Recent content by texas123

One of my Norman shutters fell out of my daughters bedroom window. This thing is big and heavy (5'6"). When she opened the shutter, the weight pulled the frame out of the sheetrock. I noticed it was installed with just a few finishing nails, which doesn't seem very sturdy. Can somebody advise me...

I find that treadmills are best stored in the closet so you can hang clothes on them. Also, it looks like you need 28 more bikes.:p Just messing with you. Everytime I move it gives me a chance to throw or give stuff away if I haven't used it in a year or 2. Might be a chance to help someone less...

Thanks, it was a fun project with the kids "helping" sometimes. I did use scrap lumber from the builders around me; that probably only saved $100 in material. I also saved by buying the oops paint and tools from craigslist. Probably 30 hours of work. Foundation $120 2x4's $80 Walls, T1-11 and...

All of mine outside faucets are soft. I learned after washing my car & it actually was dirtier from the disgusting city water in West Houston (well water). You might want to install a carbon block filter while your there. 20"x5.5" big blue is very common. It goes before the softener & makes a...

Roof done. 3 bags of shingles & used every single one, nice! You can see the dip on the rear of the shed from the deoformed 4th roof joist. Almost complete & ready to fill up with ****. Will probably finish it on Friday or Saturday & give my input to anybody new to this type of thing.

A little bit yes. The front blocks are at the lower portion of the grading. So when it rains, the back yard drains right past the front blocks to the side french drains. This probably caused the front to sink from the soft wet ground. I used my floor jack to lift & level it until I install the...

Update on the Harbor Freight Daytona 3 ton jack: Great jack & lifts much higher than most, 23.5". Lifted my "lifted" 4Runner many times over the year or 2 without issues. Just lifted a corner of my 8x8 shed to add stone to level it out better. Great jack for the money, plus I have almost 2 years...

Don't know; probably asphalt shingles, metal roof or whatever I find in the builders dumping ground or on clearance at HD.

Finally had a day off without the family in the house. Risky business.

You could build a storage shed like I did. Collect the lumber from the builders "trash piles" & get paint, tools & other stuff on craigslist. It would only cost a few hundred bucks & be able to support anything. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386711

Paint on walls this morning; 2nd coat after I get full shade in back yard as well as trim paint. I found a store that sells open box & last years model items in Houston. Full of "new" tools, flooring, paint...Picked up a Graco Truecoat DS airless sprayer, 5 gallons of SW Duration (7023) paint &...

Designer Grey? Looks like mine but with more flakes. Mine is a couple of years old & seemed to yellow a little. I just clean it with soap & a stiff push broom and it looks good still. Anyway, Armorpoxy sent me an additional can of top coat (free of charge) & I noticed mine smooth out a little...

Working 13 hour shifts & rain are slowing down progress, but I got some trim work done & got a 5 gallon dark brown Behr paint & 1 gallon of Behr trim paint and a gallon of Kilz primer from the "mistakes" section of HD all for $39 :rocker:. Should get the roof done Tuesday. Edit : Took paint back...

Here's some pictures of both my Lennox evap coils after 3.5 years in the Houston area. Hope this helps. I live in an 18 home cul de sac; half of us had this same issue with Lennox.

First of all, I appreciate the honest helpful feedback... Yeah, I messed up on the fron top plates, but I got the back ones. Good catch. I was overwhelmed by the idea of overhangs on the gables & chickened out after having a mild panic attack. Now, I'm trying to figure out how much paint I'll...