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I don’t know how many of you out there have hot water heaters, but I’m going to guess that it’s quite a few of you. They’re pretty handy appliances that are used for a lot of great applications. However, what you may or may not have is a hot water heater pan. In newer homes, hot water heater pans tend to be universal – you know, kind of  like precut wall studs and MDF baseboard trim. However, if like me you have an older home, there is a good chance that a pan may be lacking – you know, kind of like wall insulation and non-creaking steps.  Of course, this isn’t a problem unless it becomes a problem. [click to continue…]

hand-operated-pumpThe Slide-N-Pump is neither a hot, new dance craze nor a disreputable establishment boasting dollar shots and “live nude girls!” It’s not Nike’s latest marketing effort aimed at every kid who dreams of better moves and eventually a whopping endorsement deal. More than likely, it’s also not anything your wife wants you to ask if she’d be interested in “giving a go.”   [click to continue…]

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As I gaze out my front window at all the pretty daffodils, in anticipation of summer, I can’t help but remember some high points from last summer. Unfortunately, it is but one, low memory, (and all its accompanying imagery), imprinted on my brain: that infamous day when I casually remarked to my husband, “Something smells funky.” [click to continue…]

Believe me when I say…a shower and/or bath project does not fall into my comfort zone. (Unless, that is, it involves bubbles and wine.) Laying tile after the fact? That I can do. As for all the hoopla involved in prepping the mortar bed? Not so much. I’m fairly confident though, that even I could manage the Schluter-KERDI watertight shower kit. This system is so easy to install… I mean, other than a hand or coping saw and a trowel, no tools are even required. (FOR SHAME!!!) [click to continue…]

knipex cobra plierAt last year’s STAFDA trade show we spent some quality time talking with the reps at Knipex and Irwin about their respective lines of push-button style locking pliers. As Knipex prefers to say, they’re “selbstklemmend!” That’s “self-locking” for the few of you that don’t speak German. As a longtime Channellock user, I was intrigued by what I saw. [click to continue…]

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