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Suspended Ceiling Tile
Does anyone still make or sell lightweight suspended ceiling tiles? I'm loo= king for the type which is made of a pad of what looks like inter-woven fib= erglass with a thin plastic veneer glued on...
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Mounting Shelf Without Damaging Walls?
I need to mount the corner shelf in this picture on my daughter's dorm room wall. I am not allowed to drill holes in the wall or damage the walls in any way. shelf is to hold a clock radio. Last year...
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OT Wells Fargo sucks again
You can not change the address of a payee. You have to delete it and re enter it. Lame Lame Lame It says....To change your payee name or address you must delete the current payee and add a new payee...
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Pool Water Pumps for Clean and Safe Swimming Pools
I have a swimming pool at home and I want it to be always clean and safe to= use. That is why I bought water pumps from Pump Solutions Australasia, th= e leading wholesaler of pumps for industrial and...
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Carpet mildew at another church
The "disaster recovery" guys around here do a pretty good job with extractors (basically high powered wet vacs), powerfull fans, and big dehumidifiers. They use some kind of disinfectant type spray...
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Homing device may lead to fine
While ignorance of the law is no excuse, ignorance of the facts is. Unless the state can show he SHOULD have known the fish was protected, he's off the hook (unlike the fish).
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What paint for plumbing bookcase?
A friend got this link to a cute modernistic bookcase. I'm wondering what kind of pipe and fittings and what kind of black paint might have been used, so the paint doesn't flake of 1 week after set...
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getting drywall to 2nd floor without a boom truck
No truck, no real steps, just pull down attic type. I can open up a 2'x8' bay of the gable end wall. Is there a fairly easy way to do this? It has to go up about 10.5'. Getting a boom truck will be...
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New car cheaper than used
As a follow up on a recent truck buying thread, I got this in my mail this morning Cars May Be Less Expensive Than Used, Says Edmunds By | Last updated Aug 12, 2011, 9:58 am In tough economic times it...
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Skylight leak, 2nd post (with pics)
I started removing the wet sheetrock around my skylight to try and find out exactly where the leak is coming from. I found the leak coming from the bottom 2 corners of the skylight. It might be hard...
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Lock plate question
I am changing the knobs and locks on the doors of my house. The metal plate on the door jamb is screwed into the jamb where you would expect it to be, but then wraps around to the front of the jamb...
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hose leaking water?
my garden water tab is leaking when i connect it to a water hose. I have used different hose but got the same result exactly. Please see the following 2 pictures. The first one show from where the...
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Are these guys doing a professional job
I was pretty sick for about 3 years from having a transplant. I let things go. The biggest thing was the front door. Weathering caused the form for the step to rot and the step broke in half. Anyway....
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Town vs. Homeowner. Town loses.
"[Worth Township, Mich] All a homeowner wanted was to remodel his cottage. Thirteen years later, the work remains undone. But everything else in this woody lakefront resort in the Thumb has turned...
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Skylight leak, (I think I narrowed it down to glass seal, not roof)
During a heavy steady rainstorm yesterday, my skylight started to leak through the sheetrock. I have had issues with this in the past, but never this bad. The flashing around the skylight on the roof...
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