Lessons in Liberty with Tim Torok

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 13 of . Lag Screw Limbo on Wednesday, 05/29/2024, at 18:54 EDT.

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 12 of . More Trial and Error at Play! on Wednesday, 05/29/2024, at 18:24 EDT.

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 11 of on Tuesday, 05/28/2024, at 20:38 EDT. 1. Interfragmentary compression.
 2. A 2 x 6 to Nowhere.
 2A. Lag screws versus structural screws in action. 
3. Carriage bolts, and carrying on.
 4. More fasteners, more problems.

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 10 of on Memorial Day Monday, 05/27/2024, at 18:59 EDT. 1. Balusters. 2. The ins and the outs of lag screws. 3. The mushy middle, and the future. 4. Carriage bolts and structural screws.

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 9 of on Sunday, 05/19/2024, at 20:02 EDT. 1. Once again I did not anticipate! 2. Pilot holes. 3. Carrying on.

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 8 of on Sunday, 05/19/2024, at 18:25 EDT. 1. Home Depot 36 inch x 2 inch Pressure-Treated Southern Yellow Pine Wood Square End Balusters 2. Pressure-treated lumber 3. Tape measure and blue crayon 4. Drill, baby, drill!

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 7 of on Saturday, 05/18/2024, at 19:20 EDT. 1. Metal posts taken down. 2. Screws added and nails tightened down. 3. Time to press on.

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 6 of on Saturday, 05/18/2024, at 17:14 EDT. 1. Correction. Stair stringer versus stair riser, and the structure of the stair frame. 2. Home Depot 72 in. x 32.5 in. Pressure-Treated Southern Yellow Pine Pre-Assembled Aluminum Balusters Rail Kit. 3. Screws, the metal posts, and next steps.

Lessons in Liberty Plumbing. Seeing the Daylight Through the Toilet Paper Jungle on Friday, 05/17/2024, at 00:16 EDT. 1. Switching back to a copper and PEX hybrid. 2. What does the SharkBite, QuickFitting, and copper future hold? 3. The hot water heater is fired back up. 4. Still getting hot water with no hot water heater powered on.

Lessons in Liberty Plumbing. The Process of Elimination Reveals…Dihydrogen Monoxide! and the Forthcoming QuickFitting on Thursday, 05/16/2024, at 23:25 EDT.

Lessons in Liberty Plumbing. Wonky Wonka Water Leakage Test on Thursday, 05/16/2024, at 22:36 EDT. 1. Correction! Battery terminal cleaning brushes.
 2. SharkBite fittings’ effects on pipes. 
 3. Trial and error at its finest. 
 3A. Hard work will eventually pay off. 
 3B. Hairbrained plumbing prowess.
 4. QuickFitting.
 5. Soldering.
 6. Black iron pipe.
 7. Thomas Edison.
 7A. Quotes. 
 7B. Milan, Ohio.
 8. The pros and the cons of artificial light and electromagnetic radiation.
 9. Correction: PEX insert, or PEX stiffener — not PEX expander. 
 10. Rebuilding Humpty Dumpty.
 11. Potential new nickname? 
 12. Foiled again, for now.

Lessons in Liberty Plumbing. Trying Out the New SharkBite Max Reducing Tee from Home Depot, and Connecting the Lincoln Logs on Thursday, 05/16/2024, at 06:41 EDT. Flash flood warning in effect. And elbow drainage? Drat!

Lessons in Liberty Plumbing. Mise en Place Completed Pre-Home Depot Trip on Thursday, 05/16/2024, at 01:02 EDT.

Lessons in Liberty Plumbing. Tracing the Home's Water Supply Line, and Next Steps on Thursday, 05/16/2024, at 00:22 EDT. 1. Damaged SharkBite reducing tee.
 2. New SharkBite Max 3/4” ball valve placement, and potential water pooling.
 3. Still no hot water, but tracing the home’s water supply line.
 3A. Water pressure tank.
 3B. Culligan water softener system.
 3B1. Processes involved.
 3C. Septic tank system.
 4. Electrical lines. 
 5. Next steps coming up.

Lessons in Liberty Plumbing. Trying to Find Daylight in the Moonlight on Wednesday, 05/15/2024, at 23:02 EDT. 1. Hybrid game plan. 
 2. Copper versus PEX, the pros and the cons in detail.
 2A. PEX straight runs available at Home Depot and Lowe’s. 
2A1. Lowe’s SharkBite PEX straight runs.
 2B. Patina.
 3. The different types of copper pipe explained. 
 4. Gravity and water pressure.
 5. Cutting pipe.
 5A. RIDGID 1/4 inch to 1-1/8 inch Close Quarters Copper, Aluminum, Brass, and Plastic Tubing Cutter versus a C-style tubing cutter.
 6. Base metals.
 7. Deburring.
 7A. 3 different methods.
 7A1. Reamers explained, and a correction made in a subsequent video tomorrow.
 8. Julius Caesar’s ghost haunts us again.
 9. General Wonka’s call to learning and achieving wisdom.
 10. Close quarters and C-style pipecutters’ results.
 11. The importance of fully connecting the pipe to the fitting.
 11A. 1 SharkBite con in comparison to water pressure.
 12. “Measure twice, and cut once.” 
 13. Reviewing and revisiting the final vision.
 13A. Shower baths’ drawbacks.
 14. Copper’s, PVC’s, CPVC’s, and ABS’ “veracity, ” and playing Legos.
 15. RIDGID, Milwaukee, and DeWalt brands.
 16. SharkBite fittings versus soldering.
 17. PEX stiffener, and PEX lessons learned.
 18. Galvanized steel.
 19. Roadblock.

It's Alive! Part 2 of 2 on Wednesday, 05/15/2024, at 20:44 EDT. Bloodsuckers Day 3 of .

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 5 of on Monday, 05/13/2024, at 20:01 EDT. 1. Rust. 2. Environmental stress factors. 1. Temperature and water. 1. The path of least resistance and gravity. 3. Metal posts.

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 4 of on Monday, 05/13/2024, at 19:23 EDT. 1. Supercilious screws. 2. Forward march.

Fixing My Family's Pool Stairs Part 3 of on Monday, 05/13/2024, at 19:09 EDT. What's In Your Pool Stairs Railing Post?

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 2 of on Monday, 05/13/2024, at 19:04 EDT. 1. Stripping apart the railing posts. 2. DeWalt 20 Volt Max Cordless Reciprocating Saw. 3. Loose steps.

It’s Alive! Part 1 of 2 on Monday, 05/13/2024, at 18:19 EDT.

Fixing My Family’s Pool Stairs Part 1 of on Monday, 05/13/2024, at 18:12 EDT. 1. My family’s aboveground pool and its pool stairs. 2. Structural settlement and the railings. 3. Rust and iron oxide. 4. Stair framing 101 — stair stringer, not stair riser. 5. Nails versus screws. 6. Environmental stress and tensile stress. 7. Getting going.

My Hand Gripper Just Told Me That It Was Stressed Out 🤷‍♂️ on Sunday, 05/05/2024, at 10:45 EDT. Metal fatigue and fractures explained.

Lessons in Liberty Plumbing: Reviewing the DeWalt 20 Volt Max Heat Gun (Model #DCE530B) on the 1/2” PEX-A, and Next Steps on Sunday, 05/05/2024, at 07:45 EDT.

Lessons in Liberty Plumbing: Testing Out the DeWalt 20 Volt Max Heat Gun (Model #DCE530B), and Copper Versus CPVC Versus PEX Versus PVC on the 1/2” PEX-A on Sunday, 05/05/2024, at 06:51 EDT.