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My first house had a 30 gallon heater. With two of us, we never ran out. Fast forward to present, in a different house that has a 50. I'm waiting for the day when it springs a leak or the elements go, and I'll put another 30 in. My wife uses way more water than me to shower with her long hair...

I thought one of the sets I saw was dimmable too! And there are models that have the top half shielded so the light goes down, not straight out.

I will be assembling everything piece by piece and the back side will remain open. Larry, I've seen those type on Amazon, would be easy. I just don't know how much light they would give. I was hoping for these stair lights to provide all the stair would need. I could easily install 2 in each...

Going to put in new stair stringers, risers and treads going into the basement. Thought it would be both safer and looks to have a LED strip under the 1" overhang of each tread. Never messed with these before, so how would you install a strip (10 treads) wire them together? There is a single...

I'm waiting for the temps to go down, and I'll be back in the woods. 90 degree weather just aint chainsaw friendly. Plus a frost or two would help kill off some ticks/chiggers, etc.

I use a wood stove all winter to supplement the heat pump. I burn about 3 cords per year and it usually runs 24/7 once the cold sets in. I cut split and stack all my wood. Stove is in the basement and I use a wheel barrow and wheel it right next to the stove. Usually one a day. I use whatever...

Most times they used either a flat metal tee shaped anchor where the short section locked into the frame and the long leg was laid in the coursing. Other times just a wire type tie. Usually placed at the three hinge areas up the jamb, both sides.

Used to be a standard note on commercial buildings. I bet they do it anymore.

It's a portable. It runs on gasoline. I don't put a lot in the tank and run it at least once a month. I shut off the fuel to the carb and let it run dry. Nothing wrong with running propane, no worries of it going stale. The max wattage is a little lower with propane but just add up your wattage...

I had the house siding replaced earlier this year with vinyl. Window and corners are easily handled with the standard trim. The contractor included wrapping the door frames with color matched vinyl covered coil stock, and there were some areas that required some special transitions to cover. The...

By your reasoning, why wouldn't the same apply to roof sheathing? Shouldn't it be run "vertical" ?

Brass plug.

When I hooked up with my wife, she had this house and the hot water stunk. Relatively new heater too but well water. So I had some 2" copper and fittings so I rigged up a standpipe on the supply line where I could valve off this 2" pipe and fill it with bleach, then cap it and let it into the...

What is the black stuff? Dust, hard material, or? Try to vacuum it out, or dig into the cut with a screw driver to see what it is.

I looked into metal siding quite a bit, most of the major manufacturers have their own standard details and trim pieces for just about every condition. But sometimes things always "standard", that's when flat stock colored metal, a brake, and a good mechanic makes problems go away.