With the ever increasing need for everybody to be more careful with the environment (and in today’s climate their money) have you ever thought about building your own DIY Vertical Wind Generator? These units are much like the usual wind generators except the blades are positioned vertically rather than horizontally.

It is easy to build a DIY Vertical Wind Generator from plans for normal wind generators. All that is needed is to turn the blades vertical. All the components need to build a DIY Vertical Wind Generator can be found in your local DIY store for as little as $200.

So why build a DIY Vertical Wind Generator rather than a normal wind generator? Since the blades are positioned vertically rather than horizontally you have the option of putting more blade units on the generator since there is more space. It won’t necessarily generate more energy but it will allow the blades to become more sensitive to wind, allowing for power to be generated even in slight breezes; something that is not always possible with the conventional wind units.

The units can also be built to be much more compact that the usual wind turbines. This makes them ideal for people who do not have a lot of outside or roof space and can even be set up to sit on apartment balconies or outside walls. You don’t even need a stand that rotates with the wind as the blades are sensitive even in a fixed position. The electronic side of setting up the DIY vertical wind generator is not all that complicated either. There are plenty of electronic blueprints out there that will show you how to set this up.

If self-sufficiency is what you are after then you will probably need at lease three to four units. If you want to ensure that you will still have power during a power outage then you will need to fit batteries to the unit. This allows electricity to be stored and be readily available to use. The downside is that these batteries can increase the cost of building the units. My suggestion would be to have a few units with batteries and the other directly connected to the grid. This would allow essential energy to be provided in cases of power outages.

DIY Vertical Wind Generators are ideal for supplying your household energy needs for a fraction of the cost of commercial units. They are easy to build and don’t cost the earth.

By: Vikki Arrol

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johnsontiles asked:

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If you have well used kitchen cabinets and they have served their time but still in good shape maybe it’s time to do some DIY refinishing on them. Stand back and try to envision what color would look good and coordinates with the rest of the kitchen. One quick note though: dark colors will close up the room a little making it look a little constricted and smaller, so consider lighter colors and brighter colors to repainting the doors.This will vastly change the looks of your kitchen.
Myself personally I like to paint with oil-based paint, I have found it dries harder and last longer, work longer without its starting to set. I strongly recommend that you use a top-quality top line paint for this application.

Take off your cabinet doors and hardware, and lay them down horizontally onto a soft work bench. And take some liquid De-glosser and a lint free rag or cloth and start rubbing down the door to remove all the greasy buildup and dirt. If your wood grain becomes raised and bumpy from putting on the De-glosser take some 220 grit sanding paper and sand it back down smooth.

Now that you’re ready to start painting, I recommending this with an oil-based primer. Usually what I do if your door has a reveal or some kind of pattern indent use a soft brush first to paint this indent using long flowing smooth brushstrokes. Immediately afterwards, use a mini roller to roll the flat of the door. By using the mini roller you’ll find that it will remove the brush marks off the flat part of the door. This is why I like to use oil paints as opposed to latex paints because the oil paint stays moist long enough to be able to work out the brush marks when the rollers goes over top of them. Leaving a very fine and consistent transition between the brushed part of the door and a rolled part of the door.

When the primer dries well enough for sanding which will probably be about at least four hours later to 24 hours later. Go ahead and sand the door with some fine grit sandpaper again about 220 grit.

Now you can put the finish coat on exactly the same way. Once this finish coat has dried you can again repeat the process by sanding it lightly. And put one more coat of paint on.

Finally now your ready to put back your hardware and the doors back up.

By: Vic Nagy

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CJ2001 asked:


OK, I have two pedestal sinks with Delta Monitor faucets installed in each one, indentical. they have the seperate hot/cold knobs and all. Maybe 4 or 5 years old.

Anyway, the people prior to myself that lived here installed this bathroom as a ‘DIY’ job (a 160 year old house). Well, one of them has a leak, but it’s not from the pipe. Looking under the sink, I see a hole under the faucet (made this way) with this heavy duty (sort of) long metal thing sticking out, it’s maybe a quarter of an inch wide. The drip is coming from that hole above the pipe….if I sort of adjust the position of the faucet set, the drip sometimes stops. What’s going on? The other one works fine, these sinks have been used very little. Thanks!

freudianmomma asked:


We have a new addition and we are going to be finishing a bathroom, and we know we want 12″ tiles on the floor and either subway or 6 inch tiles half way up the walls.
Here is where it gets difficult. We were going with a earthy looking ceramic glazed tile. But when we went to our tile store they were having a killer sale on their marble tile.
What is the upkeep difference between the two? These are going to be in the shower as well.
Any advice you can give a first time DIY’r (who will probably hire a pro)

spyker_4 asked:


We received a packet in our mail the other day telling us that the company which built our home, in 1996, had installed tile “applied directly to a water-resistant gypsum based wall board ‘greenboard’” in one of our bathrooms. The packet was from a law firm which had filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the home owners with affected homes, and that we were expected to receive a settlement from the builders.

So basically what’s greenboard?
What kinds of problems if any will we have because of it?
Should we have the issue fixed by a contractor, or is this a DIY?

Lil Bit asked:


i mean like ******* with stuff that you can find in your kitchen. whitening teeth, face mask, face cleanser, body scrub? anything like that would b helpful. thank you =)

joshuahavens1 asked:

do it yourself ikea kitchen,..have to drive 180 miles to the nearest store,…which is a pain in the but, but we r on a budget and are doing it in 3 steps, 1 more trip to go …..

Mitch asked:


I have seen DIY software which explains everything for novices. Specifically, how to build your own solar panels and tie them into your home electrical system for about $100 in parts.

Has anyone tried doing this? Was it easy?

theowls_arenot_whattheyseem asked:


How badly does it hurt to get a pro do a bikini wax? I did one on myself recently and LURVE how it turned out, but it hurt like hell and turned my bathroom all sticky. Alternatly, any helpful hints about how to DIY better?