Just how strong are your garbage bags. The "Iron Clad" guys wanted to prove a point. Or maybe they just wanted to get rid of me???? That is what happens when you wander around a commercial hardware show with TV cameras.
Here is a Christmas tree stand that has a foot pedal that activates four claws that centre the tree and grab a hold of it. Very easy and very sturdy. Year after year I see variations on this -- send me the best you have found.
Here is a screen door that survives by bending, not fighting back. It is actually a stretchable screen for any screen door, called Dura Screen. It is available in hardware stores. It definitely takes two people to install it because it is easy to stretch unevenly over the screen door frame.
"Renewal" is the name of a floor refinishing product/system from Flecto-Varathane.You take of any wax first. They only mention that in fine print and don't provide a wax remover, but the system will fail if you leave old wax on the floor.Then the first product in the system removes the scuff mar...
The Stud Vision Pro looks just like a video screen. You actually see the stud pass by in the window, showing where is the left hand side, the right hand side and if it is one, two or three studs wide. In addition it shoots out a light to tell you exactly where the center is, made by Zircon. Ev...
This very special screw, called WoodEase, has a drill point, then a knurled shaft that will drill out the clearance hole as it goes through the wood and special knurles on the underside of the head to assure that it will settle right down flush in hardwood -- without drilling any pilot holes, cle...
Can you have it both ways? Now with battery converters, transformers that are the shape and size of your power tool batteries, you can plug your cordless tools into the wall when you need power and the batteries aren't charged. This 24volt battery converter was made by DeWalt.Well that was a goo...
THE DEAL I made a deal with the singing nuns of St. Michaels convent in Spokane Washington :
If they would teach me how to sing, I would teach them how to repair their convent.
My only dissapointment in this large project with HGTV Canada was that they never promoted the show well and the...
Here is a brilliant idea. Many people who have difficulty sitting down and getting up, as well as those who have the problem of getting in and out of wheelchairs have always had to install rather unstable special chairs on top of their toilets. Here is a toilet riser and a soil stack extension th...
Round brushes, with tapered and split end bristles, are the standard trim brushes in Europe. You actually rotate the brush as you move to keep a wet brush on the work. They are beginning to show up in Canadain paint stores.
