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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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Indiana State Fair stage collapse
Sort of off topic since it's not an issue for home repair, but sort of on topic since it has to do with construction. I'm sure you've seen the collapse on tv, and its all over the internet especially...
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Drilled a hole I shouldn't have
Situation is that SWMBO wanted me you put up curtain rods over two 8' high by 6' wide sliding doors. Packaged with the rods and #8 x 1-1/4 screws are some plastic anchors which resemble white tubes...
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Cameron must go
If these riots and millionaire Cameron's Syria-like response to the mayhem * doesn't make his govenment fall, what will it take? *plus antagonizing the police by cutting their funding HB
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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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