Recent content by bjaspud

The widow next door has asked me to remove the her empty 275 gallon fuel oil tank from her basement. I would need to cut off the supply pipes from the wall and then drag that sucker around a corner and up 8 stair and then straight out the door. Can anyone tell me how ugly a job that really is...

I am planning on adding electrical power to my un-powered 2 car storage garage. The garage is 160 feet from the house. My plan is to rent a trencher and bury pvc pipe between the house and garage. My question is, what gauge and type of wire should I run? I 'think' I'm going to have either...

Guys, thanks for the replies but nobody has addressed my question. I've managed to jumper the 'dead' sensor #2 so that it lights up its green light when aligned with the sensor #1. I have them moved just inches apart to do this test. My dilemma is that even with both lights lit, the door will...

Gentlemen, I could use a bit of help trouble shooting my garage door sensor. The door works fine if I hold the button. When I run it in automatic mode the lights blink and the door wont close. One sensor has it's green light lit. (I think that is the sender? - we'll call is sensor 1) The other...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good model of manual staple gun? The cocking mechanism in my last one broke so I went to home depot today and bought a $20 Dewalt hand stapler. It's going back to the store tommorow. I was not impressed. Does anyone have a stapler that will a) drive the...

I've used a laminate top bench for 20 years. Easy to clean, smooth. It's een a good choice.

Every time I have to get out the weed wacker out I find myself wrestling with 150 foot of loose electrical cords. Can anyone give me any suggestions or pictures showing how I can mount an electrical cord reel in my garage so that I can just grab the end of the cord, unreel it, and walk outside...

We did something similar in our new (to us) last summer. We added an extension to the laundry room by blowing out the garage wall and taking 1/2 of a bay from the two car garage. We then added a new 3 car garage in front of the existing two car garage so that today I have a 3 car garage and a...

Good news - my neighbor loaned me a 3400 psi professional grade power washer and it all came off. It took about an hour but in the end it was all clean. Darn good thing that it worked. The thinner and stripper that i attempted to use didn't even make a dent in the stuff. Luckly it didn't adhere...

So far I've been told Epoxy Paint Thinner and I've been told Muratic Acid. Good idea? Bad idea? Spud

Last night vandals tossed a gallon or two of blue pool paint on my concrete driveway. I have mopped up everything I could with rags. Now I need to find something to remove the bright blue layer of paint. The paint is NOT water soluable. It is very rubberized in texture. Can anyone...

I've been very happy with the scratch and dent sink top with backsplash from Home Depot. The formica holds up well to chemicals and pounding. I screwed a 2 x 2 sheet of stainless to one end to be my 'welding table'. Works good for me. I love that the backsplash keeps hardware from rolling off...

Gentlemen, I LOVE the fact that we've had 22 posts and not a single person has said 'this is a bad' idea' or 'ewww, that's gross' or 'its not environmentally correct'. Glad to see that some practical men still exist in this country! Spud

Well gents - the project was sucess. I bought a nice new sharp finish grade blade for my saw. I put on masking tape and a clamped on a guide and the door turned out great! I think the proper blade was the key. Thanks Spud

Don't I want the exposed side UP so that the blade cuts it first and then the back of the door, the side likely to splinter, will be down not up?? Spud