KLZ 560 AM DENVER'S CONSERVATIVE HOME STATION
Menu
Ever wonder how a simple weekend project could turn into a genius home upgrade? On this episode of https://FixItRadio.com, John Rush and Larry Unger dive deep into the art of DIY—where clever ideas meet practical know-how. From organizing your garage with six-pack containers to sealing up half-used caulking tubes without a mess, you’ll discover the small tricks that make a big difference. But the show doesn’t stop there—listeners call in to share their own tried-and-true methods, like using electrical tape to keep caulk fresh and avoiding those annoying air leaks. Then the conversation turns to fall chores and woodworking
SPEAKER 15 :
Walter? Upstairs! Are you alright?
SPEAKER 06 :
In the floor behind the chair.
SPEAKER 10 :
This is America.
SPEAKER 02 :
Does everybody know what time it is? Fix Your Radio.
SPEAKER 13 :
And it is that time. Fix It Radio, KLZ 560. Appreciate you joining us this morning on this fine Saturday, the 8th of November. 8th of November. So thank you for listening. Larry Unger with me today. Larry, welcome. How are you today?
SPEAKER 05 :
Good morning. I’m doing well. How are you doing?
SPEAKER 13 :
Good. And we’ll get the music turned down here for you all in a second here. Give us one moment. All right, for those of you listening, we’ve got today 45 handy hints that I’m going to go through to help, well, maybe help some of you out when it comes to things you do around the house. Keep in mind, we’re always here to answer questions. 303-477-5600. You can also text us a question, and a lot of you do, and I appreciate that. You can even do that during our replay shows. 307-200-8222, 307-200-8222. But, Larry, good morning. How are you this morning? This is a great day to be live. Always a joy to have you, Larry, with us. And Larry jumps over during Drive Radio, of course, and does our phone answering. So those of you that are used to listening to all four hours of today’s program. And then don’t forget, we’ve got Drive Radio, the extra mile that we now do as well. So for some of you that are here even past the 1 o’clock time frame on Saturdays, you can listen to Drive Radio, the extra mile from 3 to 4 o’clock. This afternoon. So let’s get going here. This is coming out of, I read, I don’t get a lot of stuff from this particular publication, but familyhandyman.com is the website, familyhandyman.com. And I picked one of these out. This has been a while ago, so this isn’t something that I just grabbed. I think I’ve had this one in my archives, and we’ve just not really ever had a chance to get through it because in a lot of cases we have calls, and we kind of take different directions on what we’re doing and so on. It works out really well as far as that goes. This is a call-driven show. So other than if it’s a replay, as you guys know, on a replay show, no, you can only text us. You can’t call in live, but… On a show or on a program today, you can call in live. We’re happy to take those calls. Again, 303-477-5600. But our readers, 45 Handy Hints is what this is titled. And it says here, over the past 50 years, readers of the Family Handyman magazine, so it’s an old magazine, have shared thousands of clever tricks. Now, I’m going to go through some of these, and frankly, some of these clever tricks, oh, they might be clever, but there’s probably been some things that have been reinvented, if you would.
SPEAKER 05 :
Upgraded?
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, upgraded, exactly, as Larry just said, upgraded. all right first one on this one is a for tying up like you know not heavy cords because they’re not heavy enough for that but twine and rope and things like that you can use you know quote unquote a a bread tie or you know basically the metal bands that that are there to hold you know different plastic things together And in this particular case, they’ve come up with other designs. There’s actually now – there’s other – what should I say? There’s other devices now that have been invented, tie-type things that actually work extremely well that actually do this instead. So that one, yeah, I mean, if you want to keep a few of those around, fine. But really, they make – other ties that actually work as well as those do now that you know they they even make them where they’re kind of rubberized and they’ve got the metal i can’t remember what those things are called i apologize i should have looked this up but you you guys listening know what i mean by that but anyways they larry knows you they make these things better now than what they’ve used to be along those lines yes they have they work really well so okay so In a way, just to keep things more organized. Now, I will say this. Where I do like some of the littler ties because they’re not very bulky is if you’re trying to tie up some cords behind the television or whatever and you don’t want to necessarily use a zip tie or whatever the case may be, you can utilize something along those lines. Now, here’s one that I’ve never – and I’ve never tried this one because I’m yet to – I’m not sure this one really – would work all that well. Now, some of you listening, you can tell me, and I’ve tried almost every single thing in the book. You can take a tube of caulk, so typically, well, it really doesn’t matter. You either squeeze out or you put in a caulking gun. And once you’re done, you’re always trying to figure out, how do I save the rest of the material? That’s in that tube so that you’re not continually either cutting down the you know what I mean. And in this particular case, they put a synthetic cork over the top. I’ve never tried that. If you have, please let us know if that works. I I have finally learned I don’t know where I get this trick from. A lot of guys will use a nail. They’ll put the cap back on. They put tape on. And I’ll be straight up honest. I have tried all those things. And the only thing I’ve found yet that actually saves the material that’s in the caulking tube itself is a screw, you know, a sheet metal type screw that’s big enough around to dig into the sides of the plastic. In other words, you’ve got to have a pretty small opening with what you’re using, or a large screw, one of the two. But I have learned that having that dig in where you’re literally, in some cases, even using a screwdriver to screw that in, I’ve learned that I do better with those in keeping things sealed up than anything else. What about you, Larry?
SPEAKER 05 :
I agree. I’ve done that same trick, and it works very well. And I’m like you, you keep trying to save as much of the cocking as you can, but over a period of time, you usually end up with a hard spot right at the nose. And either you dig it out and use it or you just throw it away.
SPEAKER 13 :
Again, for those of you listening, that’s the one thing that I’ve done. Now, for those of you listening, too, I’m getting some messages that I think were off air initially. So welcome to Fix It Radio, KLZ 560. I’m getting a few text messages that you guys weren’t able to hear us as we opened up. So we’re here. We’re live. If you want to go back and listen to some of what we talked about very, very early in the show, it’ll be all recorded and you can do that. But you probably didn’t miss a whole lot. We’re just going through some tips around the house. And as I said earlier, you’re welcome to text or call in. 307-200-8222 is the text line, and you can always call us directly, 303-477-5600. For some of you, on some of these things where you’re listening and you say, yeah, there’s a better way to do that, or I’ve learned this, or I’ve learned that. Hey, you know what? We are all ears. All this information that we share goes out to all our different listeners and all of you that are participating on a regular basis. I can tell from my perspective, and I think Larry would agree, I have learned a lot from all of you. I mean, yes, I come and bring a lot of ideas and things on a weekly basis to all of my shows, but I also learn from a lot of you. And there are some things that I actually use at home now because of you guys calling in and giving us tips and tricks as well. So this is a learning endeavor on all our parts. John and Cheyenne, you’re up first today. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I learned a trick from a YouTube video on how to keep caulking tubes to last long.
