I am endlessly impressed by the several gadgets and products that I find at the large box hardware stores.
- I will walk inside looking for a quart of paint or a pack of light bulbs and then I’ll see the displays they put up in between the aisles.
Although I am never swooned by the fancy power tools and turf mowers, sometimes I like to use some of the smaller items like water test kits and face masks for bleach cleaning. I even found a cheap weather station 1 year while in the holiday season that gives full indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, wind speed, and more. If you have troubles with HVAC consistency in your cabin when you go from 1 room to the next, these weather stations can be great at providing measurements on temperature differences throughout the house. Because our ventilation plan is aged and hasn’t been cleaned in decades, I sometimes have troubles with dust getting discabind and making its way into our cabin as it leaves the ceiling vents. Last year the large chain hardware store was offering a sale on this special item for fan forced air HVAC duct. They are these tiny foam filters that you can put inside ceiling registers to catch any dust, pollen, or mold particulate that is inside the HVAC duct and consistently falling into your air plan as the HVAC cycles. They are relatively cheap and take only a few hours to install, as long as you have a ladder that can reach and the dexterity to unscrew the plate cover with the appropriate style of screw driver. I didn’t notice a big difference after installing them, however I legitimately felt like I was coughing a lot less than before.