10 days ago
by Craftsman on the Lake |
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The wife and I moved into an old family cottage on Mousam Lake in Maine a few years ago. It was last remodeled in 1973 when I was 18 years old. We did it all ourselves so I’m familiar with it. The place was nicely done in 70’s styled dark wall paneling and carpets. You know what I mean. We’ve been retired awhile now and it’s time to change things. We need to lighten things up and enlarge without changing the dimensions. We decided to combine two adjoining bedrooms int...
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17 days ago
by chrissavage |
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We are an old retired couple from the East Coast who have just completed replacing the doors, cabinets and blinds in our kitchen by ourselves. Our house had last been renovated in 2000 and over the years some rooms in our house, our kitchen in particular, had started giving us grief so we decided to replace the offending bits.
The wife and I spent a lot of time deliberating whether to hire professional help or to do the remodeling (as we call it) ourselves. After weeks of swinging between h...
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19 days ago
by rhybeka |
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Looks like my basement remodel is finally going to start Monday morning at 7:30. It’s been a looong road to get us here, but we finally got the communication chain we’ve been asking for since we started this process. I’m glad to finally be getting some good news as it’s been a tough week. Even though the majority of the demo is done, I found out a few things that still need to be completed this weekend – and I need to start scrubbing the vinyl adhesive up again ...
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36 days ago
by Irene Bellamy |
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Gardening tools are very much like the artists paint brush. They are what will turn your plain old yard into a fantastic landscape design Toronto. Garden tools that are well taken care of will perform better and last longer. If they aren’t properly taken care of, you can say good bye to your landscape design Toronto and hello to an untrimmed yard. So what is the proper way to take care of your garden tools? It’s actually not hard at all. You can keep them in pristine conditio...
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44 days ago
by rhybeka |
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So we talked with our project foreman this week, and it appears the great city I live in is requiring an ICC Engineering report for the product we are having installed in our basement. The company has reports for all of the materials separately that make up the soft wall, but not a report for the piece as a whole. Quote is 4 – 6 months. This is why we DIY, right? The company has been good to give us options, and even throw in some extras even though they aren’t the ones causing th...
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50 days ago
by BillyJ |
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The demolition continues in this segment, with the jack-hammer getting the best of me. Although I rarely get the chance to rejoice during demo, this time I did. Usually I look at the job and think to myself, “It really doesn’t look THAT bad,” then find out that the concrete is 10” thick in the exact spot I am going to bust up (only because they had accidentally dug too deep and had some leftover cement). It happens to me more often then not.
I’ve had experienc...
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50 days ago
by rhybeka |
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so my cousin was kind enough to come up this past Saturday and help me complete 95% of the demo.All that is left is to finish taking up the linoleum and cutback adhesive (if I can), and apparently now my SO has added replacing the stair treads and risers. They were carpeted before, but I was under the impression they could just be ‘recovered’ with a new oak tread and riser. HA! Until I measured the current tread and found it’s 2x material. sigh so if we want oak stairs, th...
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56 days ago
by Todd A. Clippinger |
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Since I did the Dust Deputy Review in Episode 27, I have been getting questions and have decided to answer them publicly with a video so everyone may benefit from the answers.
In this video I show how I reinforced the 5 gallon bucket lid that I mount the Dust Deputy to.
In Episode 28 I gave information to help the woodworkers decide which shop vacuum size might be the best to use with the Dust Deputy.
Here are the last 2 videos:
Episode 27: Dust Deputy Review
Episode 28: Choosi...
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59 days ago
by Todd A. Clippinger |
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In my last video I did a review of the Dust Deputy and showed how effective it is. ?This prompted several people to ask me about what size shop vacuum is necessary to work with the Dust Deputy. So in this video, I decided to explore that question and share the results with you.
??Even if you are not planning on using a Dust Deputy, you might find the information helpful in your decision to buy a shop vacuum.
If you have not seen how effective it is, check out my previous video where I r...
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59 days ago
by Todd A. Clippinger |
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I bought my Dust Deputy 3 years ago and have been using it regularly since then. Many of you have probably looked at the Dust Deputy and considered purchasing the plastic cyclone with some hesitation, unsure of how it really performs.
In this video I give some good context as to how I use it, with what tools, and how I have it set up. I also open up the Dust Deputy bucket to show how much dust is inside after 3 months of use, and then I open the shop vacuum to see how much dust made it pas...
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