VEHICLES: Let Me Tell You About My Old Ford Pickup Truck
Part of the family for 15 years and counting.
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DECKS: Key FinishingTips That Make All The Difference
Got a wooden deck to stain? Need advice refinishing an older deck? You’ve come to the right place. I’ve been finishing decks for 30 years. Everything I know is right here.
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TOOLS: How To Use An Electric Saw Chain Sharpener
How to Sharpen a Chainsaw Sharpening a chainsaw properly can take more time and more skill than meets the eye. Electric chainsaw sharpeners make this job much easier than using a file, your chain can cutter better than new, but you…
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HOME BUYING: Inspect Your Inspector Before Hiring
Inspecting a home professionally is all about knowing the important details, looking closely at them, them making a report to you, the prospective buyer. But there’s also a huge difference in the quality of home inspections because there’s a huge…
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DECKS: the Right Way To Anchor a Deck To Your House
Planning to build a deck? Be careful how you anchor it to your house wall, if you should even do this at all, as I’ll show you.
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BASEMENTS: Install a Shower & Toilet Without Gravity Drains
How do you install a bathroom where a sewage drain pipe doesn’t exist? Or perhaps there’s a drain pipe, but it’s up high on the wall in a way that a shower or toilet in the basement couldn’t drain into…
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pLUMBING: One-of-a-Kind Small-Pipe Freeze Protection System
If you’ve got 1/2″ or 3/4″ diameter water supply pipes that freeze in winter, then you’ll want to know about a new small-cable system for use inside pipes. It’s call Retro-Line Mini , and there are three reasons I like…
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COOL TOOLS: Watch a Spot Welder Unboxing & Trial
Watch this week’s video episode to see a 220-volt spot welder unboxing, that honking-big spot welder in action on sheet metal and copper! (Yes, copper), plus a little bending brake do a pretty good job on sheet metal
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INTERIORS: How to Deal With Indoor Summertime Mustiness In Your Home
Question: What can I do about sky-high summertime humidity in our house? It’s 35 years old and sits entirely on a concrete pad. Indoor air quality is fine in winter, but in the warm months we smell mildew in the carpeting…
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PHILOSOPHY: Our 17 Year Adventure Adoption Adventure With Ellie
Have you ever looked back on a decision you almost changed your mind on, then realized how close you came to missing something great? That’s the feeling I often get when I look at our adopted daughter, Ellie. She’s 17…
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INTERIORS: “Will ordinary picture hooks safely support a 25 lbs. mirror?”
Question: Will those regular, bent-metal hooks for pictures hold a 25 lbs mirror measuring 30″ x 30″? These hooks are easy to use, but I’m concerned this application might be pushing things too far. Answer: I’m glad you asked because…
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TOOLS: Simple Canadian Design Ensures Square Cuts With Circular Saw
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, talks to the inventor of ChopShot, an innovative tool to get perfects cuts with your circular saw.
