An air compressor (inground only) to blow out the plumbing lines. A portable shop vac (wet/dry) is used to remove any standing water around the pool (mainly skimmers). A submersible pump is used to lower the water level and remove water from the cover during the winter. pH Increaser ...
We aren’t talking hardcover books – but more like paperback or softcover books, greeting cards, and the like. Text stock is the paper you’re used to seeing in desktop printers. Thinner, looser and more flexible, it is used as the paper inside a book. Cover stock and text stock ...
Dry brush before your bath for an even more relaxing ritual – this doubles as a ‘wet’ brush to take in with you, too. 3. Meditation Meditation is a great way to make yourself pretty sleepy, especially if you’re prone to going to bedfeeling restless. Of course, it’s a battle of...
Alternate mowing directionseach time you mow to help keep grass growing upright and to prevent soil compaction. Mow at a 45- or 90-degree angle to your last pattern. DoNOTmow when the grass is wet. Only mow when the grass is dry. Wet ragged grass cuts unevenly and you are inviting dis...
We chat about lost luggage, Ubering to Boston, a recap of our weekend in Rhode Island, Beck covering Dyland, dry-aged hen, bringing your Stanley to a bar, initial thoughts on the Olympic Opening Ceremony, Serbia did not win after all, Clipse outside, the Starbucks by the airport, and ...
Once the surface is dry, but with the rest of the paper still very wet, you can begin painting. You can also tape the edges down with masking tape if you want to have a nice border around your finished work. This technique is quite good as it allows you to start painting relatively ...
Plastic housewraps range in permeance from around 5 to over 50. In general, a sheathing wrap should have a permeance of at least 5 to enable wall assemblies to dry out should they get wet. Since common sheathing products like plywood and oriented-strand board (OSB) have permeance ratings ...
This article series is now available as a professionally formatted, distraction freepaperbackorebookto read offline at your leisure. Editor’s Note: This was originally published April 12, 2012. This is an updated version. One of the first things many young men will be confronted with doing for...
In fact, in honor of Spinal Tap, let’s crank that number to 11. 1. Hely has written for David Letterman and has a dry, sharp wit. 2. If anyone can write a rollicking satire of the publishing world, this is the guy. 3. Hely’s protagonist, Pete Tarslaw, is an underemployed, ...
Wild camping (aka: stealth camping, free camping, or rough camping) is the practice of sleeping outside in a place of your choosing, rather than in an officially-designated campsite. Whether it’s legal depends on where you do it, but it’s never fun if you’re asked to move on ...