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Have an existing deck and looking at replacing it. It's about 20 years old. All the treads are 42" wide but the way the railings are done the upper width, railing to railing is about 36 and the lower section is about 30. The reason is the railing for the top section on one side is not on the...

Planning to remove several trees up to about 8" and wondering if I should dig around them and pull them over to get the stumps out or grind the stumps. Haven't used a stump grinder so don't know how much time/effort they take. I have some blocks and 1/2" cable to pull them over but nothing big...

Looking at doing some updates of deck and have always wondered how drainage at the ledger board is properly done. Seems like it would always trap water where decking is parallel to house. In my case the deck has house walls on both ends so it can't drain out the ends either. I did this quick...

Have a simple beam type but only goes to 150. Don't find that style in searching. The dual beam are reliable from what I have read and have an obvious snap when torque is reached (at least some of them from what I have read). Whats a good reliable low cost option? Had checked Autozone loan a...

Never heard of this before but google AI told me so... I see someone covered this last here so will just link that here. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/today-is-national-worship-of-tools-day.544347/

Have some areas being overtaken by these. Think some was carried in on mowers we have had although we have been doing our own mowing mostly. Glosphate or other chemicals are said to work but take several rounds. Leaning toward marking the areas while they are still obvious (especially the...

Looking for a conical spring washer about 1/4" ID. I know I can order it from McMaster Carr but shipping gets ridiculous for 1 part and I don't need anything else at the moment. I did a google search and didn't find much local.

Have some small screws holding the glass in a wood stove door. Takes a 1/8" allen wrench. But am stripping out the sockets trying to get them loose. They have been in 20 years. They don't look eaten away by flame or rusted. I tapped on the bolts with a small punch in the socket. Put some...

Needing to replace an LB (bottom broke due to lack of expansion joint to buried conduit installed before I knew better...) and don't have good access so figure an internal cutter is the way to go. But it's 3/4" and thinking it may be too small for most of the cutters I see. This one from...

The guy that did the epoxy floor suggested a squeegee for dealing with water. Floor has a significant slope and snow brought in on vehicles is about the only time it's an issue. I knocked off the snow from wheel wells, etc and got a little water on the floor and now have dried spots of dirt...

Got about 4" a few days ago and the walk behind blower did fine. It's a 24" craftsman with 6 forward gears - 1 is super slow and 6 a not very fast walk. It did ok in 3rd gear on the 4" stuff. We got about 1.5-2" today - moderate weight - not super fluffy but not super heavy. Temp was right...

Don't need super accuracy so looking at this: https://www.harborfreight.com/121-infrared-laser-thermometer-63985.html Anyone have any experience with it? I could spend more if it's not going to last very long.

Have had a Porter Cable set since 2012. Had to get replacement nicad batteries once. No longer available even from second sources (off brand) and those are not NiCd. Some claim to work with the old charger but that's not good so time for a new. I see some sets for about $200 on sale -...

Have a couple kayak lifts. They work ok but the rope to the wall takes up wall space. Wondering what I might do instead... They are very similar to this - just a couple added straps to go under the kayaks. https://www.harborfreight.com/bicycle-lift-95803.html

Not garage but figured I might get some good suggestions here. Have a somewhat small room with a large **** light with 3 bulbs. Put in 100W equivalent LED bulbs and still not great light. Wife likes the ceiling hugging style and open to slightly different shape but ok with what is there...

Was spray painting some cabinets a couple days ago and got caught by a rain sprinkle so moved them inside. Didn't realize there was some wet paint on a bottom edge and saw it when I moved them to finish painting. Paint is still fairly soft. Will try a stiff brush (not wire) but if that...

Some major street intersection work going on near my house and wondering what these are used for. The large steel rods are 1-1/4" x 18" dia per the tag. Figured someone here would know...

Putting some wood cabinets on the foundation stub wall and building a lumber frame under them to the sloped floor. I had something similar but just making it look better. I had put a layer of asphalt shingle on the foundation wall and set the cabinet on that to isolate it from any moisture...

Want something that won't deteriorate when exposed to some water. PVC would be good but it has a lot of expansion with changes in temp. Garage is heated to about 50F in winter and gets to about 90F in summer. Any other materials I should be looking at? It's mostly just to cover the bottom of...

Have a closed loop hydronic floor heat system that has been in service for about 20 years with no issues. Gets heat through a heat exchanger from a gas water heater. Pressure was about 10 psi. When I went to start it up I saw it was 5 psi. Ran it for a bit and now see zero. Thinking the...