After getting the “I told you so,” from my wife, Efiwym, I started my Internet search for black paint. I found the least expensive black paint at our favorite home improvement store. With a list of other things to buy, like new roller covers for the mini roller, we were off to the store. When…
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I reassembled the drawers that were broken. The dovetail joints were still tight, but I was not satisfied with just glue. I put a nail in each dovetail on both sides of the joint with my pneumatic nailer. I had some ¼” x ¾” wood that I used to put blocking on all four corners…
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The next day, I stopped at the appliance parts store after work to get the parts I needed. I bought the front bearing housing and just in case, an idler pulley. Fifty dollars later, I was on my way to my daughter’s, Iret, house. Again, I started immediately to take apart the dryer when I…
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I stopped at the parts store on Saturday morning and got the back bearing to take to my daughter’s, Iret, house. I felt pretty confident I had the problem solved. On to her house with parts in hand. I did not waste any time as I entered the house to start the installation of the…
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Efiwym, my wife, was out doing something she loves to do, bargain shopping. I decided this would be a perfect time to get the shelf in the laundry room cabinet. This should be an easy and fast DIY project. Install some shelf pins, cut a shelf and install. But first I needed to clear out…
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Our house has a laundry chute. The chute is located off the floor in the back bedroom. The bedroom room is located above the laundry room. It seems that would be the only appropriate place to put it. It was not the most convenient location, but we used it when the kids were at home.…
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DIY Project- Someone Else’s Project – The Patio Door – Finishing Up After a debacle of a day installing the patio door, I headed back to my brother-in-law’s, Evad, to finish up the project. The place looked like someone dropped all their tools and left without finishing the project. Oh yeah, that was me. I…
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Evad, Efiwym’s brother, and I agreed to barter our skills. He would lay the carpeting for our second-floor bedrooms, and I would install his sun room patio door. It should not have been a difficult project as I installed a patio door for our house. The project had some minor hiccups, but surprisingly it went…
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DIY Project- Someone Else’s Project Efiwym, my wife, and I met up with her siblings and spouses last weekend. My sister-in-law’s husband knocked off the screen door of their patio door. I said out loud that I hate sliding screen doors. I had owned a home that had one and I spent way too much…
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Since I was going to move this shelf by myself, I started by taking the shelf top off to lighten it up. About thirty screws later, I got the top off. After I removed the top, I tried to lift what was left of the shelf. It would not move. After a couple of attempts,…