Depending on your situation, the sub-floor area of your house needs careful maintenance, just like any other part.
If your house is constructed entirely on a concrete slab, investigating the sub-floor could be tricky. But many houses in NZ are built with a combination of slab-on-ground and pile construction. These often include retaining walls.
Just as a good roof is important for a weather-tight home, your foundations are clearly holding everything up. Pretty important – but easy to forget.
Underfloor zones can present their own unique access challenges. This is particularly so of some older homes. You may have to pull out the overalls and be prepared to squeeze into some tight spaces. As always, assess the risks and prepare adequately.
Got your torch? Here are a list of things to look out for under your house.
One of the main issues with the space under a home is moisture. There are a range of measures covered in the building code aimed at keeping this space dry and well ventilated.
But if your home is older or conditions have changed, you may have a moisture problem. Excessive moisture in the underfloor area can create a cold, damp house. Moisture can make it's way up piles and other structures into the floor and framing, opening up the structure to mould, fungi and rot.
As we said at the beginning of this series, a dry home is a healthy home.
Is the soil damp? Are any sub-floor surfaces damp?
Leaking or disconnected pipes – check all the waste pipes as well as water supply pipes.
Blocked drains – these could be gully traps on the outside of the house.
Leaking showers, baths or washing machines.
Surface water making it's way under the house – changes in landscaping, the garden or neighbouring property can cause unexpected changes in water flow.
Springs – strange as it may seem, these occasionally appear some time after a house has been completed.
The first thing to check is that there is adequate sub-floor ventilation. Vents may not exist or may have become blocked. Depending on what you find, some drainage around the outside of the house may be required.
Once any issues have been dealt with, laying polythene on top of the ground under your house can markedly reduce moisture levels in the air space, which also helps to reduce heat loss through your floor.
Whether there have been moisture issues or not, there is likely to be general degradation of the sub-floor structure over time. Keeping on top of this will save costly repairs down the track.
The condition of structural timber – is anything sagging or rotting?
The condition of metal fittings – bolts, nail plates etc. can be susceptible to corrosion.
The soundness of brackets supporting pipes.
The ground is moving beneath you. If your house is on a sloping section, it's likely that it's slowing creeping down the hill. Usually, this process is very gradual, but under certain conditions (like earthquakes) this movement can be accelerated and the effects noticeable.
Gaps between structural members like piles and bearers.
Cracks in masonry or concrete foundation walls.
Obvious signs of stress in sub-floor structural members.
Remedial action can usually be taken in serious cases of movement. The sooner you act, the better.
Who would have thought so much drama could be happening under your floor? Well, hopefully it hasn't been – but there's only one way to find out!
We hope these pointers will be helpful to you as you tackle this important aspect of home maintenance. Remember, if you need a seasoned eye on any problems, don't hesitate to get in touch.


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Michaela Roman
Chihuahuas teammates wave goodbye to sold out crowd after finishing their first season.
Javier Cortez, Sports Editor
There were trials and there were tribulations, but that did not stop the El Paso Chihuahuas from putting on a show for the rambunctious fans of El Paso one more time as they defeated the Salt Lake Bees 10-4. The season is now over but the yearlong memories that have transpired will last a long time.
The Chihuahuas entered the today's game one game below .500, although the win wouldn't change the Chihuahuas fate, the significance of finishing .500 in a season like this would mean so much more.
The setting was perfect— Labor Day weekend, sun shinning, and another sold out game. The fans and players expected nothing short of a win. The Bees struck first with one run in the first inning, but the Chihuahuas came right back in the bottom of the first with a run of their own.
The third inning was the game changer— the Chihuahuas exploded for eighth runs to blow the game wide open, the never ending hit parade was one of the best offensive innings the Chihuahuas have had all year.
The game was essentially over after the third inning, the Bees put together a solid fourth inning but the atmosphere changed. The season was over for both teams, Salt Lake finishing a disappointing 21 games back of the playoffs and the Chihuahuas finishing on a strong note.