SPEAKER 13 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
And it really works. Take electrical tape and go perpendicular with the nozzle and then go straight out and then fold it back and come back down the nozzle and then press the electrical tape together. It’ll complete an air-sealed type deal and it’ll last.
SPEAKER 04 :
Does that make sense? Yeah. It does, and I’ve tried that, and it does work. It does work?
SPEAKER 13 :
It does work. Okay. I’m going to steal that one as well.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, because you’ve just got to go up and then fold it over and come back and then sit there and feel it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Squeeze the edges, right?
SPEAKER 08 :
And the electrical tape works.
SPEAKER 13 :
And the electrical tape works because it doesn’t have the air going through the tape like a lot of other tapes would have. Is that correct, John?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I imagine so. I would guess that to be true.
SPEAKER 13 :
Okay, because I know I’ve tried, you know, I’ve seen people try with… Masking tape? Yeah, I’ve seen all sorts of things, and yeah, those never work out so well. The electrical tape makes sense.
SPEAKER 05 :
And I have tried the electrical tape, John, and it does. I agree.
SPEAKER 13 :
I might do both messes, put my screw in it, and then do the electrical tape.
SPEAKER 08 :
I haven’t tried that. The trick is going straight up and folding it and coming back. That’s the trick.
SPEAKER 13 :
And what’s the fold do?
SPEAKER 08 :
it’s it’s so if you if you take like a pencil and you hold it straight up yeah you run that tape out and then fold it and come back and then you press it all together there’s no seam at all okay i got you no air no air to get it anywhere because that’s what we’re that’s what we’re trying to keep out is all the air because that’s what makes the the whatever’s inside the tube harden is the air of course Unfortunately, I can’t take credit for it. I don’t know. No, that’s all right. No, you take credit for it. We’re going to steal it.
SPEAKER 13 :
We’re going to steal it and use it. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 08 :
You bet.
SPEAKER 13 :
John, no, thank you. Like I said earlier, I learn a lot from you guys as well. And if any of you have any tips and tricks on any of these things, please let me know. We’re going to go through a few things here. And I might skip around some because in some cases it’s not, you know, I don’t know. I don’t know how handy some of these things are. This next one’s kind of interesting. Again, this one. I may be OK if you’ve got, you know, if you’re trying to keep your cans organized, for example, you’ve got aerosol cans, you’ve got paint cans, you’ve got caulking tubes and so on. Take old like, you know, six pack containers, whether it be for, you know, beer or wine or whatever, you know, the cardboard six pack containers. You can actually use an empty one of those to put your cans of stuff in, and I guess even on a shelf, they’re probably more apt to kind of stay together and not tip over, fall apart, and so on. But again, everybody has a different way of storing those things, and honestly, to each his own. It just depends on what you’re doing and how you’re trying to store stuff. The nice thing about doing it this way is you could keep all of your penetrating oils and things like that in one of the quote-unquote boxes, and then all of your…
SPEAKER 05 :
caulking tubes in another box and all the paint in another one and so you can kind of divide things up you know accordingly that way if you want to you can and it does the only problem i have with that is it covers the labels in a lot of cases and you don’t know what you’ve got you don’t yeah right so unless you organize yourself to have like you just said all your oils and one thing lubricants and another thing uh i don’t know
SPEAKER 13 :
Right.
SPEAKER 05 :
Whatever you want to put into them. Makes sense. But you have to put them in the same six-pack container.
SPEAKER 13 :
Now, here’s one where, again, this one I don’t know. I’m not sure the reason. So to keep your square from sliding on slick material, which a lot of times, you know, you’re trying to hold the square and it moves just ever so much. They make those little… rubber bumpers where you can put them on you know drawers or you can put them on the back of a picture you’re hanging so it doesn’t bang against the wall or it kind of evens it out they’re just a little they make them colors even now but the little clear bumps I call them rubber bumps and they’re adhesive on the back side you can actually take those put those on your square in three points and keep your square from moving around now the only thing that about that that you’d have to kind of wonder is Does it move it up off the surface enough that your square is less accurate? I guess as long as you hold your pencil correctly, you’d probably be all right. Larry is more of a woodworker than I am.
SPEAKER 05 :
I don’t know. I have never tried that before, but it would raise it up probably eighth of an inch.
SPEAKER 13 :
Eighth of an inch, probably, yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
So, yeah, unless you’re really careful about how you’re marking, it could change the line.
SPEAKER 13 :
Right. Right. Yeah, okay, so that’s another one where, you know what, use your own judgment and see how it works out. Now, here’s a leaf raking tip. It’s called the blister buster. Rake leaves like I’m sweeping the floor with a broom, and you used to always get a blister between the index finger and thumb. Now I just keep the thumb and finger at the same side of the pole. You get the same amount of gripping power without the blisters. So in other words, change your hand positions. Um, truthfully, I’m always, if I’m doing that kind of stuff, I’m wearing gloves anyway. So really haven’t had much of an issue when it comes to that. Now it is that time of the year where as we look out here to the West, we probably have two thirds of the trees, meaning there’s only about a third of the leaves left on certain species of trees. A lot of them have now started to fall off. So a lot of you, even today and this weekend, cause weather’s decent, we’ll be doing some leaf cleanup and, and a lot of people, um, will criticize those that take the leaves off of the grass, saying, well, that’s just a natural fertilizer. Not the complete leaf it isn’t. If you chop them up and you want to get them down into the grass and the soil that way, sure, if you want to mulch them in, No problem. But to just let the leaves sit on top of the grass, they’re heavy in nitrogen and things like that. So at the end of the day, you could end up actually with some yard damage if you just leave those things sit. So yes, you do need to get those raked up and or mulched into your grass or whatever you want to do along those lines.
SPEAKER 05 :
I’ve seen dead spots come in the springtime because the leaves had sat in certain spots. Those you want to rake up or get out of the way. I’m with you, John. I mulch them up and
SPEAKER 13 :
That’s me.
SPEAKER 05 :
They’re good to go.
