It’s a super-hot day and you find your rearview mirror lying on the floor of your car. You get a little aggressive when adjusting your mirror because the jerk behind you is blinding you and it ends up in your hand. You jump up because you spill the cup of coffee between your legs because your … Continue Reading
The Alumawallet has become the Father’s day gift du jour around here. If you’ve seen the informercial you no doubt have seen a truck run over it and it’s unharmed. I know it’s hard to believe but the infomercial exaggerates slightly. The Alumawallet bends just from sitting on it, and NO, this bend in the … Continue Reading
Dadand was contacted by Sylvania and asked to review their new Sylvania SilverStar ULTRA bulbs. They must have ESP because I was just telling Emily how I feel like my headlights were dimming (which is a real thing by the way). Anyway, what better way to put together a quick tutorial on how to change your … Continue Reading
Project Popup Camper: Countertops Okay, I got some work done on Project Popup. For those of you who forget, go here. For those of you are mesmerized by our handsomeness and don’t want to leave this page, our picture will be there too. Seriously now. Project Popup is a 2000 Viking camper trailer. I bought … Continue Reading
I put laminate floors in two rooms of our home about six or seven years ago. I was remodeling our master bedroom, which desperately needed new flooring. We found a darker, reddish-toned leading-brand laminate flooring that was on closeout—originally $3.69 marked down to $1.29. I did some calculations and bought the whole skid, knowing I … Continue Reading
Giving your dryer lint trap a good cleanout is a satisfying and simple job. It will also freak you out at what you find in there. I alluded to THIS post in my post about Changing a dryer drum/drive belt. In step 2 I said “Trust me, you should stick something in there. you think … Continue Reading
PLEASE let us save you a service call and probably a couple hundred bucks (we have no idea how much a service call actually is, but we imagine it’s a couple hundred bucks). Some time in the future the day will come when you put clothes in your dryer, set the timer, push the button, … Continue Reading
You’ve scored along the painted edges, gently worked a the trim off with some kind of prying tool, and now you need to deal with the nails still in the trim. This is a simple little how-to on pulling nails out of the trim you’ve removed without damaging the surface of the trim. This is … Continue Reading
A few weeks ago I had the unfortunate job of climbing up on the roof of my parent’s shed to cut down dead limbs (trees) with their Remington Pole Saw. Everything was going great until I lost my balance, almost fell off the roof, and the pole saw slammed down (upside-down) right on the bar … Continue Reading
My parents live in an 1880-something house that has been retro-fitted for indoor plumbing. The problem is the people who did it in 19-whenever didn’t put a hose faucet on the outside of the house. Because of that, for years, every time my my parents want to use a hose outside they have to either … Continue Reading
