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Driveway Paving
Hello, Before I start getting Congtractors in, would like to ask all of you experts: For a typical home driveway re-do: What should the depth of the gravel beneath the asphalt that the Contractor...
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Moving a deck and pool
My parents have a 4 year old 16x32 doughboy oval pool. They have torn the liner inadvertantly cleaning it and have decided they dont want it anymore. They just put a salt water system in it last year....
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65 Year Old House with a Cypress Library- how to care, clean, maintain-
I have an older house, 65 years old, with a library made of cypress.. Cypress shelves, and cypress walls... what is the best way to take care of the wood? I have never put any type of cleaning agent...
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Diverter valve
In a bathroom redesign I am looking for a diverter valve which will take water from temperature and volume control valve and direct it to: - an upper shower head, or - a lower shower head, or - a hand...
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Get the right tool for the job or 30 years in da pen
If he would have used a Harbor Freight Multifunction tool instead of a circular saw he wouldn't be facing 30 years: The latest headlines and information from Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade...
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Paint for metal
In another life, from 1984 to 1995, I was a steel erection contractor. During that time, I bought enamel meant to paint ornamental metal, and just about any other metal from the local Las Vegas...
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Proper way to affix 6 pound sledge to hickory handle (metal & wood wedge in slot)?
My 6-pound sledge handle broke trying to split heavy (but still wet) oak (which is another story altogether). So I bought, for $19 + tax, a hickory "round" sledge handle which had a slot at the top,...
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Headphone cable 'shock absorber'
I've go the older version of these headphones- the bit of elastic that clutches the cable a few inches from the earpiece and puts the strain on the elastic instead of the wire when I catch the cable...
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Seeking a well education
Ok, here are the basics: You have a standard cased well with a submersible pump down hole. How far down hole is anyone's guess since a submersible pump can be use in both shallow and deep wells. The...
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concrete forms
Bit of a simple question, I hope: I want to form for a 10x8' concrete pad for a shed. The spot I want the shed in has a bit of a slope. I believe it to be about 4-5" over a 10' run. The problem thus...
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Driveway oil stain removal
A sealing company came by a week before the sealing job and brushed a thick black shiny paste on the areas with oil spots. In a few days the spots were completely gone. I don't remember if the paste...
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House Paint Peeling Questions
hello, We are getting to the point where our house needs to be re-painted. Have a latex paint on house now; about 10 years old since last paint job. There is "meaningful" paint peeling in spots, and...
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For Anyone With Comcast Phone & Internet
Hello, So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps. Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service. Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone service. Now...
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Termites can be useful
"Kenneth McLeod, who has died aged 92, was captured by the Japanese in the Second World War and was one of the last surviving veterans who worked on the bridge over the River Kwai." [...] "Mr McLeod...
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Two Mobile Home Questions (from Non-Mobile Home Owner)
1) If a home is on a foundation, is there a way to access floor-based forced-heating/cooling? I'm amazed by the feces, cigarette butts, mold, dust, cooking grease, pet hair I find when I visit these...
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