Do you have icicles hanging from your eves? If not you will probably be OK.
If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie
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From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Great idea.
OK,
You will probably have pretty deep frost. You will want a good base of stone.
some people like to lay scape fabric under the stone base. I have never done
that, I suppose it depends a little on how long you expect the thing to stand.
So far my two big walls have been there about 20 years st
Well, this was all good fun anyway. Yes, your run of the mill hand held
torch will do very little against any real mass of ice, as many people in
the area are finding out. My neighbors and I have kicked around a number
of concepts for bleeding off the water in the ice dams along our
roof-line
I can tell you that a soldering torch is a poor thing against an icy surface
drain. I left one burning half an hour and it made a trench about an inch deep
and maybe six long.
If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie
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From: Art Rizzino
To: blindhandyman@
Dale,
This is good information, and I live on the other end of the Great Lakes --
Superior, Wisconsin. We're right next to Duluth, Minnesota and this region
refers to themselves as "The Twin Ports" and "The Head of the Lakes."
Holland's Person, Bill
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On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Lenny McHugh wrote:
> Dan, what is it with you Pittsburgh boys and torches to melt snow and ice? I
> just saw on the news where a guy in Pittsburgh burned down his home trying
> to melt icicles.
Yeah, but I beat those damn icicles. *GRIN*
Oh yeah, and Dale, kiss my icehole.
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Dan
-if you use propane it would require only one tank for some torch types. The
load on your back would be less and maybe cheper when refilling one tank
instead of filling two tanks.
Gee we probably need to research this project more ha ha
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From: Dan Rossi
I would consider outside dimensions of 4 by 11 or even a little smaller.
Reaching across a space more than three feet gets uncomfortable when gardening
so the inside dimension might be just about spot on depending on the material
used.
I have been using something called Royal Gray, there are se
Actually the snow would most likely put out the flame unless you put a rose bud
tip on and then you'd stay warm on the way.
Hey remember the old cartoon Diver Dan? That's what you'd look like. 2 Q
tanks, about as small as you can get, look similar to scuba tanks. You would
definitely get
Well I just want all the damn snow to go away and how it gets done is not
important. I had to get my ladder and reach the most offending gutter with a
rather large ice dam on it. I had installed some covers that prevented leaves
from getting into the gutter, but it seems the end result may hav
What sort of cheese would you like to go with that wine?
If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: Blind Like Me List
Cc: Blind Handyman List
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:13 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Great idea.
I could probably get drawn and quartered for offending someone's rights
here, but I carried a pound of proffessional Ice Melt with me to the bus
today. The 7 minute walk only took 21 mins where as Tuesday it was 28
mins. We got 46 inches in a week in Philadelphia.
The property that floods with 3
Tom,
Let me assure you that I didn't intend to make the house wall part of the
planter, but rather build a completely, four-sided brick planter. I do like
the idea of having a narrow stone path between the house and planter.
Thanks to all of you for your input, some things came up I hadn't th
Dan, if you're gonna do this, you need a flame thrower. We used to short-term
lease them to the railroads back near NYC so they could thaw out switches and
other yard stuff. The ones we had ran at something close to 500,000 BTUs and
burned propane. I think if you used one of them, you'd prob
the snow to water conversion is either 10 inch to 1 inch or 8 inch of snow
to 1 inch.
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Victor Gouveia wrote:
> Only problem I see with this idea is the amount of water you'd generate,
> thereby flooding the path of least resistance.
>
> In other words, you'd go from walki
as you pointed out, those full measurements are going to cause a problem.
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Blaine Deutscher wrote:
> if your wanting to build a brick planter with bricks underneath then putting
> rocks in the soil will help as it does in a pot to collect the water. if
> you're just going t
that and some lock washers and a job could be well done.
Thank you I hope my hardware has them.
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Bill Gallik wrote:
> Yep, these "sex screws" are flathead screwdriver fasteners; the "male"
> component having a slightly smaller diameter shank with threads on the
> outside
chears
- Original Message -
From: Ron Yearns
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] an interesting problem
You didn't mention if it is looser at the top connection or the bottom front.
Regardless it wil
I wasn't clear if you'd planned on the planter actually having its back edge
being the wall of the house.