SPEAKER 13 :
All right, here’s another tip. And this one is, I can’t say as I’ve ever tried it, but I’ve seen people do this. And that is you’re trying to, you know, you take a door off and you’re trying to maybe paint the door, you know, front side, back side, or you’re putting a new door on. It has to be stained or cleared or whatever the case may be. So you’re getting ready to hang a new door, but everything has to be prepped before you actually get it hung up. Well, normally people will just stand those doors up. and then do whatever they need to do. And then once one side’s dry, they turn it around and set it up against the same surface and do the other side. You can actually take two sawhorses and take a small screw or a nail even and put that in the middle. Measure it out, put it right in the middle of the door, top and bottom. Get your sawhorses out and set the nail on the sawhorses, not the door. Then the door will spin. allowing you to do all of what you need to do without it ever touching any other surfaces and making things a little bit speedier so you’re not waiting for one side to dry before you flip it over and do the other side when you’re standing it up against the surface. Make sense? You’re basically making it spin like a fan, I guess you could say. So you’re just putting two nails on each end to where the entire door, you know, everything’s sitting on the nails and the door’s on the inside and you could flip the door around accordingly.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 13 :
So for those of you, and I’ve actually seen for some of you, I think people have even gotten, this is another one of those items where a lot of folks have, or not folks, some companies, some inventors, let me say it that way, have come up with things where you can actually set the door in a device like this where it’ll actually do the whole turning. I’m showing Larry a picture. So it’ll actually do the turning. Guys have come up with devices where you can put it on each end to work on the door and And at the end of the day, you can just use a nail at each end and it does just as well as some of the devices you go and buy.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I wasn’t picturing it until I just saw it. Yeah, it’s on the ends of each door, not in the middle of each door.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, yeah, sorry, the middle of the ends of the door.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 13 :
Because you want it to be balanced so the door doesn’t tip to one side or the other. So you want to put the nail right in the middle of the top and the bottom of the door. And that way it allows you to set the saw horses, you know, the nails on the saw horses. then allowing you to spin the door and do whatever you need to. Like a paddle wheel. Exactly. Think of it as a paddle wheel. That’s a great way to say it, Larry. So, yeah, and in doing it that way, you’ve got the ability to work on both sides of the door at that point. That makes sense. And, by the way, again, that’s one of those to where there’s now folks have come up with some fancy devices that you can, you know, utilize for that. So, anyways, you can do it just as simple with a lag screw or a nail or something like that. Now, one thing to be careful of, depending upon your door…
SPEAKER 05 :
How heavy it is.
SPEAKER 13 :
And how heavy it is, meaning you’re going to need to use the proper hard work. You don’t want the door falling through the middle of the sawhorses. And also be careful when you’re screwing into the top and the bottom. Depending upon the door, you don’t want to split the wood where you’ve actually now put your holding device in. Does that make sense?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, it does.
SPEAKER 13 :
So, again, use your own judgment on that. But, again, some folks will go through and have to paint the door, paint both sides, whatever the case may be. There’s a little tip. All right, got calls coming in. We’re going to take a quick break. Don’t forget, fixitradio.com is our website. You can find a lot of things there. And I’ll go through a few more of these tips and tricks. And you guys that have some, want to call in with that, you’re sure welcome to do so, 303-477-5600. This is Fix It Radio, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 02 :
Even in the age of AI, looking for the right insurance can be a huge hassle. Paul Leuenberger has you covered without the hassle. He works with the best in the business. Hartford, Travelers, Safeco, Liberty Mutual, Nationwide, Allstate, AIG, Chubb, Pure, Berkeley, Grundy, Hagerty, and more. He’s local, independent, and licensed in Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and Texas. and he’s expanding into more states soon. Paul’s mission is simple, to find the right coverage at the best value and to treat every client like family. So whether you’re shopping for home, auto, or something more unique, don’t shop online. Call Paul at 303-662-0789 today. That’s 303-662-0789. Paul Leuenberger, insurance made easy.
SPEAKER 01 :
Tired of rushed appointments and cookie-cutter care? At Castle Rock Regenerative Health, Dr. Scott Faulkner offers true concierge medicine, personalized, unrushed, and on your schedule. Not the schedule of big health care, no crowded waiting rooms, no waiting weeks to be seen. Dr. Faulkner isn’t tied to the limitations of traditional practices, so he can focus on what matters most, you. He takes the time to really listen, understand your goals, and customize care to fit your body and lifestyle. From regenerative therapies and IV nutrition to integrative whole body health solutions, you’ll get advanced options designed to help you truly heal and stay healthy. If weight loss is part of your journey, they offer medically guided plans tailored to you, helping you lose weight safely and sustainably with real support every step of the way. And for those experiencing changes in energy, mood, or vitality, ask about our personalized hormone therapy. We’ll help you restore balance and feel your best at every stage of life. Ready for a different kind of health care? Visit CastleRockRegenerativeHealth.com or call 303-663-6990 and start your journey with Dr. Scott today. You can also find Dr. Scott at RushToReason.com.
SPEAKER 12 :
Believe it or not, the holidays are just around the corner. Give your family the quality of water they deserve. With our friends at Water Pros, you can have a whole house conditioner for only $36.95 installed or a point-of-use reverse osmosis drinking water system for only $1,300 installed. Call Water Pros now, 303-862-5554. That’s 303-862-5554 and tell them Scott sent you.
SPEAKER 10 :
Looking to buy or sell a classic car? Need a reliable valuation you can trust? Look no further than BP Appraisals, LLC. With over 20 years of experience in the appraisal industry, we provide fast, accurate, and professional appraisal services that you can count on. Did you know that an appraisal can also entail the forecasting of monetary earning power? An appraisal is a document with a valuation conclusion. It is not a pre-purchase inspection, a mechanical evaluation, or a recommendation to buy or sell your vehicle. It’s the actual value at that moment in time, which many need for things like estate planning, insurance, or investing. At BP Appraisals, we value your property like it’s our own. Make informed decisions with confidence. Don’t settle for less. Choose the experts at BP Appraisals LLC, where precision meets professionalism. Visit us today at bpappraisalsllc.com and schedule your appraisals in just minutes. BP Appraisals, LLC. We know what your property is worth. That’s bpappraisalsllc.com or call 720-295-0108.
SPEAKER 13 :
And we are back. This is Radio KLZ 560. Thanks for listening in. And again, go to fixitradio.com. That is our website. Joe, what’s going on?
