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Basement door threshold installation
I purchased an aluminum door threshold to use on my basement door leading into my garage. Every year a small bottom of the door gap allows cold air into the basement from the garage and I have been...
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Another Painting Question
I bought a lamp at a garage sale - great price, bad color. The lamp is ceramic, glossy finish. I would like to paint it another color using spray paint. I have a nearly new can of Kiltz spray sealer,...
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15 years ago
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Is my phone charger dead?
I have a two set phone and both phones will charge on the master. When I put either phone on the extension charger the light will come on, but after 1 second it dies out. I have used a pencil eraser...
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15 years ago
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Cordless Phones
Anyone using the Dect 6.0 phones yet? How are they better than 5.8 GHz?
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15 years ago
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Genie Garage Door Opner
The two light bulbs in the overhead console of the Genie Garage Door Opener no longer come on when I open or close the garage door. I have replaced both bulbs but that did not solve the problem. Any...
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15 years ago
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Insulation in a Condo
Is there any way to insulate existing walls in a 2nd floor condo? Just a couple walls infiltrate cold air during winter... Being on the 2nd flr, can I dump foam or any insulation down my walls to help...
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Unexpected opening in my radon remediation system
Hi, My radon remediation systm, which features a 3" PVC pipe, had Y coupling on it and open of the Y's "ears" is open with no pipe connected to it and no cap. What's the point of that? So I...
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15 years ago
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Repair Old Sub Floor
I recently added additional floor space to my exisiting kitchen. In the process several large and small holes were left in my old sub floor as I moved kitchen plumbing to the new addition. My question...
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15 years ago
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Replacing bath tub, have space for a wider tub, do they come in odd dimensions?
Hi, I want to replace my tub, it's 59 inches long and 29.5 wide which I think is standard. The bathroom has room for a much wider tub, up to 57 inches but no space to make it longer. Are tubs and...
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15 years ago
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How many Layers of Tarpaper on a Flat Roof?
Hi, on my house I've got a flat roof covered with tarpaper. The top layer is cracked "alligatored" and needs another layer of paper on top of it. How many layers of paper can a flat roof take? At...
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15 years ago
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Recessed Lighting
Along the lines of another question previously asked, I want to update our recessed lighting the cheapest way possible--paint! The outside ring is white and the inside of the lighting is gold. We...
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15 years ago
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Ceramic Floor Tile In Bathroom
Instead of tearing up the old ceramic tile on bathroom floor, contractor wants to install new ceramic tile on top of the old tile. I understand his reasoning: less labor and no need to dispose of old...
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Which wire to cut?
I'm new to explosives and I don't know which wire to cut, help me plzzzzzz, it's urgent.
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15 years ago
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Backsplit Basement Floor Leak
The basement of my backsplit consists of two concrete boxes offset vertically about 3'. A concrete stairway connects the two boxes in the middle (ie far from any exterior walls). After extensive...
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15 years ago
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Pressure in a steam system
Hi all- Run across a confounding problem with my steam heating system. It is a one pipe system, Burnham gas boiler, has 6 radiators on two floors. The issue I am having is that the Pressuretrol is set...
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