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Looking for some advice. My home is 20yrs old. Has Pella Proline windows and patio sliders. They are wood with aluminum cladding. My question, while they're a pretty good, ok product, I'm ready to replace the sliders and most of the windows. Some have rot, others leak some. Bedroom windows are...

My experience with water in a lower level is with a split entry house I built in 1996. My builder didn't want to pay for fill, so he dropped the top of block elevation by 14inches. This made my yard the low point. When they back filled they used left over fill sand in one area. Why?? When the...

My house has high density foam over the concrete wall, then, 2 x 4 studded knee wall with bat insulation. Don't remember where the plastic vapor barrier was located, but there is a gap along the block wall. I'm guessing to all moisture to drain down.. Mines is a little drafty, so when my son...

Back in the early 90s I performed calibration checks on our torque wrenches for use at our regional airline maintenance facility. We had the "calibration checker", calibrated every six months. From there I/we checked our torque wrenches. The click type failed all time. Some even new out of the...

When. I put a deck on my home 20yrs ago, the city required sona-tubes. I'm in Minnesota, frost can go as deep as 48 inches deep or more! If no tube was used, they felt the frozen ground would grip the concrete, and could push the footing up causing damage to the structure. Sona-tube created a...

Are you in a region where the ground freezes? If so, the method you described would work. Put a bucket of gravel in the bottom of each hole so moisture doesn't get a chance to contact the treated post. Personally, I m in Minnesota. I dug out approx 12 inches deep, under each footer, filled with...

I've had a 28 year old chest freezer in my garage for the last 16 years. I'm in Minnesota. Gar is insulated also, but don't heat it regularly. Only on the coldest days of winter does it get to 15 or 20 degrees out there. Never had a problem. Yet! The only thing I've noticed, the wife stacks...

I have one of those S-K rachets! Its older than myself (56) and can't remember where I got it from! Its a good ratchet. My others are Craftsman, both round head style, and the traditional. Again, the round head is the best! Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

I bought my home with a 3 stall attached garage when the house was 5yrs old. One outlet in the garage, and 3 bulbs. So I removed the lower sheets of sheetrock to wire in outlets every 6 feet. Found no insulation in the exterior walls. I bought rolls of R?, and unrolled 10 feet, folded it over a...

I second the Harbor Freight line of US General tool boxes. Take a look for yourself, but so far, in my opinion, they are better than Craftsman, or Home Depot/Lowes line of boxes! Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Is it 120vac, 230vac? Either way, if it has a capacitor for starting, I would look into replacing it. A 230vac can have a centrifugal start circuit. There could be broken, worn, or missing parts, or worn contacts. Another is the belt overly tight? Not much to it really! Sent from my SM-G970U...

If its a Lennox furnace, its a common failure to lose the relays. White-Rogers makes a better replacement for less $$$. But you need to have a WR igniter when using their board. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

I was the maintenance tech at large warehouse facility. Responsible for maintaining mostly the equipment, then facilities as able. I did run the fire pump for sprinklers on a monthly preventive maintenance. Right next to the pump, was a 12 inch water main. The ground wiring attached to rod in...

What Garfunkel said! Take your time! It's an easy trick I use frequently at work for those stubborn bearings! Its to the point, if the bearing doesn't move after a couple blows, I grab the cutoff. No messing around! Good luck! Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

We built a bi-fold door for hanger 20 years ago. The frame is 2"x2" -1/8" square tubing. The bottom has its own gusseted frame for support when open. Use two lifting cables that run to motor gearbox for lifting. It is heavy, and has withstood a ef2 tornado so far! Metal studs are on the light...

My oldest sets are Craftsman from 1980 to 1996. A few Snap on in there for specific uses in aviation. My recent tools are mostly Pitsburg socket sets from Harbor Freight. Since my aviation career died in 2003, all my tools are at home. Current field is industrial maintenance, all tools provided...

Im in Minnesota also. Have the same 30foot span sounds like. I purchased 10 foot 2x4's and screwed them to the sides of the trusses centered over that splice joint. Then put down 7/16" osb down the center span. Was already insulated also, just pushed the excess to the sides. I also put in a...

JRC3 hit it right on the head. All the scenarios listed all vary by location in the country. Most of all, your climate. I'm in southern Minn. Radon is a very bad gas to trap in your home. And we have it in this part of the country. Sealing my house the way that's been suggested would be "bad"...

Two plastic gears inside have been possibly stripped. There is a repair kit available. Been 17 years since I had the same thing happen. Kit was $15 and 30 minute job total. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk

Benjamin miller , no water added. I bought a small tub of new mud just for this job. I tried taking pics. Didn't work out. After my initial post I made sure I had paint. Cans dated Oct 2008! Also noted more lifting tape on this wall. Used to be a door with a walled in landing because the lower...