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My home furnace has been acting up this week. And of course it is -2 outside and my friend who has his own Heating and A/C company is burying his dad today. So I am at the mercy of other "professionals" My furnace is 30 years old and it has never given me any problems. This week the fan stopped...

I have been looking at different radiant flooring systems over the last year and after doing a bunch of research I decided to purchase the RMS7 system made by Radiant made simple. My original plan was to build my own system but because I am working over 80 hours a week I didn't have time. Here...

As a rule I try to do everything myself. However, with my current work schedule being about 80 hours a week I find myself paying professionals to do some work for me. In the last year I have paid 4 professionals to do work for me. A new concrete driveway, a concrete shop pad, a new roof and and...

I just built a 24x20 addition to my pole barn. Its is common pole barn construction with trusses and purlins. The purlins are 24 inches on center and they are covered buy steel sheets. I plan on spray foaming the ceiling. I have planned on spray foaming the ceiling from the beginning because I...

I found a guy selling a Dannmar maxjax 2 post car lift. He is somewhat local so I can pick it up with me trailer. He said the lift has never been used or assembled but it has been sitting for 4 years. He has it priced at $2150. I informed him that I can get a new one delivered with a warranty...

I have a paslode 900420 framing nailer. Normally it works great. I was using it the other day and I noticed it wouldn't power up sometimes (no green light in the handle). I charged up the battery and again it worked fine for a little while and then did the same thing. Tried a different battery...

Anyone one ever build their own pole barn roof trusses? I need some soon but the truss builders are telling me at least 9-12 days to have them built. I am putting an addition on my building and need 5 of them. If I build them I plan on copying what I have because they will have the exact same...

I have a couple of questions about the new concrete I poured about a week and a half ago. The concrete was poured for an addition to my garage. Here are the specs of what I have. 23x20 foot slab, 5.25 inch thick pour. 6 inch gravel base. 3 inches of foam on top of that. It has pex in it as all...