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  0 Thread: Repairing Window Exterior Molding
Post: RE: Repairing Window Exterior Molding
IMHO, there's only one right answer. Take off the siding and J-Channel and re-install it correctly. You'll have to get more J-Channel. I don't know why people still use wood trim. You might be able to...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 9 925 05-03-2025, 06:02 AM
  0 Thread: Generator Questions
Post: RE: Generator Questions
jteneyck Wrote: (04-16-2025, 09:22 PM) -- And then criminals rob your house.   John -- Not where we lived. Mt Airy Md is the lowest crime per capita in the state, highest gun ownership per capit...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 40 2,887 04-18-2025, 04:37 PM
  0 Thread: Generator Questions
Post: RE: Generator Questions
EightFingers Wrote: (04-14-2025, 10:49 AM) -- Hotel room is cheaper -- They get crowded fast when the power's out
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 40 2,887 04-16-2025, 09:10 PM
  0 Thread: Generator Questions
Post: RE: Generator Questions
Sumpin else... We have a chest freezer in the garage. We keep about 20 of the large V8 jugs full of ice in that freezer. I can take that freezer off line for about 3 days to save fuel and everything s...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 40 2,887 04-13-2025, 08:18 PM
  0 Thread: Generator Questions
Post: RE: Generator Questions
We have a Generac Portable 15,000 which will run he whole house including the 3.5 ton heat pump.. Longest outage was 5 days... that's a lot of back and fourth to the gas station, even with five 5-Gall...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 40 2,887 04-13-2025, 05:43 AM
  0 Thread: Building costs/hold or sell?
Post: RE: Building costs/hold or sell?
rwe2156 Wrote: (02-07-2022, 11:21 AM) -- Talked to a couple different real estate agents who are clients of mine.  They both said the market is still crazy (FL) mostly driven by blue state ex pats or...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 20 8,017 03-30-2025, 04:07 AM
  0 Thread: Barn for Sale
Post: RE: Barn for Sale
So a dismantled post and beam barn is just used lumber. Is there something special about the lumber? Would it have value as "Barn Wood"? used for decorating? Reclaimed rustic barn wood has value but i...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 2 442 03-22-2025, 05:06 AM
  0 Thread: Need updated toilet recommendation
Post: RE: Need updated toilet recommendation
BTW.. I've replaced all our toilets with Cadet 3s in this house and our last to house.. Except for Big Blue in the hall bath at the last house. 1980s era throne. My wife wouldn't let me bring it to th...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 6 716 03-20-2025, 06:14 AM
  0 Thread: Need updated toilet recommendation
Post: RE: Need updated toilet recommendation
Usually you get an included soft close toilet seat when you buy from stock in the big box stores. You usually won't get that if you order online. Its a cheap toilet seat but better than soaking your c...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 6 716 03-20-2025, 06:11 AM
  0 Thread: More Joys of Homeownership
Post: RE: More Joys of Homeownership
I hope Mr Fernco made out well after inventing those.
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 9 1,100 02-26-2025, 08:54 PM
  0 Thread: My Well
Post: RE: My Well
The question is.. how much iron and what kind of iron is in your water? Iron can be Ferrous, Organic, Ferric or Heme.  Water softeners do not remove very much iron (2 to 5 mg/L). Most people wouldn't ...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 9 1,132 02-25-2025, 09:08 AM
  0 Thread: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
Post: RE: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
Most likely your lower element. Why replace a water heater if it isn't leaking? A simple ohm meter is all you need to test the elements. Any hardware store will have the element. They're pretty much g...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 23 2,264 02-25-2025, 08:46 AM
  0 Thread: 'Nother Shower Valve
Post: RE: 'Nother Shower Valve
Petertaylor Wrote: (02-08-2025, 11:21 PM) -- When guests were going to use the guest room, it bothered me that when the shower diverter was lifted up, so much water still dribbled into the tub. I tho...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 12 1,447 02-10-2025, 03:35 PM
  0 Thread: Hi Flow Toilets
Post: RE: Hi Flow Toilets
BTW, with the Cadets: They will dump about 2/3 of the tank by depressing the flush lever. Hold it down for a bout 2 seconds and they will dump the whole tank. Makes a big difference. There's nothing s...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 14 1,672 02-03-2025, 09:14 AM
  0 Thread: Hi Flow Toilets
Post: RE: Hi Flow Toilets
I have three Cadet 3s. They work great. The downside is the water doesn't swirl around the bowl, they shoot straight down so they aren't self cleaning. They need a little more cleaning.
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 14 1,672 02-02-2025, 04:55 PM
  0 Thread: Tile Layout in Shower
Post: RE: Tile Layout in Shower
Dusty Workshop Wrote: (01-16-2025, 08:18 PM) -- That's another advantage to large format tile Joe ; less grout to keep clean  :D -- And less to clean up while grouting... that's a pain
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 7 1,050 01-18-2025, 08:50 PM
  0 Thread: Paint Gun Problem
Post: RE: Paint Gun Problem
When was the last time you changed the air filter? These things only give you about 6-7 psi with a 3-stage turbine. It doesn't take much air blockage to reduce the air volume to a point where the gun ...
 Snipe Hunter Finishing 7 1,131 01-12-2025, 08:37 AM
  0 Thread: Tile Layout in Shower
Post: RE: Tile Layout in Shower
1/16" is a very thin grout line. I like thin grout lines but it's real hard to push grout into a 1/16" gap and really know it's in there. Could you go to 1/8"? It might ease your concerns and be a str...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 7 1,050 01-12-2025, 08:33 AM
  0 Thread: Shower Grab Bars for Built-in Shower
Post: RE: Shower Grab Bars for Built-in Shower
EatenByLimestone Wrote: (11-17-2024, 06:28 PM) -- Since there’s bound to be a lot of strain on those bars if they’re ever needed, I’d probably open the wall to add additional blocking.  It’s not goin...
 Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 13 2,093 11-17-2024, 06:32 PM
  0 Thread: Natural edge Honey Locust crotch bowl
Post: RE: Natural edge Honey Locust crotch bowl
Only time I saw sparks from a chainsaw was cutting black locust. We had a barbed wire fence with black locust posts in the back yard separating us from the farm behind us. The land owner said his gran...
 Snipe Hunter Woodturning 7 1,647 10-29-2024, 07:59 PM

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