Search results

The painters removed these off of the house. I'd like to know as much about them as I can. The glass is solid 1 1/4" Dia X 5 3/8", made in USA by PYREX Patent number 170006 - info which is all formed in the glass. The attaching base is solid brass (1 3/4" x 3" x 5/8 H). The cap is 1"H with a...

Hi folks, been a long time since my last post. I'm sure I am not the first one to think of this but I'm looking around for a hitch mounted cargo tray that can double as a table (w folding legs or something like that). Tried searching the net and this forum but no luck. Has anyone seen...

I'm replacing the 100 amp panel in my house and I want to upgrade my panel to 200 amp but the actual 100 amp service from the PoCo will not be upgraded for some time (~ 1 year). Is it OK to have a 200 amp panel running off of a 100 amp service?

Hi all, I like charcoal but also enjoy the convenience of gas bbq's however don't like having to deal with LP tanks. So I put a wanted add on CL for a Natural gas grill and after a few months ended up with this: Before I bought it, I ask the guy about the female fitting for the disconnect...

Hi guys, My walls are standard 8X8X16" concrete block and I have a hole where a window used to be that is 32"wX24"h. I would like to fill-in the hole with new concrete block (three courses). Before just winging it, I'm a little concerned that there is no clearance (vertically) to lay in the...

My home has two "telescoping" posts in the basement holding up the center steel girder of my house. I don't like them as they look pretty temporary to me. When we bought the place 3 years ago the inspector said they were fine but I still want to replace them with lally columns...

By the time it was over all I could do is laugh. Just spent an hour trying to squeeze "fire caulking" in all the holes for wiring and plumbing that pass through floor and ceiling of my addition. This was at the building inspector's request. I never felt so ridiculous climbing up and down...

I'm a homeowner doing my own work. I had two rough inspections yesterday, one electrical, one plumbing. They were my 5th and 6th inspection from the AHJ on this project. This whole time I've been a bit nervous because every time I tell someone I have an inspection they grumble about how...

I've installed several toilets in my lifetime but I'm picky and this issue is bugging me. Seems rough-in directions for toilet supply lines are always showing locations "through the wall" but in reality I see a lot of supplies "through the floor". I'm putting in a new toilet and I want to...

Anybody here install Hardieplank? What's your preferred method of doing the inside corners? I've heard different methods such as using just a single 5/4 x 4"-5" corner board so one side has a more reveal. Another using two corner boards for symmetric reveal or even a single square trim piece...

Sorry for my ignorance, I don't work with concrete and have little experience. I'm pouring a new footing to extend my garage, does anyone know if the truck pictured will be able to turn around and chute the concrete directly into my footing forms? The sales guy at the ready mix plant told...

I have searched older posts on this forum it appears that standard practices for core filling your block wall foundation differ around the country. Does anyone know what standard practices are for core-filling block walls in SE Michigan? Here are my specs: Small 8ftx11ft addition. 10 rows of...

Hi guys, I've lurked here for a while and one of the things I'm learning from the forum is there are certain tools and equipment not "suitable" to be in the garage. I confess I was one of those people living in the dark about the wheel barrel not belonging in the garage, but I'm glad that the...

I thought I might share with the GJ my garage (more like shed) that I inherited when my wife and I bought our house. It once was a single bay 1920's structure but sometime later the left lean-to was added. Despite my mom's pleading to save one of our home's "orginal structures" I can't see...

My first post here and I'm looking for thoughts from those who have smaller size garages (20x20 or smaller) I have an old detached garage 20x17 (width x depth), that is basically falling apart, rotten sills dirt floor, taken over by varmits, the whole nine. I would like to tear it down and...