How many of you know where your iron is?
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Comments (63)Have you ever seen the big tall poles with a propellor on them. They produce energy and for most people who put them in they produce more energy then they use and they start getting a check from the electic company instead of a bill. Problem is for most people the amountof money they are saving is not even close to the cost of the generator. (Est. $10-20,000_ With a bill of $500 dollars a month it would pay for itself in four years and then your electric is essentially free. I don't know about electric heat, but I would imagine you may still need more power than a single wind generator can produce. If you plan on staying in your house for a while it may be a worth while investment. In my case (or my fathers case) it would take too many years for the generator to pay for itself than is worth while for us and we don't have that kind of money upfront. It is easier to pay for the electric bill each month which is a smaller cost than the wind generator even though the long term costs are higher....See MoreHow Many Watts is Your Soldering Iron?
Comments (8)I expect that the slits prevent "stuff" from getting out. (Only water.) nancyanne_2010 Being trained as a machinist, I am curious about shattering plastic with a drill. If one pushes hard using a dull bit, I can see where the plastic would break, but that would not be "drilling", that would we "forcing a steel rod through plastic causes it to break." (I would agree with you!) A sharp bit, preferably a brad-point bit, should drill nicely through all plastics. The brad-point on the drill bit will prevent the bit from "walking" when you are trying to drill through smooth plastic. MarkN...See MoreHow do you handle your many imperfections in your build
Comments (12)My husband is also a tool and die maker by trade and a perfectionist. We spent a lot of time fixing the mistakes made by contractors. When we approached them about fixing their mistakes we thought twice about letting them fix them; only because if they couldn't do it right the first time we didn't want them to keep touching our home. Our carpenters hung the pocket door frames upside down, and when we had them fix them they threw a hissy fit and said it would be just fine. DH ended up ripping them out along with the entry doors that were not put in correctly. I think that the crews out there today do not give the quality that was out there many years ago, so if you want something done right sometimes it's better to just do it yourself. We are way past drywall and painting so moving outlets might be hard if I don't want a patch in the drywall, moving canned lights now is next to impossible since the attic is fully insulated and we can not walk on it now without damaging the effects of the R-Value. If we were not in a time crunch I would make them re-do the laminate countertop in the bathroom for the 3rd time, but since we are getting occupancy next week and moving in early we have no choice but to live with it and move on. It just comes down to why do contractors do a sloppy job when you are paying them big bucks to do a job right. Out of everyone that we hired, I would only recommend 4 (the septic, well, drywallers and HVAC guys) and that's it. How sad is that. I'm thankful that my DH is doing all finishing work in the inside now and that it will be done correctly except for the fact that some walls are not straight so that messed up our tile jobs. On a different note like Trudymom mentioned, it is small stuff and people out there have much bigger problems like cancer so that helps a bit. But it just stinks that you dump your hard earned money in the garbage and get a not so perfect home. I wonder if the big builders out there have a lot of mistakes that are covered up and when people buy their homes if anyone even notices these mistakes....See MoreHow many of these did you know about?
Comments (20)I tried the chalk line a while back--the ants apparently hadn't been told it was a 'do not cross' sign. Alcohol is the best way I've found to clean windows. Putting sugar in corn while cooking will add a little sweetness, but it makes the corn tougher. I just buy supersweet corn at the farm stands--it doesn't need sugar. for cleaning vases with narrow necks, I break up a denture cleaning tablet or 2, drop in and add warm (not hot) water. Interestingly, when I took a pate de verre class (molding glass pieces from frit), the instructor--who was a nationally known glass artist also used the denture cleaner method for cleaning the plaster bits of the molds off the molded pieces. Elmer's glue also works for splinters. Spread it on over the area, let dry and peel off the glue--the spinter usually comes with it. Murphy's oil soap also works well on crayon marks if they're on something like wood. Baking soda is my #1 go-to cleaner in the house. It takes those brown specks off frying pans and ranges, removes KoolAid and Grape juice stains from formica, safely scours surfaces that can't tolerate real cleanser or steel wool pads, it disinfects, deoderizes, is cheap, readily available... I buy it in 5 pound bags, and keep a decorative jar of it on my kitchen sink, since I use it pretty much every day....See Moreaok27502
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