You know how I like to show you new and innovative tools. Here is a really new one, a hoseless pneumatic finishing nailer! No I am not talking about the fuel cell driven nailers, this one really runs on air.Now how can you have an air driven pneumatic nailer without a hose and compressor? Well...
I went into a flooring store in Quebec recently to buy some vinyl flooring for my own home and stumbled across a display of patterns and colours that blew me away. Then I took a closer look and realized that this was like no vinyl flooring I had ever seen before. This stuff was quite thick and is...
OK. Porter Cable blew me away again with a new reciprocating saw that will be available in the Spring of 2002.The first photo shows a regular reciprocating saw cutting right through four nails, which is why we call it the demolition saw.The second photo shows a cordless recrip saw, which I am no...
Mitre Bevel saws are designed to make the compound mitre/bevel cuts necessary for crown molding. But they are really not simple to use. For details for the cuts and the angles see "Cutting crown moldings with a mitre saw".One of the complications in making the cuts is that the bevel on standard...
Larry asked: "I put cork flooring in my basement 15 years ago and we've been very happy with it. I'd like to put a similar floor upstairs. Is there a product available for upstairs?"I believe that cork as a flooring did dissapear for a while, but it is back in style. The new floating cork floo...
I love looking at the whole range of tools all designed to accomplish the same task. The least expensive get the job done, eventually. The top of the professional line get it done in the blink of an eye. How about hanging drywall?Driving drywall screws is actually a complicated task. You need...
In many regions of the world water is scarce or polluted and in mountainous regions the populations often live higher in the mountains than where they have to walk to in order to get water. But in many of these regions the clouds billow over the top of the mountains, keeping them shrouded mu...
Ecologix Heating Technologies Inc221 Holiday Inn Drive #2Cambridge, Ontario N3C 3T2Tel: 519-658-4330 e-Mail: info@ecologix.ca "www.ecologix.ca"I know I'm always lecturing you about heating for a cold climate, but air conditioning is very important in Canada and especially in the US. In fact, ...
Brian from Toronto, Ontario sent in a great tip. His toilet is very close to one wall, so every time you get up, you tend to force the seat over to one side and it ends up always out of line. He simply cut a little bracket out of plastic and screwed it to the bottom of his wooden seat so that i...
"I am writing this email in behalf of my husband. He runs a renovating company and since 2007, he has been having a bit of a harder time keeping things going really well... What I am interested in is helping him to be able to work smarter, not harder at his earning a living for our family. ...
