Home Improvement

Since I started working on my Dodge Dart about 4 years ago, the Pumpkin lost it's home and had been stored outside. For three years the Mustang was stored outside under a cover. Since the Dart has been finished, I moved the Mustang back into the garage, but we needed more room to store vehicles so I could work on new projects in the attached garage. To fulfill our needs we're building a 30x40 garage in the backyard for storage only, not as a shop. We broke ground on the project today getting the pad cleared of all the oleanders, piles of rock, sand, etc. Now we're just waiting on the county for our permits. :thumbsup: Unfortunately, unlike Jeff, I won't be doing any of the construction on this garage as I'm woodworking challenged;) We...

We've been getting some good rain, and, I've been watering , flood and spray, every other day regardless of rain or shine. I stirred cow manure, Dr earths organic fertilizer and happy frog potting soil onto my beds early spring. Started some seeds in February under led lights. Moby grape, and, porterhouse tomato, Sweet jalapenos, Sheppard sweet peppers, giant red bell. Pictures now Porterhouse tomatoes are about 6' tall, Moby grapes are about 10' tall . String trellised, suckers get pruned. The Sheppard peppers are over 12" long. Good times here. Anybody else gardening?

Edited below First, I have to say I do not work for this company in any way, but I have just recieved some great customer sevice, for the second time, From Eemax, inc. This household water heater is the shiznit, I can't begin to express my satisfaction. For those who aren't familiar, this kind of water heater has no tank, and heats water on demand instantly. It's size will fool you, 12" x12" x3" deep. Since it heats only the water as you use it, and doesn't store (maintain) hot water, the electric savings are huge! My house is all electric, and I have noticed a 40.00 per month difference in my bill. This is after using the product for about 20 months now. I used to stay in the shower until it started getting cold, but now we NEVER run...

Here's some pictures of the work and progress with my house. It's been a long slow journey, I feel like an army of one when I need help the most. The cast iron sewer pipes are just about rotted through so that will be urgent soon.

Hi, About two years ago we decided to get a new roof put in, as the previous roof was pretty old and had several tiles broken, while it wasn’t leaking we decided to take a preventative measure and just get it done. We own a detached house with straight pitch roof towards back and front of the house, the roof is a modern dry ridge ridge roof with a membrane. About a year later, our roof started leaking around the ridge side where the chimneys were. we took some photos called the roofer and got him to come and have a look, he looked at it, sent a message a couple days later that after inspection there was nothing wrong with it. And its wasnt the roof fault. We spent a few months trying him to return our calls with no result, eventually...

I know this is off topic, so mod...please put it where it needs to go. Anyway, I re-epoxy'd my garage floor with a more expensive two-part epoxy paint...looks great! The previous floor covering was a one-part cheapo applied in the summer and in the winter my wet tires parked overnight caused the paint to pull off when I backed out the next day. In both cases I did a massive job of prepping the floor before applying the paint. So, being a bit gun shy, I'm looking for some kind of mat that I can place under each tire to contain water...keep it from getting under the tire. I've been told this new epoxy should be ok, but I'm wanting to be extra cautious. Any suggestions on what to use? Most of the auto parts stores don't seem to have...

The hardwood floor in our bedroom suffered some water damage recently so I decided to repair it. I thought I'd post up the process here for anyone else that might have to go through it. My wife, daughter and I installed the flooring in our house a couple of years ago. The flooring is Armstrong Bruce pre-finished, 3/8" thick engineered hardwood. The tools needed for the job are as follows: Circular Saw Flooring Nailer Brad Nailer Hammer Pry Bar Chisels Visegrips or Pliers Flooring repair color sticks. Miter Saw, Table Saw or Radial Arm saw Router Table Masking Tape First, here's a picture of the damage. We had a leaky humidifier that messed up a bunch of boards. I began by marking all the boards that I needed to replace. To...

