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  0 Thread: Home Theater
Post: RE: Home Theater

Hang in there for a few weeks as there will be sales leading up to the Super Bowl
Gansett Home Improvement 25 10,670 01-03-2019, 08:22 AM
  0 Thread: Stanley No. 1 SOLD
Post: RE: Stanley No. 1

Walt Q had two #1's, one still in the box and wrapped in the ''grease'' paper. The other one had seen some use, tiny critters. We had met up here, if you're traveling through New England this is a ...
Gansett Tool Swap N' Sell 38 18,025 12-12-2018, 06:19 PM
  0 Thread: Water heater question
Post: RE: Water heater question

A good friend is 3rd generation plumber. His advice is drain your tank at least every 2 years. Depending on brand unscrew the drain and get in there and scratch around with a wire coat hanger. Change ...
Gansett Home Improvement 8 3,778 11-06-2018, 09:41 PM
  0 Thread: Shower drain back up
Post: RE: Shower drain back up

My brothers uncle-in-law :) installs septic systems.  H e says bakers yeast, a packet or two every month and you'll have a happy system and no problems. I've followed his advise and so far, so good.
Gansett Home Improvement 16 7,553 09-27-2018, 08:59 AM
  0 Thread: Anybody here have a 35mm film camera they want to sell or trade?
Post: RE: Anybody here have a 35mm film camera they want...

Wild Turkey Wrote: (09-01-2018, 03:36 PM) -- When I started Nikons were too small but Canon fit well and I've been using them ever since. -- Just curious, when did you start? Nikon F's were  the came...
Gansett Tool Swap N' Sell 16 9,504 09-02-2018, 07:56 AM
  0 Thread: NG fired boiler
Post: NG fired boiler

I'm hoping someone can give me the rough cost of a NG fired boiler to replace a oil fired unit. My daughter is looking at a house and the boiler sent the inspectors CO  meter, ''off the scale'' in his...
Gansett Home Improvement 3 2,163 07-11-2018, 02:32 PM
  0 Thread: Second story deck- stairway?
Post: RE: Second story deck- stairway?

I'm in RI, the house is a raised ranch and the deck is off the kitchen, above the basement walk out.. 8-10 feet off the ground.
Gansett Home Improvement 16 9,176 07-01-2018, 06:18 PM
  0 Thread: Second story deck- stairway?
Post: RE: Second story deck- stairway?

It's code in my city
Gansett Home Improvement 16 9,176 07-01-2018, 05:56 PM
  0 Thread: Biesemeyer Fence - Central IL
Post: RE: Biesemeyer Fence - Central IL

Pirate Wrote: (05-07-2018, 12:00 PM) -- Oh. for the days of the Lowes, Biesemeyer close outs. $50 for fence and rail kits! -- :yes: $80 at Lowes for the full size 52'' version and I bought the last...
Gansett Tool Swap N' Sell 7 4,152 05-08-2018, 05:31 AM
  0 Thread: Walt
Post: RE: Walt

He also had a vast inventory of vinyl records dating to way back
Gansett Woodworking Hand Tools 32 14,749 12-18-2017, 01:49 PM
  0 Thread: Walt
Post: RE: Walt

I met up with Walt and many other New Englander woodworkers here, D’Elia Antique Tool Museum. Great place for old Stanley Bailey hand plane fanatics Walt walked through and pointed out all the planes...
Gansett Woodworking Hand Tools 32 14,749 12-18-2017, 11:47 AM
  0 Thread: Walt
Post: RE: Walt

End of May 2005 I drove over to his shop. I know it was May '05 because I still had the 20 day temp plate on my new truck. Man there was a lot of stairs heading up to his shop. After looking over ever...
Gansett Woodworking Hand Tools 32 14,749 12-17-2017, 12:01 PM
  0 Thread: Briggs and Stratton motors
Post: RE: Briggs and Stratton motors

barnowl Wrote: (09-16-2017, 04:27 PM) -- :no: There aren't even any oil filters on most of them. Yep Change it. Yep Oil is cheap. Yep In fact, use Mobil 1. Hang on a minute.... -- Straig...
Gansett Home Improvement 29 16,297 09-22-2017, 10:58 AM
  0 Thread: Chain Link damage repair
Post: RE: Chain Link damage repair

If your plan is to apply heat to galvanized posts in order to straighten them I suggest wearing a good respirator and work from the up wind side. DAMHIKT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_fume_feve...
Gansett Home Improvement 14 17,568 09-22-2017, 10:43 AM
  0 Thread: Water heater lessons
Post: RE: Water heater lessons

Just a FYI. a friend is a 3rd generation plumber. A big advocate of replacing the anode in w/h's every 3-4 years. According to him you have to give water something to 'eat'. Like the sacrificial anode...
Gansett Home Improvement 9 7,744 09-07-2017, 01:02 PM
  0 Thread: Walk in bath
Post: RE: Walk in bath

He's called Kohler and someone will be coming by and give him a estimate. I've forwarded the concerns of slow filling and draining. Also if his water heater, a 40 gallon nat gas fired unit would be a...
Gansett Home Improvement 16 9,973 09-05-2017, 11:15 AM
  0 Thread: Walk in bath
Post: Walk in bath

My brother is looking into one for his MIL who lives with them in a in-law apartment. She's almost 80 and not too steady on her feet. His wife helps her get in and out of the tub now . He asked and a...
Gansett Home Improvement 16 9,973 09-04-2017, 02:21 PM
  0 Thread: Would you recommend the Leigh dovetail jig?
Post: RE: Would you recommend the Leigh dovetail jig?

I go along that it is a great jig but the learning curve is steep. Bought it, used it for one project that had several drawers, back in the box and never used again.
Gansett Woodworking Power Tools 25 14,670 04-04-2017, 03:47 PM
  0 Thread: Which adhesive?
Post: RE: Which adhesive?

Weatherstrip adhesive it is. Thanks
Gansett Home Improvement 8 4,187 03-21-2017, 07:06 AM
  0 Thread: Which adhesive?
Post: Which adhesive?

The magnetic seal on my 4 cu ft mini fridge no longer stays in the metal retainer ''rail' on the door, it flops out. So many different adhesives out there and I don't want to keep doing this and/or m...
Gansett Home Improvement 8 4,187 03-19-2017, 11:49 AM

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