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New Home Depot store security
New Home Depot store security I went to home depot today. searching for a employee to get some wire cut, couldnt find anyone close by electrical. did find the store full of a new security system. It...
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brick with holes - filler
I have a bunch of extra bricks (actually leftover from the construction of the house) that is used as a garden barrier. what I want to know if there is something that I can fill the 3 holes of each...
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12 years ago
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Block Heater
To get one installed or no. First year in Northern New Brunswick and I hear it can get to as low as -20c some nights
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Duraglas Repair of Window Sill
Last night, I took out the old single pane wooden picture window (48" x 54") to see what I'll be up against when I install the VRW picture window this weekend. In one lower corner where the old...
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12 years ago
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2-inch drain line backflow preventer?
I own a rental property that has a basement with a laundry sink, and I am wondering if there is such a thing as a drain line backflow preventer that I can install in the laundry sink drain line to...
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12 years ago
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Rookie Fun, Revised
Really? I've seen plenty of adjustable wrenches with metric scales on (I have one, made by Draper IIRC) - but not a pipe wrench. I didn't think that pipe wrenches generally *had* scales (which is, I...
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12 years ago
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Need to install a grab-bar in shower. Advice?
My mother-in-law is having shoulder-replacement surgery following a particularly bad fall, and I need to install a grab bar for her in the shower. Her house was built in the '70s I believe, and the...
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12 years ago
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Did I ruin my mower?
I have a DR self propelled trimmer with a Briggs and Stratton motor. According to instructions, I removed the4 spark plug to put a little oil in the cylinder for the winter. In putting the plug back...
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12 years ago
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Toro Lawn Mower hard to start
My Toro Personal Pace mower is 9 years old and has always started on the first or second pull of the starter cord. Not so this year. I sent it out for maintenance, and when I got it back after being...
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12 years ago
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Fiberglass Repair of Old Iron Soilpipe
Hi- I have just finished coating an old iron soil pipe with fiberglass cloth. The pipe was badly blistered and I felt it would start to leak in several places soon. A problem has occurred because in...
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12 years ago
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Fixture bad -- or "wiring?" How to tell?
So, a couple of years ago, I did a major home remodel. Electrician was OK, but he loved to "screw with things," that did not seem to need "screwing with." And, he got a bit testy when I said I would...
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12 years ago
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Cut rubber flap?
I got a replacement flap for a dog door that is made from recycled tire rubber. Damned thing is out-of-spec, a little too long for the dog door, bottom drags over aluminum frame, makes it very hard...
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12 years ago
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OT: Wall Street goniffs - where are they now?
At this link: will find a list of the big crooks in the Wall Street/too-big-to- fail Bank disaster that wrecked our economy. Did any of the perps get punished? Hah, hah, and yet again, hah! HB
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Tell-A-Phone
What should I Tell it?
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12 years ago
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Fun With Rookies
Sent a new hire to get the pipe stretcher. After 20 minutes he asked "what does it look like".
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12 years ago
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