Installing Half Round Gutters and Downspouts
So I was telling you the other day a little bit about the back story and some of stages I went through with Laying Out, Ordering and Prepping my house for gutters....
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Installing Half Round Gutters :: History, Planning and Prep
Essentially there are two types of gutters you’ll find in residential installations today … half-round and the more common k-style – each taking their name, likely, from their cross section shape. K-style,...
Connecting and Troubleshooting a Hard Wired Security System
My security system - I did finally get it hooked up, but not without its fair share of difficulties … and perhaps, if I want to share now - it is best...
Building Moxie in a Bagster Bag :: The Year in Review
A 3yd dumpster with the total cost of about $190 and yes, a few of our DIYin' type friends did ask. I figure it saved me about 2 + trips to the...
Building a Birdhouse from Scrap Cedar
In this post, I work with Beth of Beth's DIY Workshop to build a birdhouse from scrap cedar. This birdhouse was my gift in a White Elephant Gift Exchange for this year's...
Building Moxie Does Electrical Work :: Adding a Sub-Panel, Installing Exterior Outlets & Hooking up Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Together we (okay maybe a little more he): Hooked up a 60amp sub-panel (in my attic), Ran a new 20amp dedicated circuit to my youngest daughter’s bedroom, Installed two exterior outlets, &...
Restoring Wood & Fixing Paint :: Fall DIY Projects Roll On :: 3 More Products 3 More Projects
Fall inevitably becomes a mad dance of DIY Projects. Maybe it is something about impending cold and/or the approaching holiday season, but it just is, and it seems so year after year....
Goodbye Window Film, Hello New Windows (Part 2)
When I left you, I was extolling the virtues of the Pella sliding doors and replacement windows I had just had installed. Pella sliders are a no-brainer. They open and close nicely;...
Fall: Time to Get Your DIY On :: 3 Products 3 Projects :: Roof Flashing, Carpet Pads & Compost Tea
Fall by far has been my best season for diy. Ironic perhaps, the easy, cooler temperatures setting in, but a sorta kick in the pants somehow. I mean – I inevitably find...
The Tip of the Rowhome and Working with Aluminum Coil Stock
The zen master, an artist in aluminum, Tom Struble pointed me to this technique. While Stephen R Christopher called out the term "Brick Bend" for me, it was Tom who suggested that...
Learning How to Landscape :: Like Building But with Plants
Much like a wall in a home can provide partition, and in some cases, it can be bearing. It always includes such things as plumbing or electrical, and it is contained by...
Installing Checkerboard Flooring :: Get a Classic Floor with Vinyl Tile
This tile was thick at a solid 1/8” and rigid, much like what I know as Resilient Tile, but lacking much of its signature heavy-fill and graining. It was “dry backed” and...