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Its easy, key is a quick scuff to take the protective varnish off the surface, a liberal amount of flux and even heat all the way around on both joints, when it's ready the solder will pull itself all the way in and around as if by magic. It really is all about getting the correct wide flame...

Yup weather. They head into my place during rainy season. Anytime I patch a hole they made in the dry wall, I put a metal plate in before I close it because as I said mice follow the same paths over and over. I also add hot chilli flakes to the drywall mud I use to patch the hole to make it less...

Mice have flexible bones and can fit through any hole the diameter of a pencil. Mice are mostly Blind, they travel by following 'trails' they make by urinating as they run, they will always follow the tracks they or other mice left before, find those roads and drop a trap across it baited...

I have never had luck with any press fit plumbing connections. They always fail over time and in an AC application their will be vibration which adds to the problem. Sweating copper is ezpz if you buy the correct torch tip (not pencil, but round wide) and use MAP gas instead of Propane. The...

Why does any conversation involving Tolan always turn to a Shit Fest?

There are good charts that get specific to sqft + how many windows and which direction they face. (because amount of day time sunlight in = heat). Google em they are around. Depending how many BTUs and how often you run an AC you can see your Electric bill go up $15-40 / month.

A while back I walked into a Chick's bathroom and she had one of these, she was single and I thought WTF? She does have a kid? I asked what was up with the toilet stool and she broke out the Amway multi-level marketing sales pitch bordering on religious conversion. I knew I had my skeptical...

Meh I would say Blue Cheer started it all, they were to Metal what The Ramones were to Punk.

I remember the whole world tuning into watch this when I was a kid. It was simulcast on FM stations live around the world. I think the whole program was 3.5 hrs long and they came on at 12:30-1 AM.

INB4 Tim Horton's goes Halal.

Holy fuck Tolan is still on this board? I thought he was long gone living in a feminist utopia sitting in the bleachers with Tanoomba watching while the Black Dudes were getting all the Snoo-Snoo.

biggest thing when laying out a kitchen is the 'Triangle", old kitchens suck because no one bothered with flow in the old days, they were just happy with an ice box and running water. Kitchen work triangle - Wikipedia open counter space right next to the side of the fridge where the door opens...

Painting that soffit the wall color would help stop it from being a big brown cock stabbing your eye. The splash tile is worse than the soffit color. Somebody red / green color blind owned that place.

There are companies who specialize in refacing cabs so you dont have to tear out. Basically you are just changing the doors & drawer faces + pulls to make less ugly. I have seen kits that slap on right over old stuff. Better than taking out real wood cabs and only being able to afford press...