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Sorry for the delay, but life gets busy sometimes. I tried cleaning the jets with a hanger, but I didn't have much luck. My wife came across a tip that suggested to pour some water down while flushing, and it flushed every time when we did that, so we decided to just get a new toilet. We...

Thanks for the replies. Flushing twice doesn't help, the stuff that floats just floats. Holding down the handle doesn't help either. Thanks for the link handyguys, I'll have to read through it when I am more awake.

Usually when we flush our toilet it only lets about half the water out of the bowl, but occasionally it will completely flush. I don't know hardly anything about toilets so I don't know what the culprits may be. It seems to me that there may be a blockage in the pipe some where, but it...

I got it all done. I wanted to show pictures of how the reinforcements looked and stuff, but I kept forgetting the camera as I put them in, then when I finally remembered to bring it the batteries where dead. I really appreciate all the help, I couldn't have done it without your help. The...

I will be careful. Thanks for the tips handyguy.

Thanks Glenn, I will pick up some nails and gets those shingles replaced.

This last weekend we had a lot of wind and some of my shingles blew off. It just so happened that there were some shingles in the shed, I guess left overs from when the roof was done. Can I just go up and replace the shingles that blew off, or is there more to it? Also what do I need to put...

Thanks for the tips. Now I have something to start from. I'll keep you posted on how things go, it may be a few weeks it's finals time and so things are pretty busy at school.

I am just about ready to start with the concrete and having never done anything with concrete am looking for advice and tips on how to best do it. I got some of the 12" diameter round forms on the advice of my uncle, and some 1/2" rebar. If I am understanding what I have read, I make X's with...

Boy, digging is time consuming.

We have got the floor up, and we have commenced digging the dirt out, in search for hard dirt. The top layer was pretty hard and too a bit to get through it and it seems to be getting softer as we go down. I don't know if this is normal, and if so how far do we dig? Thanks for the help...

Thanks for the tips inspectorD. I'll be going down today or tomorrow to work on it some more. I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks for the reply. I wanted to see if there was something else I could do before busting out the pry bar.

Thanks for the response. I used my long lost hand held jigsaw with the depth adjusted just above the joist, it seemed to work well. The problem I have now is that I have cut my hole but I can't get the floor to come up. I am not sure what to do to help it up. Thanks for all the help.

How do you connect the cuts without over cutting?

Thanks for the hint. I know I don't want sagging floors.

Thanks for the info. InspectorD- I don't think I could fit a 12inch mirror in the vent, so I don't think that would work so well. guyod- I think I'll be able to start cutting tomorrow, I'll let you know how it goes. You guys have been great, thanks for the help. As always, anymore info is...

Thanks, that helps a lot. Is there anyway to tell where the joists are so I'll know where to cut?

triple D, I wasn't able to see much, it is a small space to look into. Perhaps the sun will come out again this coming week and I'll get some better light. guyod, Thanks for the input. Is there anyway to cut through the hardwood and the sub floor and then pull that as a unit off the...

We went down again today for pictures. I went around to the back to get some pictures of the back vent and I could see into it more. It looks like there is only about 6 inches between the ground and the joists. So it looks like the original plan wont work. We were thinking that we could cut...