AsktheBuilder.com News #1192: What R U Doing? | 🚚 and Rust

AsktheBuilder.com News #1192: What R U Doing? | 🚚 and Rust | NEW VIDEOS!!!!

Published: Sun, 07/31/22

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AsktheBuilder.com News - July 31, 2022

Issue #1192 (I think...)

Dear ,

Summer is in full swing. Are you tackling projects either inside or outside your home? I'd like to know if I can help you.

If you're not busy working on your home, you should join the fray. Last week I did quite a few consult phone calls that saved people thousands of dollars.

Just a few hours ago I completed water-pressure calculations for Krystell. She's out in San Leandro, CA and about to open a day-care center. It's ludicrous how the building department is forcing her to spend money to prove that the water pressure coming out of the faucets is sufficient.

For goodness sake, it's San Leandro's responsibility to provide adequate pressure in the water mains. I could see it if she was building a 100-story skyscraper, but not a ground-level day-care center.

I talked with Ajay a few days ago about re-routing plumbing vent pipes in his attic. Here's what he said at the end of the call.

"Tim, I can't begin to thank you for offering this amazing phone-coaching service. Most pros won't talk to me thinking I'm taking money out of their pockets. For me, I just ENJOY doing the work and often just need a peek behind the magic curtain to get the job done right. You're willing to do that and it brings me a vast amount of personal pleasure and fulfillment. I just love being able to do lots of jobs myself."

I couldn't have said it better. It's all about empowering you so you control more of your destiny.

Saving money should be one of the top things on your list. After all, we're officially in a RECESSION that I predict is going to get much much worse.

The Red Beast

I've been working on my 2009 Ford F-250 Super Duty 4x4 the past week or so. Last week it was new front shocks. Two days ago I installed new rear shocks. My oh my, those are so much easier to install!

Thank God for the person that invented penetrating oil!

Yesterday I dropped the spare tire, scraped off the rust from the wheel, pressure washed it, and let it dry. Once dry I primed the wheel and painted it.

As the wheel was drying, I proceeded to pressure wash as much of the underside of the truck as I could do. I was trying to blast off any rust scale.

Once the metal dried, I primed all the rusty spots and then spray painted everything gloss black. I've decided I'm trying to get this truck to last 25, or more, years.

Mechanically it's in great shape and the body is in very good shape. It's never been in an accident.

Next week once the paint has cured, I'll spray the entire underside with the magic diesel fuel/used motor oil concoction to hold rust at bay.

I have to tell you the truck now rides like a Cadillac with the new shocks. I should have installed them a few years ago.

New Video Series

A year from now I'll have a new neighbor. These unknown humanoids purchased one of the last vacant lots in my HOA.

It's only 1/2 mile to this lot from my drive and I can walk to it. I've decided to try to create hundreds of new videos for you over the next year. I'm trying to chronicle the entire process.

These videos will go into great detail EXPLAINING why this or that is being done and if it's being done WRONG, I explain what you should do on your home.

I've already caught two or three major mistakes and the foundation's not even poured!

I've not yet loaded any of the new videos to my website, but you can at least see the small playlist on YouTube.

Once there, you'll see SEVEN videos in the right column or somewhere on the screen if you view using your smartphone.

On my monitor the SEVEN videos in the playlist are on the right. See the red arrow pointing to them?

That's enough for today. The WX here in NH is unbelievable. It's one of the primary reasons Kathy and I moved here. The other top reasons were:

no sales tax
no income tax
no pollution
LOW annual property taxes - I pay 0.7% of my fair market value (what's your percentage?)
no crime
87% of the state is still forested

Should I keep going?

I went swimming last Sunday in the lake after church and the water was dreamy. I guesstimate it was maybe 80F.

I'm going to eat some watermelon today after church.

This is your fortune when you decide to live a pure and simple life.

You should try doing it if you're not already.

That reference to purity and simplicity is an inside joke that only a tiny handful of people in my life would understand.

Tim Carter

Founder - www.AsktheBuilder.com

Livermore Falls POTA story - www.W3ATB.com

Do It Right, Not Over!

P.S. I played in my golf league this past Thursday and almost won the tournament! But I had four bad shots on the last two holes that cost me three points.

But boy did I have fun!

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Tim Carter - Building and Remodeling Alchemist
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