Hello, we're a couple in eastern Tennessee living on 2.5 very neglected acres and our elevation is roughly 2,600 feet. 2022 was spent focusing our time & money on a gut rehab of the existing 1100 sqft house. 2023 we expanded our garden adding a 50 foot long caterpillar high tunnel. Bees are in the near future along with lots of fencing! We'd really enjoy meeting other folks in the area that having similar interests of homesteading, gardening, house repairs, canning, cooking, etc. Thank you for stopping by our little channel.
Sorry for the delay hurricane Helene has knocked out power and internet at our house in east Tennessee. I'm in town catching up on work. The stove will have about a 3 hour burn time with the air intake at the smallest setting. It will continue to have coals and radiant heat for another 2 hours. We usually only put enough wood into the stove for a 1 hour burn. If we burn much longer the house gets over 80 degrees. Take care!
@@tbb10785 No need whatsoever to apologize,thanks for the reply. Sorry for what you are going through. Stove seems like a pretty good deal overall. I'm in New Hampshire. We'd need something to hold a fire overnight. Our house is 1790 and a little light on insulation. I run a 70k BTU Harmon for 1500sqft
Glad you liked the video. Sorry for the delay hurricane Helene has knocked out power and internet at our house in east Tennessee. I'm in town catching up on work. Take care!
Thank you! Sorry for the delay hurricane Helene has knocked out power and internet at our house in east Tennessee. I'm in town catching up on work. Take care!
I just finished installing my line cover a few days ago. I also had thought that they had sent me the wrong parts, but I eventually figured it out. I didn't see your video until after I completed the install. The manufacturers of these thing should provide better instructions. Great video! Your tips are very helpful to supplement the worthless instructions they ship with these things.
Thank you, we appreciate the kind words. These line set covers are as much work to install as the mini split unit, lol. We've taken a break from making videos lately but hope to do a 2 year review of our Mr Cool mini splits soon. I can tell you the units are working great, use little energy, and my condensate lines weeping into an underground bucket are working too. Take care and hope you have a fantastic day!
You are very welcome! We love this door too, it's working perfectly after almost 18 months. The only issue is ice build up in the winter which cause the door not to open sometimes.
So, you do not fill the oil filter canister with oil before replacing? Also, I noticed today that the interior of the canister is spring loaded, so it's important to note that there is more resistance to screwing it on once it reaches that point of the threading.
Hello! FYI, we sold the RAV4 recently because it started to burn/use oil at 200,000 miles. This is with 5,000 mile oil change intervals. I couldn't figure out a way to add oil to the canister during an oil change. Easy with a spin-oil filter which I do on the new vehicle. I agree about the spring in the canister, I always felt like I was over-tightening the canister, and would break the plastic. Take care!
I’ve rewatched this videos so many times trying to understand how u got all that stuff off to even clean the gutters. Like I understand everything else but how u took off the covers bc some of the nuts are being blocked off and there’s no other good tutorials
Hello. Thanking you for watching and sorry for the delay in responding. The bottom rocker cover is held on by plastic push pins that you pry off. We sold the car 4 years ago so I had to watch the video again. The cover you remove from the trunk was all 10mm bolts/nuts if my memory is working. You can send a picture to my email of what's causing you trouble and I'll try to help. tbb10785@hotmail.com
Hello! Yes, the same adapters work for rear/back seat speakers. I didn't mentioned it in the video but my left rear speaker doesn't work. I switched with the right rear which was working and still didn't work. I assume my almost 20 year old stereo is to blame. Anyway, I went from 1 speaker to 3 working so it was progress 😁.
Thank you! Very glad you can make use of the speaker install video. We really like the Ridgeline and the bed size is way more useful than most give it credit.
Hello! Yes, it needs to be slim in thickness, otherwise the back of speaker could hit the window when you lower it. There's not much room in the door panel and that's why you need the spacer too. Hope this explains it 🙂
@@carlitosducoing8507 I hope they fit too 👍. I'd suggest slowly rolling down the window to check for clearance after you get the first one installed 😃. That would be a real pain to find out after you installed all 4 speakers. You probably already thought of this!
