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Strance A/C problem
I'm having a strange problem with the A/C (a heat pump). One night near the end of last summer we had some lightning. The next day our upstairs A/C started blowing hot air so I called the A/C repair....
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Garbage disposal 'clamp nut' broke, is discontinued.
So the wife and I bought a house and moved in this past January. We recently redid the kitchen, and in the process of switching out sinks, broke the clamp ring on the otherwise really good garbage...
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Kitchen Flooring
I am looking for replacing my existing sheet vinyl kitchen flooring. I live in a townhome (the house is on a slab) so I have been told I can't use real hardwood but floating wood floor is only choice....
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Puddle in front of fridge (not from the dog)
My GE Side-by-Side fridge drops a puddle of water every few days, sometime during the night. It's about 3 years old and this behavior started a few months ago. It seems to be getting worse now - more...
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Lynx 455 Garage Door Openner - caught in loop
Hi, I have a Lynx 455 automatic garage door opener. When I opened it last night it got to the top of the run and immediately started down again. It got about 2 feet into the down cycle and started up...
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How to dry flooded laminate floor?
Our office with laminate flooring was slightly flooded by an out of order sprinkler outside the building. We have mopped off the water on the floor. However, there is still water underneath the floor....
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Is there a point at which it's unsafe to keep an old washer/dryer going?
I've got a 70's era washer and dryer that I got used in the late 80's. The drum sliders on the dryer have worn and the drum is at a low angle, the transmission on the washer finally gave up the ghost....
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GFCI toggle switches?
I have a set of AC toggle switches about a yard away from my shower stall. Light, vent fan, and heat lamp. They are in one box -- one dual switch, and a single switch with an indicator light (the heat...
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20 amp dedicated circuit
Does a 20A circuit that has only one outlet on it require that the outlet be a specific type? I've seen - | o and assumed that it was for a dedicated 20A circuit.
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Filling in pavers
I built a landing for my front door. It is wall block and caps and in the center of the caps I filled in with pavers. The joints are nice and snug and I filled in the pavers with the screened sand...
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When one tool won't do
Use another. And another. My current project is to cut sections out of the soffits and add screening with a view toward increasing the airflow in the attic. After marking off the position of the new...
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Hot tub getting a small shock
Hello all, I have a older 120v spa that overnight developed a short. The spa is on a cement slab and if I stand on the cement barefooted, I get a shock like tingling in the fingers. When I turn on the...
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wood ceiling in bathroom
I'm looking at alternative to a painted drywall ceiling an a bathroom. The bath has a ceiling fan and there's a window that opens for air. I'm thinking of tongue/grove beadboard, primed and painted on...
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switching out 2 pin for 3 pin sockets in my victorian home
we have a number of older 2 pin electrical wall sockets in our victorian home and most of my appliances are 3 pin. can i just switch them to 3 pin sockets? is there a problem with doing that?
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Mower engine won't turn
I have a Ariens mower with a Briggs & Stratton Intek mower. It appears that the crankshaft will not turn. Here is what happened and what I know so far. I took out the mower for the first time this...
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