XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: "@frank.net   
      
   On 1/29/2026 11:18 AM, Tal Yessen wrote:   
   > On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:22:02 -0500   
   > Ed P  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/28/2026 11:07 AM, Retirednoguilt wrote:   
   >>> On 1/28/2026 12:00 AM, Ed P wrote:   
   >>>> On 1/27/2026 8:27 AM, Retirednoguilt wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> We have a 4 handset cordless phone providing service for our   
   >>>>> "land line" so whether someone in the open floor plan units we   
   >>>>> inspected would be using their cell phone or one of our cordless   
   >>>>> handsets, the noise factor would be identical.  If the kitchen   
   >>>>> slider existed and was closed in most open plan units we   
   >>>>> inspected, it would shut out all potential natural light   
   >>>>> requiring us turn on lights to see what we were doing in the   
   >>>>> kitchen.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I don't understand that.  The slider is two 4' sections of glass   
   >>>> on an outside wall.  LOTS of light.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Unless you are referring to an interior divider.   
   >>>   
   >>> I thought you were referring to an opaque accordion shade   
   >>> separating the kitchen area from adjacent areas in the open floor   
   >>> plan.  I can't picture how a slider on an outside wall would shield   
   >>> adjacent areas of the floor plan from noise originating in the   
   >>> kitchen area.  In fact, if it is on the outside wall, and allows   
   >>> plenty of light through it (I assume there's a window on the   
   >>> outside wall where the slider is placed), what purpose does the   
   >>> slider serve besides thermal insulation?   
   >>   
   >> The slider is the window and it is the door to the outside.  It   
   >> provides light and access to the lanai and outside world.   
   >>   
   >> https://postimg.cc/PC70x8RD   
   >   
   > That's nice enough looking.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> This is at the back of my property   
   >>   
   >> https://postimg.cc/kVkwrQhj   
   >   
   > Looks like something out of a horror movie with all that dead spanish   
   > moss hanging around...   
   >   
   >   
   > https://youtu.be/BiP6W0ZCQRg?t=101   
   >   
   Prompted me to take a picture of back of my house today:   
      
   https://imgur.com/hZw21XI   
      
   I prefer Ed's today but mine in warm weather.   
      
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