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I was over there today with a new renter coming in, and remembered to take a picture. This is two years and three months since I started this thread about the garage doors. At first I thought there...

I never ask for advice in any store, including SW, but will continue to use their paint because I've found none better for houses. I just call them and tell them what I want, and they have it ready...

Totalboat is just Jamestown Distributors own brand name. They sold all the others for several decades, and still do, before adding their own product line. I'm sure it's fine. I've used their...

You could always buy an old Steinway piano and repurpose the wood. We have a 1932 and even the legs are solid Cuban Mahogany.

Acetone won't hurt fiberglass, but there are not many paints or primers it won't harm. I expect the door comes primed. I can't see them popping a door out of a mold with a gelcoat surface.

If...

I can't think of a good reason to use oil based paint for anything any more. Either use SW's best, or some even more expensive marine paint. Sherwin Williams Emerald Rain Refresh is amazing stuff...

The house I grew up in was built when my Dad came back from WWII. It didn't have air conditioning. There was a 4' attic fan at the top of the unfinished upstairs with no protection of any kind. I...

I remembered where a picture was of one of the gable vents on that 1828 house. I had to rent a lift to fix a roof leak about a year ago. I didn't have anything to do with that roof other than keep...

The old house in the picture needed some but never had any. Every roof peak was a different angle and each side was a little different. I just figured each one out on the workbench as I was...

The drawing shown on the first page of this site should be all the plans needed, but the prices look pretty hard to match for DIY unless time is worth nothing.
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My experience matches Jamie’s. I’ve never seen a single adjustable shelf ever get adjusted more than one time.

This was the beginnings of my "systainer" waterproof toolbox system in 2012 built in a house I was flipping. The collection has grown considerably since then. When the boxes get dirty, I just hose...

I wouldn't be surprised if a place like B&H didn't have some in the back somewhere. I lost a pop pin out of my bought new in 1975 telescopic 17' David White grade rod and couldn't find the odd size...

I've stopped using that 30 second cleaner for anything. I used it on an old outbuilding here and it made galvanized siding nails rust through what looked like a good coat of paint on it. I have no...

After thinking about it, my long handled Stihl was new in 1999 and I've never cleaned it that I remember. I do remember sharpening it a couple of times. It just gets some bar lube run on it before...

I wouldn’t worry about cleaning after every use though. I lube mine with chainsaw bar oil and don’t remember the last time they were cleaned.

Brake cleaner or carb cleaner. If one doesn’t work, the other will. Probably not best in a city though.

Some of that plantation Mahogany, that goes by many names, moves more than any wood I've ever seen. I would stay away from it.

Usually just a couple of days. Plenty to do here on the Ponderosa. Not possible to run out of work without leaving home. Self-employed since 1974.

Bandsaw sawyers use it but mostly for keeping pitch buildup off the blades, wheels, and guides. They're sawing fresh cut green wood though, which woodworkers do very little of. They use all sorts...

Correct. They brine the roads maybe once a year every third year. Nothing we own goes on the roads then until after a good rain has passed.

Nearest car wash 15 minutes away one way. 10 minutes here and it’s done. Push button on pressure washer for quick blast off. Foam gun. Long handled brush. Rinse. Hit windows. Done. Good enough.

No problem. Those pictures were already here anyway in my gallery. I can do anything any house needs with tools and equipment necessary, having been building and restoring them for a living for 50...

Complete router setup. PVC pipe is for air inlet and finger protection. Shop Vac gets 100% of the dust and chips-no exaggeration. Deck made from synthetic bowling alley surface. Fence run in same...

Backers and carriers made from English Boxwood. Four 9 lite replacement sash made for that 1850 house in the picture with the shutters made all with hand tools including that reworked sash plane. ...