Good morning! That you for subscribing and I did the same for your channel. I hope the trellis method is a good idea, lol. The tomato and pepper plants seem to like it. Building the framing around the beds is a little work, but we like it much better than last year when we grew without them. You two sounds similar in your desires to grow and eat good food, like us. Let us know if you have any questions. Have a blessed day!
I replaced my drive cable, thanks to your video!!!! Sadly now my back wheels don't turn when I engage the drive cable. Did I do something wrong, or is this another type of fix? 🙏 Please help !!
Hello, thank you for the kind words. Hmmm, is there any tension on the cable when you try to engage? If they worked before the cable broke, I'd go back and check the installation of the new cable. Why? I had a good friend who was a mechanic and his words of wisdom where, "go back and check the last thing you touched".
Next time, throw the peeled cloves into a food processor for 15-30 seconds before putting them onto the freeze dryer trays so they freeze uniformly. You can also smoke the chopped cloves for the most amazing powder! :)
Thank you for the tips! We'll admit to being a little rushed and a bit lazy when we harvested our Garlic 😁. The smell from our garlic powder is strong much better than store purchased!
Thank you for this video, I just happened to stumble on it. I just got a 2007 SLE and when I was checking the spare/tools I noticed a fair bit of nasty water pooled where the jack goes. It seems pretty simple to pull that rocker cover and check those drains!
Hello! I'm glad the video helped. FYI, my cable broke again about 2 weeks ago. They must be very low quality. Instead of buying a new one I used a clamp and stainless steel wire to coble a fix, which has worked for 2 mowings, lol. Take care
Thank you for the bit on the front cover. I was about to send mine back as I thought it was the wrong size front cover. Thank you for saving me the hassle of that. I guess that is the way it is supposed to be.
Hey Mike, sorry for the delay. There was a lighting strike close to the office yesterday and some of the computer stuff was fried. Not fun! Hope you have a great weekend!
Great addition to the hoop house. Very cool that the fan is solar because a lot of people don’t have power to their greenhouses. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Mike.
Thank you Mike! We haven't had much time for making content but this one kind of made up for it. Probably way too long. Yes, I think the fan will help and we'll probably install a second one on the other end of the high tunnel. Take care!
Thank you so much for posting this "How Do" video! I am getting water in the floor of the rear passanger seat of my 2007 Solara. I replaced the top and drain system gutter about 3 years ago and it worked fine until the last month or so. I didn't realize that it was not draining properly until I noticed that the rear carpet mat was damp. At first I thought it was caused from someone spilling a water bottle, so I removed the mat and kept it out trying to airdry the floor area. Then when I was traveling somewhere the person in the pasanger seat noticed a water trickling sound (I don't know how else to describe what they heard). It was then I realized that the drains must be clogged. As I mentioned, I installed a new top and drain system a few years ago. I found a video on RU-vid for how to change the top and after watching 3 or 4 times and making notes I decided I could do this myself and ordered the top. After removing the top I discovered that the drain system gutter was very rotted, most likely due to age and my frequent use of the top. I will not say that replacing the top was simple, but I had a friend help and we methodically followed the steps I had written down from watching the video; it took a couple of 6 hour days. If you decide to do the convertable top replacement yourself plan ahead and BE SURE TO ORDER A DRAIN GUTTER SYSTEM AND DO THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. It will save you the headache of getting everything apart and then discovering you need a drain system, which sometimes has a several week back order (which happened to me). Luckily I was able to call the manufacturer of the drain system myself in Rhode Island and the Operations Manager was kind enough to send me one out within a couple of days. Doing the top and drain replacement myself saved me over $2500.
That's fantastic you were able to replace the top yourself. We were living in a condo at the time our top needed replaced, and with an upcoming move to the country we traded for a Ridgeline pickup. The Solara was in great shape compared to the Ridgeline but it wouldn't haul compost and gravel as well 😁. Hope you have a great weekend!
