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Outdoor solar string lights
Hi, Does any company make solar powered string lights to use during the holidays and e.g. to light pathways. Thanks!
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OT. Giant TV screens,,
have been set up in the streets of cities where riots/looting has occurred in the UK Pictures shown taken from CCTV of looters etc for IDing them. They must be mental, we have more CCTV here than...
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Forced Air/Return air filters Advice please...
I have a 120 000 btu mid effcient furnance, mid 90s. Also a central air tied into this as well. The original return air filter box is an old electro-air electronic filter that no longer works. The...
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How to Discourage a Skunk?
How to Discourage a Skunk? I've been googling the subject and found a lot of disjointed input. Thought I'd try to focus the issue and get some ideas about the relative merits. My yard is fenced on two...
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[SOLVED] Drive wheel frozen on self-propelled mower
My self-propelled mower's drive wheel on the right side froze up. It was working okay last week and now nada. I tried to take the wheel off the see if I could see anything and it wouldn't come off....
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Drywall Joints Showing - Sometimes
I recently remodeled a room that included hanging drywall. I used lightweight joint compound and did the normal things such as taping, applying compound, and sanding. I put on two coats of quality...
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Paving Driveway: Minimum Outside Temp's. ?
Hello, Live outside of Boston, For a typical home complete driveway re-do, can the hot asphalt be put down in the Fall season O.K. ? Or, should it be done only in the hot summer months. Paving...
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E.P.A. Bans Sale of Imprelis - Tree-Killing Herbicide
The Environmental Protection Agency banned the sale on Thursday of Imprelis, a weed killer introduced this year that landscapers link to thousands of tree deaths around the country. DuPont, which held...
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Gravel shed installation
Hi, What are the pros and cons of the over-the-gravel installation of sheds, as in 'm looking to have an 8x10 shed built. Thanks! Sam http://www.quakersheds.com/portfolio/index.html
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Slider window problem
My wife recently acquired her former step father's house. When he built it in 1996, he used all slider windows from Better Built. All work OK except one...it will not close entirely, lacks about 3/4"...
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Measurements for retrofit windows
Hi all! I'm hoping to get some advice about measuring for retrofit windows... I decided to have a handyman install my windows to save some money over the big box stores. That means I have to measure...
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Little fridge/freezer mystery
Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very difficult to spoon out. On day 2, ice cream is very soft, easy to spoon. On day 3,...
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Paint Sprayer ?
I have never used a paint sprayer before. I have a wooden shed, and a large gazebo (with many spindles, that would take a long time to paint with a brush), and I was wondering if I should try a basic...
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May I compare my well water setup to yours (3,094 usable gallons)
I'm confused. I just ran out of water. It's dry season, and it's a new house (to me) and the water tanks are 'empty' and the wells are barely re-filling them. I ran some calculations which, if I may,...
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OT Federal Budget n understandable terms
Don't rush to close this. We all get tired of the big numbers...beyond our comprehension (and Congress' and BO's, too, apparently) but after the big numbers below it is pared down by removing 8 zeroes...
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