DEAR TIM: I've got numerous cracked ceramic floor tiles and my wife wants them replaced. I'm very lucky in that the builder and previous owner left extra tile for just this reason I suppose. I've never done this before and feel like a lost ball in the high weeds. Can you guide me through the […]
I've been trying to make the Friday Weekend Warrior eBlasts short, but it's getting harder to do because there's so much stuff to share! I'll just try to be more succinct in my writing! Weekend Warrior Tip: Condensation Problems The foam insulation condensation dilemma of Basil's that I mentioned on Tuesday generated LOTS of comments […]
About a month ago, on November 14, 2014, I received what I thought was a pretty funny email. It was from an anonymous person named "Florida". It was submitted via the Ask Tim page here at the website. Florida said he/she lived in Londonderry, NH. Florida had filled out that he / she was between […]
About five years ago, the lake next to my house, Lake Winnisquam, froze almost like this. The ice was as smooth as you see in this video, but it was thicker and you could see to the bottom. However, it wasn't as CLEAR as you'll see below. This is simply amazing and must have been […]
I've made many a virtual friend over the years. Russell Morris is one from down under in Australia. He lives on the Gold Coast in S.E. Queensland. Russell works with wood all the time and he wanted to share this project he's just completing. I couldn't resist sharing it with you. After you read Russell's […]
Donna Hirsch wrote to me about her bathroom faucet handles. You'll love this: "Hi Tim, I have a minor problem in my bathroom with my sink faucets. Take a look at the pics. The handles on my hot and cold water used to be straight out at 90 degree angles (now the faucet runs at […]
Sewer Smell When Using Fireplace Tom Grote, who lives in Ivoryton, CT, has an unpleasant experience when he starts a fire in his fireplace. It's not a smoking issue, it's a sewer smell. Read what he sent me: "I live in a two-story colonial with a bathroom and fireplace on the first floor. Every time I […]
Basil Pallone lives just south of me in Sudbury, MA. But he's got a problem with his older home he's trying to improve. Here's what he wrote to me: "I recently installed spray foam insulation in the attic of my two story colonial home, built in 1968. Since I installed the spray foam insulation, the windows […]
I intended to get this newsletter out to you sooner today, but I’ve been dealing with a completely BORKED (dead, keeps crashing, melts down, etc.) new Nexus 4 cell phone. I spent hours following all the instructions online to clear the cache, take it back to factory settings and even do a hard reboot from […]
"To calculate the weight of the Giant Rock, you need to figure out how many cubic feet of rock it is." What does the Giant Rock weigh? The Giant Rock in Landers, CA weighs tens of thousands of tons. I provide a method to calculate the weight below. The rock weight, that's the burning question. […]
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