The next five innings were subtle; the game itself became irrelevant as the fans started to realize that the season of fun was now coming to an end. Manager Pat Murphy started to take players out, to which the fans gave standing ovations. Jason Lane and Cody Decker receiving the loudest, who were idolized and loved by fans all year long, seemed gracious and honored by the chance to play in El Paso.
Relief pitcher Stephen Kohlscheen came on to close the game out, and with the Bees down to their last strike the fans cheered and applauded and roared as the last batter flew out. A season of trials and tribulations turned out to be all right.
All that is left now is an empty Southwest University Park; downtown El Paso now seems empty again. The Chihuahuas have left a huge void, and all the city can do is wait till next April for that void to be filled.
Javier Cortez may be reached at [email protected]
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Javier Cortez is a staff reporter for The Prospector. He is a senior multimedia journalism major, with a minor in English Rhetoric.
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Michaela Roman, Editor-in-Chief
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Zooey Deschanel's Hot Feet and Legs, Boyfriend and Shoe Size
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Best known for her roles in comedy films such as The Good Girl (2002), The New Guy (2002), Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Yes Man (2008) and 500 Days of Summer (2009), she got her first big break when she was cast as Anita in Cameron Crowe's 2000 film Almost Famous.
Are Jonathan and Zooey still together?
After announcing her separation from film producer Jacob Pechenik in September 2019, she started dating Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott.
Zooey Deschanel and her boyfriend Jonathan Scott attend the premiere of Emma at DGA Theater on February 18, 2020, in Los Angeles, California (Credit: WENN / Avalon)
They met while filming an episode of Carpool Karaoke: The Series in August 2019. They were still dating in 2021.
"My 2020 MVP was this guy, who always made me feel happy in spite of a weird and uncertain year. Hoping 2021 is full of silver linings for everyone, ❤" Zooey wrote on Instagram on January 2, 2021, along with a few photos of her boyfriend Jonathan Scott taken by her brother Caleb.
Zooey Deschanel's feet are shoe size 8.5 (US) (Credit: Dimitri Halkidis / WENN)
How much did Zooey Deschanel make per episode?
She was paid $125,000 per episode for playing Jessica Christopher "Jess" Day in the FOX sitcom New Girl that originally aired between 2011 and 2018.
She has an estimated net worth of $25 million.
Zooey Deschanel Facts
Full Name: Zooey Claire Deschanel
Born: January 17, 1980, in Los Angeles, CA
Dating/Husband: Jacob Pechenik (m. 2015), Ben Gibbard (m. 2009–2012)
Kids: Charlie Wolf Pechenik (2017) and Elsie Otter Pechenik (2015)
Weight: 121 lbs / 55 kg
Feet/Shoe Size: 8.5 (US) / 39 (EU)
Height: 5'5″ (165 cm)
Source of Wealth: Film, Television and Music
Ethnicity/Race: French, English, German, Irish, Scottish, Swiss, Dutch, and Cornish
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Often called Toronto's civic spine, Yonge street runs straight through Toronto. Its actual length is disputed, but most people agree the street is about 1178 miles long. Long before it became Toronto's main street, Yonge was known as Carrying Place Trail. It connected Lake Ontario with Lake Simcoe, and for generations it was used by First Nations people before European fur traders arrived. Today, the 35-mile stretch of Yonge that runs through Toronto is a cultural and commercial destination. Along this strip you'll find institutions like the Toronto Reference Library, the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre, Silver Snail Comics, the Hockey Hall of Fame, and Yonge and Dundas Square. You can also find some terrific shopping—from Canadian souvenir shops to CF Toronto Eaton Centre.
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LHMP #385 Moore 1997 Dangerous Intimacies
In the later 18th century, there is a conflict in the English imagination between the foreign, dangerous, "female friends," personified by the image of sapphic Marie-Antoinette, and the positive image of such celebrated English female couples such as Ponsonby and Butler, Seward and Sneyd. Hester Thrale personified this conflict, expressing deeply negative views of sexualized female relationships, but praising and even engaging in intimate (but not overtly sexual) relationships between women, such as Frances Barney.
