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  0 Thread: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
Post: RE: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
Go tankless if at all possible. We did at our new home and it is fantastic, ours is gas so no experience with electric. Worth looking into, and you don't spend $$$ keeping a big ole tank of water hot ...
 vernonator Home Improvement 23 2,930 02-26-2025, 10:21 AM
  0 Thread: Cement Fiber Butt Joints
Post: RE: Cement Fiber Butt Joints
Our current house was built in '22/'23 (moved in Sept 23) it has fiber cement (Hardy Plank) and the butt joints were flashed and NOT caulked. I asked the installers about it, and told them about our o...
 vernonator Home Improvement 11 3,962 10-28-2024, 08:58 AM
  0 Thread: Cement Fiber Butt Joints
Post: RE: Cement Fiber Butt Joints
R Clark Wrote: (10-07-2024, 12:28 PM) -- Our house was built in 2004, with the shop building built in 2005.  Both structures are stick framed, and both are sided with cement fiber lap siding.  I don'...
 vernonator Home Improvement 11 3,962 10-15-2024, 08:33 AM
  0 Thread: Heating a garage workshop - thoughts?
Post: RE: Heating a garage workshop - thoughts?
We put an Amana PTAC heat pump (similar to what's in many hotels) in both the garage and my shop with our new build. HVAC supplier was not a fan of mini-splits, stated they were their #1 callback item...
 vernonator Home Improvement 12 2,631 08-26-2024, 08:54 AM
  0 Thread: Battery Powered Chainsaw
Post: RE: Battery Powered Chainsaw
museumguy Wrote: (04-04-2024, 07:28 AM) -- First, I don't cut firewood, I don't cut timber, all I do is basically cleanup any debris on my property. I've always used a gas powered chainsaw. For the l...
 vernonator Home Improvement 37 10,219 04-04-2024, 08:42 AM
  0 Thread: Whole house generator follow-up (fuel use)
Post: RE: Whole house generator follow-up (fuel use)
Stwood_ Wrote: (01-18-2024, 01:33 PM) -- Used tanks from individuals, farm sales and such can be bought in this area for about a $1 a gallon capacity. -- The advantage to a leased tank is the propan...
 vernonator Home Improvement 41 11,000 01-19-2024, 10:32 AM
  0 Thread: Under mount or top mount sink for kitchen
Post: RE: Under mount or top mount sink for kitchen
Woodenfish Wrote: (12-21-2023, 02:10 AM) -- My concern with under mount sinks is the exposed stone countertop that could be susceptible to chipping from washing large heavy items. I went with a top m...
 vernonator Home Improvement 50 14,222 12-21-2023, 09:02 AM
  0 Thread: Under mount or top mount sink for kitchen
Post: RE: Under mount or top mount sink for kitchen
ajkoontz Wrote: (12-12-2023, 03:43 PM) -- I have actually replaced sinks w/out replacing the countertops. I also have rentals so I have a lot of sinks, which kind of makes me an outlier. I'll give yo...
 vernonator Home Improvement 50 14,222 12-13-2023, 09:42 AM
  0 Thread: Under mount or top mount sink for kitchen
Post: RE: Under mount or top mount sink for kitchen
100% Undermount, we moved from out rental (top mount SS) to our perm home a few months ago (undermount) Night and Day better. As for replacement - who here has ever replaced a sink and not the tops?
 vernonator Home Improvement 50 14,222 12-12-2023, 10:04 AM
  0 Thread: two parts epoxy table top resins
Post: RE: two parts epoxy table top resins
I had a similar issue on a bar top I did - never QUITE set up. Was not tacky but if you left a glass on it, it would leave a dent and "stick" when picked up. The dent would eventually settle out (day ...
 vernonator Finishing 3 1,631 11-15-2023, 10:26 AM
  0 Thread: Fireblock foam worth the $$$?
Post: RE: Fireblock foam worth the $$$?
Do you need so much that the price difference is impactful? Shouldn't you be "better safe than sorry" for a Ten spot more for the right product?
 vernonator Home Improvement 9 5,181 11-02-2023, 08:59 AM
  0 Thread: My Yard is Depressing -- Literally
Post: RE: My Yard is Depressing -- Literally
Admiral Wrote: (10-05-2023, 10:12 AM) -- When I worked on my FIL's vegetable farm in the late 70s, we had extensive problems with groundhogs, who would tunnel into the middle of the bean patch (rows ...
 vernonator Home Improvement 12 4,449 10-06-2023, 10:04 AM
  0 Thread: My Yard is Depressing -- Literally
Post: RE: My Yard is Depressing -- Literally
David Stone Wrote: (10-03-2023, 09:30 PM) -- Yeah.  How do I do that? -- Obstruct the tunnel and see if it is "repaired" that will tell you if its active or not. If active, get a mole trap, sticks ...
 vernonator Home Improvement 12 4,449 10-04-2023, 11:29 AM
  0 Thread: ever had new lawn hydroseeded?
Post: RE: ever had new lawn hydroseeded?
Our last yard was terraseeded - think hydroseed only they used actual compost rather than the green goo. I was about 4" of compost mixed with the seed, and they blew that on. That lawn was golf course...
 vernonator Home Improvement 9 2,909 09-26-2023, 09:26 AM
  0 Thread: Kitchen Cabinet Build - Pricing
Post: RE: Kitchen Cabinet Build - Pricing
Cabinet Monkey Wrote: (08-03-2023, 07:06 AM) -- If you want to save even more time , forget building toekicks altogether and use these: https://www.hafele.com.au/en/product/base-cabinet-levelers...
 vernonator Home Improvement 27 8,711 08-03-2023, 08:59 AM
  0 Thread: How to keep the underside of your mower deck slick as sn-t
Post: RE: How to keep the underside of your mower deck s...
jteneyck Wrote: (08-02-2023, 06:53 PM) -- Same here.  My new to me 25 year old Scag walk behind stays pretty clean under the deck and the paint is still almost 100 %.  I pressure washed it a few week...
 vernonator Home Improvement 14 6,353 08-03-2023, 08:54 AM
  0 Thread: what is this trim style called?
Post: RE: what is this trim style called?
The middle example is what we had in our last house - there is no sill. It just picture frames the window all the way around. Its a "craftsman style" but not really....
 vernonator Home Improvement 5 1,939 06-02-2023, 08:43 AM
  0 Thread: spray foam insulation - dangers and downfalls
Post: RE: spray foam insulation - dangers and downfalls
Cabinet Monkey Wrote: (05-23-2023, 08:52 PM) -- If it leaks , then the insulation couldn’t have possibly “sealed” the panel, right ? There’s nothing inherently wrong with the product. The issues...
 vernonator Home Improvement 30 23,651 05-26-2023, 08:19 AM
  0 Thread: spray foam insulation - dangers and downfalls
Post: RE: spray foam insulation - dangers and downfalls
We are building a new home right now and our Contractor will NOT use sprayfoam as the primary insulation. Before getting into custom homes they did alot of remodel work. They said in they saw more mol...
 vernonator Home Improvement 30 23,651 05-23-2023, 01:27 PM
  0 Thread: I want a new drill press table
Post: RE: I want a new drill press table
I have the Woodpecker version linked above, highly recommended
 vernonator Woodworking Power Tools 21 9,156 03-28-2023, 09:09 AM

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