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Using Home Wiring for Carrying Audio
Many years ago I believe I heard of a means to connect stereo speakers to an amplifier/tuner by use of home electrical wiring as the speaker wire. As I recall, there was some kind of interface device...
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Acrylic or laminate
I sent this to but forgot to post this to alt.home-repair It's me again, the guy with the "replace the bath tub with a threshold-free shower" remodeling job . Another contractor was here last week...
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On decorating a 2BR house
Shows what a little extra effort can do. "Lighted by sparkling chandeliers, the hall is 100 feet by 25 feet, with a soaring 22-foot-high coffered ceiling in gilt and lacquer. The walls are embellished...
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Need guidance purchasing washer & dryer that are stackable as well as keeping separately
I have a nice set but am moving to an apartment where only full size stackable set would fit. Since I will be moving form that apartment again, I am interested in fonrtloader individual units with...
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Phone line phun
I am trying to diagnose what is wrong with my mother's phone line. Her 3 cordless phone stopped getting a dial tone. 1. I discovered it was not the phone company lines. 2. I ran a temp new wire to...
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The caulk problem
So you've finally gotten around to caulking those cracks and seams on the outside of the house you've been meaning to get to someday. Went out and bought some really nice stuff, like Sikaflex....
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Radiant Heat Problem
My underfloor radaint heat has worked great for years , all of the sudden it's taking a long...........time for my radiant loop of my house to come up to temp. Can it be my taco 5000 mixing valve....
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Grout
Just out of idle curiosity, why grout for floor tile?
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Remote Control for 110 vac outlet?
I want to use a handheld remote, similar to a TV remote, at location A to switch power on/off at a 110 vac outlet at location B. Distance between A and B is about 20 feet. At Home Depot I found, for...
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Wax ring
I'm going to correct a leaky toilet tomorrow, in my old house. If it looks like it may need two wax rings, for whatever reason, do I leave the 'funnel' on the upper one? TIA
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HOA says no pickup trucks in driveway
"[FLORIDA] The board of directors representing The Eagles, a deed restricted community in Odessa, was trying to keep A.J. Vizzi from parking his Ford pickup truck in his home's driveway. HOA rules...
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Electrical problem, slightly OT
I want to put lighted garland around my outside doors for the holidays. The garland is approximately 17-18' long. All the lights I've found to wind into the garland are ~25' long. I tried...
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caulk between backerboard and shower pan
Hi; I'm laying tile in a second floor bathroom. There is an OSB sub- floor. I put 1/4 inch backer board (Hardi) down on the sub-floor and used thinset and screws to attach it down. I haven't...
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asthetic Tiling call
Hi folks! Thanks for reading this and any constructive replies are welcome... I am tiling (15 inch sq tiles) a 4 level split home (my own) with grout in between roughly 1/8 inch gaps . I am doing two...
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Building code - mechanical door/utlity room
I need to seek some net widom on a question a friend of mine asked me tonight. My friend had a new boiler (hot water heat system) installed and the installers told him that he needed to have a...
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