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DIY Home Repair Forum: General Home Improvement Discussion 11-22-2012, 05:45 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,004
Posted By Philphine
well, it's not back on a front burner, but i...

well, it's not back on a front burner, but i think i'm finding a decent recipe.

just in "keeping an eye out" mode now, and found out two things.

i was thinking the "2" side of a 2x4 wouldn't...
DIY Home Repair Forum: General Home Improvement Discussion 11-14-2012, 01:22 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,004
Posted By Philphine
thanks, i've kinda let the idea go already. i...

thanks, i've kinda let the idea go already. i like the frame and want a mirror for the room anyway, so i'll go that far and leave the tv out of it. at least for now. maybe i'll get a flash of...
DIY Home Repair Forum: General Home Improvement Discussion 11-12-2012, 07:13 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,004
Posted By Philphine
anyone tried the tv behind 2 way mirror deal?

i wasn't sure if this should have been asked in the electrical or walls and ceiling section, so this is the happy medium.

i've been thinking about it lately since i found a big picture frame. just...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 10-11-2012, 11:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 423
Posted By Philphine
just looking at this again. thanks for the reply....

just looking at this again. thanks for the reply. i think i'll try them sometime in the future. i got a reply back from one place, but it wasn't much more than what was in the site description. i...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 09-23-2012, 06:03 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 9,870
Posted By Philphine
i can't really move it anywhere else. just out of...

i can't really move it anywhere else. just out of frame on the left is another structure that someone would have to squeeze past if there were a fire burning. it would be about the same situation if...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 09-23-2012, 06:50 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 9,870
Posted By Philphine
i like all of those. i may try setting mine more...

i like all of those. i may try setting mine more in the ground. right now i have one of the roll around kind with the wheels removed, sitting on landscaping bricks.

you didn't say how big an area...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 09-17-2012, 10:59 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 423
Posted By Philphine
anyone have/heard of a fruit cocktail tree?

i kinda stumbled across this tree while i was looking for ideas for what to do with some big pots i lucked across. a small tree that grows 5 fruits. plums, peaches, nectarines and a couple others.
...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 10-27-2011, 01:23 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,138
Posted By Philphine
i planted two semi dwarf apple trees last fall,...

i planted two semi dwarf apple trees last fall, and there's a hawk(?) that's swooped down a few times while i was watching and grabbed a snake, so there's a few of them too.

the hawk can take all...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 10-27-2011, 09:56 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,138
Posted By Philphine
while i'm here a quick update. the cherry tree...

while i'm here a quick update. the cherry tree died compleatly, top to bottom. just last weekend i picked up another (the big box store sell them for next to nothing this time of year). i asked one...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Carpentry and Woodworking 10-27-2011, 09:37 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 825
Posted By Philphine
can i get away with cabinet grade plywood for a project seldom exposed to weather?

one of my hobbies is fooling with bicycles. one i'm working on now is a cargo type bike that will have about a 2'x3' flatbed like area on it.

even though i'll probaly very seldom use it, let alone...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 08-25-2011, 08:43 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,138
Posted By Philphine
haven't been back to check. thanks for the...

haven't been back to check. thanks for the replies

i pulled a couple of the pears off the pear tree and let three that seemed to be in sturdier spots grow. they got pretty big, but just this week...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 07-04-2011, 02:10 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,663
Posted By Philphine
this is a maybe 'cause i don't see the whole down...

this is a maybe 'cause i don't see the whole down spout, but i'm guessing you put it there 'cause there was a place to disconnect the downspout already. if you don't want to cut it still, it might be...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 07-03-2011, 07:08 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,138
Posted By Philphine
small fruit trees. 3 questions

i planted some small fruit trees last fall and a couple are trying to bear fruit already.

one is a pear tree that surprised me with 5 pears growing already. it's so small though i think the pears...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Electrical and Wiring 05-13-2011, 10:47 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,355
Posted By Philphine
and the one i originally asked about. put it up...

and the one i originally asked about. put it up this past weekend

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/Philphine/interiors/001-1.jpg
...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Electrical and Wiring 05-03-2011, 09:07 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,355
Posted By Philphine
just doing some surfing and thought i'd post a...

just doing some surfing and thought i'd post a pic. the one i posted at first i never put up. i was making a mirror decision and now it's just laziness and the fact that i kinda cracked the...
DIY Home Repair Forum: General Chit-Chat 12-02-2010, 02:56 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,065
Posted By Philphine
i fool with a lot of things but i'm not very good...

i fool with a lot of things but i'm not very good at any of them.

besides the house and home projects, i like fooling with pontiac fieros, but i'm not the mechanic i need to be to really do what i...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 12-01-2010, 08:40 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,908
Posted By Philphine
ok thanks. sounds like a soaker won't do me any...

ok thanks. sounds like a soaker won't do me any good. my tanks are sitting at ground level though i mean to set them on bricks. they still won't be that high though. i'll probaly hit the thrift...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Garden and Lawncare 11-30-2010, 09:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,908
Posted By Philphine
does a soaker hose need water pressure to work?

will it still seep out if there is only gravity pressure from a water tank?

i played with a rain gathering system this past summer and about the end of oct. i opened the drains so it wouldn't...
DIY Home Repair Forum: General Home Improvement Discussion 11-17-2010, 09:13 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 7,177
Posted By Philphine
thanks. i haven't compleatly given up on the...

thanks. i haven't compleatly given up on the idea, i just need to let it fester in my head some. as stated, i got the skylight for possible access, and i'd already read about the cinderblocks or...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Electrical and Wiring 08-16-2010, 09:30 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 749
Posted By Philphine
i put it up last spring/summer, so it's been...

i put it up last spring/summer, so it's been through one winter already (took the blades off and tied a garbage bag over it). in what way are you thinking it's unsafe?
DIY Home Repair Forum: Electrical and Wiring 08-16-2010, 09:31 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 749
Posted By Philphine
i hope what i got works. i went to a different...

i hope what i got works. i went to a different store and picked up what looks really close to the same thing i looked at at the other store, but the guy said they would work. the two i got are both...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Electrical and Wiring 08-15-2010, 01:47 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 749
Posted By Philphine
the difference bettween wet rated and damp rated?

i put some outdoor ceiling fans on my deck last year, but they didn't come with light kits. the light kits seem kinda costly. i lucked into one at a thrift store that's working fine, and looking at a...
DIY Home Repair Forum: General Home Improvement Discussion 08-10-2010, 05:47 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,259
Posted By Philphine
home depots lumber doesn't look pressure treated...

home depots lumber doesn't look pressure treated to me. i asked about it once and they told me it's a new method that doesn't use as dangerous/toxic a type of chemical.

but what i notice is i can...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Electrical and Wiring 07-12-2010, 08:27 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,355
Posted By Philphine
i need glasses. i can't read what's on it easily...

i need glasses. i can't read what's on it easily enough. i know it's 14ga. i got it from the maintenace shop at work and they hook up some fairly heavy duty stuff with it.

it has a ground. the...
DIY Home Repair Forum: Electrical and Wiring 07-05-2010, 06:51 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,355
Posted By Philphine
the house was build i think around 1950. an...

the house was build i think around 1950.

an earlier pic from while i was working out the idea.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/Philphine/interiors/Picture158.jpg

the original light...
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