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**Iowanian** · 09-24-2004, 08:25 AM

I'm tired of bad Chiefs news.....

I thought it would be a good idea for a thread on the Handy-Man.

Do you have any Home remedies, gadgets you've made, advice on car repair, home maint, sollutions to kill weeds in your yard, bugs in your garden?

Use Coke to clean your batteries? That type of stuff.
Home made floor dry?

02-02-2007, 09:39 AM

FWIW, that's a knockout Mike. You should have stuck your screwdriver in there harder.

I've done that a couple times. Installers forget it because a lot of plumbers drain straight into the PVC drain.

**RNR** · 02-02-2007, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by PastorMikH

Note:

When installing a garbage disposal, MAKE SURE you take out the drain plug before hooking the dishwasher up!!!

One of the things in our contract on the house was getting the disposal fixed. They put in a new one instead. The dishwasher didn't want to drain. After a bit of trouble shooting, I stick a screw driver into the drain outlet on the disposal and whoever installed it failed to drill out the drain line for a dishwasher. Drilled out the drain hole and it works fine.

Been there done that!

PastorMikH · 02-02-2007, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

FWIW, that's a knockout Mike. You should have stuck your screwdriver in there harder.

No, it wasn't.

I looked over the unit pretty well - even pulled it out (That is after I hit it several times fairly hard). The unit is cheaper and is plastic (Which is what I would have bought to replace a defective unit prior to sale). The plastic molding on both sides had no appearance whatsoever of knockout capability. Didn't take but a second to drill out with a spade bit though.

02-02-2007, 09:46 AM

I've never seen one that wasn't a knockout. That's crazy.

PastorMikH · 02-02-2007, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

I've never seen one that wasn't a knockout. That's crazy.

It had me puzzled, that is for sure. 'Course, most of the disposals I have messed with were metal too.

**Baby Lee** · 02-02-2007, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewChief

You've just summed up perfectly what attracts me to flipping houses. Not to mention, I'd love to make crappy homes into cool homes that the residents would actually enjoy.

You're a flipper? How long you been at it?
Some friends and I are setting up a small consortium of folks with capital, experience/resources in home repair, contacts in the RE market and financing expertise [or some mix thereof] to start up a flipping operation.
Wouldn't mind picking your brain as things progress.

**Saulbadguy** · 02-02-2007, 03:53 PM

After looking at Pastors pics, I wish I had taken before & after pics of the shit i've been doing. I've had a buddy that knows what he is doing help me do most of this crap which has been great. I've learned the biggest hurdle that I face (other than being generally awkward and not handy) is I do not have "the right tools for the job". It makes the projects go much smoother and easier..

Anyways, i'm planning on getting my Condo listed March 1st. This weekend we are installing baseboard & door trim in the kitchen and the bathroom. I'm hoping to find prefinished stuff in the color that I like so I don't have to mess with that. Of course, i've never installed trim, but I heard it wasn't too difficult.

Then, painting. The only painting that will be somewhat difficult will be in the living room, where we have high ceilings. I think i'll let the wife do that part.

Then, carpet. I'm going to go out and get a bunch of estimates this or next weekend, and get it as cheap as possible.

Finally, just need to fix a bunch of little things. At one time in my bedrooms, at least one outlet was wired to the switch on the wall where you could hook up a lamp and it would turn it on, since there are no fixtures in the ceiling (weird). If I could find a way to re-wire them so they would work again (they stopped working after I replaced the receptacles, go figure), that would be nice. I thought I had replaced them wire for wire, but maybe I did not get the right receptacles? Hell if I know. Anyways, thanks for the help in this thread. When we get a house i'm sure I will need alot more of it.

NewChief · 02-02-2007, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

You're a flipper? How long you been at it?
Some friends and I are setting up a small consortium of folks with capital, experience/resources in home repair, contacts in the RE market and financing expertise [or some mix thereof] to start up a flipping operation.
Wouldn't mind picking your brain as things progress.

I'm at about the same point as you, actually. We're just laying the groundwork and hoping to do our first house this summer. I had posted last night asking for advice, telling people I was about to start a flipping business with another teacher for the summertime.

