Adhesive Chain - This is Why Lots of Paint Peels You've heard that old saying before, right? A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. When you hear the words adhesive chain, that truism should pop into your mind. Layers and Layers What does this have to do with things around your home? […]
It's August of 2015. Each day more and more people are watching and consuming video on their mobile phones and tablets. I'm one. Over the past six months, I've watched countless videos on my Nexus 4 smart phone. More on this story in Tim's August 23, 2015 AsktheBuilder Newsletter. Here's a short list of articles […]
A dry Christmas tree in your home is more dangerous than you think. If the tree catches on fire, and does so low in the tree near the floor, it burns HOT, rapidly and with great intensity. Watch the video below and then come back here in the fall of 2015. This fall there will be […]
The labor contract to build the Hoover Dam was huge in its day. Read Tim's August 4, 2015 AsktheBuilder Newsletter to see why this column came about. This was back in the 1930's. They started to build the dam in 1931 and it was completed more than two years ahead of schedule in 1936. Are […]
When I was in the 8th grade, I was in a canoe that tipped over in a lake. Canoes tip over faster than you can say "Oh No!" I was in CT with my friend Jim Kahles. My new SLR camera got dunked. In the past few years I've gone sailing up here in NH […]
It happened in October of 2013. My wife and I were one of the many thousands of New Hampshire residents who got the letter President Obama said would never come. Remember, he promised time after time we all could keep our health-insurance plan and our doctors. He lied, and giving him a morsel of credit, […]
I'm a part-time train conductor in the summer and fall here in Meredith, NH. You can click here for even a better photo of me in my uniform. Last year, 2014, was my first year and my first week on the job one of my fellow employees, Theresa Drury, bestowed upon me the moniker of the […]
"Oh, I see you've got some fresh ink," uttered my youngest daughter's very good friend Andrea as she admired, I think, my tattoo. Her outburst of scoffing laughter telegraphed immediately that she was mocking my gorgeous temporary red dragon tattoo. My sarcasm meter obviously was on the fritz. But it was all in good fun. She wasn't […]
DEAR TIM: My new house is full of defects. The builder will not fix them. Fortunately, I was able to hold back lots of money and now he's suing me. I've never had to hire an attorney nor have I ever been involved in any litigation, much less one about construction defects. The defects are […]
Lorraine Innes has a big problem with trash chute noise in Marco Island, FL. Allow her to describe the dreadful situation. "Our condo is next to the trash chute. We are on a lower floor and not only hear the trash coming down the chute (19 floors), but hear it crash into the dumpster. It wakes […]
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