An Opening

...plastic sheeting. Put construction debris in plastic bags (the big orange store sells extra thick garbage bags for this purpose). Vacuum like there’s no tomorrow. Here’s what it looked like before (note the cracked drywall sheets that, I discovered, were barely attached to the studs): During: And after: I don’t have a picture, but I removed the studs after confirming that the old header was adequate (it’s not a load bearing wall). The next step w...

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Solve Your Measurement Problems with a Construction Calculator

...ectrical work add-ons but the free version is good enough for most simple, homesteady projects. In addition to handling those pesky fractions, the basic version also does metric conversion. It will also help you calculate your sheet good needs. I added the carpentry module since I’ve found myself doing a lot of incompetent carpentry these past few months. I’m old enough to remember the failed attempt to convert the U.S. to the metric system in the...

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Do I Need Books?

...d of time and if you don’t use any of those items, send them to the thrift store. If I were to use this method my entire library, with the exception of a few books I left out of the boxes, would be cast off. I’ve realized that in those boxes I have books which: I’ve read and will probably never read again. I will probably never read but think that I should read. Are a souvenir of some place or experience. These need to go. More tricky will be the...

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119 A Chat With the Gardenerd

...like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. Closing theme music by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this podcast is here....

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