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THE HOME FIXER
United States
Приєднався 14 тра 2022
My name is Jacob, Im restoring a home built in 1867. I am just taking you along the way on my journey to fix up this home. I am doing everything myself and consider myself a handyman. I like doing everything I can myself to save money and have things done right. Construction work seems to be in my blood but I learn a lot from learning from others online.
Repairing Wood Window with Bondo
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Paint Scraper: amzn.to/48rwpri
Oil based Primer: amzn.to/3CaKJrL
Sarco Glaze 1 Quart: amzn.to/4e1KooH
Glazing Points: amzn.to/40g6CA9
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Відео
Wood Window with Loose Mortise & Tenon Joint
Переглядів 412 години тому
Wood Dowels can be bought here: amzn.to/40f04Sm Bondo Wood Filler: amzn.to/40m2dMe
Sarco Window Glaze
Переглядів 357 годин тому
Shelf life is Forever if stored in a cool place. You can buy it here: amzn.to/4hjmHuU
Fix Cut Wires in Wall with No Junction Box
Переглядів 1467 годин тому
Fixed some cut wires that didn't have a junction Box. Also worked on my old sash windows.
Finished Scraping & Painting this Home Took 225 Hours & 36 Days
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We started on September 4th, 2024, Scraping the old paint off this home and repainting it. We finished on October 13th, 2024. This was our Last day of work. This home had not been painted in decades. It's over 150 years old.
Setup Scaffold on a Roof
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Here's how I put up a Scaffold on my pitched roof to reach the high peak that's 35 feet up. I am not liable if you attempt this and hurt yourself so please be careful and hire a professional if you need to. If you do attempt this use a harness attached to your home in case you fall. This is how I set it up and it worked for me. I used these hooks to hold the scaffold with rope, rope binding hoo...
More Painting on Front Peak 35 feet up!
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More Paintwork on the front peak of this home, if you work this high make sure to use a Harness. Here is a Harness for Under $40 below: amzn.to/47Vbxbq
Painting the TOP PEAK of this 175 year old Home
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I'm about half done with the scraping and painting of this home which was built over 175 years ago. In this video, I am painting the top peak about 30 feet up. I use a scaffold and wood planks from the roof to my scaffold.
Vinyl Siding Before and After Bay Window
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I had to remove asbestos siding and replace a bay window bump out with Vinyl siding here is the before and after.
Vinyl Siding Begins
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Installing Vinyl Siding, first we repaired the walls, then house wrap then sinding. SnapLock Punch Tool I need to buy: amzn.to/3Bfc7Ve
Home being Demolished by Excavator
Переглядів 99Місяць тому
The city Demolished 3 abandoned homes with an Excavator, It took only 1 week to knock them down and haul them away to the land field.
How to Clean Tankless Water Heater FLUSH
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6 Years since I put in a Rheem Tankless Water Heater in my Home, but I never flushed it. I will show you how I do it and this should be done every year. You will need the following Affiliate Links Below: Vinegar: amzn.to/3yF5uKW Submersible Utility Pump: amzn.to/3Xfi8Kl Water hoses: amzn.to/4cpOS7N Service Valve Kit if not installed: amzn.to/4fJQQ5S Or buy the Maintenance Complete KIT: amzn.to/...
Do you really need 2 Coats of House Paint
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What does 1 Coat of Exterior House paint compare to 2 Coats? Do I really need to do 2 Coats? Quick answer is Yes. Note: If you have your primer close to the same color as your paint you may get away with just 1 coat of paint. #housepainting #housepainter
Major Foundation Wood Rot Repair Footer
Переглядів 952Місяць тому
House had a Wood Footer under the bathroom that was Rotted out, so we removed and replaced with new footer and repaired the foundation bricks.
Painting a House that has not been painted in 50 years! {175 Year old Home}
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This House has not seen new paint in over 50 years. Lots of Scraping old paint on the wood soffits. Ryobi Pressure Washer we use Sold Here: www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-2900-PSI-2-5-GPM-Cold-Water-Gas-Pressure-Washer-with-212cc-Engine-RY802925/314110918?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&mtc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-GGL-D25P-028_031_PRESSUR_WASH-NA-NA-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-PMAX_SHP_EXISTING_BHU...
Frame Attic Fan-Install Return-Electrical work-plaster repair
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Frame Attic Fan-Install Return-Electrical work-plaster repair
Can I use Pre mixed Joint Compound with Mesh Tape?
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Can I use Pre mixed Joint Compound with Mesh Tape?
