frugal living
A quick fix for a broken Ford key fob
I’ve had Explorers and Mountaineers. One annoying problem is that the key ring part of the key fob breaks. Here is a solution
Continue reading
Add a booster fan for chilly rooms with hot air registers (works with air conditioning also)
I have forced air central heat. My office is in a breezeway and doesn’t get quite enough heat. A simple solution is a booster fan for your register.
Tired of a dry room? A cheap, simple humidifier hack
This is an easy, inexpensive hack to get some extra humidity into a room. It’s not elegant but it works well as a humidifier.
Continue readingAdded a non vented wall heater and almost screwed up choosing between infrared and blue flame.
After Hurricane Sandy, the wall heater in my Mom’s summer home was trashed. I decided to simply add a 30,000 BTU ventless wall heater. However, I almost chose poorly between infrared and blue flame.
Continue readingScavenging firewood from oversized fallen trees and logs.
In some cases, you can’t cut through a large diameter tree that is on the ground without hitting dirt and dulling your chainsaw. Here is a way to harvest some of it for firewood.
Continue readingYellow tag sales at the supermarket
I missed this one for the longest time. When my GF has me over for dinner, she would often say “This was a yellow tag sale”. I happened to be in our local Giant Foods on a Tuesday night and saw a bunch of stuff with yellow tags. One example is below. A $10 T-Bone steak for $5. I bought a pair of them. My son applied his grilling skills and homemade marinade and we had a fantastic dinner. Continue reading
Raising the blade for more clearance on a Sears Lawn Tractor.
I have a well worn Sears LT 1000 lawn tractor that I use for grass cutting, hauling firewood, mulching leaves and snow plowing on 2 1/2 acres. Quite often, we get snow before I’m ready to remove the cutting deck. That means that I have to install the plow. The problem is that when the plow is raised, the ground clearance of the plow is about 1/2 inch. That leads to the plow bottoming out on the lawn and leaving huge ugly divots.
Continue reading