prebuild now worth half and a pariah to the lenders.

Sadly some victims just wanted a home
He was hoping to double or triple his money on a studio condo he bought for $855K? That was some strong kool-aid. Maybe poor wording and he was hoping to double or triple his 85K deposit? Still crazy short-term but plausible if you bought at the right time (which he didn't).
 
He was hoping to double or triple his money on a studio condo he bought for $855K? That was some strong kool-aid. Maybe poor wording and he was hoping to double or triple his 85K deposit? Still crazy short-term but plausible if you bought at the right time (which he didn't).
What is the intrinsic value of anything, the price point where you can't lose? Vintage cars, yachts, raw land, gold, crypto, motorcycles, body parts?

BOC interest rate of a fraction of a percent? Someone took advantage of legal marijuana.

Bitcoin is bouncing around like a ping pong ball in a tornado. YTD not good.

Is gold making a comeback, IF it's purity can be trusted?
 
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