Express Water Whole house Water Filter Install with Copper fittings
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Express Water Whole house Water Filter Install with Copper fittings
Tankless Water Heater Install Service Ports
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Tankless Water Heater Install Service Ports
Fix Home with Low Water Pressure OR Water Flow
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Fix Home with Low Water Pressure OR Water Flow
Which Water On/Off Stop Valve should I use?
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Which Water On/Off Stop Valve should I use?
Tankless Water heater Filter Clean out After 6 years
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Tankless Water heater Filter Clean out After 6 years
Cat5e Vs Cat6 Internet Cable, Is it Faster?
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Cat5e Vs Cat6 Internet Cable, Is it Faster?
How to Install a Timer for Attic House Fan
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How to Install a Timer for Attic House Fan
Viking in-Wall Safe VS-52BLX Best on Amazon
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Viking in-Wall Safe VS-52BLX Best on Amazon
How to install push in cable connectors in a junction box
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How to install push in cable connectors in a junction box
Great
Does it remove tds?
YES. TDS full form is Total Dissolved Solids, which is the total concentration of dissolved substances in water. TDS comprises organic matter and inorganic salts such as potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, and others.
How much tds did it go down? From before and after you installed it?
@@paulrod53 I didn't check it. But we have city well water at times.
Looks great except the eaves, I imagine you would have had a better result if you would have used primer first because the wood is bleeding through the paint. Might have to do another coat yet.
Thanks, We didn't paint the eaves as they are aluminum, they probably need a good pressure wash to clean up them.
@@thehomefixer176 Oh sorry don't know how I missed that. You can however paint the aluminum if pressure washing doesn't clean it up enough. Five years ago we had a guy spray ours and it still looks great! Just a thought for you to consider.
Thank you. The instructions are terrible but you made it easy 🎉
Sure, your welcome
I know many people have patched them with epoxy fiberglass-type patches, but it's better just to take it out and redo it anyways - homes that still have the cast iron that stuff has been in service for the last 50-100 years - and it's been rusting from the inside out all that time, so most cast iron DWV is probably at the end of it's life or past it. I found it strange that your horizontal runs are sitting on the basement floor, do they have the correct fall/pitch?
Yes it pitches down into the dirt and under the concrete slab towards the main clay sewer pipe. Yea Clay sewer pipe which is probably older than the cast iron.
Can good man furnace be place up side down?
I do not think it can, only on its left side or bottom.
Perfect!!
I keep seeing people use spray foam in inappropriate places and it distresses me. Spray foam is not for fixing plumbing and it is not for repairing your foundation. It will not hold your house up
True
I agree, CT1 is the way lmao
I love compression and gate valves!! As a plumber I have replaced hundreds of them! Great for business!!
That's one good way of looking at it. What do you replace them with tho?
@@thehomefixer176 where I am the water is very hard, they seize up and stem snaps off or stays open halfway, can't be fixed.
That's why you always go with the ball valve
I understand the point you are trying to make but by replacing globe valves with ball valves you are improving "flow" not "pressure". Like volts and amps, the terms are not interchangeable.
Yes your right Flow should be the term I used. Even a small hose can have more pressure but less flow. Maybe I should say "Fix home with low water flow."
@@thehomefixer176 It would be interesting to know the before and after GPM of your modification. The combination of installing valves with lower Cv and removing elbows will certainly have had a positive effect.
Whats the best way to cut the rods?
Cut off Wheel or a grinder. amzn.to/4drZTXJ amzn.to/4dHsKHi
Im first
Good stuff bro!!! Thank you
ball valve!!! gate valve will freeze in one spot over time. trust me I have cut many out
The hard water collects inside the valve, but this is over years. If you install a whole house filter system this shouldn't happen.
@@thehomefixer176 im a plumber bud....trust me gate valves is 1950.....they no good
@@jameswarren436 I use only Ball valves myself.
@@thehomefixer176 they work years later. I have cut many gate valves out and replaced them with ball valves.
@@jameswarren436 I just did the same thing in my house, I had 2 restricting flow downstream to my upstairs bathroom. ua-cam.com/video/r2mQKtCAdqc/v-deo.html I made this video on it showing inside the valves.
Fascinating that there are so many solutions to the simple task of turn water off (or on) .
Yea I didn't even know these things a week ago, until I had to fix my low water pressure problem in my house.
I finally know what my windows are, aluminum track. Both of mine have come out and the windows fall close with out a screen. Anyone know how I can remove these to clean them?
Mine only came with the hi low off switch. Now hi and low works but I can’t turn it off. Think I need to buy a timer?
The timmer will allow you to use it with the switch you have.
Great information for our old windows. Worked great!
Glad it helped
It is really risky searching youtube for pulling toenails. All the other videos thumbnails were gross. All of the nail pullers seem to be designed to pull perpendicular to the board the nail is in, which tends to cause the wood to split when trying to pull nails put in at an angle.
