Category: Home Ownership
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Dial Cooler Controller Door
For those who have swamp coolers that are controlled by Dial’s electronic thermostats… You may have already experienced that the door has given up the ghost and the hinge tabs have broken off. I have found it is probably due to it being left open and somebody running into it and hyperextending it in all…
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Garage Door Opener all busted up
Several months ago, I replaced the double car garage door’s opener, it wasn’t too hard as I used the existing mounting hardware from the old opener. I followed the instructions, pinned up the new rail and lifted the motor unit to the hangers. I had a working garage door in about 3 hours. But as…
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Let’s Garden 2019
It is warm but still too early to start gardening here in the 505. This year we are trying something new. We built up a new raised garden a while back and now we have grid it out to do “square-foot” gardening… using high density squares, we have strategically picked plants to grow per square…
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Spare Bedroom Wall Bed
Wall Bed Idea spawned from Handyman Magazine. Long before Brother was born, the family had a dilemma. We wanted to give the kids each a bedroom and so we had three bedrooms but had four functions that needed to be retained and that meant two rooms had to be combined, namely the tertiary rooms, home office…
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Project Open Space
AbstractThe backyard layout from the previous owner was suitable for a less active function. Clusters of floral plants and rock formations are aesthetically pleasing to view from a patio chair in the back porch area. Our daughter began walking and we soon realized we will need to re-landscape the back yard to better suit our…
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Maytag MDB8959SFZ4
Product Information Description PowerBlast™ cycle removes stuck-on food with high pressure spray jets, increased temperature and hot steam to finish the job 4-Blade stainless steel chopper pulverizes food, preventing particles from plugging the wash system and spray jets, providing optimal cleaning without the need to pre-rinse 2X life tested motor is built to last and…
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Living Room Build
Completed 10/8/2011Right when we moved into our house. The first thing dad wanted to change or build was the living room. The TV in the Purple house required an Ethernet connection to run Netflix and 5.1 surround sound wired for audio and dad began drawing up a design. Design The design was based around the…
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Culinary Refresh
After the refrigerator water filter failed and an insurance check in hand, The Family, thought this was an opportune time to try their luck in DIY and use the money saved to replace the appliances and counter top. On the positive side, Dad was very confident he could perform the mold remediation and rebuild the…
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Saint Tessy
The Tour Exterior Due to the brick veneer, very little is done to the actual building. The front yard has been modified to appear maintained and several bushes had to be pulled due to winter frost. Three flower pots had been added in the front porch to add flowers. The backyard needed overdue maintenance. The…