Recent content by g8rgrad98

Forgot to mention, the land next to us was in a trust for a 98 year old woman in a nursing home, so I had to deal with her son, who was a lawyer, but I still won :)

I've had the same issue on a prior home. Here in FL, if a neighbor's tree is threatening your property, you have the right to take whatever actions necessary to preserve your property, including tree removal. In my case, we sent several certified letters and several emails, including opinions...

1. Paint my former game room and get it ready for being a playroom/reading room for the Mrs. and the baby 2. Re-tile Entry Porch 3. Re landscape around Driveway 4. Put up more shelving and get the garage clean, for at least a day!:sad: 5. Replace two leaky single pane sets of french doors 6. Gut...

You might want to double check that. I've worked in homeowners and commercial insurance for the past 12 years and on almost every homeowners policy there is a separate "tools" sublimit. Always read your policy. Agents can help, but even they miss things sometimes. I'm by no means a...

I've retiled a good bit of our house and gone through 4 saws myself. The cheapies (sub $100) will definitely break. If you buy new, Home Depot has a $100 Ryobi that is decent as well as a few others around there. They also have a lot of open box/return/refurbs pretty often so you can get a...

I'd also second the used/Craigslist route unless you happen upon one of Home Depot's clearance sales (where you can score Ridgid, etc for dirt cheap sometimes). I have an older Ryobi BT3100 and though I need to give it some TLC in terms of the deck and some accessories, it runs like a champ and...