Recent content by Donald

Has anyone tried these? I have Rhino ramps but would like to get up higher. They are not crazy expensive.

But this is the same kind of flooding NC had a year ago. If it rains 6" in a V shaped area (hilltop to hilltop) the people at the bottom of the V (valley) will get a lot more than 6" of water. Disappointing that FEMA and their flood maps are backward looking rather than looking towards the...

Some need to worry about the rubber vacuum hose going to front differential for 4WD Ford pickup deteriorating from rustproofing spray. Ask me how I know?

There are other products besides Woolwax and Krown that Trav and others think are better. But cannot remember. NH Coatings make a thick brush on product you can use on areas of your truck where there is a lot of road spray. Then spray on normal products for the rest of the areas.

I think there is more to servicing your car's A/C than just buying a A/C service machine. There is training and other tools needed. It takes up space. Most car A/C system work without any need for service for many years assuming no accidents. If the A/C needs service then probably...

If I was a parent I would say I don't care if it was a once in a million years fash flood, my child died and the state/county/camp should have handled things better.

My idea of a local alarm is to wake people up to go out and look. They can decide to evacuate or not. But evacuating to safety here only meant having the young girls walk up the hill to the older girls cabins. Maybe the alarm switch is near the cabins for the young girls. If the water...

I disagree. I think it's part of a review of what they did wrong and what they did right to plan for the future so hopefully it does not happen again. If I ran a camp along that river I would be very interested in installing my own $100 flood alert system until the county or state gets their...

I know hindsight is always 20/20. For $100 the camp could have installed a boat bilge pump switch near the ground connected to a boat horn or some weatherproof 12V siren and an AGM battery 20' up a tree or telephone pole. AGM battery would have easily stayed charged over the summer. They...

I say NO on the second washer.

Professional plumbers won't guarantee their work if they are pushed to use a Sharkbite fitting. What's wrong with CPVC?

Have you checked the tank's air fill on the top of the tank? If you press in the pin in the core does air or water come out when the pump shuts off? If water comes out the bladder is shot. Maybe all it needs is an air recharge. The pressure gauges don't seem to last forever. Get a new one...

A C-clamp is fine unless you need to rotate the piston to get it back in. When you have multiple pistons I often use an old brake pad to push both pistons back at the same time.

We have a service contract for our HVAC. They come 2X a year for two complete systems for $350. Clean things. Look for things like a capacitor starting to bulge. And if we keep the service contract and parts needed during the 10 year Trane warranty are installed at no cost And if a problem...

Good to know. It's also possible (but how likely??) that at 72 I just remembered wrong.