Continuing Thread: What Are You Fix-It'ing Today?

[rsrguy]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

This bike rack takes up a lot of space when it's off the hitch.

I bought a bumper hitch receiver from HF for 17 bucks and with a bunch of scrap wood and a couple of hours of time, I was able to hang it from the ceiling. It works even better than I hoped it would. Completely out of the way, but convenient to use and replace.

Genius... can't believe i haven't thought of that

[herr_oberst]

Wish I could take credit for it.
Here's a hint: Using the same idea, but as a wall-mount, you could also store bikes on the rack, if you have the wall space.

[jyl]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

jyl and I knocked out a couple of benches this morning. Nice and tall, sturdy, and pretty square and level. (The parallax in the camera is making us look bad, but the level tells us that they turned out good)

It was a fun project, I got to help build something useful for a tight shop space with my good friend while catching up on the local gossip.

Herr-o and I are trying to get my shop set up for wrenching before my wife takes it over for crafts!

The workbenches are open in front so that cabinets, tools, etc can be nested in there, on casters.

Lumber is expensive. That’s $140 of wood there . . .

[mthomas58]

Condo renovation underway. Demolition in progress. 2BR/ 2 Bath 1,400 sq ft. Renovating kitchen, 1 bathroom, all new LVP flooring, new dry-bar, new doors and all new casing, crown molding and base boards.

[herr_oberst]

Not as sexy as condos or Cornwalls, but yesterday I finally had had enough of these softjaws. 2 tiny weak magnets that would cause the jaws to fall off the vise with not much more than a strong breeze, and thin silicone pads with a horrible retention system that never worked.

Now, 3 double stacks of rare earth magnets that are glued in with JB weld, and then some thick leather pads that I made out of scraps that I had laying around, glued in with contact cement.

I'm not sure if this is gonna work out or not, but these were getting binned out of frustration anyway.

Time will tell.

[rsrguy]

^^^this is on the to do list.... along with about 200+ other items

[rsrguy]

This quickie just came in... remove the old clean, prep, paint and restore install.

[Tidybuoy]

This is all one big project. Bought this 1929 home about 6 months ago and I'm remodeling/reconfiguring the kitchen. I opened up the wall between the kitchen and butlers pantry to make into a kitchen with attached breakfast nook. I'm aways from done and I've encountered some plumbing and electrical issues along the way but that is now cured. I'm currently finishing the drywall before new cabinets to be installed 10/10/2025. After that, new Saltillo tile floor, counter tops, and backsplash. The original kitchen did not have any upper cabinets and you would have to store your dishes under the sink (yuck). The back wall (not seen in my photos) will have upper and lower cabinets.

Original Kitchen:


Before: Original Kitchen Sink Drain - 4" from floor and 1/2" hole in drain pipe.


After: New 18" height sink drain with cleanout added


Before: Ceiling Plumbing to Upstairs Bath - very corroded


Before: Removal of Led Welded Cast Iron Corroded Drain


After: Replaced Ceiling Drain and Replaced Plumbing with Pex/Sharkbite


In Progress:

[Baz]

Very impressive Vern! Thanks for all the photos and descriptions. "This Old House!"

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When I had a new metal roof installed a few years ago, there was some leftover materials. This is aluminum so I kept everything. Included were a bunch of this angle trim cut-off pieces. Complete with adhesive strips!

I was looking at the metal roof I installed over my back patio using Galvalume and where it butted up against the roof I had some panel sagging and in any kind of strong rains I would get some dripping. Not cool!

About a week ago the dots connected in my brain and I found a use for those cut-off pieces! Installed these on Sunday and with our recent rains it's worked fantastic to address the drips I had. Stoked to have found a use for these little pieces I had held onto for the past few years!

I pre-drilled some small holes to help when fastening. Used those little 1/4" Florida room screws.

[herr_oberst]

Nice work Baz. For the cost of a handful of screws and some time, you solved an annoying issue.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Nice work Baz. For the cost of a handful of screws and some time, you solved an annoying issue.

Thank you, Herr O! You know when I first came up with this idea I couldn't remember if I had actually tossed these small pieces or not. Trying to be realistic about what kinds of things to "hang onto" or not.....not as easy as it sounds when you have a history of finding uses for "stuff"!

Couldn't find them in the garage where I remember having them but did find them in the back patio - whew - I made the right decision...lol...

PS - those screws were some I found on a job site on the ground where (I guess) another contractor dropped a bunch - so even those were gratis! I got a whole jar full of them!

[Tidybuoy]

Originally Posted by Baz

When I had a new metal roof installed a few years ago, there was some leftover materials. This is aluminum so I kept everything.

I have some similar habits. I can't seem to throw any construction materials away. If i't a 3" 2x4, I might need it someday.

[jyl]

Installed a hand shower.

This has taken longer than you’d think - a decade, actually - mostly because I didn’t care much, then because Sunshine, the company that made the original vintage-appearing reproduction restoration-intended fixtures, went out of business and you can’t have non-matching pieces of course, then I found The Sink Factory in Berkeley reintroduced Sunshine plumbing fixtures and sells everything needed to add a hand shower, then because said kit costs $500 and I didn’t care that much for sure.

Finally, my wife broke her g—d—med ankle and needs to be able to sit in a shower chair and use the g—d—med hand shower she has been asking for nicely for longer than this g—d—med marriage is going to last if she doesn’t get it!!!

Suddenly $500 seemed perfectly reasonable - cheap, even! - and I got the kit in the mail yesterday and installed it today. Took 20 minutes because some of the threaded joints were sealed with, is that a curing putty?, so needed propane torch time. I used Teflon tape.

[rsrguy]

Managed to finally get this fuselage ready for the first shoot.

[herr_oberst]

☝︎ I can't wait to see the final color!

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by Baz

Very impressive Vern! Thanks for all the photos and descriptions. "This Old House!"

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When I had a new metal roof installed a few years ago, there was some leftover materials. This is aluminum so I kept everything. Included were a bunch of this angle trim cut-off pieces. Complete with adhesive strips!

I was looking at the metal roof I installed over my back patio using Galvalume and where it butted up against the roof I had some panel sagging and in any kind of strong rains I would get some dripping. Not cool!

About a week ago the dots connected in my brain and I found a use for those cut-off pieces! Installed these on Sunday and with our recent rains it's worked fantastic to address the drips I had. Stoked to have found a use for these little pieces I had held onto for the past few years!

I pre-drilled some small holes to help when fastening. Used those little 1/4" Florida room screws.

We just got back from Destin and while there, I noticed that all of the metal roofs had lots of screws. We were only a couple of blocks from the beach so I figured the number of fasteners must be from a hurricane code thing.

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[rsrguy]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

☝︎ I can't wait to see the final color!

Wait no longer! Lots and lots of itty bitty little jobs to do to get to this point but I got the initial coats of paint on it today, very happy with it.
There will be a sanding session with 400 grit and a final flow coat of color.

[herr_oberst]

Fantastic. All that sanding, smoothing and fettling is paying off. Just in time for the snow to start falling in the Wausatchs, gol-durnit!

[ted]

Installed the 711 engine.
Called that because that's what it made on the dyno at the flywheel.
Titanium heat coated old headers cleaned up well.
Chassis is still the original paint when built by Pancho Weaver in 92'.

[Brian 162]

Re-soldered broken tab for rear window defrost.