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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?

**Iowanian** · 03-28-2010, 09:59 PM

I hire high school or college kids to treat my decks every summer.

While I'm perfectly capable, I decided it was better use of my time to let someone else do that, they make a few bucks and I make more while I'm working.

I bought 5 laborers at a auction for a fund raiser and I've got a list for them too, probably this week.

**Buehler445** · 03-28-2010, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Definitely don't use a garden sprayer, you'll never get an even coat. And while brushing it is the most desirable I've put it on with my airless sprayer plenty of times, not everyone is willing to pay me what it would take to get me to brush an entire fence.

We hired a contractor to paint my sisters house that had a very good paint sprayer that he stained finish on cabinets and trim that I'm sure would work for a fence. You just have to know how to use the thing and be cognizant of wind. If you're going to just do the one thing, I'd probably go with a brush. Paint sprayers can get expensive.

Definitely take care of the fence. They are mother****ing expensive to replace.

**Bugeater** · 03-28-2010, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

We hired a contractor to paint my sisters house that had a very good paint sprayer that he stained finish on cabinets and trim that I'm sure would work for a fence. You just have to know how to use the thing and be cognizant of wind. If you're going to just do the one thing, I'd probably go with a brush. Paint sprayers can get expensive.

Definitely take care of the fence. They are mother****ing expensive to replace.

Yeah it's not cost effective for the average homeowner to keep an airless sprayer around, and while you can rent them if they haven't been maintained properly they can be more trouble than they're worth. But I have a Graco, I can spray anything with that fugger.

**Buehler445** · 03-28-2010, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Yeah it's not cost effective for the average homeowner to keep an airless sprayer around, and while you can rent them if they haven't been maintained properly they can be more trouble than they're worth. But I have a Graco, I can spray anything with that fugger.

I have no idea what our contractor has, but it is a BAMF. I'm sure in your line of work, you use the balls out of it.

**Bugeater** · 03-28-2010, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

I have no idea what our contractor has, but it is a BAMF. I'm sure in your line of work, you use the balls out of it.

I use it frequently but not daily, mine is a pretty basic one I paid a grand for 10 years ago, had to have the fluid section rebuilt a few years ago for $400, so I've definitely got my money's worth out of it. One of my former employers had one that was convertible from electric motor to gasoline engine, now THAT was a badass machine. I could never justify that for my needs.

FAX · 03-29-2010, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

To put in the playground....what a deal that turned out to be.

I bought it off of craigslist. It was a playstar series that looked to be worth around 2200 and was built 2yrs ago. I bought it for a few hundred, had to drive to the DM area to take it down and haul it home, which took 2 trips.

I had to tear out about 30' of vintage 1930s brick and cement wall, tore out a row of hedge and 2 cedar trees. I leveled off the spot, dug a 45' trench by hand to bury a tile and hauled in the pea gravel....scooping 6 ton by hand.

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Mods. Would you please move this post to the Crazy-Man Corner?

FAX

**Iowanian** · 12-10-2010, 12:00 PM

Fireplace people.....

I've got a final piece to pretty much finish my home remodel and I'm looking for input.

I have a fireplace with a chipped(rough) brick front and fire brick interior(poor condition).

I'm looking for options for a gas insert as well as ideas for what to do with the brick. I've considered buttering the bricks to smooth it out and putting in some type of tile(nothing expensive, but fancy enough to make it a centerpiece), or some type of stone.

Basically, I'm interested in learning about 2 things....If you sell or install Gas inserts, either tell me what I want or don't want.....or PM me about a potential sale.

If you're a tile and brick guru, I'd be curious to see ideas or samples of what to do.

The fireplace is the centerpiece of a living room, has a full length wood mangle and bookshelves on each side.

ClevelandBronco · 12-10-2010, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

The fireplace is the centerpiece of a living room, has a full length wood mangle and bookshelves on each side.

I guess you shouldn't have built that yourself.

kepp · 02-15-2011, 01:04 PM

So I have a dishwasher issue. My wife called a few minutes ago saying that there was water all over the kitchen floor that had come from the dishwasher. She said it seems like the dishes were clean, so the dishwasher was working, but just leaking water. I'm wondering if its drain is clogged? How do I check and fix that?

02-15-2011, 01:44 PM

Kinda depends on if your d/w drains into the disposal or has it's own inlet into the drain pipe.

kepp · 02-15-2011, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

Kinda depends on if your d/w drains into the disposal or has it's own inlet into the drain pipe.

