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Was out there yesterday after they had bolted down the boards around the perimeter of the house. The two pipes for the hot water heater come up right in the middle of the doorway leading out to the attached garage. Guess the plumber goofed. Guess some concrete is getting torn out.... It's...

Heard today that the lumber my father in law dropped off Wednesday was gone when the guys showed up to work on the house this morning. Slab should be poured on Wednesday. This was just a small load to make some forms around the back porch I think. Nearest neighbor has their view blocked by...

They got the stem wall built last week. We were expecting it to take them a few days but they must have had the whole company out there working and were done by 10am. That's three hours to lay 1000 blocks. Good stuff Wednesday, 5 loads of fill were spread out inside with the tractor and...

I mean is there a certain AC unit that's the best bang for the buck, or a certain level of insulation, energy star appliances, CFL lightbulbs? What's the best choices to make in each category? Best place to find tax rebates for an owner/builder?

So my father in law stopped by work today after being out at my house under construction. (Owner builder but he's the expert and an electrician) I told him I'd just heard from the electric company who had been out inspecting the site and had some questions. They had advised me that it would...

On my FJ40, I had to remove an engine mount the PO made so I could attach a bracket for a power steering pump on my chevy 283. One of the 2 bolts holding the mount to the frame I had to cut off because I couldn't get the nut off from inside the frame. The bolt head had been trimmed because...

Probably gonna have a lot over the next few years. Gonna be building a house very soon. Got my permit for the house and 24x30 detached garage Monday afternoon. My father-in-law is a retired electrician and his brothers are contractors or have spent their lives in construction. Me, I've got...

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00911594000P?adCell=A3 Is 18mph fast for an RC car? I figure this thing has to be kinda big to haul around the battery pack. And an hour run time is great AFAIK.

Is that right? I called the company responsible for the city water where we're gonna be building a house and that's the number they told me. I had no freakin clue it would be that high? Is that reasonable? The closest house is about 5 lots down the street on the other side of the road and I...

Doing brakes on my brothers 99 Land Cruiser and need a scale to properly set the bearing preload? Not sure I've ever seen one in an auto parts store. Would they have one or is this something you're supposed to get at the local bait shack? I didn't bother when I did the front brakes on my FJ40...

Says there isn't a name anywhere on it. Is it specialized for something or could it work just fine in a shop? :beer:

http://dudleys.pho.to/albums/march_20_estate_auction/photo13201.htm The local auction house seems to have some good stuff once in a while. They put up lots of the pictures a couple days in advance but they either start too early (when I'm at work) or the one time I made it to one they hadn't...

Besides home depot and lowes? We getting started in the process of building the house and I've been reading up on window design. I wanted to look up prices between the different effeciency windows but can't find anyplace online that is good. Lowes and Home depot try to break down their...

I was thinking one of the gearwrench ratcheting screwdriver sets or one of the their vortex sets. http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00944013000P?vName=Tools&cName=Hand+Tools%2C+General+Purpose&sName=Screwdrivers&filter=Brand%7CGearWrench Is this set more useful than one of their...

I knew my FJ40 needed new brake hoses so I picked up the metric set at sears the other day and worked on em Thursday and today. Any fitting that was very tight was just rounded right off. Then busted out the vise grips to take em off. The wrenches worked fine putting the new hoses on...

Just went out and walked around the lot. The detached garage we'll be building can go either direction, with either the wide or short side towards the house. It'll be probably 100' behind the back of the house at the rear of the property. The builder is suggesting I put the garage door facing...

Gonna be meeting with the guy tomorrow to draw up our house plans and my detached garage. Expected it to be 24x30. Seems like 12' ceilings give the best chance of fitting any type of lift in the future just want to be able to argue my point. I'm 6' and currently have a 76' FJ40 that I'll want...

Background. I'm 27, been married a year and we've just signed a contract on a lot to build our first house on. The lot is 87'x300'. My wifes parents and the whole rest of her family are in one form of construction or another and her folks are financing the house for us. Our initial...

I saw there is gonna be a big auction this weekend and noticed this compressor on their website. Can anyone ID it and would it have anything (CFM) over my standard 33 gal upright craftsman? http://www.dudleysauction.com/1-12%20Onsite%20Auction/DSC_4693.JPG

Sounds a lot like amazons plan but without the amazon variety of products. Wonder if there is a weight limit though. I passed on a great deal on a table saw that was only available online because the shipping was as much as the saw.