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I have been retired for over 4 years now and I used to have access to steel to make projects for home. Now I get frustrated going to the hardware stores and not finding what I need. Where do you get your metal from?

It's kind of late now but my house is built with 34 and 36 foot floor trusses, free span one foot on center with 3/4 inch OSB nailed and glued sub flooring. I also have roof 2 X 4 roof trusses on 2 foot centers. There are no load bearing interior walls with freespan trusses. I have a lot of...

I am installing new cable outlet in the wall of my second bedroom. The floor has wall to wall carpeting in it and I have to drill a hole to run a wire from the basement into the wall of the bedroom. Locating where to drill the hole used to be a problem until I found this trick. Locate where...

I used to lose my power because of a crappy electric company.. Almost three years ago I installed a Kohler 20/17 kv generator. It was a big job because my gas meter is on the south side of my house and my electric meter is not on my house but across the drive to my back garage. As the crow...

I have mixed a lot of mortar and concrete in my life, both as a masons laborer and later as a home owner building my own house and garage. A lot of the jobs were the five gallon bucket variety and Using a drill with differs paddle type mixers have given different results. My old 1/2 inch drill...

Has anyone ever heard of or used one of the Air Lift Antifreeze tools to change coolant in their car or truck. While I was in Pa. this summer I talked to my niece's husband who is a Chrysler mechanic and he told me how easy it was to use an Air Lift...

My wife has her dad's 1970's 12 hp wheel horse lawn tractor with mower deck she would like to find a good home. It hasn't been run for several years but it still looks good. Free

Has anyone ever used this stuff and is it worth the trouble and expense?

I replaced my old Water Boss 900 with a newer model of the Water Boss 900. I decided to replace it with the same brand not because I am in love with the Water Boss, I did it because it was the easiest thing to bo. The job went well, chasing a few SCH 40 1 inch fittings didnt. Would you...

I worked in a steel mill for 40 years as a millwright and did a good bit of fabrication and welding. We had a rack full of angle, pipe, flat stock, round sheet metal and plate up to two inches in stock most of the time. If we didn't have it they ordered it so I was spoiled when it comes to...

I have a 32 x 40 block detached garage and it has never been painted. What kind of paint should I use to paint it? I noticed that commercial buildings like Walmart never peel. I know there are epoxies but are there other good choices?

Who makes the best plastic five gallon gas can. I have a couple of the Blitz brand that you see everywhere and they don't have a vent hole and it is aggravating trying to fill up my wife's zero radius mower because it holds ten gallons. You notice, I said my wife's zero radius. The secret to a...

The World's Largest Selection of Body Hardware and Specialty Fastener Any one looking for that hard to find piece of hardware for you automotive project this catalog is a good place to start. http://www.auveco.com/product/index.html

It is a free drawing program and there is a pro version. Looks like a great tool for designing a new garage, pole barn or anything else. I downloaded it but haven't really got started on using it yet. http://www.sketchup.com/download

I have had trouble with my well water stinking for some time. It is only the hot water that smells and I have a taste and odor charcoal filter in my line. I have shocked my well several times and when I do the small in the hot water goes away for a while. With heavy chlorine in the system the...

I built my own house back in the 90s. I have 34 foot floor trusses free spanning my basement and roof trusses on 2 foot centers. The floor trusses are 22 inches high by 36 feet on one foot centers. There are no posts or beams in the basement. I have a long wall perpendicular to the floor...