Recent content by jfrey123

I’m not necessarily brand loyal, but do like the convenience of all my tools running off one battery type, so I only buy Ryobi 18v cordless. Started there because of price when I bought my first set of tools, and their lineup is great for a hobby homeowner like myself. I’d buy better quality if...

Thanks for all the replies so far, my wife and I are enjoying all the advice! To address a couple of the questions I saw: -On efficiency: replacement having 80% is due to the ducting. One company offered options for a 90% and a 95%, explaining they’ll need to cut more holes for venting and...

Hi guys. Looked through some of the previous threads to find something similar to my situation, but not finding anything that really addresses what I’m after. We’re replacing a 43 year old single stage furnace. No a/c to worry about. We got three bids, and know who we want to pick. Their bid...

Anyone care to explain how the closers on the HF tool chest work? I’ve got one of the Gen2 26” base cabinets. The upper drawers close with a secure little bump right at the end, but my two bottoms don’t share the feeling. Bottom most drawer is so loose it’ll slide open at random. Tried...

I bought the cart after seeing the hype and cool things folks do with it, along with a very attractive price for what seems like a big cart. I’m just a homeowner who thought it would be cool to fill out this cart with the most common tools for tuneups so I could roll it out to my driveway...

Power tools def cross one into the Glamping category. That said, my Ryobi lights and a sawzall with the pruning blade are super nice to have. We tend to go collect dead fall for nice hot fires, and sawzalls are normally allowed where chainsaws are banned for fire danger.

I’ve been going back and forth on the 26” base chest to replace a very old and beat up HF base from days gone by (before they started making nice chests). Current one has a pair of drawers and a large cabinet space, I feel like drawers would be nicer. I’m sure quality is fine, but does anyone...

Grab a couple extra magnets and screw/epoxy them onto the ends of the tool holder.

Husky 26"top tool chest at home depot Thanks for posting. I got the last one from my local HD. This version of the Husky isn’t even my favorite but for $30 I can deal lol.

The red rubber air hose that they sell separately but also put on the reel. I live in Reno, and less than a year after buying the hose and throwing it up in my garage rafters it had thousands of micro cracks and wouldn’t hold air. I only use it once or twice a month. Replaced the red hose with...

I used to work for ICI/Dulux (before Azko Nobel bought them), in a store mixing before I became a sales rep. My experience has taught me *every* brand has cheap **** and decent midrange stuff. Prep is 90% of the job with any paint. Do good prep and you’ll get ten fold better results. Remove...

$800 might have been a touch high, but the guy was probably factoring his guys to be there a full day (like you thought) and the fact they did it quick becomes irrelevant, IMHO. I’m with the above commenters: you accepted a job for a set price, you should pay set price.

Try an ammonia based window cleaner, spray a few times over and let soak and then apply elbow grease. Shouldn’t hurt the coating of the garage door but should eat and soften the latex paint.

I’ve run mine for well over an hour at a time on multiple occasions trying to speed dry texture jobs. They plain work. No idea what the dimples are.

Thanks guys. Picked one up today and, yeah, noise isn’t bad at all. The YouTube reviews I found must be using pretty basic microphones because they exaggerate the sound pretty bad.