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Charcoal smell from electric clothes dryer?
I noticed a new odd behavior from my 10 year old electric Kitchen Aid dryer, the clothes smell like charcoal or lighter fluid. I checked the lint trap and it was empty. Is this a symptom of some...
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kinda ... sorta ... almost home repair question
Hi All, Picked up a tonneau cover for my Tacoma work truck. Unfortunately, my tool boxes are a few inches too tall to use an ordinary bedslider. The tonneau cover will not close. Have any of you folks...
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TSA scanners - owned by former Chief Chertoff
up the renewed push for those controversial, clothes-penetrating scanners at airports is former homeland security secretary Michael Chertoff. His consulting firm represents companies who make the...
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TSA-patdown leaves traveler covered in urine...OT
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Humidifier Recommendation
I've scheduled a furnace replacement for next month. It will be a 95% high efficiency natural gas unit. The contractor wanted an additional $600 to install an Aprilaire 600 whole house humidifier. The...
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Can a Remote Control Thermostat replace My Existing Thermostat?
Hello Everyone, I'm thinking about buying a remote control thermostat for my bedroom but want to be sure the unit I buy will is compatible with my thermostat. I'm disabled and once in bed, cannot get...
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Backflow check valve necessity?
Durring renovations of my home eight years ago, my contractor installed a water backflow prevention valve on my water heater. I think he told me it was required by code at the time, so I didn't think...
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Way OT: Loon Over MyYammy
I went to HEB [a local food market chain] tonight. I got a cart from the outside cart collection. I passed a mountain of yams - six for a dollar. "Hmm," said I, "that seems reasonable." So I bagged up...
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Black Friday at the Dollar Store
"Another thing you can do along the same lines, is buy a larger metal bucket, build up the bottom with newspaper, top with metallic shred and add four cans or bottles of beer, along with the glasses,...
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13 years ago
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As seen on TV! Twin Draft Guard
Flipping through the "vast wasteland"[1], now and again I run across a commercial that catches my attention. The Twin Draft Guard was one such. Looks like an actual Good Idea, to keep air from...
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TSA/scanner nightmare
I don't know that it will help much, but there is an electronic form letter/petition to sign at was surprised that there are just over 2,000 signatures. I expected many more.
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Floor to ceiling, wall to wall bookcase materials
Tight budget, and I'm a novice diy'er. My wife wants my to build a wall to wall bookcase that is floor to ceiling. There will actually be 3 sections because we want the end sections to have...
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Need fast drying grout for bathroom tiles in shower/tub area
I have to replace some dirty and moldy grout between the tiles above the bathtub. But the grout I saw sold at the hardware store said that it has to stay dry for 36 hours. That would be impossible,...
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Furnace question
Anybody happen to know how much initial startup amperage is used for a furnace just coming on, starting its vent motor, and running the glow starter for a gas furnace? I'm needing to know what a...
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Removing smell from items
Long story, made short. Started with new smelly luggage. Chamber maid tried to remove smell by spraying some cleaner on it. I sprayed a second dose of this cleaner on it (outside). Next I placed...
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