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I have some landscaping projects coming up. I put in a planting bed along our property line about 9 years ago. At the time, I dug out narrow areas to put 3x4 inch landscape Timbers as a border, knowing it would be a temporary solution. Well, the time has come they need to to be replaced. They...

One acre lot in a subdivision, about 3/4 acre of mowable grass. My current set up: Cub cadet riding mower with a 50 inch deck, 25 hp Kohler two cylinder engine, about 10 years old honda self propelled mower with mulching and bagging capabilities, about 20 years old ridgid blower and string...

I’ve got a Bryant 2.5 ton heat pump at my rental house, in central Virginia. It was installed in 2009. The only problem it’s had was related to a faulty condensate line float switch. The switch would make intermittent contact, but basically it opened, which interrupted the control circuit that...

Who remembers the floor jacks that came in 1980s era GM cars? Maybe it was earlier. Maybe it was other brands, but I know it was early to mid 1980s GM because I remember my uncle using it on our 84 Bonneville. It was a scissor jack, but instead of a screw to drive it up and down, it had a...

The unit was just checked 2 weeks ago for the twice yearly check. All good. it’s a 10 year old, 5 ton Rheem, supplied by the builder when the house was built. the last few days we’ve noticed it works fine until mid afternoon, maybe 3 pm. Set point is 75. Inside temp creeps up to 77. Air temp...

I’m getting some trees felled from my yard. The arborist is only going to drop them. I will cut them up for firewood. I still have some on the ground that were felled a few years ago. I ran into trouble moving some of them around so I wouldn’t run my chainsaw into the dirt. I knew about the...

A couple weeks ago, we noticed the house feeling colder than usual, checked the thermostat. It was set to 70, but inside temp was 66. We set to emergency heat (propane, not electric resistance) until we could get it sorted. i found the 3a fuse for the control circuit on the indoor unit open. It...

I just installed a hard truck bed cover on my tundra. Now it’s time to make it really useful. I’d like the ability to carry some common tools with me in an organized way. This will be general handyman type stuff. My biggest need to transport tools is for my rental house. i know about the...

I hung a ceiling fan with a LED panel in our bedroom about 8 years ago. The light started acting funny….it would get dim after being on several minutes and then it started flickering. It was a Hampton Bay…a Home Depot house brand, I think. I decided to replace the whole thing and I found a...

I’ve got it narrowed down to 2 replacement fans. The wiring diagram for one of them confuses me. this is an existing installation. I don’t have the expertise to pull wires through walls which is what I really need to install this. I have a single 14/2 romex feeding this fan im interested in...

Cheap headlight and taillight combo for my bicycle. seems like lower output taillights should have much longer battery life...and it does if it’s flashing. The life is shorter compared to the headlight if they are both on steady. how? Why?

I have an echo consumer grade chain saw I bought from big orange a few years ago, I don’t use it much, but it’s nice to have it ready for storm clean up. The problem is that it leaks. It doesnt seem to matter how I orient it when I set it down. I think it’s the bar and chain oil. It’s certainly...

The rental house heat pump is 15 years old. It was checked over last year. It needed a little refrigerant, but pronounced to be healthy. I know its days must be limited at this point, so I just want to be prepared. it’s a 2 ton Bryant unit servicing a 1620 SF cape cod on a crawlspace in central...

At work, we have two Multicam cnc routers. each is connected via antistatic plastic hose and steel ductwork to a twin bag dust collector. One of them, a wen, has cloth bags on the top, clear plastic bags on the bottom. I understand the plastic bags fill up with the dust. The cloth bags are...

I started a new job about a month ago. It’s in the federal government, but a new entity born out of Covid. We have a few experienced people, but most of us are new to this. We have two Multicam CNC routers. We anticipate using them for acrylic, aluminum, and maybe some hardboard and plywood, but...

Our recent trip to universal studios Florida and the “warning” signs around the velociraptor cages got me wondering about electric fences. how do they work? it seems there is a voltage potential in the fence wires. The other side of the transformer is put into earth ground. If a human or other...

We have a propane powered 22kw generator. we also have a 10kw roof mounted solar array. we have no battery backup. when the utility power goes out, the house goes dark. Some amount of time elapses, maybe 15 seconds. The generator starts. Depending on ambient air temp, the auto transfer switch...

I made the switch to battery powered blower and string trimmer and have found new homes for my old, but still functional 2 stroke Equipment. I used to buy about a gallon per year and mix it and i would use most of it through the summer lawn mowing season. Now I only have a consumer grade echo...

HD has this Legend Force tiller on sale today. Good price for this size and style of tiller. Never heard of this brand. Engine is Legend Force brand. How bad could it be? Would it just be a disposable unit - first time something fails, you just throw it away and start over...

Exterior flood light was mounted with two sheet metal screw going right into the vinyl siding. The romex was run straight out of a larger center hole in the siding, there was no box. The other side is an easily accessible attic space. for now, I’ve removed the light fixture, pulled the wires...