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3 Home Improvement Projects That Can Add Significant Equity to the House
3 Home Improvement Projects That Can Add Significant Equity to the House Typically, a do-it-yourself homeowner will constantly look for home improve ment projects that can add a significant value to...
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fuel line fitting diameter
If you know the diameter of the nipple flexible fuel line slides onto, can you tell what size line to buy? The hose on my old pump-up sprayer is stiff. It goes on a 7/16" nipple molded onto the...
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Mouse, maybe mice
Is this on topic for this group? If not, please ignore. How do you catch a mouse that simply will not be caught? Okay, there may be two of them, but my dh and daughter have done everything possible...
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All you macho guys will like this:
All you macho guys will like this: It is nearly impossible to spot the camouflaged hunters in these images. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
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OT/Immigration
I keep hearing that our immigration laws are broken, but I can't find anyone to tell me what exactly is broken. Outside of our borders being porous, what exactly is broken? We have a set amount of...
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What is a good circular loop of metal for a science project atom?
Reporting back, and thanks for your help. Here's her project, where a single tomato wire cage was turned into the standing and hanging (either way) model of the silicon atom. Protons are the walnuts....
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Aprilaire 600 humidity output
I'm extremely new here so please let me know if I'm posting things at the w rong place. I recently (3 months ago) installed a new Trane 2 stage ECM fu rnace and along with it an Aprilaire 600 whole...
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Boiler
I own a oil fed Burnham boiler. It is used for our hot water and some household heating. Is there a way I can further insulate the unit, ala an electric HW heate Blanket? I want to minimize the heat...
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Compressor trouble shooting
Got a 12 gal Sears oilless compressor from a friend of mine. And the compressor continues to give me trouble. It starts cold, runs up pressure and then won't restart. I asked friend for help. He tried...
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OT - What to do with old CDs?
I have about adozen old CDs that I no longer need or want. Ican just toss them, but thought maybe someone here had come up with other uses, like making a weird wind chime or something.
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Taking our our trash
This may be a stretch. We have two trash containers that must be put out on our street each Thursday. They have two wheels. One is for recyclables, and the other for waste materials. Until recently, I...
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Please Don't Look At My Home Project
Some really original DIY and contractor project results. http://www.ashireporter.org/HomeInspection/Articles/Wait-a-minute-/2097
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Running Diesel Gennie On Home Heating Oil: Anybody Actually Doing It?
I am seeing conflicting accounts of this. Some say "No Way"... Home heating oil is not just #2 diesel with dye added. It lacks certain lubricants and will ruin the engine. Others say "No Problem".......
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Dyson, DC4, cyclone assembly; All 7 tubes have stationary rotors?
Here's the part: US I've taken off the very top of this assemble so that the top of each of the cyclone tubes, where they narrow, can be viewed. I rinsed everything wate r to clean out all the dust...
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Gas Hot Water Heater Pilot
I live on the Connecticut shoreline, where we often have significant winds (and hurricanes). We have a gas hot water heater. When the winds come, the gusts are often strong enough to "blow" that pilot...
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