Ruth Ann, who lives in Lincoln, MA, wrote to me about grab bars. Here's what she had to say: "We are installing safety bars in our tiled bath, tile over rock lath plaster (1927). The installer plans to use wall anchors, not toggles or into studs. He insists this will hold, been doing it for […]
This is my favorite time of year. The eye candy around me is beyond belief. Autumn in the Northeast United States, I'm told, is like no other place on the planet. I believe I've heard there's a part of Japan that gets the same vibrant color. If so, those people are lucky, very lucky. This […]
"I knew the Deck Over product would FAIL at some point because it was a film-forming product meant to completely cover the wood much like a clown applies makeup to completely hide their face/skin." Beware Behr Deck Over - It Will Peel Dan lives in Norwalk, CT. He emailed me overnight and needed immediate help. […]
DEAR TIM: I recently saw a new paving system that I thought was ingenious. Instead of a solid driveway there were two strips of some precast concrete, each about 2-feet wide for the car tires. Grass was growing within the concrete strips and the area between the concrete was just lawn. Back by the person’s […]
If you're a new subscriber this is a special ALERT broadcast. I send these out when something serious needs to be discussed. Hurricane Matthew is going to hit the USA. It's going to be very bad. I sent out a very similar ALERT several years back when Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey, New York and […]
I'm back home from a solid week of travel on business. The first part of last week was the first-ever STIHL Editors Conference. I've attended countless events like this where manufacturers ply their new wares to the media. I was on the fence about going, but I have to tell you that STIHL was the […]
Here's a FUN quiz to see if you know some of the absolute basics about rough carpentry. If you were working with a good teacher, you'd discover the answers in about two hours on the job site. There are many more quizzes coming and as you advance up to the next level in each series, […]
On Friday, September 30, 2016, I had the honor to address about twenty-five or thirty people in room 201 of Braunstein Hall on the University of Cincinnati (UC) campus. There was a mix of UC faculty, graduate students, undergrad students and subscribers to my newsletter. Two of the professors who were at UC when I […]
Yesterday I was traveling from New Hampshire to Norfolk, Virginia to attend the STIHL editors conference. Amber Kennedy, the PR person representing STIHL, told me there'd be six new magic tools being unveiled. That's got my attention for a brand I've used and respected for over forty years! On the plane from NH to Baltimore, […]
I sent out a newsletter this morning and it had my latest FUN Quiz in it. It's about Encapsulation. What's that? You'll soon find out. Guess what? I GOOFED UP a setting in the form!!! I had a box checked that required you to have a Google account to be able to take the quiz. […]
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