"I installed the wiring for an outlet, switch, and light,"
Whoever may service your well / pump in the future will appreciate that more than you know.
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"I installed the wiring for an outlet, switch, and light,"
Whoever may service your well / pump in the future will appreciate that more than you know.
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You ain’t gonna believe this crap…
I restacked the wood a couple days ago. Looked outside this morning and it fell off in the other direction. 😡🤣
Anybody want to come over and show me how to stack firewood? 🙄
Maybe I’ll just dumpster dive some more wood and build a second one, and just stack it half as high.
@BigWaylon, sounds like someone might be doing that to you. Do you have a trail camera that you can set up near it?
If you find some rope in the dumpster, string up 1 or 2 pieces on each side to help secure the wood.
If you find some rope in the dumpster, string up 1 or 2 pieces on each side to help secure the wood.
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Anyone up for some 2am foolery?
Prepping and Installing a vintage Craft 4830 stove in the basement fireplace.
Made in Gastonia, NC!!
The blower system will be upgraded to blow hot air into a duct connected into the house heating duct. This house was heated this way many years ago but the owner got to old to deal with firewood and took the system out.
Craft 4830 Stove
Fabbing up the stack transition
Removing the stock blower and enlarging the vents for 6" duct
Made in Gastonia, NC!!
The blower system will be upgraded to blow hot air into a duct connected into the house heating duct. This house was heated this way many years ago but the owner got to old to deal with firewood and took the system out.
Craft 4830 Stove
Fabbing up the stack transition
Removing the stock blower and enlarging the vents for 6" duct
Re worked the lift in the garage. This is much more functional. The chains cost me too much room in the platform. This cage opens it up and makes it much easier to load/unload. Only hiccup was that I bought the cross braces too long and had I cut them shorter.
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Just replaced a front door handle/lock. For a few weeks, the front door handle would bind up intermittently. My wife was adamant it was broken, but I was convinced it just needed to be opened and cleaned/greased.
Sure enough, as soon as I popped it out, a little cast-in locating pin rolled out. So it was basically 50/50 chance of it being aligned well enough to function, or lock up completely when you tried to press down the thumb lever.
Of course, they didn't sell any brass handled ones without the lock, so I had to replace the entire set. Kwikset lets you re-key the lock yourself which was nice, but sure enough the new handle has a screw hole about 1" above the old one, meaning I get to patch and paint a door to boot.
Sure enough, as soon as I popped it out, a little cast-in locating pin rolled out. So it was basically 50/50 chance of it being aligned well enough to function, or lock up completely when you tried to press down the thumb lever.
Of course, they didn't sell any brass handled ones without the lock, so I had to replace the entire set. Kwikset lets you re-key the lock yourself which was nice, but sure enough the new handle has a screw hole about 1" above the old one, meaning I get to patch and paint a door to boot.
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Tomorrow sounds like a great day to have the front door open.
Sunrise 21 F, Sunset 29 F
No kidding. I'm not patching and painting until its warm out.
Of course, the door handle was removed before I left the house. My one instruction to my wife - "there's no handle on the door, DO NOT CLOSE IT AND LOCK ME OUT."
I get a text while I'm in Lowe's - "I shut the door."
So I'm stuck out in the cold, coaching her through a 2" opening on what parts of the disassembled door handle to stick in there to unlatch it.
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Ass kick hers
Too bad houses don't have a 2nd door.
The drainage in our yard is terrible, and all the grass is gone thanks to the dogs. I'd have mud up to my ankles if I had to go around back.
This small storage closet under our steps sits between the kitchen and garage. It had no electrical in it at all and a stick-on harbor freight LED light wasn’t cutting it. I plan to add some shelving in here at some point but lighting was needed asap.
I added 3 outlets (1 single gang, 1 double gang), a motion light switch, and flush LED light. Everything is run off the a previously dedicated 20A circuit in the garage.
I went in from the back side of the wall, in the garage knowing I’d have to make a lot of cuts and this would give me more room to work.
The wife is happy! She has a home for her cordless mop and vacuum to charge, out of the way, and can easily see/access all of the kids’ craft stuff.
I added 3 outlets (1 single gang, 1 double gang), a motion light switch, and flush LED light. Everything is run off the a previously dedicated 20A circuit in the garage.
I went in from the back side of the wall, in the garage knowing I’d have to make a lot of cuts and this would give me more room to work.
The wife is happy! She has a home for her cordless mop and vacuum to charge, out of the way, and can easily see/access all of the kids’ craft stuff.
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Now I'm no HVAC pro, but I'm guessing that in NC it is frowned upon to use a pair of rusty nails that are rubbing against copper tubing every 8 feet to support your refrigerant lines in the attic crawlspace. The offending nails have now been removed, the insulation re-taped, and zip tie brackets put in their place to secure them to the 2x4 running along the trusses.
For future reference, hit up Blackhawk Hardware for door/cabinet hardware; they're pretty extensive, I guess to match all the hardware on the fancy Myers Park house.
I'll keep that in mind, but I definitely don't want to spend Myers Park money to replace the builders grade garbage I've got everywhere 😂
Or open the window.
Well I guess from some of the projects here it is not necessary for them to be attached to the house or in some cases even in the house so I will show what I am working on. This one does go in the house.
Picked this up last week. Didn't like it black so I painted it a hammered copper color.
I selected this piece of cedar for a top. Cut it to size and planed it flat. This is what it looks like now.
When the weather warms a little and I figure out the ends and outs of the process it will be finished with an epoxy pour.
Picked this up last week. Didn't like it black so I painted it a hammered copper color.
I selected this piece of cedar for a top. Cut it to size and planed it flat. This is what it looks like now.
When the weather warms a little and I figure out the ends and outs of the process it will be finished with an epoxy pour.
Replaced our rear storm door today. Neither my wife or I have ever attempted anything like this and knocked it out in about 4 hours. We will be doing the front door as well soon. Also between now and next Saturday I have to remove a set of cabinets above our fridge in anticipation of delivery of a new unit next Saturday. Never done that before either but shouldn’t be to hard I hope.
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3-4 screws across the inside top of the cabinets should get them down easy.
Might, should have screws thru the face frames ( might be behind the hinges) holding separate cabinets together.
Scoring the seam where the cabinets meet the wall to cut any caulk / paint before removal will save you some drywall work.
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That would imply it was ever straight to begin with…
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In all seriousness, though, I fought like heck to get the deck boards themselves pried into place and attempted to leave the straighter pieces for the rails. I still had to use ratchet straps to pull them into position to take the arch out, and every board had an "S" wave to it. I had used 6x6's for the rail posts and they were so wet that they have massive splits down all four sides after drying out. If I planned on staying in this place I'd be mad about it, but for now I just want to get the stupid thing finished and some solid stain on it to hide as much of it as I can.
Lumber has seriously went to poop since Covid. I bought some treated 2x4s at Lowe’s. Brought them home and stacked them on runners and 2 weeks later they were as crooked as a dog’s hind leg