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    • coliverC
      coliver
      last edited by coliver

      Good luck. That's only about an hour from my parents.

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

        Wow, cool, can I come to your house for Rocket Launches?

        I've been meaning to ask that ever since I learned where he lived.
        Also, how is that considered a river?

        Anyway, good luck!

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        • wirestyle22W
          wirestyle22
          last edited by wirestyle22

          Congrats!

          Out of curiosity are you considering Solar Panels? I was thinking about what I'd do with my house if I owned one. I would think Solar Paneling would significantly increase the cost of re-doing the roof but I'm not entirely sure how often that happens and by what degree it would increase it.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
            last edited by

            @wirestyle22 the panels and mounting would all come off when you need to re-roof.

            The cost increase is often justified by the savings on the electric and sell-back.

            The question I have, is it better for a person to outright buy a solar panel setup and get it installed, or to just lease a system and have them deal with maintenance etc.

            How much is there in savings to be earned, and how long until you see a profit?

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            • wirestyle22W
              wirestyle22 @DustinB3403
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              @DustinB3403 said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

              @wirestyle22 the panels and mounting would all come off when you need to re-roof.

              The cost increase is often justified by the savings on the electric and sell-back.

              The question I have, is it better for a person to outright buy a solar panel setup and get it installed, or to just lease a system and have them deal with maintenance etc.

              How much is there in savings to be earned, and how long until you see a profit?

              It might. We are only two people until we combine our genes. We don't really use a lot of power. I know that we would have a big surplus thought and the electric company would pay us actually.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @DustinB3403
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                @DustinB3403 said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                @wirestyle22 the panels and mounting would all come off when you need to re-roof.

                The cost increase is often justified by the savings on the electric and sell-back.

                The question I have, is it better for a person to outright buy a solar panel setup and get it installed, or to just lease a system and have them deal with maintenance etc.

                How much is there in savings to be earned, and how long until you see a profit?

                Last articles that I read on the subject look at ~5 years before you recoup the investment and begin actual savings.

                Panels are rated at 25 years now. So are architectural shingles for roofing. So it should be pretty solid.

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                • IRJI
                  IRJ @DustinB3403
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                  @DustinB3403 said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                  @wirestyle22 the panels and mounting would all come off when you need to re-roof.

                  The cost increase is often justified by the savings on the electric and sell-back.

                  The question I have, is it better for a person to outright buy a solar panel setup and get it installed, or to just lease a system and have them deal with maintenance etc.

                  How much is there in savings to be earned, and how long until you see a profit?

                  It depends on where you live for how feasible solar panels are. The houses I've seen around here that are on alternate energy use a combination of wind and solar. Wind is readily available on the island as you might imagine.

                  http://sfenvironment.org/sites/default/files/editor-uploads/energy_renewable/image/map_pv_national_lo-res.jpg

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                  • IRJI
                    IRJ
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                    As far as the rocket launches, we have lived in Merritt Island for a few years now. I've had a few morning launches take me by surprise. They shake the whole house and if you aren't expecting it, it can scare the sh** out of you.

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                    • wirestyle22W
                      wirestyle22 @IRJ
                      last edited by

                      @IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                      As far as the rocket launches, we have lived in Merritt Island for a few years now. I've had a few morning launches take me by surprise. They shake the whole house and if you aren't expecting it, it can scare the sh** out of you.

                      I bet

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22 @JaredBusch
                        last edited by wirestyle22

                        @JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                        @DustinB3403 said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                        @wirestyle22 the panels and mounting would all come off when you need to re-roof.

                        The cost increase is often justified by the savings on the electric and sell-back.

                        The question I have, is it better for a person to outright buy a solar panel setup and get it installed, or to just lease a system and have them deal with maintenance etc.

                        How much is there in savings to be earned, and how long until you see a profit?

                        Last articles that I read on the subject look at ~5 years before you recoup the investment and begin actual savings.

                        Panels are rated at 25 years now. So are architectural shingles for roofing. So it should be pretty solid.

                        Is this based on an outright purchase or leasing?

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                        • IRJI
                          IRJ
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                          @JaredBusch The Indian and Banana River certainly aren't rivers, although they are shaped like them and run north and south. They were misidentified as rivers in the late 1800s, but in the early 1900s they were renamed to the Indian River Lagoon and Banana River Lagoon since they are technically lagoons.

                          Sykes Creek which runs through the middle of Merritt Island is also saltwater and it's too big to be technically a creek.

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                          • travisdh1T
                            travisdh1 @wirestyle22
                            last edited by

                            @wirestyle22 said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                            Congrats!

                            Out of curiosity are you considering Solar Panels? I was thinking about what I'd do with my house if I owned one. I would think Solar Paneling would significantly increase the cost of re-doing the roof but I'm not entirely sure how often that happens and by what degree it would increase it.

                            The idea of solar power is great, current implementation sucks big time. Forget panels. Even the most efficient ones only reach 35% in a lab. So the entire house could be one big solar panel and still not provide enough power for a typical house. If you want enough solar power for a typical household, sterling solar generators are where I want to be looking. 3-5kw units shouldn't be any larger than an old style satellite dish, which is enough power for a house.

                            Ref: DIY Sirling Engine
                            Wikipedia

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                            • stacksofplatesS
                              stacksofplates
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                              Wow I didn't realize how close I used to live to you. I lived down in Vero Beach. I was up in Melbourne quite a bit.

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @travisdh1
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                                @travisdh1 said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                                @wirestyle22 said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                                Congrats!

                                Out of curiosity are you considering Solar Panels? I was thinking about what I'd do with my house if I owned one. I would think Solar Paneling would significantly increase the cost of re-doing the roof but I'm not entirely sure how often that happens and by what degree it would increase it.

                                The idea of solar power is great, current implementation sucks big time. Forget panels. Even the most efficient ones only reach 35% in a lab. So the entire house could be one big solar panel and still not provide enough power for a typical house. If you want enough solar power for a typical household, sterling solar generators are where I want to be looking. 3-5kw units shouldn't be any larger than an old style satellite dish, which is enough power for a house.

                                Ref: DIY Sirling Engine
                                Wikipedia

                                Totally went Minecraft there... (in my head)

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
                                  last edited by

                                  What kind of power could you generate from the LTD sterling generator?

                                  Actual numbers of something Satellite panel sized?

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                                  • travisdh1T
                                    travisdh1 @DustinB3403
                                    last edited by

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                                    What kind of power could you generate from the LTD sterling generator?

                                    Actual numbers of something Satellite panel sized?

                                    The first one I heard about was 20kw off an 8' panel. Haven't seen jack commercially yet 😞

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                                    • IRJI
                                      IRJ
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                                      We under contract now. Let's see how the home inspection goes..

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                                      • coliverC
                                        coliver @IRJ
                                        last edited by

                                        @IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                                        We under contract now. Let's see how the home inspection goes..

                                        That was fast! Good luck with the inspection.

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                                        • IRJI
                                          IRJ @coliver
                                          last edited by

                                          @coliver said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                                          @IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:

                                          We under contract now. Let's see how the home inspection goes..

                                          That was fast! Good luck with the inspection.

                                          We are seeing houses on the market sell within 1-4 days right now. If you're a buyer you have to be quick.

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                                          • IRJI
                                            IRJ
                                            last edited by

                                            More on the Orlando real estate boom...

                                            www.orlandosentinel.com/classified/realestate/os-cfb-forecast-real-estate-residential-20160116-story.html

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