moose35
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Best dad ever. That's awesome
Best dad ever. That's awesome
Exactly. Best is to use Stainless bolts with brass nuts on exhaust, if possible. Anti-Seize helps but I dont't trust it fully (use it though) in high heat situations to do it's job.
Just build a track
Where do I find a water main wrench to shut off my water supply at the curb? I need to replace the tap on the side of the house and the pipe branches right after the first (of many) shut off valve that unfortunately is completely stuck. I should call the city and they will do it for free (I think( but I just can't come up with a schedule, there's always something new popping out and it's been way too long now...
I bought a penta key off e-bay, all of the ones that I saw at home depot were not for the penta curb meterbox like the one I have.they have them at home depot.
search water main key - there are a couple types/lengths, so aim a flashlight down first.
What kind of pipes are those? Do you live in a steampunk house?not sure if this should be here or the things that make you frown thread (maybe both), but found a leaking sweat union the previous owner (or one of his contractors) sweat into the pipes . . . . Third time in 3 years iv had this happen, both of the other two times were holiday weekends, at least i had the tools already, still not how i wanted to spend time on a sunday afternoon :/ (at least it was raining)
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Are your shingles also cedar? I looked at a home in Far Hills with split cedar shingles it was really interestingSpent today reworking the sheathing to fit properly and then adding the cedar shake shingles to the outside of my garage. 1.5 cases of shingles went up today, suprisingly fast. Still need to finish the roof, gonna pick up a roll of standard asphalt shingle to finish this section (just a little shed roofed bump out off the back).
sorry no pictures of new cedar shingles, retarped the roof and it covers most of the shingles :'( looks good doe.
Are your shingles also cedar? I looked at a home in Far Hills with split cedar shingles it was really interesting
Took the big box store picnic table/bench and turned it into main patio table with some mods. Made it wider using one of the benches and using the remaining wood to make a stand alone bench. Going to last awhile! It will be stained.
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It’s that time of year I dream about how nice a new deck would be and how I have this great design in my head to expand it and add a second set of stairs down the side of the house ( currently only one way off the deck to the yard).
Then reality hits and I continue the 15+ year tradition of putting another 2 coats of solid stain down which will last only until about September. Much cheaper than a new deck. At least today it was sunny and cool out and not 100F and humid.
I call this job “putting lipstick on a pig”
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