I’ve been spending a fair bit of time watching some metals detecting videos by YouTube partner “NuggetNoggin”. He is a kid from down south who does a whole lot of digging and has a captivating enthusiasm for metal detecting. Well, he gave me the bug, and on the coldest day of the year, I spent about an hour traipsing around … Continue reading →
It has been an arduous process, in my spare time, to complete the pantry remodel. In my last post, I shared the process of hanging drywall and painting. I wanted to paint the wall before starting the floor simply for the lack of cleanup. I don’t like the idea of cleaning paint off of new flooring. My wife and I … Continue reading →
The most time-consuming portion of my pantry remodel was hanging the drywall. In this post I hung drywall, mudded, sanded, primed and painted. There are a handy few tips included for cutting costs as well as links to the tools I used.
Continue reading →As far as I’m concerned, plaster is an antiquated method of interior wall creation. It is very heavy, and I hate it! So when I bought my 1901 farmhouse, I knew the walls were all plaster. I don’t replace plaster with more plaster, but rather I remove old plaster and install drywall.
Continue reading →If you’re picking up after reading DIY Roof Replacement Part 1, you know the steps I’ve already taken. The roof is tar papered with two layers of 15# paper. On to my 7th step: I went with a standard 3-tab ebony shingle that has a 25 year warranty. It is as economical as it is beautiful. I’m using 1 1/4″ … Continue reading →
Flip the switch. The light comes on. Simple, right? My wife didn’t like the lights in the dining room and the bedroom at our new house. The dining room light wasn’t big enough, or grand enough for her taste, and I agree. The bedroom light was a small pendant light, not bright enough to read by, so it too, had … Continue reading →
It has been a while since we at HandyFather.com did a root beer review. It seems that our local sources for new root beers to try has been depleted. I was excited to find this Brownie Caramel Cream Root Beer just because it has been so long since the last root beer review. Usually when a root beer name has … Continue reading →
I’ve been saddled with a roofing job at my new home. Three layers of tarps conceal the abhorrent condition of the kitchen roof. My family is going to buy this home, a 1901 Indiana farmhouse. I’m told that the roof’s condition prevents me closing a loan for the property. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you’ll have noticed the … Continue reading →
We are ready to move on to a new house. This means getting my house ready to sell. There is a lot of information about selling your house out there already, but my two cents are mine alone, so I might as well share my feelings about it. Real estate professionals
Continue reading →Another root beer in a clear glass bottle; the initial impression of the Kutztown Root Beer Review. Kutztown root beer has Yucca Extract as the primary flavor ingredient. It produces a pleasant licorice flavor. We poured some Kutztown Root Beer into a frosted mug to find an interesting reddish-brown head, not too much, but it was good. There is a … Continue reading →
