Ten years ago, when I had to schlep my big blue miter saw to a job site, I’d sigh, grab it, grunt and go. Now I sigh, pop two precautionary Aleve (three if stairs are involved), mutter some appropriate expletives, and stagger out to the truck with it. That big blue saw does an excellent job of slicing and dicing, but I’ve long thought that about 90% of the cutting I do could be taken care of with a less-monolithic saw. Such a saw recently landed on the HomeFixated loading dock, a small saw with a big name: The Milwaukee 2733-20 Compact 7-1/4” Dual Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw. To speed things up, we will henceforth refer to it as the Milwaukee 2733 compact slider. Join us as we see if it can indeed displace the full-size slider of my (relative) youth. Read More
DRYLOK® Masonry Waterproofing Paint Review – A Tale Of Three Basements
This post is sponsored by UGL – DRYLOK®. Once upon a time, there was a family who moved into a home with a perfectly dry basement. Now, I’ve never actually MET this family, but I’m sure they must be out there somewhere. Here in the real world, I’ve lived in several homes over the years, and none of them has had a totally dry basement. The amount of water has varied, from minor seepage to a couple of inches of standing water after a heavy rainfall. Luckily, there’s a cure for that; move your chair out of that puddle, and join us as we explore how DRYLOK® Masonry Waterproofing paint can transform your dark, damp spaces into bright, white happy places. Read More
