Stihl trimmers have interchangeable cutter heads that allow you to switch back and forth from stringed cutters to blade cutters. Grass and weeds yield easily to string, but thick brush calls for a blade. Stihl trimmers are designed to convert easily to blade cutters for heavier, string-breaking trim jobs.
The process of switching from string to blade cutting is relatively straightforward.
Things You Will Need + Locking pin (supplied with the trimmer) Wrench Stihl cutter blade Stihl cutter blade shroud Warning Wear gloves to protect your hands from sharp blades while changing your trimmer head.
PVC pipe is one the easiest plumbing pipes to work with, due to its ease of cutting and assembly. Unfortunately, PVC is not known for its durability, especially when buried underground. Digging around a buried pipe or tree root growth can rupture a pipe, causing a leak. Once the leak is located, you can repair the pipe by cutting out the busted section, replacing it with a new section of pipe and cementing it in place.
Vinyl wallpaper is a popular wall covering because of its durability and washability. It can also hide wall flaws due to its heaviness. It comes in wider roles, which means fewer trims and seams. When you must remove it, strip it from off the wall. Installed vinyl wallpaper needs special consideration when applying.
Installing Vinyl Wallpaper Install Vinyl Wallpaper Apply primer to the wall. Choose a primer that is made to prepare walls for papering, as this will help the new vinyl wallpaper to adhere to the surface when you install it.
A hoist is a mechanical device that lifts, lowers or transports objects by means of a cable which wraps around a wheel. Passing the cable through the wheel gains a mechanical advantage which enables the hoist to lift heavy objects with comparative ease. Hoists receive extensive use in industry, auto repair and caring for the disabled. Various types of hoists, with different kinds of cable and different power sources exist, since hoists serve many purposes.
WARNING: Ammonia is not widely recommended as a cleaner for wood flooring because it has a very acidic pH that can eat into and lead to dulling of the floor finish or even bleaching of the surface. Ammonia is really not suited for this purpose; there are dozens of better options that clean and protect your flooring.
However, if you still want to use ammonia, here's how...
Dilute the ammonia.
If your clothing or shoes ended up wet or moist and you were not able to tend to them right away, you may have discovered that you have mold and mildew stains on them.
Mold and mildew spread if left unattended. As long as the mold or mildew hasn't been left on long enough to have eaten through the material on your clothing or shoes, there's hope for restoring your shoes and garments to their pre-stained condition.
An unfinished basement ceiling is an unsightly portion of any home. Even if you only use the basement for laundry and storage, it can look much better if you take the time to paint the ceiling.
What lies underneath the floor, the basement ceiling, can be pretty unsightly. A painted, but otherwise unfinished, ceiling takes on the look of an industrial space and can turn an eyesore into a cool, hip area.
Fresh flowers and foliage offer you ornamental materials for making temporary or long-lasting pieces of jewelry. For example, making a ring from a fresh flower is easy, and differing techniques allow you to either keep it forever or wear it only once. This easy-to-accomplish craft project doesn't take many materials and gives you a reason to pick some of your fresh garden flowers.
Temporary Ring Fresh flowers serve as cute jewelry materials.
The trench that the pex tubing will be placed in should be dug below the frost line (which is approximately at 3 to 4 feet deep in colder regions).
Underground Installation of Pex Tubing Pex Tubing Trench Depth Connecting Pex Tubing Use a copper crimp tool to push copper connectors into the end of the pex tubing. There are a variety of copper connectors that can be used for different angle connections with which you want to connect the next piece of pex tubing to the original.
Pneumatic drills are tools powered by compressed air. Commonly, the drill's chuck, the head that holds and spins the drill bit, will break down. When this happens, the drill will not work. You can replace the drill chuck with a new one. This process will only take a few minutes.
Unscrew the drill from the air hose with your hand.
Place the drill's chuck key into the hole into the side of the drill chuck.