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Dewalt D24000 15 amp, 10” Wet Tile Saw Accurate And Reliable: Recently Dewalt sent me their D24000 Wet Tile Saw to evaluate. This saw has a 1.5-horsepower motor and a 10-inch diamond blade which spins at 4200 RPMs can easily cut through hard materials like porcelain and stone. Timing is everything and lucky for me…
Using an On Demand Water Heater in conjunction with water saving plumbing fixtures Dear Concord Carpenter, Your article, Water Saving Plumbing Fixtures, reminded me of something my mother was told recently. She has been investigating options for a new heating & hot water system and was told that on-demand hot water heater wouldn’t work well…
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…
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