Recent content by 5001craig

I say don't throw anything out--one man's junk is another man's treasure. I am pretty close too. Would love to look at anything you may want to sell.

For ease, go with sharkbits fittings as they rock! Just don't use compression on hard copper as they leak about 50% of the time. I broke that exact same fitting as the leaker the OP mentioned on my Kinetico. It was about 3 AM and I can't remember exactly what I used but I think it was just a...

I would consider tankless. Installed my first one in my last home (Bosch natural gas whole house model ~ $950) and at the end of my first year, our gas budget monthly payment was reduced by an amount per month that equated to $1000 per yeat. That was replacing an old water heater. Keep in...

What about pellets? I have been heating my home with a pellet burner since 2007. The stove is a Quadrafire (least expensive one they make). I use on an average three tons a year and the pellets are around $185 per ton. My alternative was electric baseboard heat and I am not connected to gas...

So I broke-down the Reed 203.5 that I picked-up on Friday and found a couple issues... The PO(s) had used the top of the slide for a bit of an anvil (really didn't look that bad to me). Because of this, the slide was a bit wider towards the top (mushroomed) than it should have been...

Thank-you Sir! Yep--As much as I thought I would do it, I'm already over the naked look for her. She needs to look purdy. Was already thinking I need to research primer and paint (already read it ten times but now need to take notes). Hit it a bit with a wire wheel when I got home and...

I'm so excited to be making my first post on this AWESOME thread! Thanks to all the Wise Ones for taking the time to post pics and knowledge for people like me. :beer: After studying here on GJ for some time, I found an early Columbian 604 with the curved font on both sides (gave $50 for it...

I put one out in the summer about 50 feet from the house. It attracts and kills so many flying whatevers that I have to use my leaf blower every day or so or it gets so full of fried bugs that it won't work. I say that is good. My unit is old. She says it's tacky too. I agree with JBR--some...