Hi,
I am a not so handy house owner and have been an occasional member of
this list for quite some time. I think it is so cool all the stuff you
guys are able to do!
A neighbor was just telling us that she is trying to sell her home and
discovered that it is out of code. Apparently a recent
Boop, are these units totally accessible? What do you mean by a special
soap, are you talking about pure soap? Lets hear about a dollar amount on
one of these units.
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From: Boop [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 6:22
We also have a whirlpool front loading washer and a gas dryer. My wife
loves them. For a little more money, we got pedestals which bolt to the
machines. Along with storage drawers, they raise the machines, making them
more convenient to unload. I called Whirlpool, and they sent braille
I'd ask your neighbor why her house isn't up to code being that you
basically have the same kind of structure. I'd guess most lenders want the
structure to be sitting on a foundation. Good luck.
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From: Eileen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Hi Dale,
I have a Porter Cable which cost me a lot more like $350 about five years ago.
I use a number of techniques, like yours, the blade on mine comes out through
the center of the cutter plate so it is fairly easy to use a ruler or gauge
from either edge of the boards being cut which also
Hello Eileen,
Your local municipal or county authority will have a building inspector or
inspectors office. They inspect and enforce building codes in your area. They
will have the information you need or be able to direct you to sources for it.
Be warned, much of this will be very dry and
Hi Eileen,
Just to add to what Dale said, you can also call HUD or the FHA, and they
can direct you to the legislation, and or some downloadable pamphlets you
can get that will tell you what your building needs to be up to code,
especially, as it pertains to their programs and your particular
not sure about all states but most when selling make you update it to
current building codes. Some will let the sell as is go through, but
even that is iffy.
To find your building code info. Go to your court house or town hall
of records. Ask them for the current building codes list. That will
Lee, you can get the same units with very slight option or control
changes. They are the standard height for front loaders. One of the biggest
cost factors I have found is caused by color selection. If a store offers a
wide color selection of a product, the cost is more across the board
Aloha,
Victor's message about the different kinds of things that are needed
in different parts of the country to bring homes upto code was great
and now, being a person who lives in Hawaii, what are ice shields on
roofs? Thanks, Betsy
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Lee, Boop mentioned about special soap, and I don't remember doing or
using special soap.
So I checked, my Duet HE, they recommend (HE soap) high efficiency soap or
half of regular soap. We just use half of what is recommended, so our cost on
that is half of what it used to be.
Hi,
Up here an ice shield is a strip of material essentially the same as asphalt
shingles usually thirty inches wide i believe which is run along the roof
decking at the edge of the eve. When sun or warm conditions cause the snow to
melt it runs down the roof toward the edge. The eve is not
Hi, Does any one here ever seen or used a Neuton battery electric lawnmower???
Just wondering how they work I bin working on my lawnmower and getting a little
sick of the damn thing and thinking that this electric lawnmower mite be the
way to go... The only thing is I have a big yard and it is
Welcome back Dale. Did you have a nice time in jolly old England?
Regards.
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My wife has one of these and likes it very much. Ours is on a stand made of 2
x 4s and plywood along with a dryer. The stand is big enough that she can keep
all the detergents and whatever on it as well, and is probably 18 inches tall.
Bill Stephan
Kansas City, MO
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William
tHi all,
tIt seems to me that there are plenty of psychologists on this group and not
many plumbers. Of course jenifer can stop this type of thing, and this would
depend up on where the outside tap/faucet is situated. If a stand pipe is
being used, then the easist way is to remove the
We've had a sears washer and drier set with front loading whasher that's
supposed to use much less water for about 2 years now.
Everything boop and others wsay about this type of machine is true.
The spin, if set on fast, is a bit noisy but otherwise the machine is very
quite. Varriable rotation
I can't find any kind of turn off valve for this. Though your post has made me
think to look at the back of a somewhat over packed closet. I really need to
get it uncovered anyway as the hotwater heater is in it. It is also the
downstairs coat closet that extends back under the stairs, and I
Pardon my ignorance but If one hires an inspecter just to satisfy their
curiosity, and the inspecter finds things that are out of code even if they
are not a safety hazard but simply a change in code, would you not run the
risk of then having the code enforced at your own expense, even if you are
Hi all it is Bruce, and I have known of such a problem. A friend some years
ago, had his house inspected for some reason I cannot remember, and opened a
big mess. They found things that they made him fix, and after all of this,
he wished he never started it in the first place. What do they
I use a robotic lawn mower and it works great. robomower.com
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Rob Monitor
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 9:41 AM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] lawnmowers
Hi, Does any one here ever
Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought him back.
