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Kitchen Wood Floor really cold in Winter
Our house is at around 70*F temperature, but the kitchen hardwood floor gets really cold. One of my friends suggested that since the garage is right below the kitchen, its possible the garage is not...
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Centex Townhome - Heat/Cool Channeling Issue
We are in a townhome that has 3 levels, and the heat/cooling ducts run in 2 levels (on the ceiling in the bedrooms upstairs, and under the floor on the living area). Centex provided a lever in the...
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Steam out of chimney? ? ?
A little history is necessary: In 1995 our 80-year-old six-unit apartment building replaced our furnace-boiler. From the start steam came out of the chimney. That seemed to grow worse until 2004, when...
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How to shoot foam into this gap.
Hi, In the following picture, you are looking at a gap between my roof (with a skylight) and an interior stone wall (which used to be exterior before the addition). The roof structure is old and the...
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What to do about this stone?
Hi, Remodeling my kitchen, have part of what used to be an external wall (before a prev owner built an addition) exposed. It looks like this: would like to leave to fix it up and leave it exposed. Can...
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Carpet estimate
I pulled up some 2' square super commercial (like $40/yd) carpet that got wet from hurricane Ike. It was, of course, glued down and had been for a couple of years. But the glue was more like...
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Water heater temperature regulation
I had a new GE 40 gal gas water heater installed, replacing an old unit. We noticed right away that the water temperature in the shower often needs adjustment when we step in the shower (after the...
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small roofing repair
I have a ranch house that has a small decorative gable (I think that's what it's called). It's like a short (maybe 2 feet tall) and wide (maybe 7 feet across) section of roof that juts...
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15 years ago
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Sears Garage Door Opener problem, and questions
I have an older , Sears, chain operated garage door opener. Mechanically, the door is working fine, but I have a problem with the two safety sensors that beam a light across the bottom edge of the...
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gas fireplace goes out ! solution
remove stones (if any) from the base of the fireplace. carefully scrub all metal surfaces with fine steel wool. This includes the base, gas tubes, metal log holder(s),pilot holder and any other metal...
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Whirlpool Super Capacity 465 Oven Issue
My GF turned on her oven the other day and smelled burning electrical and smoke coming from under the control panel near the "oven" control. No smoke came from the inside of the oven. The other range...
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electric stove burner always on
I purchased a used flat-top electric stove. One of the burns is always on even when the knob is in the off position. How do I go about diagnosing and fixing the problem? Thanks!
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Industrial vacuum cleaners stolen
"[UK] Police have issued a warning after vacuum cleaners containing asbestos were stolen from a college on Teesside. " Oh well. BBC NEWS | UK | England | Tees | Asbestos-filled vacuums stolen
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Thermostat placement
I have a Tri-level home with two separate furnaces and air conditioning units. One unit controls the lower two levels and another the upstairs level. The lower unit has a thermostat located at the...
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OT Plane Crash because of Birds
Off Topic, but hardware related. It's been all over the news about the plane that crashed into a river in (I think) New York. They said it was caused by birds flying into the engine. Then they...
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