I greatly enjoyed my latin america travels for the food.
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Aside from Mexico City, I haven’t been to other regions (don’t count Cancun for a wedding) but have Oaxaca high on my for food purposes. We ate pretty high end in MC.
Spent some time in Belize, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. Those were all vacations and we mostly ate at smaller, local joints but always had a good meal.
Yep, we do indeed have Hurricane Iota.
I will see if we can get an official prediction from The Drewsk as to how far we'll go.
Sometimes, just paying a professional is by far the easiest path.
oh yes, there's a smart move. Windows are tricky, people often complain about subsequent leaks and blame the windows, though faulty installation is almost always the real cause.
Something I've learned over the years (sounds like what you may be doing): sometimes an otherwise sound window loses the seal between the two panes of glass. You can have people come, just extract the glass, custom order a new piece, install it for a small fraction of the price a new window would cost...e.g. I got three panes replaced this summer for less than $500...a bargain.
Not sure what you mean by "reseal." They simple pull out the double paned piece of glass, and put in a new one. Works perfectly, I've done five or six over the years, it works great...we have some big windows that face "the weather," i.e. West, and they take a beating. Obviously any rot or anything in the window frame itself is another matter altogether...
I'm not sure how they achieve the sealing but in some cases they are using uncommon gases.
"Double-pane windows have a layer of gas (usually argon or air) trapped between two panes of glass that acts as insulation to reduce heat loss through the window. Other types of gas used in this space have various effects on heat gain or loss through the window. Some windows also have a thin film installed between panes that separates the space between the panes into two spaces, further reducing heat loss and heat gain through the window. If multiple-pane windows appear misty or foggy, it means that the seal protecting the window assembly has failed."
https://www.nachi.org/condensation-d...ed-windows.htm
ah, ok...so they pop out the old glass unit that has lost its seal...it is two panes of glass with a narrow aluminum border around them, and there is gas in between the panes of glass...the company that comes to my house sends away for these units (I'm sure it's not trivial to seal them) then just pops the new sealed unit into place. Still, it's cheap, as I said three windows done for under $500...
I have not yet come to grips with the fact that I neither want to be or can be handy (beyond certain basics) in home improvements. It is a sort of great shame.
I think it's mostly a patience thing. I also get pissed off by the sheer diversity of nail and screw sizes, tools specification, etc. I derive no enjoyment from cataloging and cultivating an arsenal of home improvement tools. I am not Hank Hill.