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Insulating an open ceiling room
I have a small "studio" that has an open beam ceiling - there is no attic (or crawlspace) between the room and the roof. Since it has a small ridge beam (2x) there are rafter ties that run across the...
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Genie Intellicode Model IS550/A
Hey my garage door wont close all the way, it stops about a foot from the floor. I dont have the manual so i dont know where the adjustments are for the Down Limit Switch or even how to adjust it. Any...
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Waterproof a plywood cathouse?
Last year I had a 4*8 outdoor plywood board (pressure treated I think) cut into appropriate pieces at the local Home Despot and put together a little house for a few feral cats. I used some...
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High pitched noise from furnace blower
Our house is 5 years old and we have a trane furnace (80% efficiency) that is the same age. When the blower turns on (whether a/c, heat or just fan), you can hear a faint high pitched whine coming...
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which tile saw to get
I'm installing 12X12 ceramic tile in the basement. I've been doing the whole tiles first, but to finish the job I will need about 100 cut pieces for around the edges, doorways, floor drains, etc. I...
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Wood filller before painting
How best can I fill or finish the curved wood surround (new wood) of a halfmoon window before painting? The grain of the material is fore-and-aft i.e. across the grain of the whole (plywood?) surround...
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15A outlets on 20A circuits
Last week, I posted about running 12/2 wire for a kitchen reno. Well all the circuits are run. I decided on running all 12/2 instead of 12/3 and splitting circuits. Looking ahead to outlets, had a...
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Combo toilet and wash-basin
Well, why not? Pic
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GE dryer quitting
I would check to see that the vent is clear, and meets GE specs for length and bends. Years ago, I had two incidents where GE dryers would trip the breakers mid cycle. It turned out that there were...
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How do I cut plexiglass?
I got to remove a few inches to fit in a window. It's a big piece too, almost 4 feet and I have to cut off 2 inches the fill length. How do I cut plexiglass?
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Safety and OSHA rules...
..regarding hard hats. http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/epic-fail-hard-hat-fail.jpg
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Cotton rope
OK, here is the quick and simple. I obtained some cotton "boat rope" with the express purpose to convert segments into tug toys for two really big dogs. Cotton because what I've read says this is...
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Toilet tank
Hola, amigos y amigas Here's a pic of problem in my toilet tank: [IMG] is on Tiny Pic, and I'm shaky about uploading, so hope you can find it) A few weeks ago I started hearing a trickling sound in...
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Large wattage CFL with small base
I am looking for a high wattage CFL with a min-candelabra base. I have found 40 and 60 watt equivalent ones, but they are sadly very dim. This is for a small ceiling fan light that takes 2 such lamps....
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HF free flashlights
Has anyone noticed that they are now putting alkaline cells in the free flashlights? Instead of the heavy duty cells in the other two I have. That's nice. I just hope they don't leak like the...
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