First…A little history. Back in 1985 my wife and I and our 5 children (at the time) purchased an old farm house out in the country that was built in stages beginning in 1894. We had lived in the city and felt it would be a good idea to move to the country. Anyway, after […]
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Leveling floors & ceilings in 120 year old farm house.
Sump Pumps (Part 3)
Well hey!!! Here I am posting 2 days in a row!!! Today we (my son & I)finished excavating the remaining 4″ or so of clay/subsoil from our sump pit. It had accumulated a small amount of water overnight, which added to the weight of this subsoil. Anyway, after removing this remaining bit of subsoil (down […]
Red Green Wisdom
If you are an avid do it yourselfer you might remember the Red Green Show. It had a lot of laughs mixed in with some stuff I didn’t get and probably lots of stuff that nobody gets, but Red Green is an iconic Handyman. Down to the beard and sly humor. I thought a few […]
Our New Bosch Dishwasher
First, the background: I purchased and installed a Kitchen Aid dishwasher in my remodeled kitchen in 2001. This was (supposedly) a quality dishwasher with a stainless steel interior tub. My problems began about 4 years later when the catch for the dish detergent compartment door had deteriorated to the point where it no longer existed. […]
Get Joe Writing Again
Actually we are talking about Handyman, here, but he referred to himself as Joe, and so Joe it is. Joe Everyman. We need to encourage him to write again. We got all caught up with the fall round up of general chores and a few remodeling jobs that were a little more work than initially […]
Handyman -too busy to write
As you can see from the projects list on the sidebar, Handyman has been busy with some really big projects – and some not on the list. He wallpapered the den area with the seagrass look paper I picked out (from Lowes). He can describe the process for you- it was the first time we […]
