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Foundation Repair (or not?)
My house is in the New Orleans area, 35 years old, and built on a slab. A house nearby had serious foundation issues but I believe mine are relatively minor. Around 10 years ago we replaced the carpet...
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Garden Hose Reels ?
Hi, Anyone have any opinions re what brand to consider, what to stay away from, on garden hose reels. The kind with the wheels. The ones I'ver seen that are under $ 50 or so all seem to be really...
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13 years ago
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Swimming Pool Sand Filter ? Cloudy water on start up.
For those that responded to the last post: The pool is running exceptionally well with the Phos-Free. Nice, clear and no algae. I'm still shocking weekly, but with half as much chlorine, and I dump...
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13 years ago
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Ideas on killing ants.
First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it away and put Grants ant traps in it=92s place. The ants would eat the poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the...
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Maytag Series Nine Gas Water Heater Loud Noises When Heating
I got a new Maytag 40 gallon water heater (HRN4940TN) about 2.5 years ago. At about the two year mark it started making loud metallic clanking sounds when heating. Called maytag and played the noises...
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13 years ago
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Water Softener Gunk. Toss it?
Maybe 4 years ago we had someone service our water softener, and they replaced maybe 8-12 gallons of dark gunk that looks like fine grained black sand. It glistens in the sunlight. The service man...
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13 years ago
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Part For KitchenAid KDS-18
Pump motors are not available anymore (they were at $339). So I need bearings, and they seem to be non-standard. NSK 203 is on the bearings (ID .750",OD 1.575",W .475") I have found a seal kit on...
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13 years ago
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Kenmore DW - Round Two?
Thanks all for the suggestions. I did follow them and assured that there is a good 122 VAC arriving at the connection box. The connection to the DW wires are clean and secure (now). But, still no...
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13 years ago
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Whos used Lanco Pure White Elastomeric Roof Paint (over black asphalt shingles) with sucess ?
I see Home DePot carries it. Easy to apply ? Lasts long time ? Stays bright white for a long time ? Tips ? Thanks.
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13 years ago
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leveling a floor
I have 1929 house on a stone/concrete foundation and plaster walls. I'm working on leveling the floor in one of the rooms. It's impossible to level this just with jacking as it will cause unevenness...
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patching plywood deck
I have a 9"x18" section that has delaminated. I tore it out down to good plywood to a depth of .18". I have some plywood and 9" solid pine stock I could "plane" down (multiple passes with a dado...
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Asphalt repair still soft
I had a big tree root growing underneath my driveway. I took up all the asphalt, cut out the tree root, and made everything all level again. I kept the small stone underneath as a base. I used a hand...
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13 years ago
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Any other use for golf-cart charger?
I have two 36 volt, 20 amp golf-cart chargers that no one else in town would be interested in repairing. One broke ten years ago, one two weeks ago, and the business which owns them have already...
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Dishwasher power gone???
I have a Kenmore Elite DW and today is has no power. I checked the breaker for its dedicated circuit and it was not tripped. I reset it anyway. There were no other breakers tripped. I thought before I...
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Charging Battery On Garden Tractor
Did a stupid thing and ran down the battery. Now it's on a 12V 2/6 amp charger. Every two hrs., I remove the charger from the AC source, negative ground clamp, and positive clamp and attempt to crank...
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