Tim opens the show musing about building material delivery in the 1840s without heavy machinery, specifically in the Cincinnati area. Caller questions include leaking brick veneer, liquid vinyl sources, quality wood windows and foundation strength. Tim also updates on his garden shed and interviews about western red cedar.
Today's show introduces Tim's Garden Shed project, along with some Sears tools and metal pegboard manufacturers. Caller questions on tar and chip driveways, shed vapor retarders, cutting Plexiglas and installing ceramic tile on unheated wood are answered.
What do Napoleon Dynamite and how to wash aluminum siding have in common? Listen to Tim tackle callers' questions about sewer trench gravel, a leaking dishwasher door, how to wash aluminum siding and burying electric cable.
The Home Ranger Radio Show was a home improvement radio show that blended different talents. The final six months of the show saw the pairing of Tim Carter and Roger Peugeot. What a funny duo they made!
A Father's Day contest where I give away six Husky Mechanic's Toolsets is the highlight of today's show. I asked people to call in with the most interesting stories about themselves and tools. Wait until you hear the stories below! You will also hear calls about waterproofing a hole in a foundation, noises made by a water heater and patching synthetic stucco.
The Sears Editors Conference is the highlight of today's show. Each year I am very lucky to be invited to this showcase of new tools and products. You will also hear calls about ceramic tile that needs to be reattached to walls, hot attics and mysterious bubbling paint on interior walls.
Tim: Okay, really quickly before I got off the air, I got areally neat email from Barb, who delivers the paper everymorning. Barb, I sure hope you're still out there. She saysshe's `wondering if the plaster on the walls is the realstuff in my house with lath strips behind it. The walls arefalling apart and […]
Tim: Let's go back to the phones. Once again if you justhappened to tune in, I'm Tim Carter. This is WGRR. It's theAsk The Builder Show. Coming up in just 13 minutes we've gotDenny McKewen, but right now though it's time to ask thebuilder. Paul, what's your question today? Hello, Paul. Paul: Yes, Tim. Thanks […]
Tim: Let's go to the phones once again. Billie, it's TimCarter. Thanks for calling Ask The Builder. How are youtoday? Billie: Hi. How are you? Tim: Doing pretty good! Billie: Good! I had emailed you about my front stoop. I'min Pittsburgh. Tim: Yes. Billie: I read the article you told me to read about,putting slate […]
Tim: Hello, Don. I'm sorry. I was just glancing atAnnetta's writing and it's definitely and `n.' It's great tohave you on the show, Don. Don: Hi, Tim. Okay. I've got a chimney cap. I've got asmall crack across it and I siliconed that. Is thereanything else to seal that better? Tim: Yeah. There's a really […]
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