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Adding Trim to a Porch Post Dear Concord Carpenter, I have a side porch that has painted 4×4 posts. They are fairly new and in great shape but ugly. I want to make them look bigger and better. A friend told me to buy 1×4 and 1×6 trim and rip the 1×6 trim to fit. …
House Trim Tip: Fitting that tough board under a door If you’ve ever trimmed out an exterior door you know that the skirt trim [board under the door] needs to be tight and secure to help support the threshold. the problem is betting it to fit under a slightly beveled threshold and the porch or…
Lux Programmable Thermostat Programmable thermostats help you reduce heating or cooling consumption. Plus they’re GREEN! I recently installed a LUX TX500E Programmable Thermostat. The LUX comes pre-programmed with a default schedule that’s designed to you money in heating and cooling costs. LUX claims that this thermostat, if used properly, can save you approximately $500 in…
HOMEOWNERS NEED TO HELP SAVE WATER The first step in saving water is to install eco-friendly, high efficient water saving plumbing fixtures. Did you know that many water experts state that clean, fresh water is becoming limited? Therefore, it is essential for the U.S. to learn to adopt better behavior in reducing daily water usage.…
Porter-Cable Random Orbit Sander The Porter-Cable 390 5-Inch Low Profile Random Orbit Sander is a powerful palm sander that has a low center of gravity for better control and handling as allows you to getting the sander into tight spots. I’ve always used random orbitals because they sand so nicely across the grain! Porter Cable recently…
Drywall Anchors and Wall Patching I hate painting but what I hate even more than painting is preparing a wall surface for paint. Probably the worst part of that is removing drywall anchors and patching Walls. A painter friend of mine, Mark O’Lalor, showed me a neat trick that allows you to fill drywall anchor…
Bessey Toggle Clamps Bessey Tools has a new automatic adjusting toggle clamp that does not require that annoying screw adjustment every time you change material thickness. What a HUGE Time-saver!! The Bessey Automatic Adjusting Toggle Clamps quickly adjust to work pieces of varying thicknesses while keeping the clamping force of 25 too 550 pound constant.…
I’m giving away one Milwaukee M12 Plumb lasers to one of my weekly Newsletter subscribers. If your a subscriber your eligible to enter this giveaway. Put away your long level or plumb bob – the Milwaukee M12 Cordless 2-Beam Plumb Laser can save you time and money especially when installing plumb and vertical items. A self-leveling mechanism ensures…
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