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Finishing off a fence with a gate and at a loss on how to make a hidden gate swing out (towards the better side of the fence).

Fence construction is 4x4 posts with horizontal fence boards. Would like the gap between the horizontal boards on the gate and fence to be minimal. For this to work, I believe I need an offset hinge, where the pivot point is close to the outside of the fence, so that the boards clear the fence when opening the gate. Having a hard time finding the correct hinge.

Sirens been going on for 15 minutes now, downtown. What’s up?

(Yes an emergency, but this is huge)

Anyone been to the dinner musical? I’ve been thinking about taking some out of town guests to it but want some reviews first, since the venue is not what comes to mind for a dinner musical.

How was it? How was the food?

Hosting some colleagues from out of town and arranging a semi-working dinner, ideally at a semi casual restaurant with private or semi private dining rooms for 5-8 people. Problem with most restaurants and bars is they’re too loud to effectively have a meeting.

Ideal area would be hintonburg, downtown, or the glebe.

Title self-explanatory. Two cars pulled off with damaged tires, and now I need a front end alignment.

Anyone seen real garland for sale. I’ve been to a few places this year, come up empty handed. RCSS has it in their flyer this week but didn’t have any today.

Received this email from Hydro Ottawa this afternoon. Looks like they’re anticipating something:

Severe thunderstorms, capable of producing damaging wind gusts, large hail, heavy rain, and isolated tornadoes possible across parts of Ontario & western Quebec today. A tornado watch is currently in effect for parts of southern Ontario.

Power outages are also likely, so it's a good idea to make sure electronics, such as cell phones and laptops, are fully charged ahead of the storm.

For more information, please follow Hydro Ottawa’s Twitter account @hydroottawa or access the Hydro Ottawa app for Android and Apple. Customers may also call our Power Outage Information Line at 613 738-0188

What is the best hand tool (and method) to remove nosing from solid wood treads. Stair is old and likely there is lead paint involved (the 10 coats of paint is the reason for capping) so power tools are not recommended.

I tried using a standard hand saw, which is ok until about 6” from the wall - at that point I’m sawing vertically with the blades facing away - there has to be a better way / tool.

A colleague closed on a house with a Goodman split system. Model number is MSC243E15AX/MC (AX - evaporator, MC - condensing unit). I can’t find any information on this unit, but I did find a Mitsubishi model, MSC which looks similar. Is the Goodman split a rebranded Mitsubishi (from before Daikin acquired Goodman)?

System will run for 20 min then stop. Power cycle causes it to restart and runs for another 20 min. Trying to find diagnostic info.

Anyone know if any place that has a no commitment pay-as-you-go type thing in Gatineau? Membership at GoodLife is frozen while the gyms are closed here and I NEED to get this Covid weight off ASAP.

I’m looking to build a raised bed this weekend and need some fence boards and 2x4s. I hear the Home Depot is behind in their curbside pickup. Anyone have any alternative lumber yard to recommend?

Have an orbit inline valve that won’t come on electrically. Since we are still in lockdown here, buying a new valve isn’t easy so I’m hoping to try to fix it first.

This valve is the orbit type that doesn’t have the bleed screw. To manually activate, the solenoid turns.

When manually actuated, valve turn on and zone runs no problem. When electrically actuated, controller shows around 190mA so there’s no wiring issue. When electrically actuated, the valve ‘slightly’ opens, you can hear the water squeezing by (think garden hose bent over) and water dribbles out of the micro sprays.

Not sure where to go from here