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I know you’ll hate this idea , but hire an architect or designer with remodeling experience. IMO , the best results I’ve seen in home remuddling is when a professional was hired . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

If you’re in a well managed condo nobody is enclosing a balcony . Former in laws place , nothing on the balcony could be visible above the railings. Moms place not even window dressing exposed to the outside can be anything but wht / off white / beige . Not everyone likes HOA rules , but you...

Start your plan with where the egress window can go . Preferably in the new bedroom. You want multiple ways out . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

I don’t actually know how it works , I just get twitchy when I think about the inconvenience. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

I’d be wary of putting any money into a new build condo right now . The Bronte project at Lakeshore has gone into receivership and the last Burlington project went into court over closing costs . I’ll be staying in my house as long as possible. My mom’s condo fees are just over a grand ( stupid...

I bought the Makita track saw , it’s like magic. Trim a door side or bottom, build a deck and get a perfect trim line . For putting a feature piece in hardwood floor . And my favorite, making five x ten sheets of MDF fit in my shop . I still would find life hard without a table saw , but a track...

He’s an idiot , loosing his nuts may have cleaned up the gene pool Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

The insurance won’t likely put it in the estimate and will pull it at the adjustable but I would really insist on a four wheel alignment being done when the repair is finished. They will tell you it’s not required . I was in body repair in a previous life , it’s required because knuckleheads...

I drove to Kitchener for Easter dinner , through a few snow squalls. God does not favour KW right now. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

I think the deal at the end of the war was you had to go back , there was a brief waiting period then you could apply to return . A really large number opted to come back to Canada . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

I very briefly lived near there , I was in LongBranch for a couple years . Was visiting friends down there when the biker war blew up the log Cabin burger place. Since we are on WW two , my mom used to get ice cream as a treat from the German POWs at the camp in Mimico, they were often out on...

Congrats on the new truck you’ll be getting Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

Plant is a little west of Dixie off Lakeshore , the ranges are still there and some older brick buildings . At one time a big observation tower was over towards the lake to spot bombers . They built a huge floating pyramid roof with black shingles they would tow out into the lake , bombers would...

Mine was arctic spa , big gate valves before and after pumps and heater unit . I’ve not seen one built different, seems they are out there . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

Around here someplace is an H&R 12g single made about 1950 , stamped "made in LongBranch Ontario Canada" , there was a tariff on US guns coming into Canada after the war and we needed to get manufacturing going here , Harrington-Richardson used the old longbranch plant as did many others , I...

The story on the Long Branch manufacturing is actually pretty cool . Short version , war breaks out and we need to make guns , don’t let the government do it , hire the smartest contractors we can find , in about six months it’s fully tooled and making guns . Sent from my iPhone using...

Not looking forward to the bill to have mine neutered. Neither is he ….

High end Trex is vinyl encapsulation manufacture . Middle is as Steve said a pretty good insulator . The new solar reflective product is pretty amazing . My original Trex deck from thirty years ago was total crap and grew mildew by the pound . It’s gotten better with every generation. I...

Asia is also building “one trip” containers , fuel to get them home costs more than selling it off here . You can also buy new containers made here , actually made for display and pop up markets , trade shows , tiny modular homes . This stuff seems built to a lot of different grades . Friend is...

Have a look at the new Trex Suncomfortable , it’s a solar reflective product in the transcend line that is designed for pool areas and sun decks . Yes it works , it’s in my backyard . Yes it’s really expensive. As a former lumber trader you will never convince me to install a wooden deck again ...