LHMP #360 Howard 1999 Afterword: Producing New Knowledge
The summary discusses the importance of studying women in the Early Modern period not simply as individuals (possibly unusual ones), but in the context specifically of female networks and alliances. Men are assumed to participate in structures; too often women are viewed as isolated individuals, or else as existing only in relation to men. Individual women might have agency in negotiating their own position within society, but only in groups did women have any hope of making changes to society.
LHMP #359 Bowen 1999 Aemilia Lanyer and the Invention of White Womanhood
This article examines early origins of the default understanding of "woman" as racially specific (i.e., white women). This is viewed through the lens of early 17th century author Aemelia Lanyer that explores the concept of "womanhood" as a social rather than individual identity defined to some extent by who that identity excludes. Specifically including racialized exclusions as experienced by the author via her own Italian and Jewish heritage (identities that were racialized in Early Modern England).
LHMP #358 Hendricks 1999 Alliance and Exile: Aphra Behn's Racial Identity
The restoration of Charles II to the English throne brought the return of many royalist supporters from exile – an exile that left psychological marks within the culture they created. Themes of exile and return may have served to create a sense of continuing community that set them apart from those who had remained in England during the interregnum.
This article argues that the writings of Aphra Behn expressed these themes, both explicitly and implicitly, from a gendered perspective, but also in her work Oroonoko using racial passing as a type of exile.
LHMP #357 Andreadis 1999 The Erotics of Female Friendship in Early Modern England
The focus of this article, in Andreadis's words is "a class of women and behaviors described by their contemporaries in ways that coincide with our modern 'lesbian'." There is still much uncertainty within that description as to how these women and their society understood these concepts, and Andreadis's thesis is that as such behaviors begin to be framed in public discourse as transgressive, women who engaged in the same behaviors but wished to be viewed as "respectable" developed a coded language to express sexual feelings in the language of female friendship – a shift that Andreadis labe
LHMP #356 Wayne 1999 The Dearth of the Author
This article pokes at the problem of "anonymous" authorship of early modern works. Given that there were strong social pressures against women writing and publishing publicly under their own names, might it be reasonable to put more weight on the possibility of female authorship for "anonymous" works, especially when the views expressed are sympathetic to women's position?
LHMP #355 Gallagher 1999 Mary Ward's 'Jesuitresses' and the Construction of a Typological Community
This article looks at the women's religious educational communities founded in the early 17th century by Mary Ward, the School of Blessed Mary. As an English woman setting up Catholic institutions during a period when Catholicism was out of favor in England, and as a woman becoming a prominent religious leader in the Catholic Church at a time when women were not encouraged to take leadership positions, the hierarchies of both sides found Mary Ward problematic.
LHMP #354 Gim 1999 Faire Eliza's Chaine
This article looks at the difficulties of viewing Queen Elizabeth as an example of female lives, and the ways in which she was treated as both an anomaly and as the epitome of female accomplishment by her contemporaries and near contemporaries. The article looks at two 17th century texts written by women that used Elizabeth as the focus of arguments in favor of women's education. The author points out that women, more often than men, held up Elizabeth as a model for other women, as opposed to viewing her as an isolated exception, or as being essentially masculine in her accomplishments.
LHMP #353 Frye 1999 Sewing Connections
In the 16th and 17th centuries, needlework was a strongly associated with the category of "woman" as well as being a significant marker of class in how it was created, used, and imitated. The motifs – both on large and small scale – provided a symbolic vocabulary to express multiple layers of meaning and offered a means of expressing identity, community, and subversion, as well as the more obvious symbolism of the designs. Elite embroiderers might have access to professional designers, but printed design books were becoming more general and patterns were shared within communities.
LHMP #352 Robertson 1999 Tracing Women's Connections from a Letter by Elizabeth Ralegh
This paper considers the difficulty of tracing female alliances, due to gender differences in the types of records created and preserved. Women's bonds are less commonly traceable in formal documents than men's. Women's letters provide one source for connections, even though many are written to men. The letter under consideration was written by lady Ralegh after her husband's conviction for treason.


LLC "Promstroy Engineering" develops design and detailed design documentation for the construction (reconstruction, modernization and technical re-equipment) of installations and facilities with their own development, as well as through licensing processes.
