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    Restoring wood trim in 1950s house

    Okay, bought a older house and it has nice trim throughout with 6 inch baseboards. Problem is mainly my attention to detail. Over the years, the trim probably has 6 layers of paint and runs and roughness keeps getting painted over. I've started with one room and it has become a JOB! Looking for...
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    Need advice on fixing a sagging/drooping roofline

    So I bought a fixer upper house. It has a sagging/drooping roofline on an addition. I talked with a neighbor who watched this addition get built in the 1970's and he even told the guy it would sag. So it has been sagging for the past 40 years! Now its my problem and I am needing a new roof...
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    Antique stoves

    So ive got is suppose to be an 1940 Magic Chef gas stove. I hooked it up and the burners work. Dont know how to light pilot light on oven part. But there is an gas smell. Either its just the oven gas seeping from no pilot light or ive got a leak. Anybody have a clue about these kind of stoves...
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    In ground pool electrical work

    So I bought a house, a second northwest Florida home. It has a single garage shop that was half converted into a grow room, which has now been gutted, but their electrical work is a nightmare. :lol_hitti There is a poorly built pole barn with plywood for flooring also. The shop was fed by #6...
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    Going after my A&P license

    So I'm active duty Air Force as a fighter crew chief. I'm currently doing the online schooling with the Air Force to get me qualified to meet with a FAA FSDO for a interview and then be able to test. Has anyone done this before? If so, what study books or material did you read while studying...
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    Kitchen Question....

    So I know this isnt garage related, but most of yall are somewhat carpenters. Would this work for a range hood vent? I want to keep the microwave, but purchase one that has the exhaust vent. My wife wants to route it straight up so I wont have to build a box to hide the exhaust pipe. Also, my...
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