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A buddy of mine just bought a house on 50 acres, 3 barns, ponds, beautiful place. He is moving in this week (His wife works from Home) on an internet search of best internet services at their address and zip code, she called all 5 service providers and no one is offering service at their...

I am going to have my stone guys build 2 stone posts at my driveway entrance, these will be 6' tall, using light weight block and stone veneer, I have a 2' square hole dug out, wondering how deep I need to be? probably will drive some rebar in my holes. (They will match the ones on my porch)

To add to the threads about "Asphalt Driveways" I had mine done this week, they ended up using 60 tons of asphalt, I had approx. 4800 sq ft, I think it turned out good.

Im finally getting around to posting some pics of the property I bought and cleared, built a barn, tore down the old farm house and finally, almost finished with the house, still working on grading , seeding, landscaping ect https://www.flickr.com/photos/169680903@N04/albums/72157677750169727...

Anyone hang a flat screen above a wood burning fireplace?? any issues with heat/smoke? How big of a mantle?

We are going to build a new house in the spring, looking for lighting suggestions/ ideas, LED's/ recess I have not wired a house in about 12 years or so, not sure what the latest/greatest is-out there. I am going to try and go as energy efficient as I can afford, not a real big house-2000 sq ft...

I put a screen door up on my pole barn man door, next I would like to put a gable awning above my man door but I am not 100% sure of the best way to do any flashing into the metal siding without any leaks?? what would be the best way to go about this?? Thanks (Not sure why my pics turn out...

Has anyone used these yet?? It is an LED 100 watt lamp that replaces a 400w MH lamp, bypass or take out the ballast and wire to line voltage (120v) in my case...

Just curious, how many people on here have lived in their barn any time?? We are going to build a house where our barn is, we were going to put our house up for sale at the first of the year or even in the spring, word of mouth that we were going to sell and a young couple called to see the...

Ran my line set yesterday on my Pioneer mini split, borrowed a vacuum pump and pumped it down for 30 minutes, let it sit for 15 minutes and fired it up, lowest temp I recorded was 50.2* was only able to test it out for 40 minutes or so!! so far...so good...

So.....the thread I had earlier this week on the broken HDMI cable end and reading a few other threads, I started thinking about the near future. I am getting ready to build a new house in several months, what would be the best to pull to each TV? I will probably have a HD Cable box, not sure of...

Has anyone successfully replaced the end connector on a HDMI cable. My buddies wife broke the connector that feeds their tv, its probably a 60' cable and would be tough to replace, I am looking online, but curious as if anyone has done this and it worked?? Thanks

Has anyone stored house hold items in a "Dry" shipping/storage/Conex type container for 6 months so? I looked at Pods ($190/month) We sold our house and have to be out this fall, I was looking at purchasing a storage container to store most items in, I can probably get the rest in my barn, we...

I am in the market for a router, actually my first router, looked around and still have a few questions as to brand, HP, fixed or plunged base. I would like to get a table for it also, any opinions to help me out!! Thanks

It seems the cold weather is coming down this way later this week (temps in the teens) I am going to turn my water off inside my barn/bathroom. Should I take my urinal flush valve a part and try to get most of the water out? or just hit the flush button a couple of times? Only asking because I...

I need to come up with some way to put a lock (or 2) on a 12x12x8 PVC J box, Supply house was no help. I did a swing by for my sister in laws beach house, 700 miles away. This was for the security/ camera guy. He liked my set up but said the box needs to have a lock on it, I wish I new that...

I did a job for a friend last weekend, his neighbor, who was moving ended up giving me a 42" Vizio (Somewhat) Smart TV, the catch was that the sound didnt work, I googled it and that model has alot of problems, so anyway, I also have a 32" TV that I have just added Google Chromecast on and now I...

I have read several threads on here about am/fm antenaes inside pole barns, some were old, some were station specific. Has technology changed any, anything better to pick up am/fm stations inside my pole barn? I picked up a new to me 42" Vizio TV and a Pioneer Surround Sound Receiver, sound...

As I am slowly finishing the inside of my barn, I want to add a (Stone) Fireplace/WoodStove any suggestions? or anyone already do something like this to their barn, this is where I am (pics below) I want to add it in between the windows. I was thinking Stone veneer!! but I am open for ideas. Thanks.

Well...I started on my inside walls yesterday, at the rate I'm going, I might be finished by the end of the year. (Hopefully)