One of the most important things in life is having somewhere safe and comfortable to call home. The problem with old houses though is that there is always something that needs to be done. Small problems can soon become either nagging annoyances or major headaches. Eventually though, "SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE" and it's then the average homeowner i.e. me, quickly learns...
1. The limits of their handyman skills
2. You ALWAYS forget to get something from the local hardware store
3. Allow yourself 2 or 3 days for something that should take half an hour
4. Houses are money pits - no matter how much you spend, it's never enough
5. Hardware stores NEVER stock EXACTLY what you want
6. Doing one small job brings to light 3 major ones
Other pages in this section...
Projects
- Jukebox
- Jukebox: Operation Sequence
- Jukebox: Troubleshooting
- Jukebox: PhonoVue PV1
- Magi-cartridge Projectors
General
Terre Haute House
- Introduction
- Cellar (8 pages)
- Dining Room
- Games Room 1 - Remodel after termite infestation
- Games Room 2
- Kitchen 1
- Kitchen 2
- House Flooring
- A DIY drainage dry well
- A DIY French Drain
- Audio Visual Equipment
- Honeywell HHF540 Fan Heater - Cleaning
- Kenmore 233 Range Hood - Repair or Replace
- Yard
- MTD Yard Machines Chipper/Shredder - Maintenance and Repair
- Toucan Patio Umbrellas - Repair
- Garden Rakes - The garden rakes I use
- Pool Mainentance
- Pool Filtration - Skimmer to pump to vari-flo valve to sand filter to chlorinator to pool
- Pool - Repair after pool wall collapse in 2010 (6 pages)
- Pool Repair 2026 - Pool liner replacement
- Pool Cart - Making a cart to move and store the pool stuff