SPEAKER 03 :
John, I got turned on to a new plumbing tool I didn’t know existed last week. Are you familiar with the ProPress plumbing fitting system?
SPEAKER 13 :
I’m not sure that I am, no. Talk about it.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, you know, I’m an old solder and torch guy, but there are places where Like under a sink where you’d rather not use a torch or maybe you can’t get to the back. Oh, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER 13 :
And I know what you’re talking about now. Yes, I do. Yes, I’m familiar with those. Yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. Now, for years, they’ve had this shark bite system. I’m not a big fan of shark bite. But anyway, I had to replace a shutoff valve under my kitchen sink. And I was telling my son-in-law, he says, well, I’ve got a ProPress tool. I said, what’s a ProPress? Well, it’s about the size of a grease gun with a lever handle. Yeah. Well, you know they have the jaws of life, right? Well, this works opposite. Instead of spreading things apart, for $100, you can buy the little hand hydraulic pump, and it comes with three or four different bit inserts with different sized pipes, you know, half-inch, three-quarter, one-inch. The fittings are about $250 a piece, and each fitting has a ridge, and inside that ridge, there’s two O-rings. So when you insert your pipes, you just put this little hand hydraulic pump with the with the chuck inside, and you pump it until the jaws close.
SPEAKER 13 :
They make them, like Milwaukee also makes a cordless version of that.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right, and if you want to spend a little more on getting the electric, you can, but the hand pump works just fine, and what a neat, quick, you know, no solder, no torch, and what a slick thing, and if you ever have to replace a water heater, even if it’s electric, the plumber’s going to charge you $600, just to cut the two pipes and reconnect the new heater to the old pipes. John, for $250 and $100, you’ve got a tool, and I love this tool, John. Now, I’m not going to buy one because he has one, but from now on, if I need to replace it, and again, it’s called ProPress, and you go on Amazon, and there’s half a dozen different companies selling the little hand pump, But for the $100, you can get the pump and it comes in a little toolbox with the different jaw inserts for the different size pipes. And all of the major big box retailers sell the fittings. And if somebody’s interested, just look online, go to Home Depot or Lowe’s, and just look at ProPress fittings.
SPEAKER 13 :
And I think, and I just looked it up, too, just to be on the sure side for everybody listening. I think you can rent the electric versions of that, too, Joe. Or if you don’t want to spend the entire money to even own one of the tools, I believe you, and I’m looking it up right now, I believe you can rent one at Home Depot if you want to as well, and places like that.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. And I don’t know what the rental would be, John, but if the rental was $50 for an extra $50, you could own it.
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 03 :
And I don’t think, John, I’m ever going to solder another copper fitting again in my entire life. This is so quick, so easy. Now, you still want to claim the outside of the pipeline.
SPEAKER 13 :
Okay, get this. I just looked it up. About $16 a day at Home Depot.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, well, that’s cheap then. Well, then, if you can rent them for $16, and by all means… No reason to buy one at that point. Yeah, no reason to buy one, and I like it. I was never a fan of the shark bite stuff, John.
SPEAKER 13 :
I mean, in certain instances, if you didn’t have any choice, it was kind of a go-to, but I’m with you. Not personally, and I know some folks might argue with me on this one, but personally, not my favorite either, Joe.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. To me, this is, you know, the pro press, John, is head and shoulders over shark bite in terms of integrity and ease of use.
SPEAKER 13 :
Most of your newer job sites, Joe, I again, occasionally will see somebody doing some. soldering in in that and i think the other reason why this tool has become so popular is because there’s literally no contamination in the pipes whatsoever and i get if you use the right solder and all of that there isn’t either but you’re still flushing the pipes to make sure you get any of that out in this case there’s none of that you have to worry about yeah and most of the kits you still want to clean you know the outside of the pipe that you know there’s a little round circular brush where you yep you know you you want to scour off the oxidation off the outside of the pipe and you want a nice shiny bright surface
SPEAKER 03 :
But, John, it’s so quick, so clean, so secure, so neat. If you can rent it for $16 and you’re handy, what a, you know, because you can’t get a plumber.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, absolutely.
SPEAKER 03 :
You can’t get a plumber to come to your house and do anything for less than $250.
SPEAKER 13 :
No, I mean, his, you know, and I get why. I mean, I coach businesses, Joe. I know exactly why. I mean, just the service call to show up is $150. I mean, you’re spending that no matter what they do.
SPEAKER 03 :
Exactly. So I think last year I had somebody come to replace just an outdoor water spigot valve, and that was $250.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, not surprised. And again, I’m not trying to take anything away from those individuals. I realize, Joe, that some people are not handy at all, and they have to have somebody come out and do those sorts of things. But to your point, if you’ve got any sort of handiness to you at all, and you’ve got the ability to do some of these things, then do so and save some money at the same time. Absolutely. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. And again, if you were going to do a water heater repair, again, electric water heater is pretty simple. You just got the inlet and the outlet. If it’s a gas heater, you got the inlet and the outlet and you got to, and you got to, uh, you got the gas connection too. But, um, but if you’re, if you’re comfortable replacing a water heater, um, and you want to save six to 800 bucks on the install, rent the tool, buy them, buy a couple of fittings for, I think they’re 250 to 350 a piece for the fittings, John. And, um, and and just again i was just blown away by how what how easy and quick it was to use and again there’s places i’m really not a big fan of using a torch under a sink and again you can’t get around to the back of the pipe right because it’s up against the back back wall of the sink so you really can’t get an even even heat on the pipe and as you said there’s you know a lot of solder has lead in it and you really don’t want to use lead solder on a copper pipe so I just highly recommend it.
SPEAKER 13 :
Great idea. No, I think it’s awesome. Absolutely. Absolutely. Great idea. I’ve never used one personally. I’ve seen them used, and I’ve seen new construction and things like that where that’s all they’ve done, Joe. They didn’t sweat a single pipe in the entire place. They used one of those tools for the whole deal.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. So, John, I think that’s the way to go when you’re talking to any of your customers or anything. I agree. Yeah. Just a fantastic way to go.
SPEAKER 13 :
Fully agree.
SPEAKER 03 :
Joe, good stuff as always.
SPEAKER 13 :
All right, man. Appreciate you. Have a great rest of your day. I should have asked Joe how the weather in Jersey is, but I think their weather is pretty decent for now.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, for now.