@@tbb10785 Ha ha, well you never know, you may run across a squatch. We need to go the zoo to see a bear lol. Henry the VIII pretty much ate all our large wildlife (I’m not sure that’s true but that’s how I see it) 🤣🤣🤣
Hello Mike, It felt good to preserve the last of the potatoes from the harvest in late July 2023. I'm spending the day organizing my shop which has never been completed because we went right from moving in to remodeling the house. It was used for staging building materials so at times it was difficult to walk inside without tripping, lol. Take care, Bruce
Sorry for the delay, Thursdays start at 4:30am for us and end late. The Owners Manual doesn't address using or not using a damper, so that wasn't any help. I found this after a search "Newer models of wood stove don’t typically require a damper. A damper was traditionally used on older, less efficient, models of stove to help reduce the flow of air leaving the firebox. Certified modern stoves meet stringent regulations and typically won’t need a damper to perform well." at fireplaceuniverse.com/does-wood-stove-need-damper/ I personally have never used a pipe damper with the 3 modern stoves we have owned. I could see it being used if you had a chimney fire and wanted to block the air feeding the fire. Hope you have a great weekend!
@tbb10785 I was thinking newer models didn't require them. I was just wondering is all. We have the same model as yall and it was installed by a professional and he said the manual said not to use one so we didn't put one in. Although you made a good point as to a chimney fire, it would aid in choking that out. Thanks a lot. Take care and God bless.
@tbb10785 Okay, good to know. Thanks for the information. I'll probably not worry about one and certainly pray that we or anyone for that matter ever has a fire.
I plan to run a chimney brush through the pipe once a year. Probably not necessary but good insurance 🙂. FYI, I burn about half kiln dried oak scraps in the stove and the moisture content is around 7%. Good stuff!
Hello, thanks for the question. 12 feet of total pipe from the stove top. This question was asked on the Home Depot page for this stove, here's the Q&A "Q:Do I really need 12' of stove Piping? I live in a mobile home,and that wood mean 7'feet of chimney pipe above the roof line! Dec 4, 2022 1 Answer A: Yes, there must be a minimum of 12ft of vertical piping. by USStoveExpert Mar 12, 2023" www.homedepot.com/p/Ashley-Hearth-Products-1-200-sq-ft-2020-EPA-Certified-Wood-Burning-Stove-AW1120E-P/313268588 This was an issue on the our previous Jotul wood stove has it had minimum length and we were 1 foot short, and the stove did work well. The minimum length was in the Jotul manual be I didn't see in in the Ashley manual. I hope this answered your question!
Hello. Please do you own research, but I found rockwool doesn't need a vapor barrier. This is one of the reasons I choose this insulation. Plus it's very resistant to fire, bugs/rodents don't like it, and it repels water!
Hello Mark. Yes, the adapter and wiring connector makes for a very easy, no wire cutting install. You could cut the speaker wires and make your own adapter spacer but I don't think it's worth the aggravation. Is the paint on your Ridgeline starting to fade? Mine doesn't look so good on the roof and hood. Thanks!
@tbb10785 awesome thank you! looks like the hardest part is getting that door off lol and no actually the paint looks good never been in a garage and traveled the east side of America how ever there is rust near the bottom panels given we have snow
My truck spent it's life in Miami until 2020 when I purchased the truck. The sunshine did a number on the paint, I think. However, very little rush so far. Yes, you'll spend more time taking the door panel and handles off & on, then installing the speakers.
You need a neighbor with a tractor! That’s the best tractor to have. Hard work is good for you, builds character. That will keep everything nice and dry. Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Mike.
Can you tell us what size the screws or bolts are that these vents use? My contractor apparently didn't use them or they didn't come with the vents. Now I have a vent that won't stay put. TIA
Hey John. The vents came with 4 screws in the box located in a ziplock bag. Sorry, I don't know the exact screw size. I'd try using some clear Lexel around the perimeter. I used the Lexel on a few of mine and this stuff sticks to almost anything. Here's a link www.lowes.com/pd/Lexel-10-5-fl-oz-Clear-Paintable-Solvent-Caulk/4714985?idProductFound=false&idExtracted=false
Wow your garlic looks amazing. We just had a big snow storm March 4th. 12 inches of snow in the ground now. 😢 Looking really good you two thanks for sharing. Cheers, Mike.
