Agreed - they were very good to me when a wind storm caused severe damage to our roof. A friend of mine told me to raise my deductible from $1000 to $2500 - his logic was that we should have that money banked in a few years from the lower premiums, and it was not worth filing a claim less than that anyway.
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- Rob R.
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Erie’s idea of good business is taking care of their customers. If a person does not try to misuse or abuse the insurance system, then when an event happens causing damage, they do take care of their clients.
My wife is an independent agent with numerous companies. We use Erie because of their prices, coverage, and their reputation.
Two years ago a storm ripped through our village with lots of big hail damage. You wouldn’t believe the millions of dollars Erie alone covered in our village alone. Many homes got full replacement of even non-damaged siding, windows, roofs, and auto. It was amazing. I have nothing to do with the business and even I was amazed. You wouldn’t believe the calls from people using other companies complaining about things not being covered and switched giving my wife the business just based on word of mouth of others after the storm. Erie gained a lot of knee clients because they went above and beyond. Of course, that kind of service starts with a good claims adjuster...who anyone with any company should get to know. Our glckaims adjuster was really good to folks in our village through two different agents...one who used to live here, but lives a hundred miles away. People know this agent was raised here and kept their business with him when he moved away. The adjuster still took care of the clients.
My wife is an independent agent with numerous companies. We use Erie because of their prices, coverage, and their reputation.
Two years ago a storm ripped through our village with lots of big hail damage. You wouldn’t believe the millions of dollars Erie alone covered in our village alone. Many homes got full replacement of even non-damaged siding, windows, roofs, and auto. It was amazing. I have nothing to do with the business and even I was amazed. You wouldn’t believe the calls from people using other companies complaining about things not being covered and switched giving my wife the business just based on word of mouth of others after the storm. Erie gained a lot of knee clients because they went above and beyond. Of course, that kind of service starts with a good claims adjuster...who anyone with any company should get to know. Our glckaims adjuster was really good to folks in our village through two different agents...one who used to live here, but lives a hundred miles away. People know this agent was raised here and kept their business with him when he moved away. The adjuster still took care of the clients.
- johnjoseph
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- mntbugy
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Time to give your sweet corn a dose of corn starch.
Sprinkle on loose ground and water in.
Or mix in a watering can.
Do again when tassels are starting to form.
Watch it grow. Might need an axe to cut stalks down in the fall.
Sprinkle on loose ground and water in.
Or mix in a watering can.
Do again when tassels are starting to form.
Watch it grow. Might need an axe to cut stalks down in the fall.
- Dallas
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The old farm houses had a closed in stairway to the second floor. My house, built in 1884 had the stairway closed, with a door at the bottom. When I was remodeling, I opened up the stairway.
But, after concentrating on heating (with coal), I felt that, I was probably losing a lot of heat to the upstairs, via the stairway. My attempt to prevent heat from escaping from the living floor ceiling, up the open stairway, was to install some "cordless cellular shades" on the stairway. While, they don't prevent all transfer of heat and cold, I do think, they help quite a bit. After, I've come down stairs for the day, I pull them down, as permitted. ?? "Food for thought"
But, after concentrating on heating (with coal), I felt that, I was probably losing a lot of heat to the upstairs, via the stairway. My attempt to prevent heat from escaping from the living floor ceiling, up the open stairway, was to install some "cordless cellular shades" on the stairway. While, they don't prevent all transfer of heat and cold, I do think, they help quite a bit. After, I've come down stairs for the day, I pull them down, as permitted. ?? "Food for thought"
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- Rob R.
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Have not seen much of you in the last few years. welcome back.Dallas wrote: ↑Fri. Dec. 11, 2020 11:10 amThe old farm houses had a closed in stairway to the second floor. My house, built in 1884 had the stairway closed, with a door at the bottom. When I was remodeling, I opened up the stairway.
But, after concentrating on heating (with coal), I felt that, I was probably losing a lot of heat to the upstairs, via the stairway. My attempt to prevent heat from escaping from the living floor ceiling, up the open stairway, was to install some "cordless cellular shades" on the stairway. While, they don't prevent all transfer of heat and cold, I do think, they help quite a bit. After, I've come down stairs for the day, I pull them down, as permitted. ?? "Food for thought"
- freetown fred
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What ever works D--interesting but, don't look all that bad either.