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New weil Mclain steam boiler not producing pressure
I have a problem. My new New weil Mclain steam boiler is not producing pressure, or very minimal. My old boiler was a burnham (went after only 9 yrs but not covered since I wasn't the original...
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Leaf Blowers
Will be purchasing one. Live in New England. Question is the type. I have come to the conclusion that hedge trimmers etc. powered by rechargeable batteries just never seem to have enough oooomph for...
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Your Experience With Aristokraft Bathroom Cabinets
Anything you can tell me, please. Price, quality, etc.
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Service contract on my Weil McLain furnace - too vague?
is this standard verbiage for a furnace service plan or would I sound like a pain in the neck if I made them list out all the parts that fail from normal wear? "...parts that fail from normal wear or...
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Ping Don Klipstein
What happens if a 120 volt incandescent bulb is powered by 240 vac with an inline series diode? Will the bulb consume the same average power as it does when run from 120 vac without the diode?...
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Problem w/Circuit Breaker on Door Panel of Forced Air System
Hello all. I broke the forced air system, while simply removing the front panel to replace the air filter! I can see exactly where the problem is occurring though and it's right on the silly front...
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Battery Drills: I now have 4 bad ones.
This morning I discovered I now have 4 non-functional cordless drills (battery powered) all due to battery packs won't take a charge. Replacement batteries cost more than a new cordless drill. The...
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Eco-friendly house ordered demolished
"[UK] An historic 18th century house on the edge of a National park in north-west England, has been refused classification as a dwelling after tens of thousands were spent installing an off-grid...
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Need advice on tack-board
Hey there, I've been thinking about putting up a big floor-to-ceiling tack-board to hang the kids artwork on. The other day, when swimming at the YMCA, I saw a bunch of these big tack-boards that...
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am I using the recipricating saw correctly?
For some reason, when I use a recipricating saw to cut something, I always had trouble at the end of the cutting. Say a PVC pipe that is already in the ground and I made a trench to expose it. The...
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RG6 or RG6 quad shield for antenna run?
I installed a Channel Master 2016 antenna on my roof I now need to run coax from it to the inside of house.... about 50 feet I think Is RG6 quad shield the better choice over plain RG6 in most cases?...
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Question on skylight installation plus new roof on an old roof
If you are putting in a new roof on top of an old roof, and you also want to put in a skylight, does the flashing of the skylight just rest on the old roof, then put the new roof on top of the...
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HVAC Heat Pump Question
I have 3 new heat pump systems in my new well insulated home. Two of the systems were working fine. The other system was had been set to 68 for several days. This morning it was 36 outside, the actual...
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How do dryers sense moisture?
I'm having a problem with an Estate gas dryer, model # TGDS740PQ. One of the symptoms is that the Timer knob moves when in Timed Drying mode, but not when in AutoSense mode. The other symptom is...
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WD-40 New Can
I bought a new can of wd-40 at walmart and paid the big bucks to get a can with a built in straw. I've been losing the straw from those cans for 20 years and now that is over.
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