Home Improvement
Top xx things we have learned:
- Hiring a contractor is for WIMPS!
- The right tools make the job go MUCH faster and look better
- The Schumacher variation of the Janz method to remove stucco reduces removing time by 90% (i.e. use an ax)
- Projects ALWAYS take two times longer than planned and then some
- Make sure to live within 5 miles of a Home Depot
- Don't drill throuh 40+ year old wood. You will wear your battery out first.
- Never trench through a water line
- Don't trench in the rain
- Electrical work is more stimulating with the power on
- Big Projects ALWAYS start as little projects
- Be friendly with your neighbors, you may need to borrow their help or tools some day
- Sign your work in such a way that if someone was to demolish it, they would find your signature.