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My wife always wants our master closet door closed bc she's a woman and she thinks that the closet is unsightly and messy more times than not (since, you know, everyone that comes over always tours the master suite....). I told her that she should always leave that door open bc there is a vent...

A buddy of mine wants me to cut some drain holes in a tractor tire that he uses in his workouts. I decided I would accomplish this by getting a metal hole saw bit (1" or so) and make a bunch of holes with my impact drill. So, the last time I was at Lowe's I went to grab a few, figuring that...

When I moved into my current home seven years ago, the majority of the window screens were being stored under the house instead of on the windows. I don't really ever open my windows throughout the year so I just left them there. So my really stupid question is, do window screens serve a...

I'm gutting our bathroom for a remodel and I was just wondering if there is an easier method to removing tile and cement board from the floor other than sliding a shovel under it and cracking it into a million pieces. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

I'm remodeling my master bath and I'm replacing my ceiling exhaust fan with one that has both fan and heat. My question is whether I should replace both ceiling lights with heater units or just the one. It's a fairly large bathroom, 8"x14", more or less. I like it to be as warm as possible in...

I'm going to start demoing my bathroom tomorrow and I need to take the drywall off of one wall behind the shower. My question is how do I avoid damaging the ceiling drywall when all I need taken down is the wall? Do I just make a cut at the ceiling? Also, when drywall is put up, are the walls...

I went to Lowes' website today looking for a shower part and their home page was advertising a great deal on a combination wrench set. Kobalt 34-piece, SAE and metric, standard and stubby, for only $29.99. I didn't really need any more wrenches but, for that price, I figure I'll just throw...

It boggles my mind that all four of the stores I went to this morning sold ferrules but not the swage tool needed for crimping them...... Even more ignorant is the fact that Home Depot had a swage tool chained to the rack in the aisle for use by the employees but they don't actually sell the...

My buddy was telling me that you should never finish an entire container of paint before opening another one. Instead, you should get 3/4 of the way through it and then pour the next container into the 1/4 that is leftover so that it mixes together and blends well on the painted surface. My...

I was sitting on my porch a week ago, enjoying a rain storm. I then looked up and noticed that the bricks along one side of the porch were damp from the rain and I could tell where the water was running down along the wall. A day or so later, I got up to the roof and noticed that the seal is...

The last few times I've been to Lowe's, I've convinced myself that I need a set of knee pads for no particular job as they seem very useful (plus, I'm not getting any younger). The gel type obviously seems like the best padding but they all seem nice. So, can anyone suggest a pair in the $40...

I have a two-story outbuilding that I need to paint. The problem is that it has some type of stain on it (faded stain, but stain nonetheless). How do I determine what type of stain I'm painting over and how do I paint over whatever it is so that the paint adheres to the wood? Do I prime it...

I want to put an addition on the back of my house that includes a downstairs shop and an upstairs extra bedroom. Do I contact an architect to draw up the plans I want and then hire a contractor to build them? Or can a contractor do his own plans and cut out the need for an architect? If the...

I have a couple of 40-50 ft pine trees (18-24 inch diameter) that are leaning too close for comfort toward my garage. What happens when you drop a tree this big on an asphalt driveway? Can this be done without destroying the driveway? By the way, I think pine trees belong deep in the forest...

I'm replacing the exterior man door on the second floor of my storage building. I have an unstained wooden door waiting to go in. However, I understand next to nothing about the differences between lacquer, stain, varnish, shilac, etc. What exactly do I need to coat the door with in order to...

I was helping a buddy put his truck's 350 back together after he got it back from the machine shop last weekend and I got to use something I've never seen before - his brother-in-law's Snap On digital torque wrench. I must say that thing was cool as hell. It vibrated and beeped whenever it was...

Wind storm last week blew off one of my plastic shutters and snapped most of the fasteners in the process. Since I have to buy new fasteners, paint matching them to the faded shutters isn't going to work so I'm just going to paint all the shutters What is a good spray paint for this...

Just curious how everyone got the knowledge they have. There is a lot of talented and knowledgeable people on GJ with regards to skills (fabrication, woodworking, machining, etc.). I have no idea how old most of you are but I'm 36 and I don't know nearly enough relative to most on this site...

I have two options I'm looking at, adding a shop onto the back of my 2-car garage or putting a free standing shop at the back of my property. I am leaning toward the addition only bc it would allow us to put a very large extra bedroom above the new shop for more space in the house (not to...

....one of those sockets that has a flat head screwdriver end to it. It's like turning your ratchet into a big screwdriver. I need it to fit a 1/2" ratchet. I have some flush screws about an inch wide that need to be taken off and the biggest screwdriver I have is to small. I have one of...