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Basement Walls. Acceptable Plumbness
First of all, thanks to those that responded to my previous post. I'm preparing my house for sale and two of my basement walls will definitely need steel reinforcement beams and one will not. I'm...
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Buckling ceramic tiles
Looking at lakefront property that we know is in the flood plain. The small house was built in 1955 out of cinder blocks. The realtor says this happens every 4-5 years. Most of value is in the lot but...
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Fluorescent light buzzes
In my garage, I have a fluorescent fixture with two 40W "bulbs". It worked OK for quite a while, then began that awful buzzing. I noticed that one of the bulbs had burned out, so I removed it, but the...
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Lamp nomenclature
I need help identifying the proper nomenclature for sealed beam bulbs of various sizes and wattages. I have several hand lights that I would like to convert from the old hard to find six volt screw...
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Can welding Oxygen be used in place of medical oxygen?
Is there any difference between a tank of welding oxygen vs medical oxygen as far as purity, concentration, hazardous impurities, etc, that would render welding oxygen insufficient (or even dangerous)...
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Deoxit vs. RS tuner cleaner?
Went to Radio Crack today to pick up some Deoxit, they apparently have replaced it with a house brand tuner cleaner, anyone tried it? or should I order the real Deoxit online? Immediate application...
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Electric Meter
Power company came out today and replaced the old mechanical meter with the new fancy-schmancy one. Chatting up the meter-man, I learned: 1. The old meters are going to be junked. Not sold to Mexico...
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Red Maple and brass wool
The logging crane came by today to remove the 2 foot wide 20 foot high stump left from the chainsawing operation. They put a chain around the top, tensioned it, and a guy with the longest bladed...
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Choosing which polyurathane varnish
Both Ronseal and Dulux sell a solvent based polyurathane clear varnish. On the Dulux website they say their polyurathane is a 'trade' varnish. Is there anything to choose between the Ronseal and Dulux...
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Travertine Tile
since Travertine Tile is porous is the process for grouting any different than a glazed tile? thanks, cj
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Grout sealer [bathroom & kitchen]
My daughter just rented an apartment with ceramic tiles in the kitchen, down a hallway & in the bathroom. I recommended she get some grout sealer for it now that she's gotten it clean. [price of...
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OT: Oil Spill. There are two men...
... that have extensive experience with the oil business AND extensive experience with government bureaucracy and agency interaction. President Obama could easily call on them to bring their expertise...
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Fixing small gas leak?
We bought a used gas dryer and it came with a flex gas line. Hooked everything up and we smelled gas. Called the gas company and they came out and identified the problem as a leak in middle of the...
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Sorta OT: How to beat the parking police
I say "sorta" because the accessories used can be fabricated in a small shop. Video
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Harmonic resonance shower
I was cleaning one of my vacation rentals. I turned on the MOEN shower water control. In the middle range, where the warm water would be, there came a pulsing sound that sounded very regular and...
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