O.K....I probably didn't spell it right..architec..arkitektural..archat..aww rats. Well ya'll know what I mean. Long story short...I'm loadin' up the van and heading for a 500mi. drive this Friday to help install architectural shingles on my big brothers roof. Never did them kind'a shingles before. ...

Well Bell I'll post my 2 cents worth here. Me..I like gas stoves. Infinately adjustable heat on the range top. The elec. range tops have too little choices. Either too high or too low for what I'm doing. Mebbe the newer models are better. I haven't had an elec. stove in 30yrs. And as was mentioned.....

Well folks sorry for taking so long to reply. Lots going on this past weekend. Now, I walked around the perimiter of my (ca.1970 12X70s.w. with a peaked metal roof) and tried to figger this out. I still hain't figgered it out..nor why I didn't pick up on this sooner! No-where on the upper lathe is t...

Well now my M.H. guru..here's the deal. I've got a 12X70 Foremost s.w. and as I was installing a new window today I noticed something. Now, mind ye, this is the eighth window I've installed and this is the first time I noticed this. All my wall studs go vertical...up and down..that's a no-brainer. N...

Hmmmmm? Danny this is one of them "double-edge sword" deals. Let me explain. Applying a solar-tint/window-film will cut your cooling costs in the summer. And it cuts down on the sunlight wreaking havoc from bleaching out the drapes/furnishings. BUT! (as always.. my big BUT!) In the wintert...

Aye son...I understand. And I wasn't "bustin' your chops." In retro-spect it sounds like it probably was a dangerous and unsettling place to reside and you are probably correct. If my point was missed, it is that perhaps the tenent had no choice in the matter and if time permits they would...

Trudi your praise is humbling though not well deserved. M'am, I am but one of many here willing, if not particularly well skilled, to assist when I can. This particular web-site seems to be swamped with folks willing to help at a moments notice. As well, I'll wager there's a lot of folks working to ...

Ahh yes Mz. Yanita...I have been keeping a journal! Since back in the days of "floppy-disks'! And yes I need to update it some time and put them on a C.D. though that is a bit dated as well..eh? I'm still using Windows 98SE..and that was an upgrade to this old (ca.1993) computor! HAW!HAW!HAW! A...

Well now Ms. Yanita since you mentioned in a letter that you enjoyed my rambeling thoughts of myself and Young Bryce Logan (my grandson) I just had to share this story with you! Some time back Bryce and I was sittin' down yonder and for some odd reason the topic of wimminfolks came up yet once again...

Hmmmm....Kyle...find ye a seat alongside me and give me a bit of time to light up this ole cobb-pipe of mine and let me share a few thoughts wi' ye. I'm going to assume that since ya said yer riding around with yer Dad that yer just a young'un and mebbe life hasn't caught up with you just yet. Now d...

M'am I'm gonn'a step up here and say that if ya'll are going to all the work of residing your home....don't put them wurfless trailer-windows back in. You've already done so much..go the extra mile and put in new vinyl d.h. windows with Low-E glass and do it right. The cost of the windows and instal...

Harry, I know what yer sayin' my friend. Now, first and foremost I'm a DIY'er on account of..well...I'm a tightwad. And like you said, it's hard to find anyone qualified to do the job..or they're so high-priced or backed up with work I'll likely croak before they get to my problem. The ones that can...

Hmmmm.....Mark...I writes it like I says it. Drives my daughter nuts. She says she needs a "magic decoder ring" to figger out half my e-mails! HAW!HAW!HAW! And yup...I've read a few of them old western novels. They don't write 'em like that anymore..eh? Sad. Mebbe I should include a "...

Hmmm...? Folks I guess I just went off on a rant there..glad it was well recieved. Sometimes I look at all the work that needs to be done yet and don't notice all the work that's been done here already. At times like that it can git real depressing. I figger I've got at least 1 or 2 years of work le...

Folks, so often here I read about folks struggling to do their own work and it makes me think about the value of "sweat-equity." Now, for them folks that don't know this term... it means using yer own labor to get something done and realizing the value of it. Picking up a book or asking qu...