That’s the thing with first generation money and political causes. They tend to still produce a good product because the bottom line trumps the ideology. It’s that third generation that starts trying to power their innovative chainsaw with unicorn farts to save the environment, or stops making a product because gay men use it.
My in-laws have a TK home and they seem pretty dang happy about it. I don’t like the floor plan, but it’s a solid damn house.
New windows and a door ordered for the house. Final measurements and sitting down to figure out an install date happens a week from today. No new toys for me for quite a while. Still, new gutters and windows…
We had a very large (8 foot) sliding glass door in our eat in kitchen that had the rollers repaired twice and was as drafty as all get out. The door was big and heavy, and not fun to keep clean with two dogs nosing it all the time.The wife and I decided to have the sliding doors taken out, the space framed in, and put a single door and storm door in its place. A very good choice for us. Much warmer and nicer, at least to us.
Anyone else ever do anything like this?
No, but it makes sense.
I have plans to do a similar swap with the garage door on our basement-level garage. We use it only as a man door, never for a car. It’s not well insulated, which means the room above the garage gets a cold floor, and it’s hard to keep the weather seals tight.
I plan to put in a 2x6 wall, stuffed full of insulation, with two 36" doors. We’ll use one most of the time, but be able to open the second one if we need to move in big stuff.
I’m taking out a double window and putting in French doors.
But first, I’m buying a GD air conditioner. Whew!
We had been in our place in September, in the 80’s, and it was pleasant inside. Well, it was a dry heat, it was windy outside, and the trees all had full canopies. The last couple 80+ days have been unpleasant, and it’s doable, mostly because my wife is out of town and I could keep moving away from the hot sweaty part of the bed, but I can’t imagine August like this.
I took out the 3 million pound air unit that was installed in the dining room window over the winter. I think if we get two smaller units we’ll be ok. Just something to take the wet out and circulate some cooler air. I also need to turn the pilot light off on the furnace. It sucks having all that cold air down there in the basement without an easy way of getting it upstairs.
I am a modern adult with a real job and my wife makes twice what I do, I refuse to sit on the toilet sweating.
French door style, I hope? So that you can move larger stuff in & out easily.
I love my electronic ignition water heater & furnace.
PREEEcisely.
I had that done on the shed, and that gives us a 6’ wide opening, larger if the something can be tilted.
4x8 sheets of plywood would be no problem.
I love my 90 year old no moving parts heater. At least for now. My water heater is a hot contact start.
Anyone own a Little Giant Ladder?
Yes and no. I own a Werner brand but it’s the same design. 22 footer.
Pros
Very adaptable for odd floor heights like stairs
Can be split out into 2 smaller ladders for scaffolding
Heavy and durable
Can just reach the edge of the roof of my 2 story house
Fits in the bed of my 6 foot truck without sticking out
Cons
Heavy. If you extend out to it’s full length, a burly guy can move it around but it’s really tough. Otherwise it’s a handful.
It’s just short of the gutters on my house at full length. Luckily if I need to do anything on the roof, I can split the ladder and get to the roof of the garage and then to the roof of the house.
I like it and would recommend it.
Gratch and I are planning on replacing a window on the 2nd floor with a door and small balcony for the cats. That’s far down the road though.
The Shop has french style doors but they aren’t the best. I plan on either rebuilding them when I’m in that project or getting a sliding type barn door. I’m not sure yet. I want a small deck as a work area on the front of the Shop so that might determine the door.
I already have a 7 foot, and a 4 foot ladder, this would really be a spare regular ladder and a gutter ladder.
I see needing this a couple times a season, if that. And Woot has them for 199 for the 22 footer. I was going to buy one from the home show for $500 will a ton of extras, but getting one for half the price without all the crap sounds like a more sensible idea.
I’m a bit concerned about the weight limit, but I go over the limits on all of them anyway at this point. I could pay $300 more for 50 more pounds, but still be over it.
My garage has these, I suppose since it actually used to be a barn, I can’t wait to refurbish them so it’s actually easy to open then instead of the struggle it is now.
The Werner is about that price at $DIY_STORE. I prefer that brand anyways. I watch and ask the contractors that roll through what equipment they use. If it stands up to the abuse those guys give it, I figure it’s a good brand.
Yes. We got it discounted at the end of a flower and garden show.
Questions?
I can’t figure out why I would get the one from the F&G show that I still have the discounted price on, instead of this.
http://tools.woot.com/offers/little-giant-alta-one-ladder-m22?ref=cnt_wp_1_12
This is $199, and comes with one accessory. The one from the show came up to almost $500. it was an M22 as well, but I think a different model and I bought all the things. I suppose my question is, is the upgraded version with all the extras worth double the price?
Does seeing this for $199 make you regret paying the other price? People who buy this model seem to be pretty happy with it, how happy are you with yours?
We bought ours a long time ago… maybe almost 20 years? So I dunno about the price. If it’s a good price, then yeah, buy. Get the accessories if you can.
We have the next size up from the M-22, and it is one beast of a package to move around. But I can reach second floor gutters, and the top of the chimney on a two-story house.
The accessories are what really turn it from a plain ladder to a real Erector set of a ladder. Ours “came with” none, but my wife talked their guy into a discount on some.
We have one of the platforms, which is cooler than you can believe. It clips on and pivots out of the way. You climb up past it, use one toe to pull it back into position, then have a foot-deep and ladder-wide horizontal stand.
We also bought wide-leg stand offs, and an adjustable leg extension which saves looking around for flat rocks or bricks.
I see they come with wheels, now… man, would I love wheels. Although they look too small to roll on grass… Maybe I can build something…
The one on Woot comes with the work step.
The home show one clocks in at almost $500, is beefier, and comes with a bunch of extras. The only extra I see myself using on a regular basis is the stand off one.
I’m buying the Woot model, if it turns out I want the other one later, I’ll put it up for sale on facebook for $100 and move on with life.
The funniest thing (to me) about home ownership is how quickly it forced me to level up in plumbing skills. I have taken apart and put back together my kitchen sink a couple of times now, and can almost put it back together in my sleep. Not bad from someone who can barely tell what end of the wrench is the more useful functional tool.
Depends on the job 