AsktheBuilder.com News - September 6, 2018
Dear ,
New subscriber? Welcome! The beverages and appetizers are in the other room. My good friend Dan will
be around soon with a platter of delicious cannoli. There's no need to tip him.
Old salt subscriber? Be sure to remind the newbies that we all have to clean up after ourselves.
Did you know that the word cannoli is already plural? I didn't know that!
Sticky
Hand Tool Handles
If you eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or have caramel corn while you work, you might end up with sticky hand tool handles.
Or, you could cook them like happened to subscriber Trish. She sent me this email a few days ago:
"Again I turn to you when I cannot find the answer to my question.
Hubby bought tools (screw drivers, pliers etc.) with
ergonomically correct handles. We moved into a home that has a shed attached in the rear. All the tools were stored there in the famous Red Tool
chest.
Due to, what we believe to be, excessive heat all the handles on the tools are now wet and sticky and nothing we have tried will change the effect.
Do you have any idea what we can do or must we just
replace all the tools? The handles are mushy and appear ruined. I thought may varnish might help but wanted to ask you first.
Thanks for always being there for
us."
Have you had a similar experience with hand tools? I want to see how widespread this problem is.
If so, would you
take this short survey to help others?
CLICK HERE for the Sticky
Hand Tool Handle survey.
Des Moines Deck Collapse
On Labor Day an elderly couple was hurt in a deck collapse. They're both alive, but it could have had a more grim
outcome.
CLICK HERE to read
the short story. The Des Moines Register website will have you pulling your hair out trying to see the story. You may have to slide the headline up to see the story.
The only reason I bring this up is that deck collapses are more common than you think. Decks, like any other thing, have a life expectancy.
Some are short because inferior methods are used to construct the
decks. The following is a photo I shot of a new deck being built on my street. I'd NEVER go out on this deck if invited to their home.
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