Discussion Forum
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Wax “explosion”
Going to look at a paint job tommorow. Customer says she had some sort of candle that "exploded" and spattered wax on the textured wall. She had trouble removing the…
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Estimate file
When I see a customer about a job, I scrawl notes and make sketches with measurements in a spiral notebook. I usually make an estimate which includes a good job…
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“Blonding”??? Wood trim
Replaced a door in a house built in the 60's. All the casing and paneling in the rest of the house is blonde (if that's the right terminology). The casing…
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Jeld Wen door gap
I just hung a steel Jeld Wen door the customer bought herself at Home Depot. There are two gaps on the bottom corners of the door where dust will blow…
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Metal siding-pipes, conduits
Installing corrugated metal panel siding. There are pipes and conduits going through the wall which I can't disconnect. What's a clean way to handle this?
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metal cutting circular saw
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but Breaktime's search function didn't return anything. I've got to cut around 80 sheets of corregated 29 ga. metal siding sheets to length.…
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cutting hole brick and block wall
I need to cut a 42"w x18"h hole for a heating/AC unit in a concrete block wall with brick veneer on the outside. One story building, bar joists under a…
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Weird bird-stone problem
The limestone block under a window has gotten soft because the mortar needed pointing and water was running off the window and soaking up the block. (The window sets on…
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Phone manners
I refuse to carry a cell phone. I had one for awhile and realized: -I'm a handyman not an obstetrician, there are actually few times I need to talk to…
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Renewing Health Insurance
It's time to renew my health insurance which is a bizarre process, but thats for another post. My question is- Are there any concrete changes the new administration is going…