Recent content by Bluevista

Sure you can, just make sure there's at least 4-6 inches of concrete on top of it.

I think those large amounts of new tools are bought wholesale directly from Milwaukee. All you need is a registered business/vendors license/commercial account or know somebody who does and the cash, and buy a minimal amount of pieces/dollar amount . Look at the Milwaukee dealers list on their...

Find a glass place that wants to do it, fixed pane pic window glass replacement is no big deal if the frame isn't rotten, even upgrading to thermopane isn't difficult. That is long and short, or is it vertical?, 33 x 80 sounds more like a door size? On some wood Pella sash the trim around...

I've been hanging drywall since I was 12 years old, over 60 now, and I've found that drywall screwguns are useless for old work/petrified wood, for newer lumber and steel studs fine. You'll want to pitch the thing out the window you'll get so frustrated after about a half a sheet of screwed up...

I ordered a rebuilt power tool from CPO, paid with Paypal. Tool arrived and it was the wrong model, the right one would have never fit in the box. I called them and expected to hear that they would send me another and a return shipping invoice, no big deal...I was mistaken. They said that since...

The old butchers shops predominantly had oak floors and threw sawdust on them to make it less slippery and to absorb blood and stuff. Wood has a natural disinfectant in it to stem bacterial growth, the reason they use butcher block cutting boards and utensils also. I have the tile...

Torpedo levels have their uses but in that short a span they aren't much use for any serious leveling. 40 years in the business and I use one for marking holes for cutting in boxes, that's about it. I have Stanley, Sands, and Johnson brass bound mahogany six vial levels, I could never get used...

Stainless or zinc coated steel is still steel. I've done a lot of car upholstery and they usually use chrome plated screws with a captive washer or screws and finish washers, if you don't see them use anything that works. You can get them at Auveco and other places.

Where do you mark where the studs are on top if you don't do the ceiling first?:) I've been doing drywall for forever and never heard of doing the walls first? I have a titanium neck from it, used your head to hold up the sheet on the ceiling to nail it when I started, you're hanging partner...

A hammer and an old wood chisel, once you split it you can pull long chunks off if the grain is fairly straight and not full of knots.

I set them on the back of the runways with the skinny ends facing each other.

I just got a Bosch Starlock corded oscillating saw and it was made in Hungary. Picked up a Milwaukee small parts organizer and it's made in Israel. It's a small world for everything, I ordered Pizza Hut on the phone today and the order was taken by a guy in India.

The door isn't going down enough because of the uneven floor, looks about 2 inches high in the middle? I've scribed wood garage doors to floors to get them down even or level but I don't know what you do about that other than getting a shorter panel for the door if you can or fixing the floor...

That's a bricklayer's jointer/mortar joint striking tool. It's used to smooth the mortar joints between brick.

I have a ten year old 8500 and the remote button is too sensitive, you breathe on the thing and the door opens. It's the type with three buttons that light up blue when you get near them. Wood frame garage with a steel door and it works from a few houses away. I have a heated garage so no...