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  0 Thread: Generator Questions
Post: RE: Generator Questions
I'll offer my story FWIW.  I live in a high end residential area outside DC in VA.  Most of my neighbors have high end generators by now.  We have a harbor freight 4KW portable that I bought about 10 ...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 40 2,010 04-24-2025, 05:16 PM
  0 Thread: Wood Chipper recommendations
Post: RE: Wood Chipper recommendations
I'd go with the bigger chipper.  I have rented 12" chippers for larger trees and debris on multiple occaisions.  They are really great and very fast.  A 6 inch sounds like the way to go for the size s...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 9 347 04-24-2025, 04:58 PM
  0 Thread: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
Post: RE: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
I am redoing our large master bath which was the home of our large jacuzzi.  I ripped it out, and, finding no buyers online, I cut it into pieces and disposed of it.  I did keep the monster pump motor...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 23 2,018 03-09-2025, 11:10 AM
  0 Thread: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
Post: RE: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
MGoBlue1984 Wrote: (02-26-2025, 02:59 PM) -- “Something to ponder on. 45 years in this game and no one has ever told me their water heater is too big. Lots of the opposite“ Our house has large soa...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 23 2,018 03-02-2025, 11:39 AM
  0 Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
crokett™ Wrote: (02-26-2025, 01:45 PM) -- How does putting a larger tank far away from the existing one make it any more difficult to change out than if it were located near it?   if  anything it wou...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 22 1,642 02-26-2025, 02:48 PM
  0 Thread: Adding a Water Heater
Post: RE: Adding a Water Heater
I have two electric 40 gal WHs side-by-side in my basement about 40 ft from my master bath.  They are plumbed in series for normal operation and in parallel for isolation of either one in case of a pr...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 22 1,642 02-26-2025, 10:53 AM
  0 Thread: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
Post: RE: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
FWIW.  This is likely beyond the scope of this discussion, but for those who hate being forced to rearrange your life to deal with water heater problems as urgent emergency situations, and who have th...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 23 2,018 02-26-2025, 10:29 AM
  0 Thread: My Well
Post: RE: My Well
Thanks, Snipe, for the education.  We'd all like to know more about the particulars in our friend, crokett's situation.    Your post reminded me that I was also told a filter would not work on the ...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 9 1,036 02-25-2025, 10:20 AM
  0 Thread: Question about Garage Doors
Post: RE: Question about Garage Doors
I guess they were fine except for the hour he spent making things finer.  Geez.  Glad you got them back in time to get it fixed.   My 20+ year old door also developed a noise problem due to track a...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 8 1,766 02-24-2025, 10:43 AM
  0 Thread: Hi Flow Toilets
Post: RE: Hi Flow Toilets
Might also look at Toto.  I have one that is 20yrs old.  The low flows were still scaling up when I installed the Toto.  The other brands were not getting good reviews.  Lots of complaints and dissati...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 14 1,551 02-24-2025, 10:33 AM
  0 Thread: My Well
Post: RE: My Well
crokett™ Wrote: (02-23-2025, 07:43 PM) -- I am looking at one of these.  https://www.rusco.com/products/1-sediment-trapper A couple of those inline with different micron size filters would be ch...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 9 1,036 02-24-2025, 10:09 AM
  0 Thread: My Well
Post: RE: My Well
FWIW, here's my story.  I have a 315' well and have lived here 30+years.  The water was always a bit off with a slight iron taste, but we lived with it as well as the brown toilet tanks and stained bo...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 9 1,036 02-23-2025, 11:39 AM
  0 Thread: Hardwood options in large master bath
Post: RE: Hardwood options in large master bath
Tapper Wrote: (10-21-2024, 10:55 PM) -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I was wondering how long it would take for this post to appear. ... -- This is a great discussion, and I very much appreciate the advice an...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 36 5,380 10-24-2024, 09:24 AM
  0 Thread: Hardwood options in large master bath
Post: RE: Hardwood options in large master bath
EightFingers Wrote: (10-20-2024, 06:58 PM) -- Wet hardwood floor is slippery -- It can be.  Tile is the same.  The coefficient of friction for many popular bathroom tiles is not good (i.e., low), B...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 36 5,380 10-24-2024, 09:09 AM
  0 Thread: Hardwood options in large master bath
Post: RE: Hardwood options in large master bath
No offense taken.  Fair question.   Yes, I am actually looking for definitive reasons not to do H/W as well as canvassing for any other ideas that may be out there.  I freely admit I have a bias to...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 36 5,380 10-24-2024, 09:03 AM
  0 Thread: Hardwood Flooring Staples
Post: RE: Hardwood Flooring Staples
FWIW. Here is something I found online at Fine Homebuilding.  This is a question from a reader apparently: We will be installing engineered wood flooring over an old tongue-and-groove plank subf...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 3 938 10-15-2024, 01:18 PM
  0 Thread: Laser level??
Post: RE: Laser level??
EightFingers Wrote: (10-15-2024, 10:31 AM) -- Consider you paid yourself $6500. That would be after tax pay. You were paid well -- Indeed I was.  And yes, the tax advantage is great.  Though all ...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 31 5,629 10-15-2024, 01:07 PM
  0 Thread: Hardwood options in large master bath
Post: RE: Hardwood options in large master bath
UPDATE on the flooring saga: We have found a very high end flooring that seems to fit the bill - Mercier. This ia a Canadian product.  Samples looks just great.  My better half wants a light gra...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 36 5,380 10-15-2024, 09:29 AM
  0 Thread: Hardwood options in large master bath
Post: RE: Hardwood options in large master bath
Brian in sunny FL Wrote: (10-04-2024, 04:59 PM) -- Did you consider any of the waterproof luxury vinyl plank options?  Not real wood but some look nice. -- Thanks for your reply, but yes we have lo...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 36 5,380 10-15-2024, 09:15 AM
  0 Thread: Laser level??
Post: RE: Laser level??
I bought a cheap amazon unit for $50 in Mar 2023.  Looks like it is now $85.  (Thanks ever so much, Joe and Kamala.) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B3795KQW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=...
 sleepy hollow Home Improvement 31 5,629 10-15-2024, 09:05 AM

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