Things were a little slow at work, so I decided to take some time off. I was planning on cutting the grass and rototilling the garden. Yes, I was going to rototill the garden. My hope was that the rototiller would cooperate. I had a chance to print out the user manual for the tiller. …
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I started another project the following day as I waited for my tiller parts. I decided I would wash the windows. One of those necessary chores I despised. However, in the middle of the project, Efiwym, my wife, yelled that I received a package. My daughter wisely had the parts shipped directly to me. Like…
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After I got home, I started searching the Internet for information on this rototiller. It was a Ryobi® 410R tiller. I found a YouTube® video from a guy who was trying to get this tiller to start and run. A perfect video for my purpose. As I was sitting by the dinette table watching the…
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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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We got the call that our countertops were ready for delivery. We setup a delivery time and prepared to remove the old countertops. I decided not to start anything until the countertops showed up. I did not want to rip out the old countertops only to discover there was a problem with the new ones.…
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I refused to start the demo until the new shower parts were delivered. I was not sure why. Maybe I was afraid that if it did not arrive, we would have an unusable shower forever. The shower enclosure arrived as scheduled, and I was ready for demo. We were going to remove the drop ceiling…
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Every once and a while, I will insert a different DIY project into the fold. I will still provide you with the continuing highlights of the upcycling of my cabinet doors. But since this project was just completed this weekend, I thought I share with you my recent experience laying vinyl flooring. I have completed…