SPEAKER 13 :
For now. Yeah, for now. Although, you know, it depends. Last year Joe would call in and, you know, he didn’t have near the weather even we had. So, you know, it’s luck of the draw depending upon where you’re at. Okay, here’s one. This next tip is interesting. I’ve never done this. they make kind of that you know glow-in-the-dark paint so if you’ve got a particular outlet you know switch i should say not outlet but switch or i guess it could be an outlet outlet or a switch but it’s a switch where you’re it’s in the dark and you don’t know where it is and you’re always fumbling around trying to figure out you know where’s the switch or you’re using your cell phone light to try to figure out where the light switch is just just paint a little bit of that glow paint on the very tip of the switch and have it glow in the dark And off you go. And that one’s actually not a bad tip at all. If you’ve got a light switch where it’s always dim or dark and you want that thing to be illuminated, put a little bit of that illumination paint on the end of it, and off you go. Dan, you’re next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 06 :
So Joe was talking about the ProPress, and $16 is great. I have a plumber friend who does plumbing, of course. And a lot of the home builders were doing PEX pipes.
SPEAKER 13 :
Right, PEX.
SPEAKER 06 :
So when people would have their pipes freeze, he couldn’t… When it was copper pipe, he can use a torch to thaw out the pipes and then do the repair. But with PEX, he has to use hair dryers and stuff like that to try to thaw out the pipe. With that ProPress, it’s much easier… Now, I have a fifth wheel. It’s in C-PVC pipe, and I’m going to replace it with PEX. But that’s an RV, so I don’t worry about the pipes. And if they freeze, if I don’t get it winterized in time and my pipes freeze, they won’t crack and burst like C-PVC. Now, the ProPress for the plumbers, Milwaukee makes a cordless one. part of their cordless series, that tool alone is $1,600.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, that’s right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Just for the tool.
SPEAKER 13 :
That’s right.
SPEAKER 06 :
And so when you say plumbers will charge you $150 to $200 just to come out to your house, that’s part of, you know, if they have that Milwaukee tool, that’s part of their cost that they’ve got to cover.
SPEAKER 13 :
That’s right. You’re correct on that one, Dan. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yes. And the fittings are more than $2 apiece. They’re more than that. But you get a better feel than you do if I’m horrible at soldering. I can’t solder pipes to save my life. I just can’t get the heat even, and I can’t seem to get the flux. Well, you do flux, and then you can’t get the solder. I can’t get the solder to go in like it should to seal the fittings. And then also, if people are doing solder, you have to get lead-free solder, which is for pipes. So that’s what I had. But, yeah, that Pro-Tool or whatever it is. Pro-Press. I can’t remember. Yeah, Pro-Press. For $16 a day, it’s worth doing it. And then also my friend told me about SharkBite, that you cannot put them behind sealed walls because they’re a rubber seal. and that rubber will eventually dry out and crack, and then you’ve got a leak. So that’s why he doesn’t do any shark bite. I think the coats don’t allow you to do them. behind closed walls, if your wall is going to be enclosed.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, and that’s another thing somebody mentioned, too, is on all of this, please make sure that you’re checking code and that you’re doing everything correctly, and even those of you that are doing it yourself, because the last thing you want to have is an issue whereby you go and do an inspection. You go to put your house on the market, and there’s an inspection, and something wasn’t done to code. You could have some issues. So, yeah, and that was from a texter. Make sure that whatever you’re doing… whether you’re doing the pro press whether you’re soldering whether you’re doing shark bites or whatever and dan you brought up a great point make sure whatever you’re doing you’re doing that code you know to code and again that’s what plumbers and that that you’re spending the money for they are definitely doing that they’re insured and all of that to where if there’s ever an issue you know it’s on them not you but if you feel confident you can do it yourself great knock your socks off just make sure you’re doing things you know above board and to code
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, so you need to, and a lot of people don’t understand that my dad was in the concrete business, and they, you know, when he’d give them a quote on doing a patio or a driveway or whatever, they’d balk at it, but a lot of people don’t realize the amount of cost that goes in to run a plumbing business, concrete business, electrical business, especially electricians and plumbers, because they have to be, if you get a good one, they have to be certified to And that is years of training to become a master plumber.
SPEAKER 13 :
In some cases, depending upon what you’re doing, electricians especially, there will be union, union dues, a lot of other things that are going into that as well. So to your point, Dan, and that’s why, and I explained a moment ago, that’s why for them to even show up at the front door, it’s $150, and that’s a justifiable cost with everything you just said. They can’t do it otherwise is my point. I think I lost Dan. Dan, if you want to, give me a call back when you get into better range. I’m going to let you go. But if you get into better range, give us a call back. We’ll let you chat a little further. But, yes, for those that texted in on the code aspect of things, please, by all means, check your code. Make sure you’re doing things correctly. And somebody also said, okay, on the ProPress fittings, if you go to have to take that apart, how does that work? You cut them off. I mean – that is the one advantage that soldering has over all of the other fittings is you can actually heat and unsolder a fitting on a copper tube where you cannot on these other things once that thing is crimped and done the only way you’re getting that off is to cut it off and depending upon how much you had to cut off of the pipe to get the fitting off you may be adding a section of you know cutting it even further back adding a section of pipe in other words now there’s another fitting there and so on so again everything has its its pros and its cons but to dan’s point you know not every and even joe sometimes you don’t want to have the torch in areas even you know if you’re trying to solder that gets really difficult Some aren’t as good at soldering as others. Personally, I’ve never had any issues soldering pipe, but I was taught that from a very early age and just learned how to do it. I don’t remember who even taught me how to do it. I think a plumber at some point kind of taught me how to do it. Of course, I’ve, through the years, known how to weld and do all sorts of other things metal-wise, so to me, that’s not a big issue, but… I fully understand, you know, the situation that Joe was talking about. And I’ve done things like that where you’re under the sink and you get a piece of aluminum, you know, to put behind the backing so you’re not in aluminum because it doesn’t absorb the heat like steel or anything else would. So you put that behind it so that if you’ve got a flame there, it’s not bothering anything. around it you know not bothering any other surfaces so you know there are ways around that but yes these other device I mean they invent these things for a reason because in a lot of cases by the way the pro press the reason why they’ve invented that it’s like pecs they can plumb the house so much faster than what you could do if you were soldering every one of those joints so uh the amount of time it takes to get especially the the cordless tools that dan was talking about where you know whereby you literally put your fittings all together you get everything all set up and i’ve seen these guys they’ll get everything all built done and handled all they do is then swedge every one of those fittings accordingly and they can do it lickety split way faster than you’d ever do it if you were trying to sweat we call it sweating the pipe if you’re sweating the pipe that yeah way faster than that so again thank you for for all of that and those of you that are texting in even on the code sides of things Absolutely. Please make sure at the end of the day you are doing what you need to do when it comes to, you know, code and all of that. So. All right. So a few more of these things that that and some of these, by the way, I’m not going to go through because it’s like, OK, well, that’s no offense. Kind of like here’s one where they’re. A dollar bill is 6.14 inches long. So if you memorize that, it’s roughly 6 inches long. If you know that a dollar is 6 inches and you want a handy reference for how long something is, get a dollar bill out or concurrency out and do some measuring real quick if you have to. But typically when you’re doing something like that, you’ve got – ruler or tape measure or something anyway so i get it if you’re someplace and you don’t have that and you want a really quick way to measure something roughly a dollar bill is six inches long so that gives you a pretty good indicator of you know if you got something that’s you know three feet long how how exactly long is it that would give you a pretty good idea This one is really probably more for drive radio than it is fix-it radio. The old hanging the tennis ball from the ceiling of the garage to know if you’ve pulled in far enough or not. You know, if you use the same car every day, same spot, they make that. They also now also make these devices you can actually put on the floor. and it’s sort of this little mini ramp device whereby you stick this thing to the floor, you pull on, it’s like rolling over a little teeny speed bump, and you know exactly where you’re at on the floor. The downside to the tennis balls that I’ve seen, which it’s a good idea, but then when you’re working in the garage and there’s no car there, and I’ve done this because I’ve been in garages this way, you’re constantly bumping into and dinking around with that tennis ball hanging from the ceiling. I’m not a big hang the ball from the ceiling guy. I’m more of if you want to do something, put one of these stick-on things onto the floor and utilize that method if you want to because you’re then pulling in exactly the same way, but then it’s not hanging from the ceiling getting in your way if you’re working inside the garage.