That I don't know. But I guess it'd probably be easy to tell by looking under the sink. If that is the case, is it likely that the disposal is clogged?

**notorious** · 02-15-2011, 04:48 PM

If it is a constant water leak, it is a water supply line.

If it only leaked when the dishwasher runs, or to be more precise, when it was draining the water, more then likely your pump and/or pump seal has gone out.

Chazno · 02-15-2011, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by kepp

So I have a dishwasher issue. My wife called a few minutes ago saying that there was water all over the kitchen floor that had come from the dishwasher. She said it seems like the dishes were clean, so the dishwasher was working, but just leaking water. I'm wondering if its drain is clogged? How do I check and fix that?

I had an issue like that a couple years ago. Looked all over for that leak. Finally found a tiny hole in the tub that had been pierced by a knife. Tiny hole, lotsa water. I would usually start seeing the water about the time it started drying.

blaise · 02-15-2011, 05:56 PM

Not on the dishwasher topic, but I want to put in a screen door on my back door (an extra door storm/screen door) On the pamphlets for the doors it says you need at least 2.5 inches depth on the little side piece of the door frame. Mine has 2.0 , maybe 2 1/4 max. Has anyone installed their own and come across this?
The problem would be that the door knob on the actual door would stick out too far, I think and so the screen door wouldn't close. How can I get around it?

**Bugeater** · 02-15-2011, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by blaise

Not on the dishwasher topic, but I want to put in a screen door on my back door (an extra door storm/screen door) On the pamphlets for the doors it says you need at least 2.5 inches depth on the little side piece of the door frame. Mine has 2.0 , maybe 2 1/4 max. Has anyone installed their own and come across this?
The problem would be that the door knob on the actual door would stick out too far, I think and so the screen door wouldn't close. How can I get around it?

I'd somehow shim the screen door out a 1/2". What type of trim is around the exterior of the door frame? Is it standard brick moulding?

09-24-2004, 08:25 AM
Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $4778454	Handy-Man Corner 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?
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03-28-2010, 09:59 PM	#586
Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $4778454	I hire high school or college kids to treat my decks every summer. While I'm perfectly capable, I decided it was better use of my time to let someone else do that, they make a few bucks and I make more while I'm working. I bought 5 laborers at a auction for a fund raiser and I've got a list for them too, probably this week.
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12-10-2010, 12:00 PM	#592
Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $4778454	Fireplace people..... I've got a final piece to pretty much finish my home remodel and I'm looking for input. I have a fireplace with a chipped(rough) brick front and fire brick interior(poor condition). I'm looking for options for a gas insert as well as ideas for what to do with the brick. I've considered buttering the bricks to smooth it out and putting in some type of tile(nothing expensive, but fancy enough to make it a centerpiece), or some type of stone. Basically, I'm interested in learning about 2 things....If you sell or install Gas inserts, either tell me what I want or don't want.....or PM me about a potential sale. If you're a tile and brick guru, I'd be curious to see ideas or samples of what to do. The fireplace is the centerpiece of a living room, has a full length wood mangle and bookshelves on each side.
Posts: 61,525

02-15-2011, 01:04 PM	#594
kepp MVP Join Date: Aug 2005 Casino cash: $5379212	So I have a dishwasher issue. My wife called a few minutes ago saying that there was water all over the kitchen floor that had come from the dishwasher. She said it seems like the dishes were clean, so the dishwasher was working, but just leaking water. I'm wondering if its drain is clogged? How do I check and fix that?
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02-15-2011, 01:44 PM	#595
Phobia Guest Casino cash: $	Kinda depends on if your d/w drains into the disposal or has it's own inlet into the drain pipe.
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02-15-2011, 04:48 PM	#597
notorious Supporter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Who knows? Casino cash: $2945884	If it is a constant water leak, it is a water supply line. If it only leaked when the dishwasher runs, or to be more precise, when it was draining the water, more then likely your pump and/or pump seal has gone out.
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02-15-2011, 05:56 PM	#599
blaise In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Plano, TX Casino cash: $9999900	Not on the dishwasher topic, but I want to put in a screen door on my back door (an extra door storm/screen door) On the pamphlets for the doors it says you need at least 2.5 inches depth on the little side piece of the door frame. Mine has 2.0 , maybe 2 1/4 max. Has anyone installed their own and come across this? The problem would be that the door knob on the actual door would stick out too far, I think and so the screen door wouldn't close. How can I get around it?
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