AKA: They'll let anybody own a house, whether they're fit to or not ( Read more... )

Replaced the upstairs toilet seat last night. The plastic hinges had broken, separating the lid from the seat. Turns out the plastic had grown brittle with age ( Read more... )

In these wee hours of Monday night/Tuesday morning, I am especially thankful to my father because the right socket and a ratchet handle beat the came-with-the-new-office-chair knock-off Allen wrench hands down and then some when it comes to putting said chair together. Said socket and ratchet followed me home from his basement workshop when we were ( Read more... )

A few years ago, I had a handyman replace the outdoor floodlight fixture over the garage. Last winter, one of the light bulbs stopped working; I presumed it had burned out. I bought two replacement bulbs, figuring it wise to replace both at once (especially since the fixture is in a location I can't get to). I bought pricy, super-long lasting bulbs ( Read more... )

Repair single overhead door RHSLI

Furnish and install

4 3" H.D. shears [pulleys]
2 clamps

Adjust springs

Total materials: $31.00
Total labor: $95.00
Tax: 1.94

Total amount: $127.94

Paid in Full

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It's official. I love Roebuck Door Company! Paul & Bill both rocked big time. And when I want to replace my garage door opener remote, or ( Read more... )

Paul & Bill from the Roebuck Door Company are here. Excellent attitude so far -- they're not trying to sell me on a bunch of related work that I'm prepared to need, opting instead for "if it's working, leave it be ( Read more... )

See that garage on the far right of the user icon? See that garage door on the right, partially-obscured by the shrub rose cacophony in the front yard? The door is closed in the picture, which is not its current state ( Read more... )

The back story, for those just tuning in:

May 30, 2009: The Very Bad Lawnmower

August 29, 2010: Rock 1: Lawnmower 0I've been researching lawnmowers online during spare moments over the last couple of weeks. My splendid next door neighbor mowed the lawn here at Toad Woods before I returned from the midwest, but that was 6 weeks ago. The property ( Read more... )

The one that I claimed had a gas grill underneath it ( Read more... )

My lawn mower blade has hit more than its share of rocks over the past 7 summers. The result is usually a loud sound, sparks, and, occasionally, the engine kicking off. It's always started up again immediately.

Tonight, the rock won big time. I was mowing some weed-ridden sandy soil near the bottom of the drive. *Crunch!* went the lawn mower with ( Read more... )