Is this project inspected by local building inspectors ?
I had the whole house inspected.
Amazing!
Thank you for the encouragement. I'm a 70 yr old lady, am renovating my 1920's house and need to replace the old sewer vent. I've planned and prepared but wasn't sure if the Diablo blade would really do the job without a lot of muscle power. I'm more confident now and will get this project finished! Question though: wouldn't a heat gun on the rubber coupling be easier to stretch it?
Heat gun may have worked. But the wood worked great for me.
Well done. Impressive undertaking for a do-it-yourself project.
I learned alot doing this. Im glad I recorded it as Im sure I will forget a lot of what I did.
you in Chicago?? never heard em called “masonary” bits til i moved out here lol
damn near, a few hrs south
Super helpful, thanks!
u bet
How do I repair my crown molding that is detaching from the dry wall?
Re-nail it if its wood with a brad nailer.
The clean out should have been on the vertical pipe about 2’ feet up because if the pipe was backup and full, when you opened the clean out you would have a mess. 😂
Well thank God, I never had a backup.
Hey How to connect the pipes
Sorry I didn't film it because its in the crawl space and it was dark down there. I had copper pipe so I bought the right fittings to work with the lines. If you want I can make a quick video for you if you need.
Be all you can be , the few the proud, the plumber 💯👑
YEA!!!
Can you help me try to figure out how to get my window screens out. Ive tried everything. My tenant is literally melting in her room because i cant get the window screen out to put in the window ac
Make a video of it and post it here on youtube, then I can watch and see if I can help you out
like a dream in paradise very clean and perfect
How do you take the storm window on that out. That’s what I need because mine isn’t coming out
There are screws on the outside of the house.
One other thing you could have done to test your PVC pipe is to get a test balloon and fill your pipe up. To make sure there is no leaks You put the test balloon in your test tea
great video Jacob i purchase one myself and you video made it so much easy to assemble thank you.
Glad it helped! It's what it's about!
Very nice,,exactly what I needed,,great idea thank you
Question live in a 1942 house first house with a floor grille .. where does the air filter go? Its an hvac unit with heat pump
Question live in a 1942 house first house with a floor grille .. where does the air filter go? Its an hvac unit with heat pump
Should go where the heater hvac is, unless you have it in the return vent.
I got my channel to 169 subs now. Keep up the great work you're out doing me
Yea I still need another 450+ It takes time.
Great vedio and work Jacob looks great. Saying hi This is Uncle rw
Thanks, hows california life out there?
you forgot to weed wack the lil trees growing on the curb
Yea I did that after, with a shovel
And you forgot to subscribe!
New at this. Took on a customer requesting i mow 1/3 her yd bigger than yours 40 bucks. Told her today i need to use my commercial. Told me i agreed to use push n everyones doin it for 35 n 40. Told her she got my 2 week notice. Told me go ahead n use commercial....😂😂😂
These mowers turn a chore into fun. My wife got her first zero turn mower almost 21 years ago, it still runs and she still enjoys using it. I tell all my friends, "Mowing is woman's work". She play along and laughs.
yea I agree it is alot funner then walking a push mowers around for hours.
THANK YOU!!!!! Your video save my month. I am overloaded with new plumbing install on my daughters newly bought 1884 farm house and just found out she has knob and tube in everything but the basement "cover up" job they did. I am redoing the large bathroom and have so so much to do theis helps me pout so so much. Thanks!!!!
Your welcome glad this helped you out
I was having trouble with the truss wire, the instructions weren’t too clear, thanks for this video 🙏
Hey your welcome. Glad this video helped!
Thank you but maybe don’t tell people to do something the wrong way first
Also you need to make sure that we can see what ur talking about
@@huntermiller8040 Sure boss
@@thehomefixer176just to be clear I didn’t mean to be rude at all. Sorry if it came out that way
"street" means it is MALE on one end
Do you then remove those 3 screws to the right that hold the lath and mud? Or leave them in?
leave them in. mud over them, I counter sink them in a bit
Buy a new house. Just kidding. Nice tips.. Thanks for posting.
But new homes are not as built as good as the old ones were. At least the wood was true 2x4 and cedar wood. A new home with a roof leak would rot right away these old homes can be saved even after all that.
Very good job. At the beginning a little bit scary but you did good.
when i saw the title i was thinking i was about to see some sort of micky mouse spot repair on cast iron, glad to see you actually replaced it lol
I did think about putting a bandaid on it, glad I didnt go the easy route cause those do not last.
Sir when you sand you dont damage the molding?
no, just use a 180 grit or finer, not to ruff of sand paper