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Hi All! Many of the clay bricks on my house & planter have mortar on the faces. The mortar ranges from a light haze to up to 1/8" thick. The bricks are perhaps around 100 years old. (The house is 125+ years old, but I don't know when it was bricked.) The style is often called "Old Chicago". I...

Hi All! When looking for construction & structural screws, I found that the length of 3-1/8 inches is common. Three inch is not common. Since typical "2-by" lumber is 1-1/2" thick and sometimes one wants to screw a "2-by" to another (such as a ledger board), why is 3 inch not more common...

Hello All! I must attach 1-1/2" wide x 1" x 1" x 1/8" Hot Rolled Steel angels to the face of vertical wood 2 x 6. The largest fastener that can be used is #8 screw. (Hammer or nailer won't fit. Larger diameter screw won't work in the angles.) Only one screw per angle will fit. (Obstructions &...

With this new tool, we can finally stop heating up those greenish looking gas station burritos on our exhaust manifolds & do it it style! Paul PS: I thought the jobsite battery radios were a fancy luxury, but this thing tops even that.

Hello All! I am doing painting and found that the bottoms of some window trim had water behind them when I removed the caulk. I am wondering if it is wiser to leave the bottoms open to let water out, or caulk them closed to keep water & snow from blowing in. The sides of the trim are still...

Hi All, I removed some eaves troughs, which I think are also called "Gutters" for painting. The drip edge extensions were touching the tops of the troughs, making it all but impossible to reach in for cleaning maple leaves out. I wish to lower the troughs for access, so I puttied the old screw...

About 20 years ago, I put latex solid color stain on my new garage's T1-11. There is no peeling, so I thought about use on my paint-throwing house trim. The paint on wood trim boards on my house tends to peel in a few years. The horizontal fascia boards at the bottom of the asbestos shingle...

Hello All! I have to do trauma surgery on my washing machine and must remove many clamps that look like the ones in the photos. My work truck has many, too. In the past, I've struggled with these type of clamps. Water pump pliers (aka Channelocks) slip off. The small ones sometimes come off...

Hello All! I hope this is in the correct place on the forum list. It seems like a general fix-up topic. It's about DIY wood hardener & filler. Since wood hardener is so expensive, I sought out alternatives and, after much experimenting, discovered some successes that I would like to share...

My name is Paul and I'm a new member. Thank You for allowing me into this learning group! My background is varied. In the early 1970's, I worked as a linesman in the "climb the pole" days while apprenticing to be an electrician. I did line work until I realized how cold it is on poles and...

Hello All! We have a window that came from the factory with deep scratches in the glass. I tried the nail polish routine with no success. It made the scratches more pronounced. They are far too deep to polish out. My next thought was of using one of the windshield repair kits to make the...