Design documentation is developed in strict accordance with the RF Government Decree № 87 dated 16.02.08, "On the part of sections of the design documentation and requirements to their content" to the extent necessary to obtain a positive opinion of the state expertise of the FAA "GlavGosExpertisa" or other state / non-state examination.
Section 2 "Scheme of planning organization of land"
Section 4 "Design and space-planning decisions"
Section 5 "Information on engineering equipment, network engineering and technical support, the list of engineering activities, maintenance of technological solutions"
Subsection 1 "Power supply system"
Subsection 2 "Water supply system"
Subsection 4 "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning, heat networks"
Section 6 "Construction Management Project"
Section 8, "List of environmental protection measures"
Chapter 9 "Fire Safety Measures"
Section 10 "Requirements for safe use of capital construction"
Section 11 "Measures to ensure compliance with the energy efficiency requirements of equipment and buildings and structures metering devices used energy resources"
Section 12.1 "List of civil defence activities, activities for the prevention of emergency situations of natural and technogenic character, measures to combat terrorism"
Section 12.2 "Hazardous industrial facilities Industrial Safety Declaration"
Section 12.4, "Production management, the company and the organization of working conditions of workers and employees"
The list of required for the development of sections can vary depending on the design of the object.
The working documentation is developed in strict accordance with the requirements of GOST R 21.1101-2013 to the extent necessary for the purchase of equipment, materials and products, as well as perform a full range of construction and installation works.
The list of required to the development of sections of the design and detailed design documentation may vary depending on the design of the object.
In the development of the graphical part of the design and detailed design documentation for our design engineers use a three-dimensional surround system design based on AutoCAD Plant 3D and Model Studio CS. This allows to obtain three-dimensional image model of any object, the territory with the issuance of design documentation that meets all modern standards. The technological capabilities of the system, radically changing the approach to design can not only significantly reduce design time, to carry out several projects simultaneously, but at the same time and improve the quality of design and detailed design documents, which greatly reduces the possible future costs and risks of the Customer.


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The Owls signed Fernando Forestieri for an undisclosed fee from Premier League side Watford in August 2015.
The flamboyant forward scooped the Owls' Player of the Year award in his maiden season at Hillsborough and scored 15 goals in 40 appearances.
The Argentine forward continued his form into his second campaign with Wednesday, scoring 12 goals to finish as the club's top goalscorer in consecutive seasons.
Forestieri was a key part of the Owls set-up that has achieved a place in the Championship play-offs two seasons running, in 2015/16 and 2016/17.
The forward was out through injury at the beginning of the 2017/18 campaign, but returned in trademark style in March to finish the season with five goals from 11 games.
Prior to his move to S6, the Argentinian played a significant role in Watford's promotion to the Premier League in 2014/15, featuring 26 times for the Hornets.
He originally signed on loan from Serie A side Udinese ahead of the 2012/13 campaign before penning a permanent contract in January 2013 of that season.
Forestieri built up his experience with loan spells at Siena, Vicenza, Malaga, Empoli and Bari either side of joining Udinese.


We increased pay in 2018 to reflect a rise in the consumer price index and also to ensure that our compensation for health care providers is competitive with that offered in South Florida and nationally. We expect to continue to increase pay in 2019 in key areas for the same reasons. Our goal is to attract the most highly qualified health care providers including nurses and others, and retain the exceptional workforce we require for our hospitals and clinics.
We believe in proper pay scales for top-performing talent. Because we have several sides to our company, we forecast higher contract rate per hour, but it's the benefits that makes the difference. The constant rise, tweaking of services and sudden changes in healthcare, necessitates equal understanding when pay scales do not increase with expectations. Once the conversation turns to healthcare benefits, we are all on the same page.
Jim Angleton, CEO for Aegis FinServ Corp.
Cleveland Clinic Florida attracts the very best caregivers by remaining competitive in the market with our total rewards package. We frequently review our compensation and are committed to remaining competitive in all of the communities we serve. We have historically given cost-of-living increases as well as increased compensation based on performance.
