Recent content by Denwad

here's an anecdote Our house in San Tan Valley AZ struggled with A/C bills. In July of 2020 the bill was 550$. Old 5 ton A/C unit. At the beginning of last year I dumped a pallet of insulation into the attic , that cut the bill approximately 200$. The catch here is i don't think the...

I'm glad you explained why you went with rockwool! I was thinking while reading your last post "I wonder why he chose rockwool", and now i know! killer thread! love it!

its from the 'wildfire' concerns

cant use a tool that causes sparks because of fire danger. i can't even shoot surplus steel jacketed ammunition out of my Mosin-Nagant carbine most of the time during my time in the Army we fired .50 caliber machine guns for qualification and set the mountain on fire 5 or 6 times, and that was...

My plan is to tape up the flex duct work with aluminized tape, i'm gonna have to patch it inside somehow and then button it all up. the evap box is leaking a bit and will need some mastic. I'm gonna pad the connectors for the trusses so that doesn't happen anymore. The eaves are all solid, no...

My electricity bill last month was 550$, which cannot stand. I know the 14 year old condenser outside isn't helping, but this is ridiculous. So I crawled into the attic to see whats going on with my duct work, the master bedroom closet and bathroom vents don't blow any air, and I feel like the...

Working on my wife's Ford flex had me battling many hex holding fasteners. And on the passengers side i forgot to tighten the nut that holds the strut to the strut mount, and didn't realize it until after it was knocking up and down 1/2" during the test drive. I was able to rectify this...

Has anyone thought about Ethernet over Power ? Something like this

I see some really good ideas I'm probably going to copy the paint can shelf, and the pull up bar! What size iron pipe is that, and how is it holding up? I wonder if 240lbs is too much for those threads.

where would you guys recommend I buy windows from? I did some additonal digging around in the attic, where my eaves are there is no cellulose insulation just a batt of fiberglass shoved in there it looks like an alarm company moved a bunch of those batts up there out of the way to run their...

can you recommend a decent one? Will SRP send a quality contractor or a hack? I mean, I already know i need a ton of insulation in the attic and the sprayfoam won't be that expensive and seems like a nobrainer. Yes the windows are straight garbage, but will replacing them do that much of a...

I have a question about insulation. I bought this house in May of this year, its a 1700 sq ft 1 story with vaulted ceilings. imagine my surprise when my power bill was nearly 500 dollars for July, when at our previous rental house, the worst it got was 300 dollars in July , and this was a 1980...

Just checked in after not seeing this thread for quite a long time wow!

i have a whole raft of HF tools that have never failed me during DIY repairs for years.

I have this one https://www.harborfreight.com/33-oz-lvlp-general-purpose-air-spray-gun-60612.html you can have it for the cost of shipping,i used it once and its been sitting the in the garage for like 6 years