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Teflon Tape Problem
I have never had a problem with Teflon tape for water pipe joints before. Now I did 4 joints and all 4 leaked, even after tightening them tighter than I have ever had to tighten a joint. I ended up...
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New hardwood floor questions
As noted elsewhere, I am re-doing a second floor apartment that a tenant just moved out of. Unfortunately, the previous tenant had cats and there are cat urine stains everywhere on the existing old...
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12 years ago
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OT Bastrop Tx Fire
"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386 structures by the latest official count." Read more:
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12 years ago
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LEAF BLOWERS - The cause of Tornados and Hurricanes
A TV commercial states that their leaf blower produces 250mph wind speeds. That's double or triple the wind speed of most hurricanes and tornados. It now appears that these leaf blowers are the cause...
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12 years ago
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Help fixing a tap?
My cold tap doesn't work - it just runs a dribble when turned on. When off, its off. Do I need to change a washer? Maybe I need to replace the tap? I got this far (see photo) however, when I use my...
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12 years ago
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OT - California Power Outages 2000/2001
You've got to wonder why California is buying power from Arizona.
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12 years ago
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Any Uses for Old Basement Sink?
I recently replaced our basement sink which was heavily used,and also served as the catch basin for the output from the washing machine. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas for possible uses for...
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12 years ago
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new "green" muriatic acid
Went to Lowes today to get the good stuff. They now have only "Klean- Strip" brand muriatic acid, which has a bright green label that touts it's environmental safety, and "low fumes". Of course, it...
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12 years ago
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Dumb caulking question for replacing garage door stop strip
Thought I already asked this on here, but can't seem to find it if I did... Finally got around to buying the new stop strip (the plastic stuff with the flap) for garage door, and plan to put up this...
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12 years ago
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Sillcock leaking
Have an outside sillcock that is leaking. Not from around the handle, but out of the spigot and at a rather quick rate. Tried tightening down the nuts, but to no avail. What is next?
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12 years ago
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Which exterior caulk before painting
I am going to have the entire exterior of the house painted. I want to use a quality caulk. I had a handyman repair a section or water damaged siding and he just used DAP alex painters and suggested...
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12 years ago
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Should I expect this from all house painters?
I had the outside of my house painted. I hired a company that does lots of different exterior work and is rated by lots of people as practically perfect. They didn=92t do some things I think should...
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(OT) Another Electronics Question..... CD player-NO speaker
Yesterday it was the DVR questions, today it's a portable CD player with no speaker. I bought a box of stuff at an auction for a couple bucks and was surprised to find a Phillips CD player in the box,...
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12 years ago
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One man bands
Here's some pictures of projects I did around my house. I did all but the back patio awning by myself. the container, I will lift the deck sheets with a custom made basket lifted with the hoist shown,...
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12 years ago
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next door plumbing vents
My next door -- townhouse -- neighbor and I had our roofs replaced by the same guy at the same time, about 6 years ago. She called a guy to clean her gutters and he said he found that the black rubber...
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12 years ago
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