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Thread: Duxxbak composite waterproof decking boards
Post: RE: Duxxbak composite waterproof decking boards
| funny thing I I just watched a youtube video yesterday. perkins bros builders. they were replacing the deck boards on one of their personally owned houses. they were installing duxxback. he menti... |
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04-24-2025, 08:44 AM |
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Thread: Wood Chipper recommendations
Post: RE: Wood Chipper recommendations
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JosephP Wrote: (04-21-2025, 08:17 PM)
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How old is the PTO chipper? Does it have autofeed? (do the 6" rentals have autofeed?)
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6 or 8 years old maybe? Doesn't have a ton of use, 100 hours or ... |
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crokett™ |
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04-21-2025, 09:12 PM |
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Thread: Wood Chipper recommendations
Post: RE: Wood Chipper recommendations
| FWIW my dad has a 6" woodchipper that is powered off the PTO of his tractor. My experience using that one is that 5" is the max practical size. As I said, trees do not grow straight enough that 6" ... |
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crokett™ |
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04-21-2025, 08:13 PM |
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Thread: Wood Chipper recommendations
Post: RE: Wood Chipper recommendations
| The 6" is going to perform better than the 4". Generally speaking between the fact that trees don't grow straight, smooth branches and the power of the chipper, derate any chipper by about 1/3. So a... |
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crokett™ |
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04-21-2025, 03:59 PM |
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Thread: Generator Questions
Post: RE: Generator Questions
| Since you aren't going to run a heat pump, you can get by with 5500-6000 KW range pretty easily. I can't emphasize strongly enough that you need a dual-fuel and a propane tank. Skip the gasoline. I... |
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crokett™ |
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04-16-2025, 09:27 AM |
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Thread: Generator Questions
Post: RE: Generator Questions
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MarkSLSmith Wrote: (04-10-2025, 03:32 PM)
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Folks,
House is all electric. I assume this mandates a gasoline powered portable. Assumption: no one in their right mind would install propane ju... |
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crokett™ |
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04-11-2025, 07:29 AM |
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Thread: Post Preservative
Post: RE: Post Preservative
| Depending on how much work you want to do if you want to be certain about never having to worry about the problem you could dig down around the each of the posts, cut the post off and pour a concrete... |
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crokett™ |
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Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
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blackhat Wrote: (03-17-2025, 04:16 PM)
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The limiting factor may not be the pipe. It may be the faucets. In that case, it won’t be better. Do other tub spouts in the house run faster? Get a bucket ... |
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crokett™ |
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03-17-2025, 08:39 PM |
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Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
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blackhat Wrote: (03-16-2025, 08:26 PM)
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Is there a flow problem up there now? You trying to fix something that isn’t broken? I would run a 3/4 line down the chase to use as a drain when servicing... |
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crokett™ |
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03-17-2025, 03:18 PM |
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Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
| I may create another thread for this, but my wife had all her clothes pulled out of the attic yesterday to switch from winter to summer. I took the opportunity to look things over for water heater pl... |
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crokett™ |
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03-16-2025, 09:49 AM |
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Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
| Well after getting under the house and looking around at things and talking some more to my wife I think we are going to go with an electric tankless. It will be easier than I thought (I think) to pu... |
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crokett™ |
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03-09-2025, 08:38 PM |
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Thread: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
Post: RE: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
| When we had the house built, the standard in the master bath was a large soaking tub. I installed one in our previous house, we never used it. So I had them build an extra closet in that space inste... |
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crokett™ |
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03-09-2025, 08:35 PM |
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Thread: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
Post: RE: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
| Well I ended up replacing the elements and not the entire heater. I guess we will see if it makes a difference. The lower one had some of the original finish showing through in spots. The upper o... |
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crokett™ |
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03-01-2025, 07:28 PM |
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Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
| I have looked at a recirculating pump before. I understand the economics of running the water heater vs the recirculating pump. However currently we are interested in the added capacity of the secon... |
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crokett™ |
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02-28-2025, 04:56 PM |
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Thread: More Joys of Homeownership
Post: RE: More Joys of Homeownership
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Snipe Hunter Wrote: (02-26-2025, 08:54 PM)
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I hope Mr Fernco made out well after inventing those.
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Ferncos are great. My previous house was all ABS. It's hard to find here and is expensive. ... |
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crokett™ |
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02-27-2025, 09:49 AM |
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Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
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blackhat Wrote: (02-26-2025, 05:04 PM)
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Given the restrictions you’ve described, a second heater, maybe a size smaller at the far end makes most sense. Set it up as a stand-alone.
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crokett™ |
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02-27-2025, 09:46 AM |
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Thread: My Well
Post: RE: My Well
| As per the guy that did the well service last week, there's iron in the water, and iron bacteria. or at least there was bacteria. he shocked it. I guess will see if it comes back. I expect it will.... |
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crokett™ |
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02-26-2025, 04:25 PM |
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Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
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sleepy hollow Wrote: (02-26-2025, 02:48 PM)
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It probably does not make a difference. I had in mind the plumbing I did to make the heaters either series or parallel, and thought that might be more ... |
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02-26-2025, 04:16 PM |
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Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
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sleepy hollow Wrote: (02-26-2025, 10:53 AM)
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In your case, however, I can see the issue as being worth addressing. I would look at possibly adding a POU tank if you could make it work in the bathr... |
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02-26-2025, 01:45 PM |
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Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
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blackhat Wrote: (02-26-2025, 10:14 AM)
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First blush, add a second heater close to the first. Pipe them in parallel and use a valve to balance the flow between them. Best if they are the same size a... |
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crokett™ |
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