Thursday, March 11th, 2010
I had just finished hosting a dinner for friends. Our guests were on their way home and I had just begun to wash the dishes. But the hot water tap was delivering nothing but cold.
Going down to the utility room to investigate, I discovered a disaster: the water heater tank ...
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
From my history resarch, I know that there was a fire in my house a few years after it was built. One fire is plenty for any house, so I have been making improvements recently to make sure fire safety here is up to snuff. Along with the new firelogs ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
First thing this morning I picked up some plumber's epoxy putty at the hardware store to repair the cracked drain pipe I discovered yesterday. This was my first experience with epoxy putty and I found out it is pretty amazing stuff.
Straight out of the package, the epoxy looks like ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
All I wanted was some clean sheets. It's a simple task, right? Wash. Dry. Fold. Done.
Simple.
But in an old house, simple tasks can get complicated. Here's how: I put the sheets into the washer and finished off a bottle of detergent ...
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Saturday, July 15th, 2006
After a recent email asking for advice on paint stripping, (Hi, Carrie!) I got motivated to start restoring the window sashes that have been sitting around for a few weeks since I removed them as part of my bedroom project.
When I got the sashes to the garage and fired up ...
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