TOYOTA! Huge Fan for sure. Love the attention to detail in the Dis-assembly and Re-assembly. I still us a small amount of anti seize on the plugs. Some say it causes a bad ground but I've never experienced that and don't want to risk having a hard time getting them out. Awesome job and thanks for sharing. Cheers, Mike
Hello Mike! Thank you for the kind words. I understand your concern and why you choose to use a little bit of anti-seize lube. 100,000-120,000 miles is a long time to have a spark plug in the motor! Right now I'm dealing with a water leak in my 07 Honda Ridgeline, which seems to be coming from the roof or windshield. I'm thinking about sealing with ZIP flashing tape, lol. Cheers!
Hey Mike, I've sealed the under the roof trim with Lexal clear sealant. The side body panels meet the roof panels of the unibody constructed truck at that point. This fixed the drivers side a few years ago. I have used the weed eater string hack on the drains in the bed, lol. Truck is old and not very pretty but it is in good mechanical shape. Adding a little ZIP tape would add to the character of the faded paint, lol!
Is there a reason you didn't put the silver plastic covers on the speakers? Is it because they won't fit with them or because you didn't need the esthetic of them?
Hello, I don't believe there's room for the covers that shipped with the speakers. Also, I wanted it to look just as before, as much as possible. Have a great weekend!
Mike, you inspired me after watching your fire starting video. I still struggle at times to get a fire started. This summer I'm going to extended my fresh air intake pipe/duct for the stove from pulling crawl space air to outside air. This might help with keeping the crawl space a little warmer? Take care!
@@tbb10785 not to I understand your set up but it is all about it being able to draw easily. Your chimney extends past the highest point on your roof line? Have you ever tried cracking a window that is close to your fireplace for the first 10 min or so? I need to open a window a bit to get the fireplace started in the garage. Cheers, Mike.
My air feed for the stove is a 4 inch opening in the back which I connected to a 4 metal dryer duct tubing. Cut a hole in the hearth so it's pulling air from my crawl space. I think I'll extend it to the outside this summer which will only have one 90 degree elbow so it should flow easily. Yes, we had a house in the past where we had to crack a window on fire startup. I was thinking this house would be that tight so that's why I'm pulling air from outside the living quarters.
I had left my solara at my mechanic to diagnose bank 1 only misfires, and there was some super heavy rain. I had to repair the jbl sub so I was beginning to remove the back seat and stepped on the rear carpets and it was soaked with water. I’m glad I saw this video as I decided to check the drains and sure enough there was insane amounts of fallout, especially pine needles blocking almost all of the drains. 1 drain on the passenger side was actually plugged with some weird white foamy stuff with the oem black paint on it. I picked it out and I actually took a screw driver and pryed so that the metal drains are more rounded than square. I painted them over after as the paint cracked but it’s under the rocker so no one’s gonna see the blue paint anyways. When I bought the car, the trunk was full of water in the spare tire area so I vacuumed it all out and haven’t had an issue since. My top was replaced quite recently before I bought the car so I gather the water was not removed after installation. I removed everything and sanded and sprayed a thick coat of primer over everything so I should be good to go
Sounds like you have it ready for the next heavy rain and you shouldn't leak! Glad the video helped. We might have kept our Solar longer it had a new top like yours. You should be good for many years with an occasional clean of the drains 😁
Bless you for taking time to let me know it helped. My install was easy on a few of the vents and the rest were a little difficult. Take your time and try not to do them in in one day 😁
Thank you Mike! We never thought about the high tunnel being such a nice warm place to relax on a sunny day. We have crazy ideas of attaching something more permanent to the south side of the house, lol!
