Does anyone else get the This Old House Magazine?More specifically does it make anyone else sick when they read it?I received a 5 year subscription as a gift. Not to look a gift horse in themouth, but .......I really cannot stand reading it. 90% of the magazine is ads, making itimpossible to follow. Of the remaing 10% that are articles, I find that 1/2of these "articles" are ads themselves.I am at the point that I am thinking of canceling the subscription just tosave my sanity, and maybe a tree or two Although, after everything else isread in the "library", I give it one more try each month, only to findmyself fustrated again and again. I cannot imagine how useless this magazineis. I am more confused as to the number of ads supporting this magazine,meaning that someone is reading it, but who?All I can say is never ever give this magazine as a gift, unless it is yourenemy.Roger

I find the magazine to be a well packaged and relatively "slick"publication. However, I generally agree with you that the useful content isvery low (and the ad content is very high) for such a high priced magazine.I buy it off the rack from time to time if an article interests me. Withsuch limited useful content, it only takes about 15 minutes to go cover tocover, and I don't buy the magazine very often. Reminds me of a lot ofwoodworking magazines.KB

It's just PEX tubing with a sheet of aluminum to radiate the heat into the wall. Even if it's halfway into the stud, people use long screws to hold things up. Mark L.Tom wrote:

This Old House Magazine?

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Tom 22 years ago

Mark wrote:>TOH is on the tube now and they did something very odd. They ran

I thought I noticed that, but assumed they put the exposed tubing deep enough into the stud. Dunno what the radiator's made of, or whether it'll stop a nail or screw. Tom Work at your leisure!

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MJ Wallace 22 years ago

Roger:

Re: TOH Magazine

I used to enjoy the magazine as much as enjoyed the show. However, both are getting a bit repititous (sp?). I still like the show but have stopped the magazine.

I'd scan it when it comes in, read what Norm, Tom, Rich have to say and then that's it. I used to read the articles about the house projects but you know, they are are out of date by the time I see them because the show airs ahead of the publication date. Also, I don't find any useful advice. I much prefer, as do others, Fine Homebuilding. Albeit, it's geard towards the trades but lots of good stuff year in and out. I pick up occasionally.

TOH is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year and boy have they ever changed the TV landscape. I wish them well and look forward to the future, but I'm not getting the magazine anymore.

MJ Wallace

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Mark L. 22 years ago

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Bob Martin 22 years ago

depends on your code-page.

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Charlie Self 22 years ago

Bob Martin responds:

It must...the line above contains what my machine types with Alt-0162.

Zip. Charlie Self "If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to." Dorothy Parker

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