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Back in 2005, I put together a detailed drawing of my garage addition plan so I could sell the idea to my wife. Basically once I pointed out the deck that we would add to the house at the same time, and the hot tub we would have on the deck, she was "all in" on the whole addition. So the spa...

A few months ago there was a home explosion in Evansville Indiana. Three people died in the explosion. 5 homes were completely destroyed and many other homes damaged. At the time, every agency imaginable responded. FBI. PHMSA. ATF. DHS. looking for the cause. Last week the state...

My middle kid gave me a 3 pack of bolt action pen kits for Christmas. Well…it’s June and I hadn’t touched them. I had Saturday free so I fired up my metal lathe and cut some brass to replace what would normally be the wood blanks. Using a drill and reamer I got the id to spec where I could...

So, my youngest volunteered to pressure wash our deck as a Fathers' Day gift for me. Yea! I got home last night and he'd made zero progress because our pressure washer wouldn't work. Boo! Normally after you hook up the hose and turn it on, you can get water flow through the wand even...

So....Not an issue...just a story and feel free to post if you have any thoughts on this. Years ago, I put an Aprilaire 400 humidifier on my NG furnace. This is the "water saving" model which I bought after a lot of thought. The way it works is kind of unique. When there is a heat call...

Hey guys....all the snow in the U.S. this week got me remembering back to winter 2003/2004 when we got absolutely hammered in Indiana with a late season snowstorm that dropped over 2-feet of heavy snow. As the inches built up my phone started ringing about 2 in the morning with reports of loss...

Hey guys, I'll post a picture below that kind of shows my problem. I replaced the short-backed, no headrest bucket seats in my 1965 Mustang with '80s era aftermarket recaros. The seats are great. I bought them used and had them reupholstered locally which set me back about 8 hondo. The...

Hey guys, I've got one of those old-school round steel 2 1/2 gallon gas cans. It's become unusable because the 1 3/4" male threaded outlet you attach the spout to has gotten where it will spin in place when I try to tighten down the spout. This keeps me from being able to get the spout...

Hey guys, This little slice of genius is a gauge adapter that lets you screw a pressure gauge (either threaded or via a hose) to one end and the other end will screw into any female 3/8 or 1/4 or 1/8 npt fitting you can access. My buddy has had this one for years and he won’t give it to me...

So, over the weekend I noticed the A/C for the family room over our garage wasn't working. The air handler was blowing constant air. Nothing I could do with the t-stat would shut off the fan. It's one of those Honeywell touch panel thermostats. I could even pull it all the way out of the...

Paid off the loan. It's a bit of a stretch to call this "just a garage build". It was more of a house addition project that included a garage. We added a 3 car 38 X 28 garage with 13 foot ceiling for the lift. There is a 34 X 14 bonus room area over that with a full bath and wet bar. To...

I'll start. Fired off the A/C unit yesterday for the first time this spring. She turns 25 later this summer. I should pour a beer on her. She's old enough to drink it after all. Phil

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200196724_200196724 Hey guys, in my never-ending quest to learn from others' misfortunes and avoid my own...I watched my in-laws in Texas have to abandon their house during the February blackouts there as they had no way to heat their home...

This one took a few months... I was ghosted by 4 different contractors when I wanted to replace the treated lumber steps into my kitchen with something more substantial. All 4 indicated they could handle the job and they'd "Get back to me", then left and never returned a single call or text...

Hey guys, I have a couple dozen 4-foot, 2 tube, T-8 fixtures in my 2006 3 car garage. The florescent tubes started failing and so I went to Lowes and bought GE Type A Led replacement tubes and started in replacing them as they failed (replacing both tubes in each fixture with LED tubes when...

Hey guys, Looks like my Furnace Generator Transfer Switch is going to get here in time to install it this weekend. Best price I found was here at $79.99 https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200196724_200196724 This seems to be the absolute cheapest way to pre-plan hooking a...

Hey guys, So...I know a lot of people are without heat right now, especially those that rely on power and don't have a backup. Curious who all on here has a backup heat source for their house or garage and how's it working for you. I'll start: Backing up my natural gas furnace, boiler and...

Hey guys, I posted a couple of times a while back with questions about the footer for a new porch I was fabricating out of steel tubing and precast concrete slabs. The project moved right along until winter set in in HoosierLand. Fortunately I got it to the point the steps are usable for...

Hey guys....just thought I'd post a little info on this week's project for your amusement. SO...issue is when we bought this 100+ year old farm house I live in 25 years ago (Hell...it was almost new back then!)...the kitchen was so small that we had to bust out an exterior wall and combine the...

So, This is one of those Chi-com Yeswelder Amazon $80 welding helmets. It's been in service for less than a year in my shop and has been used maybe 60 hours. A few weeks ago, it quit darkening (at all) so I sat it outside in the sun figuring, "solar powered" maybe it needs a recharge. That...