The last couple of days, when I press the flush button in the toilet, all the water swirls around the bowl, rises a little, and leaves. Of course, at first, I worked with a plunger, then I just took...
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I'm building a self-contained semi-portable device. It will perform the following functions: Provide 300W of true sine 235VAC power Illuminate a room during a power cut, or provide a work lamp where...
This last weekend I installed some Halo retrofit LED kits into some can lights that are approximately 45 years old. (Pretty sure they were from Sears because they still had the Sears incandescent...
I need to replace a set of steps that have a rise of 25" and a width of 53". The stairs land on a sloped concrete carport and the slope across the 53" is 2 inches. How do I approach this? The current...
Bungalow has a conservatory added. Simple concrete base. Bungalow has a subfloor void with subfloor airbricks to 2 opposing sides. One of these airbricks vents into conservatory so has been blocked. A...
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yesterday was a good day for taking a few pictures of the bulk beans and getting the pictures edited and posted to the website. :) this one shows the difference in color between the Purple Dove beans...
Missing one 120 volt leg of 240 volt system due to wire disconnect at transformer due to wind storm. Problem is now fixed by power company. But something is driving me crazy. Why, when the one 120...
When it comes to "cross-pollination," it's for more than just the bees! The English have long been renowned for their landscape gardening, with countless fantastic examples. But did you know that some...
Looking for a replacement grill to a Electromode wall heater, Model WJA-12. Is this possible to find ?
Although my workshop is not badly lit (couple of 8' tubes, and a pair of 5' ones in a 12'x17' space) - it still has dark corners or places where you end up working in your own shadow. Any good...
Hi there, In summary - what is the best way of getting rid of silver fish. Any over the counter solutions? Since having a new bathroom fitted which is tiled, I have noticed there are always about 4...
I would like to be able to get up to the gutters / soffits on this two story Victorian cottage and don't currently have a suitable ladder. This wouldn't be for any extended work, just replacing a...
How does "salvage title" work anyway? A neighbor got rear ended such that her five thousand dollar 2000 model year vehicle was "totaled" and yet still driveable such that she's keeping it. The...
The crawl space in my 80 year old house has about a foot of space in it. I need to dig it out so I can get in there and do some work. Are there any power tools or equipment which I can rent which will...
We had tenants in our house for 6 months, and they obviously did a lot of frying. The metal mesh filters in the oven extractor hood are very clogged up with grease. I know from experience that these...
Right, I need to drop some networking and coaxial cables down from the loft into a bedroom. Drilling a hole in the ceiling wall plate is easy from the loft side to pass said cables through. half way...
Did either contractor talk about dust partitions? TB Been there. Worst plumbing job I had was when I replaced cast iron DWV in a laundromat w/concrete floor. Had to dig a ditch. Hired a helper and...
Hello, My house has those funny brown tiles on the concrete floor, I am about to fit a new floor: either wood or carpet, I haven't decided, and I am not sure whether to remove the tiles or not. If...
Sadly the budget just won't stretch to the proper repair of our sorry fence posts and there are 2 sagging now after the last winds. I'm thinking that to keep things as best I can, if I could rig...
hello, I got up this morning to fill up the coffee pot and my kitchen sink faucet isn't working. Both hot and cold open full and no water. The upstairs and down stairs toilets work as does the sink in...
A year or so ago a new water meter was installed and when I turned the kitchen faucet on it sounded like it was ripping apart. I call it chattering or chugging. It was a heavy vibrating that seemed to...
Put brand new batteries in the unit and it still flashes "Repl Bat". Cleaned the contacts and checked the batteries. What to look for? Chuck Botts wrote in news:2b4a3$517dc252$45499b77$ Check the...
Ok doorbell started randomly ringing every so often and chime box buzzes and hums off and on (old house regular wired doorbell) so I figured the button was bad..,I went out and disconnected the button...
In the winter I want to turn on my faucets a trickle to prevent pipes from freezing. However, faucets are not designed to meter small amounts of water flow, so it is tricky to let out small amounts of...
I have a hole saw, 2" in diameter that is fastened to a drill bit with a nut that secures the bit to the cylndrical cutter. How does one get it apart? The cutter looks like a small tin can with one...
I removed one wheel successfully, but can not remove the 2nd wheel off my grinder. How do I remove the thing? Thanks. One wheel nut is counter-thread. Try turning it opposite direction. Already tried...
Does anybody have a strategy for removing leaves from a mulch bed without losing tons of mulch. I have a lot of trees on my property and on the surroundingplots of land. I have had a lot of leaf...
My GE Profile dishwasher worked just fine on Saturday. When I tried to run it on Sunday, the display read "2h" instead of the number of minutes remaining in the cycle. It clearly has power, but it...
Hi there My Honeywell Chronotherm III shows "- AC" and blinking "TEMPORARY". Any ideas why and what can be done to fix it? I changed the batteries - it did not help. Thank you in advance, Alex....
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