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Tying in baseboard and sanitary casing
Hi, All the doors in my house are dressed the same: 3/4 sanitary casing with cabinet head. I also have 3/4 baseboard. I'm replacing the casing on a couple of doors. The problem is that sanitary casing...
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Bought too much paint
I purchased a 5gal. bucket of Valspar Duramax exterior paint. I can't return it because it was color tinted. I wasn't able to sell it when the weather was nice. Now that the weather has gone to the...
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Water well
What is the least amount of water (gallons per minute) a family of 4 needs out of a well? I know you can't have too much. But what is the least? Hank
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Bernz-O-Matic question
I've got one of the torch heads, a simple one with just a valve. It hasn't been working right for a while, but I just use it to start the fireplace. The flame coming out is yellow. This evening, the...
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plug-in GFI's?
Do they make plug-in GFI's? Like they make plug in surge supressors and plug-in adapaters from 3 pin plugs to 2 slot receptacles, it should be easy to make a plug-in, point of use GFI, but I havent'...
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Water and house exterior
We live in a tri-level house that has a apparently has a crack or issue somewhere in the front of the house. When we get an inch or more rain in a 24 hour period, we get water build up somewhere...
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Electrical Outlet Question
I have my Christmas lights plugged into several outside GFCI electrical outlets. They do have waterproof covers on them, but with the lights being plugged into the outlet, I don't believe it is...
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Wireless weather station
Hi, Revisiting beaten path. Tired of looking out to read the dial. Just for reading outside temperature, any recommendation/suggestion? TIA,
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"Shake-proof" light bulbs?
I replaced my front lamp post a few months ago. The new one uses a standard light bulb (not the mini bulbs the previous fixture used). Problem is, the wind shakes the post and my bulbs are only...
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OT - Flashlight for review
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14 years ago
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Chain saw questions
My friend has come by a big roll of chain saw chain, a breaker, and maybe even a sharpener. Is this similar to a motorcycle chain breaker that uses a screw to force the pin out, or does one use a...
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Dual-saw
Have seen that 'Dual-saw' advertised on TV. Lots of questions! Any good? Specialised uses? Under powered? May be worm drive? Seems expensive, for what it is, (around $180) as advertised on TV? Main...
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dead oven
Hi folks, this is my first time to ask a question. I have a 5 year old Amana natural gas stove. It worked perfectly on Thanksgiving. Today, although the burners work, and the broiler works, the oven...
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Must I gut the bathroom?
The house is around 70 years old, an 18' rowhouse. The bathroom is 5' x 11'. They built it with a stall shower and bathtub and the plan is to get rid of the shower and use the tub for both. That frees...
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Theives
Theives have access to the internet on models of safes equipment to crack the safe & security systems not to mention books on the subject. Portable light weight safes better be mounted to the floor...
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