Recent content by Karl1163

In my experience, the radiant heaters work best if you're in line with the heat source - like standing in the sun on a cool day, so put them where they can aim at you. A fan on low, just to circulate the air, would help if you want to move around in more comfort and maybe your tools won't be...

if it's the south side of the house, it might be that the cracks were there before and they open and close with the seasonal temperature and humidity changes? if it were only one room, I'd suspect plaster coming loose from the lath, but not really a whole side of the house. You can check for...

I built a 600 SF addition to my house and also a 12x12 "art workshop" shed with 2x6 studs and R21 batting insulation. I did so on the house because I couldn't get the R value required by code with 2x4 studs and the old-style stronger construction I wanted (solid sheathing, fiber cement siding)...

the deeply imprinted symbol on the mobile jaw is the Japanese numeral for 5 (Go). The others are too hard to really see, but I don't think they are numbers - and they look like they were just scratched vs. the strong imprint, but maybe that's just the lighting. The faint upside down Y-looking...