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A friend who has been practicing law in NJ for decades is updating my will. I have no idea what this should cost. I want to pay the going rate, and if he cuts me a discount or says "don't worry about it" I can reciprocate with dinner(s) for him and his SO. From what I understand, the will is boilerplate - all goes to spouse, if spouse predeceases, adult offspring split the estate evenly, and one is the executer." It's probably noteworthy that the lawyer is the notary and is also providing a witness that he pulls in for such work - I'm sure this person gets a fee. Location is CNJ, if such a place exists.

I hired a plumber/HVAC company to replace my HVAC system. The fire box in the house I bought was rusted through, and the home inspector advised against using it - hazard of CO poisoning. It's a 2-zone house, so we managed on one unit for a few weeks going into winter. The installer gave me a really good price, and did a good job on installing the furnace. There's still an outstanding balance on the contract of $2500, and he still needs to install the condenser unit, which was older and undersized. He keeps putting me off, saying that he needs the outside temperature to be at least 70°F to install it - any cooler and he "won't be able to give the system a full charge".

Is he pulling my chai

I just gutted my bathroom. I've filled the bagster and am ready for pickup. I noticed in the online form that there's a spot for a promo code. Does anyone have a current one? I tried the couple I could find online but they've sadly expired.

I bought a 1970s house. The en suite bathroom was in an addition from 2006 and is in fine shape. The main bath was in bad shape, which we knew from the home inspection - the inspector said it would be a complete gut, and the house price was adjusted downwardly to compensate.

Inspection showed water damage to the subfloor all around the toilet and next to the tub. The area is accessible from a crawlspace. We removed the old flooring. From the joists up, it had 3/8" plywood, 7/8" to 1" of mesh-reinforced cement, 1970s era 1" tile, glued down cement board on the tile, then ceramic tile. The tub is enameled steel, which I will remove and replace with a 30"x60" shower pan. The little bit of 3/8

I moved into a new-to-me house recently, and the home inspector recommended replacing the water heater. The plumber I hired suggested a tankless, which we went for - it's a 199k BTU Navien gas unit.

We lost power for about an hour this past Tuesday, and I realized that hot water wouldn't be there during a power outage like it was with a tank water heater. I couldn't see dragging out the generator for hot water to take a shower, especially since most power outages are brief.

What sort of UPS battery backup unit could I put in between the water heater and the outlet? I'd expect I'd only need a few hours of power, maximum.

I bought a house a few weeks ago that had Andersen 200 series windows installed around 2007. The wood window sashes are crumbling from the outside in, to the point that one of the window locks came right out when trying to re-close it after opening it for the first time. I could literally remove the wood with my finger. The wood is painted, and the house inspection pointed out that the windows would need replacing. We accepted this and bought anyway. Now we're working though remediating them. We called Andersen and, over the course of a couple hours of speaking with their representatives, described the issue, sent pictures, and they agreed that this was very unusual. The window glass is warr

I just bought a house without a shed. It has a pad on the property that's a little over 12'x15'. I'd like to get plans for a 10'x14' shed - Cape Cod-style, with material list and rough directions. Recs would be greatly appreciated for good plans at a reasonable price. I'm handy with tools (hand & power) and can follow directions. The last shed I build in 1992 is still pretty solid, but I'm not confident enough to draw plans from scratch. I also have a wife who is more than willing to assist.

My elder son (mid-30s) has been struggling with alcoholism - more a functional alcoholic, but it seems like he's become less functional over the last few months. He's agreed that he needs some detox and rehab. After my younger son's experiences in scary detox centers in the northeast US, I thought I'd ask if there are any centers in the Charlotte area that are good and some that should be avoided. Younger son went to one where most of the clients were there only because it was court-ordered, and it was a scary crowd in there. Elder son has other medical issues (well-controlled T1 diabetes among other things), so a qualified, knowledgeable medical staff is important - knowledgeable enough to

I'm buying a house. I'm downsizing after the kids moved out and I no longer need a 4 br 3 bath on a 150x150 lot. We found a house in our price range, nice neighborhood, perfect size lot at 80'x100'.

The bad: the whole property is covered in river rock. I'd say 3/4" size. I'd like to remove some of the back yard stone so the dogs have somewhere with grass to frolic on, among other things. How should I remove the stone? My first idea was a steel rake and a snow shovel to rake it into 10'x10' at a time, but that would take me a month of Sundays. Wife's saying we should rent a skid-steer for a day and scoop up an area - anything we miss will get the rake.

Any tips would be greatly appreciat

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Update #1

It turns out the GC is a 2019.
Final update: Work complete. Out-the-door price was $2424. There were additional parts, but labor cost was about the same as the original estimate of 7 hours. Once the mechanic got in there, he found more stuff that needed replacing.

• Camshaft kit - $663.40
• Seal - $21.55
• Intake Phaser - $137.60
• Exhaust Phaser - $108.90
• Oil Control Valve - $82.80
• Oil Control Valve Intake - $156.24
• Intake Plenum Gasket Set - $52.80
• Diagnose

I posted a few days back about my son's 2018 having sputtering issues and check engine light. Grand Cherokee 4wd 3.6 liter with 170k miles. My mechanic says that it's the cam phasers on the end of the camshaft that went bad. He explained that these phasers adjust the timing based on oil pressure, and that replacing them will resolve the issue. He said that only one side is bad but he'll do both sides as long as he's tearing it open. $1800 for parts and labor, and it's a 7 hour job, so he can't get to it until early next week. Book value on this GC is only about $5k based on a quick look-up for a car

Son has a 2018 GC with 170k miles. He's been having a variety of issues, and his local mechanic has been working on it. I know the mechanic got $550 from him trying to resolve the issue. After they couldn't fix it, they did a deeper dive and told him that the engine is going, the parts are unavailable, and they can't even do an engine swap because the engine can't be had anywhere.

He says the main symptom is little to no acceleration. It sputters when he steps on the gas - he can get it up to the speed limit gradually, but if he needs to stand on the gas to merge or whatever, it just sputters.

Son lives 40 minutes away. I told him to temporarily swap my '24 GC for his so he has reliable