Posted by admin on December 30, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Home Depot wants $240 to remove the old carpet before they install the new stuff. The area is 2 small bedrooms, a hallway, and some stairs (around 500 sq ft). Is it worth it to do myself?
take a box cutter, and cut a slice in the carpet, then just tug and it will pull right up, unless its glued down (which its usually not). even if it was glued down google for what will soften up the glue (acetone or mineral spirits probably). its held in along the edge with tack strips. the carpet will pull right off of them, and the tack strips come off with a prybar and hammer. if its on concrete, when you pull up the strips, it will take small quarter sized pieces of concrete with it (from my experience), then just get a small tub of premixed concrete and patch the holes,then lay down whatever you want (tile, wood, etc).
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Posted by admin on December 29, 2010 at 6:00 pm
I have some outlets in a buidling where I want to know what breakers they are associated to. Turning off and on all the breakers is not an option. What is the simplist way to accomplish this?
stick a piece of wire in the plugs of the oulet (with a pair of insulated pliers). it will trip the breaker that powers that outlet
lol, I had to do that at my job before… except they have super breakers and it was buzzing loudly for about 20 seconds before it threw.
There are cool little tools where you can plug something in on one side, and touch the breaker with the remote piece and it’ll let you know. My, I always just plugged a lamp in and threw breakers til it went off. A pet peeve of mine is poorly labeled breakers
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Posted by admin on December 26, 2010 at 6:00 am
And the finished product …
Cheers
Plan of action:
- new tub
- remove all tile and replace (Floor, shower, walls)
- new sink and toilet
- drop ceiling and new pot lights in ceiling and shower (4)
- new ventalation (see the hole< that also goes to the powder room in the master hense the mold problem)
- new vanity top
Questions:
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Posted by admin on December 25, 2010 at 6:00 am
I bought a semi-boneless halved lamb leg…basically its a 1 pound piece of meat with a leg bone in the middle from a lamb. I’ve always wanted to try lamb, because in movies and stuff its considered "luxury". anyway, what should I be expecting, what should it taste like? Any cooking ideas? I’m thinking of just sprinkling on salt and pepper and baking it on a rack in the oven.
How good the lamb is will depend on how well you cook it, just like all meat. Of course, you can get lamb that isn’t fresh, but I’ll just assume you got some good stuff.
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Posted by admin on December 20, 2010 at 6:00 pm
What are the best cuts of steak? And where are the best places to order it online?
I like Ribeye which is a Chuck – Blade cut.
I would never buy meat without seeing and smelling it first.
Rib Eye is my favorite also. The ones they sell at the grocery store are most of the time "Select" grade steaks or some times you will get "Choice." "Prime" is the highest grade steak and this is what you get at most of the high end steak houses. Many of the large chain steakhouses carry "Choice" steak. Rib Eye is great because it has high marbalization (fat) in the meat that make it more flavorful IMO. Check this out.
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Posted by admin on December 17, 2010 at 6:00 pm
I saw this at the book store saturday and wanted to pick it up. I only had like 8 bucks left on me and did not feel like making the trip out to the car and back. Anyone else thinking about reading this book?
lol i was over there and came back to check out my thread and you were already here. I also want to get the johnny cash autobiography. If I was not so tired I would go buy scar tissue right now.
edit don’t make me go get it so we can all read it together and chat about it like we were on oprah!!
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Posted by admin on December 12, 2010 at 6:00 pm
anyone here does it?
what kit are you using? It would be a first time for me…
Id love to be able to replicate some of my favorite beers that arent available locally to me
I’ve done it before. Its alot of work, but worth it if you love beer
i do love teh beer
what equipment did you use
Havnt brewed in like 5 years, still have most of my old equipment though. Brewing your own beer is just like cooking. You can be as simple or as fancy as you want.
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Posted by admin on December 10, 2010 at 6:00 am
Since I’ve tried it, I love this method 100x better than cooking it in a pan. Less fat, no worries of burning if you like crispy bacon, and it stays flat.
I’ll put aluminum foil on the baking pan for easy clean up. If you’re doing the low temp method, you NEED to do this or you’ll have a big solid layer of fat in the bottom of your pan. I’ll then put a wire rack ontop for the bacon to sit on so fat can drain off.
Oven at 400 degrees and it takes from 8 to 12 mins depending on the thickness of the bacon.
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Posted by admin on December 9, 2010 at 6:00 am
New nail out by Bostitch, been around for a little bit but hasnt really gotten too much attention yet.
Cost over regular nails? About $15 more for a 2,000 sq ft house … anyone looking to build, should talk to their contractor about using these nails.
it really doesn’t matter, if the house was built before any of the most recent codes changes (Since Hurricane Andrew), it would most likely fail if strong enough winds were present.
But hey, $15 is chump change if your building a new house.
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Posted by admin on December 5, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Ok doing a remodel on a rental and I need to remove the old tub, but I don’t think I have a way to get the tub out short of breaking it up. Any sugestions or ways to make the job easier?
thats what i’ve seenthem do on DIY network’s bathroom renevations tv show, is just beat on them with the biggest sledge hammer they have until they break
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