Recent content by 65ranchero

I had a shed at my other house that my buddy and I installed. Shed was pretty much on the ground with PT 4x4 buried halfway into the ground to get it level. Talked me into " marine ply" for the floor, the whole thing rotted out in a few years. Next shed was on a gravel base with a preassembled...

I prefer windows, in 2 walls and added insulated garage doors with upper lites makes for daylight most of the time I don't need interior lighting dur to window locations. When I build my second attached garage, I recycled windows taken out of the house when they were replaced and sold other...

Good Idea, just don't use Brakleen This has been a PSA

Oh, I see that you use all the free Harbor Freight coupons for them.

As I reading through the posts after being away from the computer for 5 days, I recognized that that was an Andersen door and was going to suggest calling them. But I was too late. They are a wonderful company to get warrantee replacement parts, and the help desk is on the top tier of CS. A...

Do what dealer repair shops do, bill 10 or 20% to each bill for "shop supplies" even for air in the tires.

That's what I'm talking about.

I really didn't think there is a low limit to tax deductions. There is also the possibility of donating tools to Habitat for Humanities which may qualify for tax deduction.

I have a few different utility knives and one of my favorites is a found Stanley 10-788 A few years ago a crew was finishing the roof of my garage and one of them must of dropped it in the fall and didn't realize it. I found it on the ground in spring after snow melted. Guy came back finish up...

How was the original tile installed? How big Mastic or modified thinset I think (and I am no expert) that cleaning it up and use what it was install with. mastic maybe use some construction adhesive. Pictures may help.

Yea, don't I know it! after spending close to 75K on mine that's beer money

This is so old school that it has a foam filter that fits over a wire framework cage and over that is a cloth bag that is secured to the motor with a big rubber band, yea the cloth bag has seen better days but it functions and I'm running it till it goes the great vacuum farm. This what it...

I have the same one and I like it a lot. When I had my 2 man crew come in and rock and spackle it was their goto tool, hook it up to my 20gallon old school Craftsman vac from the '70 it rocked. The only thing extra I did was to take and old T shirt and double it up on the exhaust side (because...

What I can't get with the rider, I use a string trimmer or 19" electric push mower which both fit in the back of the Polaris Ranger 900xp

Even for lighting only circuits?