**Baby Lee** · 02-02-2007, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by NewChief

I'm at about the same point as you, actually. We're just laying the groundwork and hoping to do our first house this summer. I had posted last night asking for advice, telling people I was about to start a flipping business with another teacher for the summertime.

Must know. FHA loans not approved for properties owned by seller less than 90 days. Must provide additional valuation documentation 90-180 days.

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...f/03-10778.pdf

PastorMikH · 02-02-2007, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

After looking at Pastors pics, I wish I had taken before & after pics

I've done a lot of projects that when they were through I was wishing I had taken pics before to look back on. Now I try to take pics on all the major projects. One thing I have wanted to do to but never seem to do is get the "During" pics of how work is progressing.

NewChief · 04-17-2007, 11:58 AM

Alright, borrowed a tile saw from a friend and the pump is totally shot. The impeller keeps coming off the axis on which it should spin, meaning it takes about 5 minutes to fix for about 1 cut, meaning the thing needs a new pump.

Any kind of small aquatic pump should work, don't you all think? I should be able to just go to a pond/landscaping store or fish store? Or is there something I'm missing here.

04-17-2007, 12:00 PM

I bought my last replacement pump at Ace. It was about $8. I'm guessing that's cheaper than what they'll sell them at a specialty shop or tile store.

NewChief · 04-17-2007, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phobia

I bought my last replacement pump at Ace. It was about $8. I'm guessing that's cheaper than what they'll sell them at a specialty shop or tile store.

Alright, cool. So it's something that a hardware store will have? Excellent. I'll head there after work. Hopefully they're generic, because I can't even tell what brand this tile saw is it's so beat up and old.

PastorMikH · 04-17-2007, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewChief

Alright, borrowed a tile saw from a friend and the pump is totally shot. The impeller keeps coming off the axis on which it should spin, meaning it takes about 5 minutes to fix for about 1 cut, meaning the thing needs a new pump.

Any kind of small aquatic pump should work, don't you all think? I should be able to just go to a pond/landscaping store or fish store? Or is there something I'm missing here.

The floor guy I know who's saw I borrowed drops added a longer hose and puts his pump in a 5 gallon bucket of fresh water. When the tray under the saw gets full he dumps it and refils the bucket. He said it seems like a tad more trouble but the pumps last a lot longer that way.

NewChief · 04-17-2007, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

The floor guy I know who's saw I borrowed drops added a longer hose and puts his pump in a 5 gallon bucket of fresh water. When the tray under the saw gets full he dumps it and refils the bucket. He said it seems like a tad more trouble but the pumps last a lot longer that way.

That would make sense. The tray gets pretty nasty, and the filters on those pumps aren't exactly high tech.

09-24-2004, 08:25 AM
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02-02-2007, 09:39 AM	#451
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02-02-2007, 09:46 AM	#454
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02-02-2007, 03:53 PM	#457
Saulbadguy When a nightmare becomes real Join Date: Nov 2003 Casino cash: $2376966	After looking at Pastors pics, I wish I had taken before & after pics of the shit i've been doing. I've had a buddy that knows what he is doing help me do most of this crap which has been great. I've learned the biggest hurdle that I face (other than being generally awkward and not handy) is I do not have "the right tools for the job". It makes the projects go much smoother and easier.. Anyways, i'm planning on getting my Condo listed March 1st. This weekend we are installing baseboard & door trim in the kitchen and the bathroom. I'm hoping to find prefinished stuff in the color that I like so I don't have to mess with that. Of course, i've never installed trim, but I heard it wasn't too difficult. Then, painting. The only painting that will be somewhat difficult will be in the living room, where we have high ceilings. I think i'll let the wife do that part. Then, carpet. I'm going to go out and get a bunch of estimates this or next weekend, and get it as cheap as possible. Finally, just need to fix a bunch of little things. At one time in my bedrooms, at least one outlet was wired to the switch on the wall where you could hook up a lamp and it would turn it on, since there are no fixtures in the ceiling (weird). If I could find a way to re-wire them so they would work again (they stopped working after I replaced the receptacles, go figure), that would be nice. I thought I had replaced them wire for wire, but maybe I did not get the right receptacles? Hell if I know. Anyways, thanks for the help in this thread. When we get a house i'm sure I will need alot more of it.
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04-17-2007, 12:00 PM	#462
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