I have a 580 sq ft deck that needs a stain in the worst kind of way. I'm not sure its ever been protected since it was built (2006). I wanted to do it last year after we bought the house.. but you know how that goes. Anyway, I want to get it going before its too late. So I swung by the Home Depot and got some Behr 2-in-1 Wood Prep. It removes mold, mildew, algae, and fungus. My deck isn't too close to any water or trees, so its in pretty good shape aside from UV damage. So, Home Depot only have Behr stain (well, Thompsons Water Seal but that doesn't count). Does anyone have any experience with it? My plan is to shoot it on with the airless and go behind it with a painting pad. What do I need to plan for? The can said a...

Hello all, I have a pretty typical 4 panel sectional overhead garage door. The motor pulls from the center, the spring is a torsion type, there is one track on each side, and 5 rollers on each side. Maybe 3 or so months ago the rollers started eating themselves. I didn't notice any changes in the door set up, so I replaced the rollers (standard type). Now again the #1 (not the bottom, the next one up) and the #2 rollers have been destroyed. It looks like the tracks are twisting. The puzzling thing is this door is 25-30 years old, and I have replaced rollers over the years (I have lived in this house for 7 years). The springs and operator motor have been replaced. The culprits in my mind are the tracks or the hinges themselves. How...

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I like milkshakes! In the late 1940's early 1950's my grandfather drove a truck by day and ran Smitty's tavern in Talmage, Nebraska at night. Between the 2 jobs he brought in 125- 130 dollars per month which made the 25.00 per month refrigerator payment easier to swallow. In those days refrigerators cost more than rent. Part of Smitty's tavern was this milkshake mixer made by Gilchrist. Going out on a limb Smitty sold more beer than milkshakes with his burgers. It was used until 1955 then stuck in storage. The cord was old cloth wrapped stuff with cracking noises inside every time you moved it so I wanted to replace it. The problem is this design. Raymond Gilchrist had a unique mechanism for sure, however when he took...

I have been looking at property in Northern Arizona lately and it got me thinking if I do go for it, I should design my own building. I have been messing around with a old drafting program (Visio) designing my ultimate man cave / shop / house. It will all fit inside a 60x80 building. I have two versions so far. I really like what I came up with for the master suite. The walls dividing the sleeping area from the changing/bathing/pooping area would not go all the way to the ceiling to keep it more open. The doors into the living space from both bedrooms would be hanging sliding doors, as big as would fit. The 2nd room would probably end up with a shower and no tub, since no one uses tubs anyways. I would also put a spa outside on...

I have owned a pool table for about 6 years now and have never had it set up in my own place. I got it when I was living in a 1 bd apt, but couldn't pass up the deal (from my step sister and her husband), so it went in the garage for a couple of years. Then my friend asked if he could use it until I had a place to put it, so of course I said, yes. It had been at his house for the last 4 years until today. New felt and new bumpers so it feels like a brand new table. Cost almost as much as I paid for the table too... Here is what the room looked like before. Here is now, with a few progress pics. The rest of the furniture moved to the next room. I still need a rug.

I have limited electrical knowledge and I’m trying to help get info for a friend. She has a stacked washer dryer unit that she wants to replace her old separate washer and dryer with. The existing dryer plug is three prong 220. The stackable has four prong. How can we tell if it would be as simple as switching the plug receptacle box to four prong? Or would need to have new wire run from the panel? Somebody told me it depends if the old wiring is single phase or three phase? Here’s the new dryer’s plug and info sticker. Can anyone tell just from this?

The wife and I need a new shower head for the master bath. Not looking to spend a fortune, but we want something nice that'll last. Requirements: -Must have a hand-held... whether it's a 'hanging' hand-held or a head with a diverter and separate hand-held, it doesn't matter... just has to have a hand-held. -Most have a relatively coarse spray available. We both tend to like a coarse spray pattern. I can't remember the last time either of us changed to a massager setting or the slow trickle spray... -Cannot be gold/brass/bronze. Nickel, brushed, chrome, silver or white work. -No fins sprays... the ones with like needle-streams of water hurt (and tickle the scalp for those of us folicularly-challenged folks) Lowes and Home...