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I have few what I consider heavy weight WWing machines. This 12” jointer is one of them, @ 1000lbs. It makes me nervous making this 2.5 hr drive, but I need jointer for making my window frames. Using 5/4 decking boards which been drying for few months. I’ve already move some smaller machines...

Guys thought I would share what front entrance looks like. Not 100% but to point I can leave it along for while so can work on windows. The side light is actually door that came out 1940’s pharmacy with wavy textured glass. So I think it’s neat, I’ll install them when we get closer to move in...

Guys I’m feeling little optimistic. Looking at our Pantry/ Ultility rm I now have pex lines pressurize. Only leak was a brass to brass fitting that did not apply Teflon tape, easy fix. Next pic is the front door, which there will be side lite with I think is translucent glass, but that be next...

Guys I’m into plumbing stages of my 1000sq ft retirement home. In my Mech Rm/ Pantry Rm starting to try do some of the plumbing along with Pex plumbing. I’m no plumber so I’m having to watch lot of YouTube’s. While watching I notice that some did not run their vents through the roof, neat! They...

The past few days I’ve been working on plumbing and electrical. For plumbing been running Pex through middle of my bldg which is 78’ long including the garage. 3/4 pex I installed a tee’s to allow me to tap on with 1/2 pex for each fixture and continue on with 3/4. What makes me nervous is that...

Guys at my 1000sq ft retirement home, I started pulling wire back to panel. Pull a circuit to each bedroom(2) then branch off to plugs for that particular bedroom. Back at panel I wrote on outer jacket of romex where it went. But once I go to terminate at panel I will be removing that label. To...

While back I had posted questions about what piping to use to get water from meter to house. Some was shock that I had use pvc pipe for my present house, which is over 45 yrs old. Well I use pvc from meter to house, then it will be pex A. I know going to get beat up on this but I ran 3/4 pvc...

Looking at this pic, can see that my house has couple sides that ground slopes down about 3’. My overhang is 3’ wide, which I do plan on having gutters installed. Up to this point I have erosion and just lots weeds growing. What I like to do is smooth out the area filling in with dirt and pack...

Hose Bib or Sillcock for water hoses. I have 2x6 walls which my plumbing is Pex A Looking for suggestions on what to get, something better than what big box stores sell. I really don’t know what difference is between the two other than Sillcock screws to wall or stud. Open for ideas on what to...

Looking for suggestions for best cheap awning windows, yes I know cheap and best don’t play well together. In my shop I will have 12’ ceiling, I like to add some of those awning type windows to mainly let light in. But I also like to open them just to circulate air, which will require me to have...

Cost of new 250 gal tank is 1800.00 plus taxes. At my age I don’t see me getting full benefits of new. In and around my area there are lot used tanks for sale. If you go by looks there are some that does look new and some that might make good bbq pit. I know there is a tag w/#’s but don’t know...

Look what greeted me at gate when came home from working on retirement home. To my never ending questions, I was wondering if I needed to add some kind of water filtration to supply side of tankless? Only on tankless, nothing else, Water to place is city water, but it’s small town. So really...

Guys I was wondering what are my choices for getting water from meter to my house? Normally I would just run either 3/4 or 1” PVC pipe. But where it comes up from ground and into house, want something little more ridgid. So is choice still galvanized pipe to enter home above ground? Looking for...

Finally I can see little progress, so I thought I would share few pics. I was able to string few 3 day trips together. I was able to install back door, which opens/closed perfectly. Installed some 3’ metal and trim for wainscoting. At first I didn’t like color but I think it look good with lap...

Guys I’m sorry for beating y’all to death with my tankless questions, but I can’t afford to make a mistake on something this expensive and all options. At first I didn’t want a circulating pump cause my new place is just 1000sq ft. The bathroom is about 32’ away from tankless so I was thinking...

Using the graph table at Supply House I’ve narrowed my choices down to two Rinnai. 1st is 120,000 but’s and 2rd is 140,000btu’s which there is about 2-300.00 different. Looking at their chart with my location being in Texas is saying ground water temp is 62-75* and desirable water temp 120* And...

Guys and gals I’m doing little trim work on home/ garage. Be starting on garage trimming out the roll up door and side entrance. My plan for side entrance be 1x4 casing with 1x6 frieze (?) at top. Rollup door 1x6 casing with 1x6 Frieze at top but add header cap. Just little change to make it...

Guys finally able to secure my shop from honest thief’s but if someone really wanted to take something they could. I been working on lot of miscellaneous projects, none worthy of posting. But for last few weeks I been making trips with my trailer loaded. This load is probably heaviest so far...

Guys I’m not up to date on what the Latest & Greatest is when it comes to storage of these items. Guessing the individual metal boxes is in past and plastic is taking over. Being somewhat I guess old school shopping at Sears in 70’s I would buy socket set which be metal containers. Now days...

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