SPEAKER 05 :
I would agree.
SPEAKER 13 :
So, all right, we’ll take our second break here. We’ll come back. I’ve got text messages coming in. 307-282-22 is the text line. You can call in directly, 303-477-5600. This is Fix It Radio, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 02 :
Homeowners in Colorado are getting letters from insurance companies dropping their coverage, all because their roof is getting old. Even if it isn’t leaking yet, insurance companies don’t want the risk. But there’s a smart solution that can help protect your home and your policy. RoofMax. Roof Savers of Colorado can apply RoofMax, a plant-based treatment that restores flexibility to aging shingles and extends the life of your roof for up to five more years at a fraction of the cost of replacement. It’s fast, affordable, and often helps homeowners meet insurance requirements without a full tear-off. Call Roof Savers of Colorado today at 303-710-6916 or visit RoofSaversCo.com for a free roof assessment and protect both your home and your insurance coverage. Roof Max of South Aurora, giving old roofs a new lease on life.
SPEAKER 12 :
Need new glasses fast? With Stack Optical’s on-site lab, you’ll get your prescription glasses in just three to four days. No long wait times. Hey, this is Scott Whatley, and I’ve trusted my eye care to Allen Stack and Stack Optical for the last 15 years. Eye exams are only $69. and that should be a part of your physical checkups each year. For over 50 years, Denver has trusted this family-owned boutique eye care center for premium vision care, custom eyewear, and expert repairs. See the Stack Optical difference today. Call 303-321-1578. That’s 303-321-1578, and tell them Scott sent you. Stack Optical. Since 1968, at Stack Optical, you’ll see the difference.
SPEAKER 02 :
Even in the age of AI, looking for the right insurance can be a huge hassle. Paul Leuenberger has you covered without the hassle. He works with the best in the business. Hartford, Travelers, Safeco, Liberty Mutual, Nationwide, Allstate, AIG, Chubb, Pure, Berkeley, Grundy, Hagerty, and more. He’s local, independent, and licensed in Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and Texas. and he’s expanding into more states soon. Paul’s mission is simple, to find the right coverage at the best value and to treat every client like family. So whether you’re shopping for home, auto, or something more unique, don’t shop online. Call Paul at 303-662-0789 today. That’s 303-662-0789. Paul Leuenberger, insurance made easy.
SPEAKER 11 :
You’re driving down the road and out of nowhere comes a bang. A huge rock just hit your windshield and now you have a star in your windshield. Did you know that chip can be fixed? But who is the best? Who has the best resins that keep developing them to work with the newest windshields? That would be Novus Autoglass. Novus, which is the Latin word for innovate, invented windshield repair in 1972. and it still leads the industry in cutting-edge technology, backed by more patents than any other repair and replacement company. While other glass repair services offer limited warranties, or worse, none at all, you can trust the original Novus pros to stand behind their work with a full refund that you can use towards a windshield replacement for the life of your windshield. Find a Novus location near you by going to any of our websites, ready-radio.com, drive-radio.com, or fixitradio.com. Just click on the Novus link. That’s Novus Autoglass.
SPEAKER 13 :
All right, we are back. Fix It Radio, KLZ 560. Myself, Larry Unger, Josh Goff joining us now. He’ll be with us for Drive Radio, but he stepped in here, finished out these last 15 minutes of Fix It Radio, which, by the way, this is a good topic because we were just talking through the break. Somebody sent me a picture, and I’m just going to describe this, and then you guys can decide if you can do this on your own and how it works. I’ve never done this, and I’ve got my own stories along these lines. But you can in certain cases. And it depends on what kind of a leaf blower you actually have. But you can actually turn the leaf blower into a suck slash blow device where it’ll suck the leaves up. And then where you would normally be blowing, that’s where the leaves are then going to come out. And it depends on your leaf blower, its configuration. What will it do? All of that. In some cases, yes, you could convert that over to a leaf sucker. It just depends on your configuration, how you want to do it. And there are some devices that actually do suck leaves up, although I will be straight up honest with you. I have never, even the ones I’ve used, I’ve never had much luck doing Doing that, I was just telling the guys in the studio that even us as a company, we’ve got parking lot sweepers where commercial grade, they’ve got a ton of vacuum, and it’s hard to explain how these things work, but they’ve got rubber flaps, and the head on the machine comes down, seals up against the parking lot, creates big suction. And then we, for the longest time, had these other hose devices that were on the hopper, so you’d undo the hopper, stick this little device on, you’ll hose on it, and then you’d go into flower beds and things like that and use it to suck up leaves and stuff with. And it never worked right. It was a pain in the rear. It took longer to dink around with all of that than it did to just take the leaf blower and blow out the islands out into the parking lot and use the machine to suck everything up and then call it good. Because no matter what, the leaves would get wet or damp or whatever the case, and they wouldn’t suck up properly. And if you’ve got one of those and you want to give it a whirl, be my guest. Personally, I don’t do any of that. I’ve got a pretty strong commercial-grade leaf blower that I use to blow everything off. I’ve got a ton of leaves at my place, and I even blow them all the way to where my dumpster is. I then take a, believe it or not, a big old scoop snow shovel to scoop the leaves into the dumpster, and I don’t bag them. I don’t do anything. I just throw them in there and call it good.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s the way to do it.