If so, it's a really bad idea as soil against a wall not designed for it is
a highway for water, mold, bugs etc.
You'll need a brick back wall with some seperation between the brick and the
h
Watch out for local building codes. Some of them have a limit as to how
close a structure can be to the sidewalk.
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Dan,
If the wind is in your face, all that steam is going to come rite up at you.
Oh well you probably won't freeze!
Seriously I think the torch is too much of a "point source" to do a big
area.
Tom Fowle
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 08:13:57AM -0500, Dan Rossi wrote:
> So, how about strapping a ta
You didn't mention if it is looser at the top connection or the bottom front.
Regardless it will likely require removing some of the leather. Not total just
one or two edges and folding back.Some arms are held on with a carriage
bolt with the nut on the inside of the chair. Some are held
yes hav the 2 in valves pipes running down your trouser legs and the intakes
strapped to your shoo heals
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Great idea.
Hmm, goo
Winston Salem has been producing extra green house gasses this year, trying to
help the cause. We are using oxygenated gasoline to reduce emmissions during
the winter. It cuts our gas milage by about one third, thus putting more
C.O2 into the air.
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Hmm, good point Victor. Although, two feet of snow does equate to a lot
less than two feet of water. However, this gives me a pretty good idea,
to tack onto my already very good idea. I can backpack a pump along with
the acetyllene, then suck up the water and spray it onto the driveways of
t
Only problem I see with this idea is the amount of water you'd generate,
thereby flooding the path of least resistance.
In other words, you'd go from walking in 10 feet of snow, to swimming in 10
feet of freezing water.
Hmm, not much of a trade off.
Better stick with your original plan, that o
- Original Message -
From: Carl
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:25 AM
Subject: an interesting problem
ok foalks i hav a leather recliner sofa
the arm rest one one side is luse and wobbles from side to side.
how can i tighten it up?
i hav looked
trew or i guess in the rane you cud also devise an umberella atachment just
below the hand grip
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: Blind Like Me List
Cc: Blind Handyman List
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:13 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Great idea.
So,
oh he'll be the new governer of California is all. hahaha.
Blaine
- Original Message -
From: Dan Rossi
To: Blind Handyman
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Questions About Brick Planters
Bill,
Just a gut feeling here, but if you are talking about e
Bill,
Just a gut feeling here, but if you are talking about essentially burying
one foot of the wall of your house, and it was not designed to be
subterranian, you might be asking for some trouble.
Possibly if you build the brick wall close to the house, but not up
against it, so that there ca
if your wanting to build a brick planter with bricks underneath then putting
rocks in the soil will help as it does in a pot to collect the water. if
you're just going to put the planter down with brick edging then you don't
need to worry about any drainage as the water will seap into the ground
there is a solution to that, get a guide dog. hahah I like the idea though.
I'll tie something to the end of Dewey's harness that will plow the snow so
that when I go back home there is a snowbank and then the rest of the walk
is clean. hahah that would be great.
Blaine
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OK Guys (and Gals),
I'm planning to build a brick planter in front of my home this spring and have
a few questions. First, let me explain that my home has a 10 square foot
addition in front that comprises the dining room. This addition sits on a
concrete foundation that comes up about 1 foot
So, how about strapping a tank of OxyAcetylene to my back, with a hose
going over my shoulder and attaching to my cane. Spark the business end
of my cane, and I can sweep a nice clean path through the snow ahead of
me. Do you think it would work?
This staggering to the bus stop thing is getti
It's not the "coupling" I object to, but rather the "uncoupling."
Holland's Person, Bill
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Yep, these "sex screws" are flathead screwdriver fasteners; the "male"
component having a slightly smaller diameter shank with threads on the outside
and the "female" component having a slightly larger diameter shank with threads
on the inside. Sort of gets your blood flowing this time of day,
ok foalks i hav a leather recliner sofa
the arm rest one one side is luse and wobbles from side to side.
how can i tighten it up?
i hav looked under neath and from the back and carn't see any way to sort the
problem?
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don't want to sound like the odd ball but how many of you mow your own
lawns? it's a lot easier then you think but I guess that's just me. when
mowing the lawn, I have no vision at all, I will go up one side, across the
back, and go backwards towards the paddio, there are flowers that I don't
w
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