I am building a 15'x23' deck in Knoxville. I built a sandwich girder at the end using 12" x 16" deep concrete piers, 4x4 posts sitting on galvanized metal brackets and pressure treated 2x10's sandwiched together using 3" nails and 1/2" lag bolts 6 inches long. I left the braces I used to hold the...
hmm I actually may have a deck question pretty soon, I've gotta get a free day to crawl around under it and see if I can figure out why it's bouncy for myself
Proposal: Woodworking
What would this proposal provide that the existing Home Improvement fails to provide?
There are are already tags for wood, woodworking and wooden-furniture etc. and Home Improvement is struggling with their questions per day statistic as it is.
Back then, I used "permanence" as a guide for topicality, so something that's part of the house. If you're building a built-in cabinet, it's on-topic because it would become part of the house; if you're building a bed-side locker, not so much (because you'll take your furniture with you if you sell the house). These days, I realize that many of the same skills would be used for both, so it doesn't really matter how they're applied.
I once read about a mortar that starts as a powder I could put in between my flagstones, and then just wet it down and it would harden in place.
Do you know what this product is?
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@MatthewPK What's on the other side of the wall? If it's something you wouldn't have to look at much, you could move the junction box to that side and cover the opening in the kitchen
Is there a way without using junction boxes to simply splice in additional length of 12/2 NM-B cable? Can I use twist caps?
I'm putting in a dog door and as it so happens, there is some 12/2 right in the way of the location I've chosen. There's no additional slack in the cable, and I don't want ...
@WarriorBob It's a good time to talk about whatever you're thinking of doing, or things that might not be on topic for the main site. Unless someone chimes in, it can be a slow 2 hours.
Well, I've always kind of wanted to ask about drip/sprinkler systems, but last I checked I didn't that was on-topic for the main site. Okay to ask here?
I've recently inherited one, it's got problems, and I'm not sure where to start
Okay, so I've got a few issues with this thing. It is fairly inconsistent in its water distribution. A few plastic pipes don't have ends, so they just hose water. Are these things standardized at all? If I want to replace the ends, what kinds of options am I looking for?
@w I bought a kit from Lowes, Mister Landscaper brand. Set up four separate drip feeds for a set of raised beds in my wife's new veggie garden. A toch priey compared to a hand sprayer, but works great.
@ChrisCudmore I don't know what the pipes look like underground, but the piping above ground is this thin plastic-y pipe (it is ductile enough to bend with my hand though) that I'd estimate is about 3/8" in diameter.
@w They have a wide range of individual parts from this mfr at Lowes ranginf grom 3/4 down to 1/4. There are several valve and ending devices. I think there is a web site. Will go searrch.
I'm looking to use soaker hoses on my tomatoes this year and need a bit over 100 feet to get all the plants. The maximum length I can get one in is 50 feet so I would need three hoses to get everything evenly. Would they work ok if I connected them all together or would it be better to use a 3-wa...
Still looking for that ice maker. Probably going to use a draining system, but a bit concerned about amount of electricity and water they use since they are always refreshing the ice and not freezing it. Any experiences with this? Brands?
@ChrisCudmore I keep hearing horror stories about drip pans and leaks. We use about 20 glasses a day and the fridge can handle it, but when we have company we run short. Want it for small gatherings and parties, but its not a catering hall
We've got a small ice maker for a vacation home, simple power switch on the front to turn it off when not in use, and a giant bucket to hold lots of ice. It's good for a mini-bar type of environment.
@BMitch Just what I do now. The fridge icemaker makes a pile about 2"x4"x8" and I dump that (when I remeber) into a bin in the freezer. It works, but I want a no thought source when the stuff starts to flow.
And besides, what am I going to put next to that bar sink you guys weighed in on?
for once a month a giant ice maker seems like overkill. I personally like @bmitch's earlier suggestion of a stand-alone one that dumps into a bin (and turns off when not in use)
@BMitch I only use plastic cooling devices when I am drinking Boones Farm Apple wine. Plastic ice cubes? In North Fork Wine Country? With fine blended scotch? Horrors!
So I think what I'm going to do is use one of these tyco splices, heat shrink the entire thing, secure both sides with staples and (if it will fit) enclose it inside the wall in a handy box
There seems to be some ambiguity over whether or not this is permitted per the NEC
but there will be no ambiguity over whether or not it is safe
Proposal: Woodworking
What would this proposal provide that the existing Home Improvement fails to provide?
There are are already tags for wood, woodworking and wooden-furniture etc. and Home Improvement is struggling with their questions per day statistic as it is.
I once read about a mortar that starts as a powder I could put in between my flagstones, and then just wet it down and it would harden in place.
Do you know what this product is?
molding should be a synonym of trim, it looks like moulding already is.
