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Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 21st 2016, 9:34 pm
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Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

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Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 21st 2016, 12:44 am
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Hot glue gun then dental floss.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 21st 2016, 12:18 am
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Dental floss.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 27th 2016, 9:19 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

I love those head lamps, not sure how I managed before without one.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 27th 2016, 8:42 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Not helpful!
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 27th 2016, 8:15 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

I had a place once where the bathroom outlets had lost power, the GFCI was on an exterior outlet at the front (i.e. opposite end) of the house hidden behind a bush.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 16th 2016, 12:16 am
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

If anyone knows the home address of the guy that designed bathroom tap cartridges and the god awful way they screw into the body of the tap do let me know. I'd like a word.

I spent all of Saturday...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 15th 2016, 11:44 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

The trick is to stop the sun before it gets to the house. Plant shade trees. Hang blinds outside the window.
Forum: The Trailer Park
May 16th 2016, 9:06 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

I know you were all dying to know what happened with the shower valve.

Well, I turned off the main supply to the house and can confirm both cold and hot taps were stopped. I proceeded to take out...
Forum: The Trailer Park
May 7th 2016, 6:53 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Yeah I saw some good videos online showing how to change the cartridge. They either brushed over turning off the hot water or said use the integral shutoffs. I was quite disappointed when I found out...
Forum: The Trailer Park
May 7th 2016, 5:44 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Question for the hive mind.

Dripping shower. Looking at the valve body, it doesn't have integral shutoffs and no hidden access panel to be seen. Hot water tank is a pain to access. From what I...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 4th 2016, 10:11 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Oy, keep the Trump discussions in that thread please!
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 25th 2016, 10:13 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Yes, I think it's fairly regional. I had to deal with subterranean ones here a few years back. Little mud tube up the side of the house, there was also a crack in the foundation they got in through....
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 25th 2016, 9:48 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

It depends on the termites, there are two main types subterranean which you drill and pump poison into the ground and the other type which live in the wood of your house and you tent for.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 29th 2016, 12:51 am
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Oddly enough I found a twitter account for the local public works. They prefer you bring it to a hazardous waste event (all of which are clear across town), mail them back to the manufacturer or one...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 28th 2016, 2:46 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Now I'm trying think what I was thinking had a different name...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 28th 2016, 4:38 am
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Does anyone know what to do with old smoke alarms. Just replaced half a dozen of them because they were over ten years old. Can I just chuck them in the trash?

I guess I could given to a boy scout...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 28th 2016, 4:24 am
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Angle grinder (I think they have a different name here) with a ceramic cutting wheel? Alternatively you could rent a wet saw which is a table saw specially for cutting tiles.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 18th 2016, 9:42 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

You don't look very hard do you.

Raco Add-a-Depth Switch Box Ring-976 - The Home Depot (http://www.homedepot.com/p/Raco-Add-a-Depth-Switch-Box-Ring-976/100563855)

I used a couple a while back...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 18th 2016, 9:31 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

The advantage of using an extension (beyond potentially being a code violation to not use one) is that it protects the intervening wall from the outlet should it spark or over heat. The extension...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 18th 2016, 9:20 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

I can't remember the name either "extender" maybe? Loiter in the electrical aisle of HomeDepot until someone helps you. Only trick will be making sure they are properly grounded once moved out as...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 18th 2016, 1:15 am
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Gorgeous 60f sunny day.



Gas heat. But really just a nice to have for peace of mind.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 17th 2016, 11:39 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

One of those Sundays where you end up in your pjs all day and still do a load of yard work.

Incidentally did you know smoke alarms need to be replaced after 10 years. I've also added a couple of...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 12th 2016, 3:06 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

I always enjoy watching skilled tradesmen like that. The way they make it look so utterly effortless and do in a hour what would take me several days.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 8th 2016, 11:43 pm
Replies: 2,257
Views: 206,128
Posted By sir_eccles

Re: Home and garden projects

Oh the hilarity of an *ahem* well proportioned professional trying to squeeze through the really small access hatch to the attic. We joked about how people were smaller in the 1950s. Apparently some...
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