XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: esp@snet.n   
      
   On 1/29/2026 1:14 PM, Frank wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I remember that white stuff.  Don't miss it much.   
   I bet you don't see much of the neighbors once the leaves come back.   
   Plenty of summer privacy.   
      
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