Recent content by rball5

That I'm not sure of - I can't check previous insurance claims until I'm the owner of the property, but I've been told that the only time it's flooded since 2003 was during Ike (and everyone here says Ike was a freakish occurrence).

Yup - I'll be fully insured & ready for the worst... just want to make anything less than that easier to recover from. This house was built in 1895 - it's a survivor. :)

Thanks for the replies all. From what I can tell, Ike was the only recent storm that caused flooding at this house (only in the garage - no water in the house from Ike was a requirement when looking for a house). Maybe I'll drywall leaving a gap between the top & bottom sheets so water can't...

I'm new to costal living (and the threat of a big storm), so I'm not sure what's involved in a storm cleanup. There was no damage other than garage flooding from Ike. I guess I was trying to plan for an identical storm: water in the garage, no surge damage. If I went with plywood & left the...

I'm closing on a house in Galveston at the end of the month. The detached garage flooded during Ike (2008). After the storm, the drywall was removed & never replaced. I've got an idea of what I want the garage to look like when I'm done with it, but it'd be difficult to do with bare studs. I...

I saw a bunch of posts here about evapo-rust & decided to give it a shot. I let these soak overnight, then rinsed in water, wiped with a terry-towel, and coated with marvel mystery oil. There are already a billion posts like this, but I was amazed & felt like sharing some results: Before...

There's some other stuff that I lost pictures of - proto, blackhawk, crescent, and probably a few others I'm forgetting.

lots of pics PICS! :) And thanks for the welcome - I've been a lurker for quite a long time. 1/4" drive Plomb: 1/4" drive Snap-on: Deflection Guage? (Goodell-Pratt Co. Greenfield, Mass. U.S.A.) Wrench marked only with an 'M' (?): Globemaster 11/32" & 5/16" Japan (I couldn't...

Hah! I went to school for electronics - you'd think I would've known that. Thanks :) Most of what's in the box isn't all that exciting. The box came from Galveston & almost everything is pretty rusted. I'll get a few more pics up in just a bit (I took pics of some of the stuff in the box...

I recently cleaned up my garage I found an old toolbox I inherited a few years ago. It was filled with stuff from the 30's & 40's (plomb, snap-on, williams, herbrand, etc). I found something that I've got no idea what it would be used for. Anyone know what it is? There are no markings of any...

weird - I ordered it at $4.98 just before posting... My order still shows 'in process' on their website though. :(

This is back in stock at most locations & available to purchase online for instore pickup... I'll be pickup my set up tomorrow.