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Heat insulation of wood vs carpet
Can anybody tell me if I'm reading this corectly? I want to compare the two materials' heat insulation. According to thick hardwood has an R-value of 0.12 using SI unit (not the US unit). According to...
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Buckets stuck
Is this an engineering problem or what? Two of the buckets I use around the garden, etc. are stuck, one inside the other. I and other neighbors, strong ones, have tried like hell to separate them....
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Resurrecting sealed lead acid batteries for outside home equipment (gate)
The lawn mower chewed up the 18 volt AC wire going to the driveway gate about a year ago and I just got around to fixing it. Both batteries inside were new a year ago but both are dead as a doorknob....
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Problem with B&D Jigsaw
I have an old B&D which is OK, but when cutting in a circle, it will not hold to 90 degrees with the surface. (Blade bends out or in.) Is this the saw or the blade or both? And could someone recommend...
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OT Mountain lion killed in Conn. had walked from S. Dakota
< > DNA tests show that a 140-pound mountain lion killed last month on a Connecticut highway had walked more than 1,500 miles east from the Black Hills of South Dakota., state officials said today....
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No gravel under shed pad?
I had a quote for a concrete pad (10 x 8') and the contractor didn't quote for a gravel base. Said the ground looked sound and he was going to build it on grade. Is this typical or a short cut? Thanks
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BR Sink Revisited
I have the diagram that was posted -- it is exactly like mine. The piece labeled Horizontal Rod & Clip comes across and into the Pivot Seat & Gasket -- well I can look down the drain (about 4 inches)...
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Small engine repair advice
I have a Craftsman mower, 6hp, B&S overhead valve engine. This engine has always started on the first or second pull. Open throttle, close the manual choke, give one or two lazy pulls and it fires...
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Trusses up
passed that milestone. Now to shim to grade, and weld together supports for deck. They sure look good up there. Steve Explore deserttraveler's 12 photos on Flickr!
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To create more jobs...
... get rid of occupational licensure, says the Wall Street Journal. "Travel and tourist guides, funeral attendants, home-entertainment installers, florists, makeup artists, even interpreters for the...
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Vacuum a 3M filtrete filter?
Does anyone just fac the intake side of these filters and keep using for another few months?
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A question for plumbers
In one of our bathrooms, we have a sewer gas odor. It is coming from around the commode, not from the shower, sinks or tub. I am guessing it is probably a bad wax ring, but I am not able to tackle the...
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Telephone wires: connecting in small space
I want to modify the telephone wiring in my old house. I don't want to pull new wire (would be too hard). Rather, the previous owner has a totally screwed up bunch of connections that I want to...
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Smoke alarm?
During the night one of our smoke alarms started chirping like the battery was low. I got up and set all the clocks back one hour but it kept chirping.....any suggestions? :-) Don
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Ridgid wrench
I was going through some tools, and decided to hang up my pipe wrenches. In them, is a Ridgid wrench with a pipe wrench handle and screw assembly. But the jaws are different, kinda like those on a...
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