Will this shelf work? How many screws?
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Comments (13)First, I want to say that I am proud of you for wanting to help out. That is really good you are willing to do so. However, the hot sauce should be dumped, sorry to say. You made up your own recipe, so there is no way to know if that is nearly enough acid. The whole product would be low acid with the addition of the veggies, so a water bath would not preserve it. One of the most important guidelines is NEVER can your own recipes. Not even in a pressure canner. Still, you can't determine safety at home of a recipe. Use current, safety tested recipes. Not only is ph critical in a recipe, but so is density. Unless something is tested in a lab, you cannot determine if it is safe to can or not. That should be left to the food safety scientists. There is a great link you can use from the leading authority in home canning. I will post below. As for the beets, you need to toss them, too.Unless it was within 24 hours of the initial canning you cannot reprocess them and expect them to be safe. Never reduce any processing time. It take that time to destroy botulism and other microorganisms. Each food is different as to how long it takes, according, again, to ph and density. After that 24 hours you can have enough botulism growth in those jars to be deadly. Bacteria multiplies that quickly. Especially if there is botulism, you cannot see, taste, or smell it. In the sealed jar, that is the happy home for botulism. It grows in a sealed jar. I agree, get yourself some current, good books and ask before you can anything if you need help. Here is a link that might be useful: Food Safety Site....See MoreHow to not get screwed on renovations?
Comments (9)I wouldn't say Mike Holmes is totally full of crap, just that he has some unrealistic expectations of contractors and homeowners. I read all of his guidelines and understand his reasoning behind it, but can't see many contractors or homeowners able to do all those things. I am looking into everything to the best of my ability and know there is no way we will be talking to 20 different companies. I wish we could find more people by real references and reputation but around here most people do just go for the lowest price or do lipstick type jobs themselves and it shows. We don't want to do a "just cover it up" until the next sucker buys the house type of job which unfortunately we see a lot of. I watch the tv shows and read the books not just for the before and after reveal, but to see some techniques in action. They may spend half an episode of "Ask This Old House" showing how to install window or roof flashing their way with all the steps. Then you realize that maybe only one of those steps was done on your own house and your neighbors and that's probably why there is rot. That is why we're trying to learn more about the "proper" techniques/codes and asking questions. I say "proper" in quotes, because I do understand there is more than one way to do things right. The Internet has been both a godsend and a curse in that regard. No matter what subject you look up you'll get three different opinions on what is best. We are definitely not shopping for the lowest price, but rather knowledgeable people who aren't afraid of the building inspector or specific questions from a homeowner. We for sure don't want to waste any company's time, because talking to them is our time as well. The one guy we talked to already keep getting off track and talking about dogs and birds while he was here. I think that was a tactic to avoid answering the questions we were asking and to try and make a friendly connection. Like we're going to pick your company because you seem nice and have a cute dog. We also said we would be fine with him e-mailing or mailing us the quote information after he wrote it up, but he insisted on making another trip out to pitch it to us. I'm trying to be polite and not waste anyone's time, but I want information about the work and some reassurance of competency in the company, not a new friend....See MoreHow many light fixtures are needed for my new grow shelf?
Comments (4)I also use 2 per shelf. One recommendation I would suggest is to make the frame slightly longer than 48" so that shop lights aren't pinched. I drape 2 small chains over each end and have each shop light chained to a dowel rod with finishing nails in each end. Then the lights can be easily raised or lowered by positioning the nail end into a different chain link....See MoreHow many standard violets per shelf?
Comments (17)First, decide what kind of riser you want. The most common are the one level risers that look like an upside down 'U'. You can make multi level risers, and long risers, but the easiest one to do is the individual upside down 'U' which needs two vertical pieces and one horizontal piece. Second, decide what sort of size range you would be happy with. There are tiny mini risers only an inch tall, and big heavy art display risers several feet tall. I decided that I wanted my risers 6-8 inches wide and 2-4 inches tall. Third, assemble your materials: Either a table saw, or a coping saw (this is what I chose) clamps to hold the piece you are cutting on a table, and right angle clamps to hold the pieces together while the glue is setting. Buy glue, I use IPS/Weldon 16 but there are other acrylic glues out there. Fourth, go shopping. There is a lot of leeway here. If you are willing to pay a little more you can get rid of the cutting process completely and just glue pieces of satisfactory size together. But acrylic/polycarbonate can run into $$ particularly if you are planning to make risers for the back row of every shelf you have, and especially if you want to add an extra piece on the bottom for stability, closing the 'U', that could mean making 40-60 risers. On Ebay companies sell off pretty cheap entire lots of acrylic/polycarbonate scrap where, for instance, they were making a bunch of somethings for a client and there was a machining error and the pieces were not suitable. This means that the pieces might be irregular and need to be trimmed somewhat with a table saw or coping saw. They also sell 'cut-offs' which are the scraps left after they cut a project for a client. Don't get carried away by 'strong' quarter or half inch acrylic, that is really spendy, you need to hold up one African Violet, not the Brooklyn Bridge. So you trim your pieces (for each riser, two identical side pieces and one horizontal top piece), and depending on how many clamps you have, (you will probably only be able to do one or two at a time) brush the edges with acrylic glue and clamp them at right angles, the top and side of the 'U', and once the glue has set, do the other side of the 'U'. Acrylic and polycarbonate can be drilled (it is a skill, practice on scraps, wear goggles) which means you can drill the top of your riser and have the pot sit directly on the riser with the wick going down through the drilled hole and into your reservoir. Easier to drill first before you assemble and glue your riser. If you want multi level risers, instead of the last 'U' piece going down like the other one, it goes up, then another horizontal piece and finally your longer back piece. But before you plan on multi level risers, calculate the total height between that shelf and the one above it, then the heights of the proposed risers and the plant itself, plus the space taken by the light, make sure you are not going to exceed the space you have....See MoreUser
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