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I’ve touched on the topic of credit cards before. I am addressing this topic again because I was shopping for a new credit card today. My friend has a credit card with 4% cash back and he’s able to use his credit card to pay his rent! I looked up that card and they don’t offer it anymore. It pays to shop around once in a while to find a credit card that suits you best. One of the best things in my years of business was being able to pay for my siding supplies with credit cards. In Canada, the credit card perks are all tax exempt and not considered a taxable benefit. Are you maximizing the perks of your credit cards? Why not start today? Disclaimer- if you struggle with debt and managing credit card debt, it may be in your best interest to cut up your existing credit cards, pay off that debt and begin your journey of disciplined budgeting to only spend within your means. Thanks for sticking around for Finance Fridays. It is still a struggle for me to talk to a phone, but I am getting over that struggle one week at a time. I hope this video was beneficial to at least one person.

I prefer to do fascia repairs from the roof rather than bumping the ladder back and forth or setting up multiple ladders. I bring everything up at once, even pre-punching the fascia to lock into the trim. One trip up, secure it using stainless steel colour matched ring shanked nails and I know the fascia will be secure for the life of the house. The wind blew my ladder and moved it, thankfully I was there to catch it.

I was building a little deck in my yard, instead of setting up sawhorses in the yard, pre-cutting the was much easier and more efficient since there’s a built in work bench using my van. It worked out well. I didn’t even need to bring a saw into the yard 👌 Planning ahead makes a huge difference. Consider doing this on all your projects. Thanks for watching.

There are many different ways to do mitres in J-channel. This is my favourite way of doing it since there’s no little cut-off pieces that fall to the ground and it locks together nicely. I like to leave meat on the mitre so there is no sharp point to catch on anything and it accounts for expansion/contraction. The main thing is if you have more than one person working on the same project, every person on the crew should make it look the same for consistency on the project. If you haven’t tried it this way, give it a shot to see if you like it. You may decide to switch, or you may decide to keep doing what you’re used to. I hope this video adds value to someone. I know it’s off by 1/16” - but this is so the haters can chime in since they enjoy being negative instead of positive 😉.

I had no idea where this “experiment” would go when I started this pondering question “I wonder how long I can wear the same pair of socks for every day without washing them?” I am the guy with clean hygiene and my wife makes fun of me for drying between every toe after I shower. I change my socks daily…until this challenge. At first I kind of wanted to beat the unofficial world record (which was 55 days set by a guy named Adam Jaber in 2022). He did it ironically in the same socks - I didn’t plan this as I just went to my closet and grabbed a pair that had some cushion and crew length, I later looked up what model I was wearing 30 something days into the challenge and realized the model is the 1466 Hiker. I really just wanted a real world test to see if they would start stinking or fall apart. By the way, socks have an unconditional lifetime warranty no matter what. Even if you feel they have lost elasticity, or they get torn, just send them in and you’ll get a new pair. As I type this, I’m sitting at my in-laws house still wearing the socks and they have no idea I’ve been wearing them for 100 days straight. My mother-in-law is the kind of person that would tell me if I stunk too. So, shout out to Darn Tough for making awesome socks. I hope you’ll accept my collab invite for this reel.

This was a cool thing I saw at the Dewalt Innovation Center. Drill a hole, then auto eject the plug. The Dewalt rep advised me to wobble the drill so that the core became smaller so that I could shoot it farther. I still failed 🤣, but I had fun trying it out. It’s definitely handier than trying to pry out the core with a screwdriver. What do you guys think?

Dewalt is launching a nibbler! Watch out for it early next year! . . . . . . . .

I’ve shown this tip a few years ago - using a speeed square as a guide can make for quick and easy cuts without much thinking. I know, “real” carpenters can do it better cutting it free hand. At least this is what I’ve been told by many people in the comments. I’ve never professed to be a carpenter - I’m just a regular guy that enjoys building stuff. I hope this tip helps someone if you didn’t know this before. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for sticking around for Finance Fridays. It still stresses me out every week talking to a phone - I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to it. Please take these points I make with a grain of salt. I am not a financial expert and often go against what advisors tell me - mainly because my goal isn’t to get super rich. I am content with what I have so that leaves me with a more conservative approach to finances than most. I have played the higher risk game. I have made a lot and lost a lot of money in short periods of time. I’ve learned from those mistakes and bounced back. My hope for you is that you take the points in these videos to establish a solid approach to your own financial life and make wise decisions based on your circumstances. Every person will differ in opinion. We see that in the comment section. Read the comment section as there are others who are smarter than I who will chime in with wise advice as well. Thanks for watching. I really do hope these videos make a difference in someone’s life.

It is VERY important to follow the manufacturer’s directions during installation. For board and batten, you need to set your first nail at the top of the nailing slot so that the piece of siding hangs from it, then set the rest of the nails in the center of the nailing slot (not nailed tight). Make sure there’s a little bit of room at the top, but leave lots of room for it to expand downwards. The other error I see often is the piece of siding is just cut too long, the nails may be set loose according to manufacturer guidelines, but the siding doesn’t have room to expand because the piece was cut too long. It doesn’t take long for the siding to warp like this, even if it’s a short 3’ piece. I hope this video was informative if you didn’t know this. Thanks for watching.