SPEAKER 13 :
That’s how I do it because I get a ton of leaves, and I have not found yet a good quote-unquote suction device. Now, I will do this, and I was telling Josh and Larry this. If I’ve got an area where I definitely have to get the leaves out of there, so it’s an area where you just don’t want them staying there for whatever reason, and there’s really no way to blow them out, get your shop vac out. Take the filter out, by the way, because you don’t need the filter to pick up leaves. You’re not going to generate enough exhaust in what we’re doing to worry about having a filter on there. Pull the filter off because you’ll get some damp leaves and stuff that might be there as well. Use your shop vac colica. Works fine because you’ve tried the other suction leaf blower thing. I have. You were saying.
SPEAKER 14 :
And if the leaves are remotely wet, they just, you know, glue the thing together. They won’t make it to the tube. But I do love it because I have, you know, basement window wells and there’s just never a good way to get it out of the basement window well. So I just use it to. vacuum those out and when i have big piles and they’re all dry like you know last weekend they were all dry so it was done in in a few seconds you know but if it’s one of those where we get a little bit of a rain and or sometimes we get the frost stuck between the leaves you know it will not do it right especially it loves those ice chunks when it starts to pull those through
SPEAKER 13 :
And I know I mentioned this last week, but for those of you, depending upon your mower type and so on, if you’ve got any of the mulching type lawnmowers, honestly, you can. It’s hard to mulch through a three foot pile of leaves. But if you just got regular leaves and they’ve blown onto the grass, you can mulch all those up and just put them right back into the grass. And you’re not going to hurt a thing doing that. Now, some of you that have the ability to bag them up and you want to. bag your leaves and do it that way. Maybe you want to do one last cleanup where you’re bagging them up. You know what? Go for it. Do whatever you need to. Those of you that have, this is the one where it’s really tricky, and I haven’t seen anything yet other than either a rake or a really strong leaf blower. that takes care of the big long pine needles, the Austrian pine that drop their needles this time of the year. The only way to get those up is to either rake or have a super strong backpack blower. And I mean not a handheld, an actual backpack blower. And they make some of those now that are electric that work pretty well, cordless. But frankly, we’re in this business. We haven’t found a backpack battery-powered electric blower yet that will blow like a regular two-stroke gas-powered blower does.
SPEAKER 10 :
Period.
SPEAKER 13 :
They just don’t have the same oomph to them that a regular gas-powered backpack blower would have.
SPEAKER 14 :
And don’t even waste your time with the cheapest battery-powered blower. It won’t even remotely get it done.
SPEAKER 13 :
They are worthless. Yeah, you are better off buying or hiring or however you want to do that, but you’re better off having… Having the proper tools, it goes back to some of the stuff we talked about earlier, even with some of the plumbing stuff, having the proper tools makes a huge difference. Okay, let’s roll through a few more of these. Again, I’m not going to go through all of these. This one’s kind of interesting, and there’s other ways to do this, but you need to cut a, you’re going to add a plug or do something, or you’ve got to cut a hole in a piece of drywall, and it’s already finished in your house and so on. You can actually take a plastic, or sorry, a paper sack, a paper grocery sack, Take some of the blue masking tape because it comes off easily and won’t take the paint off that you’re sticking it onto the wall with. And right below the area you’re trying to cut, tape that bag there. Let all of your dust from what you’re cutting fall into the bag instead of having to get a shop vac out and do all of that. You’re still going to do some of that no matter what, but this gets all of the big chunks and… You’re not then chasing around, you know, because most of us will just, you know, do that. It falls on to the floor or the carpet or whatever. You vacuum it up and away you go. In this case, it just falls into the bag. You’ve got less, less cleanup to have to worry about. And not a bad idea, by the way. There’s probably other things along those lines you could use that for, you know, to catch things where you’re not having to to worry about things as much. So there’s some other things here. OK, here’s an interesting one in this one. and i know people do it i see it i’ve never been a big fan i don’t know that i’ve ever personally done it and that is you’ve got a car instead of a truck but you need to haul something in it that sticks out the back of the trunk so you see people where they’ll take you know twine or a bungee cord or whatever and they tie the trunk down of course it’s sitting on top of whatever the device is and i’m really particular especially with my cars as you all know and personally would never do that But this isn’t a bad idea. This is a situation where you take a pool noodle and however long your trunk, your deck lid is, take that pool noodle and cut it to the length of the deck lid and cut a slit down the side of the pool noodle where it opens up like a clamshell. Stick that up on the deck lid itself and then clamp the deck lid down. And guess what? It not only stays tighter, but you’re not damaging the deck lid when you do that, nor are you damaging whatever it is you’re hauling. Maybe it’s something that’s nicer, it’s already painted, whatever, and you don’t want to damage it or the deck lid. Well, this gives you that ability without throwing. I’ve seen people throw blankets and towels and moving blankets and all that kind of stuff in there. Just stick a pool noodle on it and call it good. Pool noodles, by the way, for things like that come in really handy. I remember back in the day, around the shop, we would have situations where on the racks, if you weren’t careful and you opened a door, it would hit the side post of a rack. We used pool noodles and did the exact same thing on those because they’re so cheap that when they wore out, you just grabbed another pool noodle and stuck it on the rack. We’d glue it onto the side of the rack, and when it wore out, you just put another one on there. But you could open the door, and even if it got close and banged it, it was no big deal because it banged the pool noodle, not the side of the rack. of the rack and anybody that’s worked in a shop josh and larry both are like yep we know what that’s all about because depending upon the vehicle and how you had to position it on the rack you may not have had a lot of door room to get in and out and no matter what you did either somebody had to be on the other side of the door to make sure it didn’t bang or you put a rag in it or you did something in our case we just put pool noodles there and it took care of it and they’re dense so that you know they don’t they you know they work really well for things like that
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
