Category: Home Repairs

Power Upgrade for the Garage

The recently purchased Grizzly bandsaw arrived pre-wired for 220v, and is rated 10A at 220v.  To use it initially I had to rewire it for 110v, but at 20A, it’s just too inefficient to use on a regular basis. The long put…

Filling Garage Floor Expansion Cracks

Woodworking in the garage has many challenges, space and lack of airflow are two at the top of my list.  Another is cleanup.  There’s not too much that can be done about space, and I’m stuck with the airflow situation. …

Furnace Vent Fan Replacement

We have a builder-grade furnace that came with our house (a Comfort Maker FBF100F14A4).  It’s terribly inefficient, on 80%, and the quality is not so great either.  One component that has to be replaced routinely is the “Furnace Vent Combustion Draft…