Ocean Bank provides yearly merit increases to team members based on their performance, and where applicable, on meeting target goals. In 2019, we will continue the merit program.
We had minimal cost of living adjustments in 2018. We do not anticipate any in 2019. We are utilizing this year to build a new 50,000-plus square foot facility. All of our efforts are focused on that. We believe that with this new building, we will usher in a time of prosperity for our foundation and the nonprofits that are under our umbrella. We also think that this expansion will create more growth opportunities for our existing employee base.
For T-ROC, 2018 was another year of investment designed to prepare us to be aggressive in 2019 and beyond. Therefore, a significant portion of that investment was to increase wages. Our three core tenants are to: 1) Stay flat and close to the organization, 2) invest in technology, and most importantly, 3) invest in people. Therefore, T-ROC did increase wages and promoted more than 500 members of our team into higher level positions in 2018. We also launched a new bonus plan for corporate staff. We are always evaluating the competitive environment to attract excellent talent and will continue to find ways to be the employer of choice for our new and existing T-ROCers in 2019. If that includes adjustments to wages, we will make that investment!
In 2018, we were able to provide small cost of living adjustments to employees and plan to provide similar adjustments in 2019. As an organization with a staff comprised primarily of women, and an organization that serves girls, the recent report from FIU Metropolitan Center regarding disparity in pay for women is concerning. It is my hope that employers will keep in mind the gender pay gap and the consequences of this gap when making salary and pay increase decisions.
Yes, we increased pay by an average of three percent in 2018 and plan to increase pay in 2019. Three years ago, when I took the helm as CEO, I explained to my Board of Directors that we had to pay more if we wanted to attract the best in the business to help us become a preeminent agency in the area of child welfare. They understood and agreed to help me increase salaries. As the data shows that our efforts are working, it is easier to convince them to allow me to stay on this track for another two years, even if the economy does not look favorable.
Florida College System institutions have two primary sources of revenue: state funding and tuition. The last few years have included nominal increases, and sometime declines, in state funding for the Florida College System. Tuition for Florida College System institutions is capped by law at $82.78 per credit (the cap has been in place for at least eight years). Accordingly, being in a situation where we continue to fall short on the resources necessary to fully serve our students, there was only room for very modest pay increases in 2018, just as in years past. Even still, we have instituted pay for performance plans to drive funding for student support and for modest pay increases based on student success, enrollment, retention, and on operational efficiencies that increase margins.
Yes and yes. The company performed well, and our people deserve to be rewarded for their contribution to that performance.
The most talented employees aren't typically motivated by the pay alone, but rather by knowing they are being treated fairly economically and appreciated for their value so they can focus on the joy of what they do. Wages are increasing, and we'll have to keep pace.
Other than during the late 1980s savings and loan debacle, and then again during the Great Recession in 2008/09, we have increased our employees' compensation and bonus packages every year since incorporating in 1986. In fact, the past few years, we've given two annual bonuses to our employees, which include doubled salary the week of Thanksgiving as well as a very generous bonus at the end of the year.
James "Jimmy" Tate, co-owner and president of TKA-Evolution Apparel and of Tate Capital, and co-founder of Tate Development Corp.
I'm not sure what the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee salary structure will be in 2019.
We have increased pay from 2018 to 2019 as there is currently a labor shortage for qualified professionals in the design and construction industry and we believe it is essential to retain our loyal experienced team to grow within the firm.
Brett Beveridge Recognized on Annual Power Leaders List by South Florida Business... What are CEOs Doing to Attract and Retain Workers?


Manchester Whisky Festival is back again for its 7th year and with a brand new setting this is set to be the best yet.
Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA.
It doesn't take a genius to work out that this is a must for any whisky fan, fanatic or even whisky newcomer. A must-do event as not only will you have the chance to taste the best of homegrown whiskies from all over Scotland, but we will also have a good selection of whiskies from all over the world for your delectation.
Throw in a smattering of tremendous workshops and 'Under the Counter' drams and the fantastic surroundings of The Manchester Town Hall and you have a fantastic day out on the cards.