I've I've destroyed numerous things with the ROPS on my tractor, most recently two of the panels on my ground mount solar array. Mine doesn't...
Having retrofitted two of these into our house I can attest to the difficulties of installing these, and that I also thought it would be much...
This must be fairly common. The latest This Old House project has a chimney that was bowed to exit at the roof peak.
I haven't broken (much) my JD 3032e and that's saying a lot. As a friend said, I could break an anvil without trying. I regularly use my FEl to...
As was the case when my friends' basement walls caved in. I'm just relating what happened and how assumptions about insurance were wrong... and...
I know some friends that found out the hard way that their home insurance, as written, did not cover damage related to "earth movement". In both...
I use a solar charger to maintain a larger automotive battery that I use to jump off equipment (tractors, mowers, etc.). I also move it around to...
That's interesting. I thought they actively hunted them.
A few nights ago our youngest dog caught up with a possum and it looks like he grabbed it by the tail as part of it was missing and there was...
One of our dogs (below) would catch possums at night and retrieve them to our back door. I'd carry them out to the back yard and watch them...
Got it. My context on this sort of thing is different having always lived in relatively wet and humid places. I admit I've always wondered what...
I'd suggest you consider loosening the sill bolt nuts, lifting the sill, and installing a barrier to keep the untreated wood from absorbing water...
Did you use treated lumber for the sills, install some sort of waterproof sill seal, or neither? Its hard to tell from the photos.
As houses get more airtight the use of clothes driers, range hoods, and other vents without providing make-up air will become more of an issue....
Agreed. This problem occurs primarily because of the stack effect that occurs inside your house not what's going on outside. It is probably not...
I realize now that these won't work for your situation given that you have a metal flue. Sorry about that.
If it were me I would try a cable operated, top-mounted, flue damper first. [IMG] [IMG]
I suspect that the rural woods will be cleared of everything edible very quickly once the urban/suburban dwellers move out and start hunting and...
We like it dark. Unless the trespassers have night vision equipment, it gives our dogs and our other defenses a big advantage. And, there are...
I assume that because we have a deep well and backup power that's capable of running the submersible pump that we're good as far as water. I hope...