So go back to what you’re saying with the trunk lid doing the same thing, but only put it where the weather stripping is. Correct. Bottom side of the trunk. It does the same. It covers it up. Exactly. Exactly.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah. And by the pool noodles, when it comes to all sorts of things along those lines, In fact, there’s probably, I haven’t looked this up, there’s probably a pool noodle website where you can say, what’s 101 uses for pool noodles? Because you can use those bloody things for almost, and they are cheap. I mean, you can buy a full bore pool noodle for two or three bucks. I mean, they’re as dirt cheap as it gets. And you can use, and here’s another tip. If you’ve got a bunch of pool noodles because maybe your kids do swim or you’re keeping them on hand or whatever the case, and they’re hard to store. Pool noodles are tough because they’re all over. A trick I learned is get a five-gallon bucket, preferably one of the taller five-gallon buckets if you can find one. And you know what I mean by that. There’s five-gallon buckets and there’s like a seven-gallon bucket because they’re taller. Stick the pool noodles in the bucket and then just put a little tie around the top of it. And guess what? They’ll all stay together right inside that bucket. And it’s what I do to store pool noodles during the winter months, and it works out really well because you can just stick them all down in that bucket. It keeps everything together. Put a little tie around the top, a little piece of twine or whatever, and now you’re good to go, and your pool noodles are all in one place. But, man, there is a gazillion uses. For example, I’m looking at one right now, too, where you need to lean the ladder against something. It’s one of those situations where you just don’t have any choice. You’ve got to lean the ladder up against something you’d rather not. Okay, take a pool noodle, cut a little bit off of the end, put a slit in it, put that over the ladder, put a little bit of tape around it, and guess what? Now you’ve got a nice little cushion for the top. It’s not going to hurt anything, damage anything. Again, there is a gazillion uses. For pool noodles, sometimes we forget. Okay, how am I going to keep this from getting scratched? You got a pool noodle kicking around? And by the way, if you don’t, buy a couple and just have them kicking around because you can use them for all sorts of things. And to cut them, easiest way to do that, by the way, just because these are cheap as well and something we never have talked about this. In my opinion, this should be a standard item in everybody’s household. That is a straight razor blade. And you can buy them by the box. You can buy 100 for less than $5 probably. They’re that inexpensive. And they’re the kind of razor blades that you would either put in a razor blade scraper, or I just always use them by hand. You just take them off. Be really careful, of course, because they’re a razor. They’re super sharp. But you talk about cutting a pool noodle with one of those, oh, man, it’s like butter. You get one of those out. Don’t use a knife or anything else. I’ve seen people use carving knives and knives. you know, electric knives and all kinds. Just get a straight razor blade and use that to cut your pool noodle with and do whatever you want to with it and off you go. Because they’re literally, it’s like cutting butter at that point. And those are razor blades, by the way, that straight razor blade, they’re handy to have around. This isn’t in my notes here, but even if you get overspray on your glass, for example. Yeah. uh be careful on a mirror but especially your car glass as long as you hold that thing straight put some windex or some sprayway on the glass first and then use that straight edge to get all of your overspray and stuff off best way to clean a window ever literally it’ll it’s like a squeegee in a way and it will make it just sparkle and take all the junk off of the top if you get any kind of overspray which happens and by the way there’s something else to to think about if you’re painting At all. And the wind’s blowing any way, shape, or form, you will get overspray. So if you’ve got a car or something nearby that you don’t want overspray on, either move away from what you’re doing painting-wise or move the cars out because otherwise you will end up with overspray. And if Roy were here, he would tell you this. Overspray is extremely hard to get off of a vehicle. Josh knows this just from being in that world because… Once it’s on, because it sticks, it’s hard to get back off. You almost have to do a paint correction on the car and use rubbing compound and such to get that overspray off because it’s not coming off otherwise.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, you almost have to buff it all off.
SPEAKER 13 :
If you think you’re going to go to the car wash and wash it off or take a little bit of wax and wash it off or a little WD-40 and wash it off, yeah, it ain’t happening. All right, let’s see if we can squeeze Jeff from Western Montana in before we go to break. Go ahead, Jeff.
SPEAKER 07 :
Hey, good morning, John. Sunny day here. I’m not sure… What the weather’s like there. Not bad. It’s been cold, so I welcome it. Real quick, for caulking tubes, I found a – had a bunch of heavy-duty cardboard tubes of basically two different sizes, but each size would accommodate either a small tube or a large tube of caulk, and I – And I just basically cut those to a good length and then glued them together and then put a piece of board on top and hung that from a shelf. So I have it hanging. I’ll send you a picture of it, but I have it hanging from a shelf in the garage. And I can store, oh, I don’t know, I want to say like between 15 and 20 tubes just hanging in the shelf. Nice. Yeah.
SPEAKER 13 :
And, in fact, what we probably should do, and I’ve got a SEMA, which I just came back from. I stopped at a booth, and I’m going to get these guys on air here in the next few weeks. They’ve got some of the slickest storage, you know, garage storage type stuff, a replacement for pegboard. I’ll try to get them on because we probably can do a show here, Jeff, in the not-too-distant future as we head through winter on. You’re one that has come up with some really great ideas on garage storage. Probably need to do another show on that because that’s a really big deal this time of year.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yep. And… Then for storing things like not only pool noodles, but also if you have various lengths of PVC pipe or even copper pipe or different things, and you have anything from short to long, what I’ve found works really well is the concrete tubes.
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, yeah. Yeah, great idea.
SPEAKER 07 :
You can buy one of those and put them in your garage, and they stand. You can cut them at whatever length you want. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Great idea. And, yeah, you just stick them in there, and then they all end up relatively straight. Nice. And I haven’t had a problem with them. Great tip.
SPEAKER 13 :
Jeff, I’m running out of time. I’m going to keep you on because there’s other things you can add to this. It’ll fit right into Drive Radio since we’re along those lines. I’m going to put you on hold. We’ll start right off Drive Radio with Jeff. If you’re listening to a replay show, you can go back and listen to Drive Radio by going to that website as well. Thanks for listening, guys. Appreciate another episode of Fix It Radio, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 09 :
The views and opinions expressed on KLZ 560 are those of the speaker, commentators, hosts, their guests, and callers. They are not necessarily the views and opinions of Crawford Broadcasting or KLZ management, employees, associates, or advertisers. KLZ 560 is a Crawford Broadcasting God and country station.
