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  • DIY Project – Repairing a Dresser – Can it Be Saved?

    June 12, 2023

    ZENANDTHEARTOFDIY

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    OSB

    One of my daughters needed a dresser.  Efiwym, my wife, told her we had a five-drawer dresser in the basement.  We knew that it had seen its days. But Efiwym said she would check it out and see if it could be repaired. We did not know where this dresser originally came from.  We had…

  • DIY Project – Someone Else’s Project – Dryer Noise – The Fix – Plan B

    June 5, 2023

    ZENANDTHEARTOFDIY

    DIY, do-it-yourself, dryer
    front-bearing, ge-profile-dryer, idler-pulley

    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…

  • DIY Project – Someone Else’s Project – Dryer Noise – The Fix

    May 30, 2023

    ZENANDTHEARTOFDIY

    DIY, do-it-yourself, dryer
    dryer-bearing, dryer-drum, ge-profile-dryer

    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…

  • DIY Project – Someone Else’s Project – Dryer Noise – Exploration

    May 23, 2023

    ZENANDTHEARTOFDIY

    dryer
    dryer-drum, idler-pulley

    After I texted my wife, Efiwym, that I did not know what parts I would need for the dryer, I texted my daughter, Iret.  I gave her the bad news.  I did not want to disappoint my daughter, so I said I would stop by after work and take it apart to see what parts…

  • DIY Project – Someone Else’s Project – Dryer Noise – Uncharted Territory

    May 19, 2023

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    dryer
    drum-support-rollers

    After the patio door debacle for my brother-in-law, Divad, I swore off taking on a project for someone else.  However, I dove right in when my daughter, Iret, mentioned her dryer was going bad.  She said the dryer was making a loud screeching noise.  I had a similar problem with my dryer in the past,…

  • DIY Project – Laundry Room Shelf – Easy Project

    December 12, 2022

    ZENANDTHEARTOFDIY

    DIY, do-it-yourself, laundry-room
    black_and_decker, milwaukee-tool, shelf, shelf-pins

    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…

  • DIY Project – Laundry Room Shelf

    November 29, 2022

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    DIY, do-it-yourself, laundry-chute, laundry-room, shelf

    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.…

  • DIY Project- Someone Else’s Project – The Patio Door – Finishing Up

    November 22, 2022

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    DIY, do-it-yourself, patio door
    sears-craftman

    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…

  • DIY Project- Someone Else’s Project – The Patio Door – It Wouldn’t Fit

    November 15, 2022

    ZENANDTHEARTOFDIY

    DIY, do-it-yourself, patio door
    Ryobi, this-old-house

    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…

  • DIY Project – Someone Else’s Project

    November 4, 2022

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    DIY, do-it-yourself, patio door

    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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