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On Monday I attempted to mow my lawn for the first time in 2026. Due the very high grass, I raised the deck to make cutting easier. I ran the mower for about 15 minutes without issues. I heard a loud bang followed by a lot of grinding noises. I thought I might have hit something, but I can't...

I'm looking at purchasing a Swim Spa. It's basically a large hot tub with an extra pump to allow in-place swimming. This is my wife's idea. I originally said no, until I found out it can be used as a hot tub during the colder months. I'm looking for advice on how to wire the unit. The unit...

This is a long shot, but recently I was walking in my yard and came across the part in the picture below. I found it in the grass about 1 week after I used my JD x730 mower with a 60" deck (fixed it). I recently purchased the John Deere, and I'm thinking this might be from the mower. I've...

I have some really old wood trim that I need to strip and refinish. There is both paint and poly on the trim. I've removed the wood and plan to do this in my barn. I also have to do some in-place stripping on the windows. I'm hoping someone can give me an idea of how to protect areas around the...

Hi, I'm posting this without pictures right now. I need to take some good measurements and daytime pictures this weekend. I'll add those as I get them. My problem is with a 40s-50s 2 car garage. The garage is 25'x25'. The inside ceiling height is ~7 ft. It sits on a 4" slab. The slab is not...

I need to do some hot water baseboard plumbing in my basement. I had to cut out a long section of 3/4" copper pipe when I sistered a joist. I need to replace that pipe, and while I'm at it, run another line into my basement so I can get some heat down there. Before I remodeled the basement...

A few years ago I had some work done on my 2nd floor bathroom. The contractor needed to run 2 new dedicated circuits (1-15A, 1-20A) from the first floor to my attic. He then then dropped them down into the bathroom through the ceiling. I knew I was going to be refinishing my attic in the...

I have a bad squirrel/chipmunk problem in my crawlspace. I have an old house that sits on a basement with a partial crawlspace. The original house is 30'X30', but there is an extra 10'x30' section that was added. Half of the section is an old cistern. It's all concrete, and is an extension of...

I live in a late 1800s house. it's a balloon frame building with a hip roof. The roof pitch in 12/12. The attic was sorta finished. There was some weird drywall product from the 50s up there. I recently removed it and found some issues. In a previous thread I asked about repairing a split hip...

I live in an old balloon framed house from the late 1800s. It's a 3 story home with a full attic. It has a hip roof with a 12/12 pitch. The attic was partially finished by someone, probably in the 60s, based on the old wiring and wood paneling. I tore it out in order to insulate and redo the...

My Sister is in Ft Myers. Her house was flooded during hurricane Ian. The water reached the 4ft level inside the house. She's a long way from being able to get anyone into the house to do any work. My Dad is down there helping her clear out the house. I'm probably going to go down and help take...

I'd like to replace my old shop vac with a wall mounted model. I'm looking for something with at least a 30ft hose. 50ft would be ideal. I've looked at a few models online, and the reviews seem to indicate that they are only good for cleaning cars and light cleanup work. I'm looking for...

I'm rewiring my house and barn with CAT6. The barn has a fiber run from the house. All the wire has already been run. I'm finally getting around to hooking everything up. I have 6 drops in the house and 6 in the barn. I have a small communication box in the house, and one in the barn as...

I have 2 - 60"x39" butcher block counter tops that I need to join together to cover a large island area in my garage. I cut the counter tops and put them on the island. One of the counter tops is a bit cupped. It's about 1/8" off at each end with a hump in the middle. The island is 10 ft long...

I think I asked a similar question on someone else's thread a long time ago, so I apologize if this is a duplicate. I'm finally getting to my RustBullet installation this weekend. It's about a year behind schedule. I've prep'd the floor, and I'm waiting for it to dry. My plan is to do the...

I have a 90% Goodman furnace in my garage. It's 2-yrs old. It currently vents through the ceiling. There is no fresh air intake on the current setup. I want to move the furnace to my pole barn and vent out the wall using a concentric vent pipe like the one in the picture. My concern is that...

This isn't garage related, but I've seen a lot of tiling posts on here. I'm looking for some advice on how to properly handle the entire project. I have a late 1800s house. My side entryway was tiled. The tile was in pretty bad shape. There was a lot of cracking. When I pulled up the old tile...

I'm a home brewer. I've been looking to setup a nice exhaust hood in my pole barn so I could brew and pull all the steam/CO out of the building. I was at Lowes yesterday and found this clearance item sitting in a pile of boxes. It was marked down to $50...

I had planned to get my floor done by September, which obviously did not happen. I have a few days off next week, so I'm shooting to get everything done then. I'm using Rust Bullet Concrete. Depending on the temps, I may need to run a heater inside the building. It could get into the 30s here...

I have a 30x40 pole barn. I want gutters added to the building. I also want to add a snow bar because of where I live. I got a $900 quote that just said gutters and snow bars. I took that to mean both sides of the building. Contractor is indicating that the standard for a pole barn is to put...