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D-I-Y Mushroom Factor, F-Y-I

by | May 10, 2016 | fixing-it

The Little Project That Grew Every home remodeler and renovator runs into it at some time, the dreaded mushrooming of a simple project into the monster money pit. It is what you come to expect when working on an old house project. This is not about fungus- at least...
What Is the Mushroom Factor?

What Is the Mushroom Factor?

by | Jan 27, 2011 | fixing-it, old houses, remodeling

fixing up old houses That is the question of the day, isn’t it? Well, though I wrote a small blurb about it early in the days of this blog, I found that Squidoo had no search results for it. That is right: a whole huge online community had no resource for...
Sump Pumps (Part 3)

Sump Pumps (Part 3)

by | Aug 22, 2010 | basement, fixing-it, Handyman, sump pumps

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...

…and the kitchen sink

by | Nov 20, 2006 | faucets, fixing-it, sinks

John, the Muzikdude, is a true D-I-Yerselfer. He has run-in that starts this way: My kitchen sink has a Price Pfister faucet.Things go downhill from there…. but there is no one funnier in recounting the whole long slide into the trials of do it your self land....