Anyone heard of King Tides?

King tides are a common thing here in south Florida, in September, October of every year, around the time when the moon is closest to the earth, there are a few hours during the day the tides are at it’s highest. The river and the marina are already very high last few days, then we had many days of non-stop rain, the…[Read more]

GTokley wrote:After 20 days without a real answer why I don’t have internet I found out yesterday. After wasting my time talking to CR I requested to talk to a Supervisor. The Supervisor looked into the problem and got back to with a few hours. Apparently a maintenance crew can’t hook my internet as there tree branches in there way. I was told I n…

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Good news, finally heard back from Bosch and they provided me a list of tools registered in my old Provantage account and they seem right. At least they haven’t lost that data. So now just waiting for the migration to complete hopefully before the three year warranty expires.

Anyone knows a good sump pump that will actually do what it advertised? I had water in my garage from a flood and got a sump pump and it’s advertised to remove water t0 1/8″. I set it up and turned it on and 45 minutes later it stopped. I checked the screen at the bottom it’s fine. Called tech support line and they said it will pretty much…[Read more]

set down about twenty 18″X18″ step stones at a rental property.

spent most of the time dealing with shallow roots interfering with setting the stones down.

are there any trencher or mini-stump grinder that I can operate as a walk behind to clear roots and stuffs to say 4-6″ below gradein preparation for setting stones, pavers, or planting borders?

Lowes has the Bosch 3/8″X18″ SDS+ bits on clearance at $2.99, so I ordered it online for two.

A few days later I got an email saying order is ready for pickup, but quantity shows 1 instead of 2. Weird.

I went to the store to pick it up. I mentioned that the quantity is not correct does it mean they are out of stock and only had 1? She said yes…[Read more]

This is going to be a bit long winded but I am very confused at this point what’s really going on.

As most of you know, prior to mid year 2019, if you want to register Bosch tools, if it’s a “power tool” like drills, saws, drivers, routers etc…it was recommended that you go register them at the Provantage account to get 3 years of warranty out…[Read more]

I sent in a request for a RH228VC rotary hammer on Sep 2, so far no news and no point reduction.

I also sent in a question to see if the GTS1031 portable table saw is still available for redemption on 8/17 so reply, not surprising, my guess is it’s no longer available.

My TOTD is the Bosch laser measure.

I keep it in my back pocket now. Wherever someone gets too close I take it out “stand back, more, a little more, right there, keep that six feet social distance fr me please, stop! Now you are 5.96, back off!”

Doobie wrote:Is the bucket tip-able liie mine is? Can’t tell for sure from that pics angle.

Sorry didn’t see this question until just now.

Yes the bucket can be tipped. Although it tips to ALMOST vertical, like 80 degrees.

I wish it can be tipped past 90 degrees so all the dirt or rocks will completely empty from the bucket. As it is now, t…[Read more]

theamcguy wrote:Yep in a perfect world (like on those Home Improvement TV shows) everything arrives on time and in order. Seems like they never wait on anything.

Those home improvement shows, or even those restaurant or bar or hotel renovation shows like Restaurant Impossible where they took everything apart and redo entire kitchens in 3 days, or…[Read more]

down here in Florida fence heights are regulated not only by zoning laws, they are also regulated by traffic laws, as well as structural approval for hurricanes. If you want 8′ tall fence and they let you, the posts would have to be spaced very close together, like 2.5′ apart LOL, and 1/3 of post would have to be buried, so an 8′ fence you need…[Read more]

redwood wrote:Last box that was received was in late July, does that sound about right.

Probably. I had one request one in August and one in September with no reply. I just assume it’s COVID related.

I bought one. Since it’s not in NA it will take a while to ship, I will do a review once received if anyone is interested.

GTokley wrote:I picked up a Ryobi 4 1/2 angle grinder the another day.

How do you like it? I am still using my 7 year old corded Makita angle grinder. Have been disappointed at cordless models.

I bought a gorilla cart. a bit disappointing on the wobbly plastic but it’s easy to move it around with the big rubber tires.

CRAB!

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:Withdrawal values:

One good reason to use longer than necessary nails is to mess with the withdrawal value, by hammering the protruding tail end of the nail flat against the back side of the lumber, causing whoever has to pry it out 20 years later to cuss and pull hair wondering why that nail is not coming out and end…[Read more]

was driving home last night saw the road was partially closed and some crew doing repairs down a manhole. I know the area so I know that’s a sanitary manhole, but the truck outside is an AT&T truck, not a city or public works truck. This is odd.

Also interesting that they set up a pop up tent over the hole. It was not raining, and it’s the…[Read more]

RonW wrote:You could be right. I still feel a response of some type should be sent in reply.

Yes that would be nice. But we have been through this discussion multiple times so I think it’s unlikely to change. Compound that with the list being so out of date more and more items on them will be discontinued, so more and more requests cannot be…[Read more]