Regards.
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Another nice feature of the front loaders is you can wash your comforters and
pillows at home without getting them to the laundry mat.
I was the sounding board for a friend when she was buying a front loading set
last year. BTW, she is very pleased with hers. A tip is to price the stands
at
Thanks Max,
Yes, Janet and I had a good time though I was a little sick for much of it so
it could have been better.
We did go to see Stone Henge and I purchased a couple of models, once my broken
leg is fully recovered I think I'll go looking for big rocks and see what I can
erect in the
Not usually a risk if you hire a private inspector. If you call in the code
building inspector I suppose it could be an issue but usually legacy
construction is not a problem unless you change ownership or change zoning or
get a permit to modify it at which point it all must meet code.
I
I happily reinstal clothes line. My wife tells me that she is convinced
that air drying is faster than our dryer.
sounds like the drawer units that go under the washer are to utilize space
and raise it to confort level. Our oven door is about 3ft high for that
reason.
Who wants to crawl on the
Thanks... I appreciate the description.
Betsy
At 04:19 AM 5/17/2007, you wrote:
Hi,
Up here an ice shield is a strip of material essentially the same as
asphalt shingles usually thirty inches wide i believe which is run
along the roof decking at the edge of the eve. When sun or warm
When you say Clothes line
I think what you are really talking about is what is called a solar/wind
clothes dryer
They really work good out here in the country. They do take up a bit of
space but the clothes really smell the fresh air when they are done.
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From:
Friends, How are you doing?
I've heard that in order to clean a computer'a keyboard, You may have to
remove every single key one by one. or can you open the keyboard itself
without having ot do this?
i'm using or going to use the old canned air. and I'm also hoping to find a
vacuum to remove
I love to put my things out on a line. Though it is not any cheaper to have a
clothes line than a dryer with the prices they want for them. I have lived
places where there was a close line though and I took full advantage of it.
How hard are they to install yourself. I jus priced the t poles
Hi Jennifer,
We moved into a house owned by the mine my father managed in Temagami back in
1962 which had a front loading washer in it and the washer wasn't new then.
They have been available in North America a very long time.
One significant disadvantage that I am aware of is that if the
no, we looked into a solar/wind clothes drier, and although the lines were
the same, the rest of it, including battery back-up and that heavy manual
made it cost alot
more than just installing lines myself.
This is why I pride myself in being a back woods do it yourself'er.
:)
On Thu, 17 May
I'd just make my own polls with four by fours and some metal braces... Doesn't
seem too expensive.
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From: Jennifer Jackson
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] new washers
I love to put my
Them stone biscuits, yummie, eat em for breakfast every day!
How do you think they build the pyramids! GRIN
tom
To listen to the show archives go to link
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Someone was trying to rip you off. I could make a set of these t-poles for
less than a hundred dollars. Or you can buy a set up where you set a pipe
in the ground with concrete. Then lower a pole with a square clothes line
down into it and it opens up like an umbrella.. One of these
Of course they used the craig pocket hole jig for the pyramids.
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From: Tom Fowle
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] biscuit cuttersn
Them stone biscuits, yummie, eat em for breakfast every
Well where I live in northern Minnesota we got a lot of trees and I just run
rope between a couple trees and bingo a solar drier...
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From: David Sexton
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] new
We actually have a couple of Jim's for you this week. Yes, both guests on
both shows are named Jim.
We did the handyman show on Thursday this week and still did not have a
quorum. Tom wasn't feeling so well so, He stayed at home and did his part from
beautiful down town Burk. Our guest
I have been to Stone Hinge but not the pyramids. But, I doubt either can
equal the amazement of car hinge in Alliance, Nebraska where an English
imigrant replicated Stone Hinge using old Caddies.
Ralph
Ralph
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On Behalf Of
Last summer I went into Home Depot and when a youngish woman came up and
asked if she could help, I asked her if they had solar powered clothes
dryers. She replied in all seriousness, I don't think there is such a
thing.
Regards.
Max. K 4 O D S.
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Transistor site
I doubt a biscuit cutter would help in building stone henge
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From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] biscuit cutters
Thanks Max,
Yes, Janet and I had a good time though I
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