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Google is not your friend
"[RIVERHEAD, N.Y.] A town on New York's Long Island is using Google Earth to find backyard pools that don't have the proper permits. The town of Riverhead has used the satellite image service to find...
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JB Weld problem
I have bought 6 JB Weld kits. (by kit, i mean the two tubes). I'm using the JB Kwik (fast dry stuff), to plug nail holes in some used corrigated roofing tin. It works great, except for some reason in...
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Crayon on walls and doors
Someone kid put crayon all over the walls and doors in my rental property. What's the best way to remove it before repainting?
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Balancing A Ceiling Fan
This isn't a How-To? post...this is a victory story. My son moved into an apartment in a really old house this weekend. The ceiling fan in the dining room has a downrod of about 6" and wobbled like...
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PAR38 CLFL with frosted glass
Are there any CFLs in size PAR38 with frosted glass? I looked at Home Depot and Lows, and the only ones in PAR38 have clear glass. (I did find PAR30 CFL with frosted glass.)
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Click Lock Hardwood Flooring
I thought of replacing my carpets with the new click-lock engineered hardwood flooring. The ads say it is easier to install than the glue-down hardwood flooring. All my flooring is on a slightly above...
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Bosch 36v hammerdrill?
At one point, they were on sale at Tool Authority for $170 shipped (US) including two big lithium-ion batteries and a charger. Did anyone buy it? Did you find a defect? I noticed that one of the...
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HF Multi Tool replacement sanding pads
Harbor Freight finally started stocking the sanding pad attachment for their Multifunction Tool. Listed as "New Item" on the shelf, and it doesn't show up searching the HF website. Item #67709. Price...
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Tile Saw Question
I got a large tile saw. The bed is about 24 , 36 inches, the blade, probably around ten inches. The depth of cut allows me to cut standard pavers, about the thickness of a brick, 2.5". My other one...
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Update on sand filter & cloudy 10k gal swimming pool
The pool is all back to normal but I had to do the full Clear-Floc vacuum method. I didn't raise the PH to 8 but it seems to work just fine anyway. The Clear-Floc as a filter aid just didn't cut it...
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One circuit often blows
Lately, one circuit on my box blows. It covers the microwave and regular oven. I could understand it blowing when another heat-using appliance, like toaster oven or toaster runs at same time as...
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Air conditioning/water help
I have a 12 year old Carrier weathermaster 9200. It has been a good unit. I have it installe din the crawl space with insulated flexible duct. To make a long story short, my duct work is wet. Soem...
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Circ saw
As a follow-up to a recent thread (re replacing DW with Bosch) where a comment about left blade circular saws came up.... At the time it occurred to me that both my corded and cordless models were...
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Holey motor, Batman!
I'll admit, I don't remember who suggested it. Dufus, or Bub? Drill a hole or two in a motor, to allow for cleaning or lubricating. Today I pulled apart a dehumidifier, which I'd picked off the curb...
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tempered glass for windows?
I just priced the windows for the last room in my 100 yr old house. One of the options the salesman offered was tempered glass. My first instinct was 'sure, why not?' -- but the more I think about it,...
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