Recent content by Trent Hardy

Quote: One should never pretend to be something one is not :-)

Cool thanks. I tried with a grinder, but was burning the wood.

W Thats really cool. I have a question though. A couple of years ago I had about 20 given to me, and had planned to build something with them. But I found it so hard to get them apart that I gave up on it entirely. What's the best way to get pallets apart?

Quote: No, I'm sorry, but you're off topic here. The point isn't how much electricity my family is still using - the only thing I can say with regards to it being higher than you would expect is "we're working on it" :-). The point is that without having made any other significant changes...

I agree, it does seem like a lot. Research I've done on the internet doesn't imply that much of a saving, but it is pretty much the only major change we've made since last winter, and while the weather has been somewhat warmer this year, it's not that much different from previous years...

I'm really gad you asked me that question!!! Until now I just kind of figured that a wood stove was a wood stove, was a wood stove, but then in trying to answer your question I googled it and came up with all these different types!! Now I've gotta sit down and do a bit of reading :-). But...

Have you ever considered digging a surface well? Not sure if it would be an option in Tennessee, but I think they are considerably cheaper to install....

Hey all, Just thought I'd pass this along for anyone who's interested. In the summertime we pretty much only dry clothes on the line outside, but in the winter we've always relied on a clothes dryer. So I know this is not a new idea or anything, but this year, since our woodstove is in the...

So, just a quick update on this thread. I didn't swap out my chimney liner after all. Got the missus' grandfather to come up and take a look at it. He's one of those jack of all trades. Took a look up through the chimney, pointed out to me where the break was and how easy it would be to get...

That's excellent!! Unfortunately I didn't get mine set up in time. Hopefully next year...

Has anyone ever been involved in replacing an existing clay liner in a chimney? We were cleaning out our chimney this weekend and a big chunk of the liner fell down into the cleanout. Just had a guy come by and he quated me $1400 to remove the liner and replace it with a new stainless steel...

I don't think you would necessarily need a foundation for these container houses. My understanding is they are designed to only require supports at the corners, so a pillar system would likely work very well for them. Not 100% on that, but would mean pretty big savings.

Wow, that's a pretty big yard :-). From reading on other posts, I think what people generally do is dig a 6" x 6" wide trench all around the outside perimeter of the yard, then lay the hardware cloth inside that and bury it rather than lining the entire floor of the pen with the stuff. We had...

Hi, this is our first year with birds and we were also having some issues with rats earlier this fall. Like you, we didn't have hardware cloth buried, in the ground, so they had pretty easy access to our birds. We lost three ducklings before finally getting it straightened out. This is what...

LOL - ok