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What are holes in mitre saw fence for?
Use them to screw on a taller fence if you need one. That's what they are for.
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water is yellow after draining hot water heater
To make it hotter
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Home insurance
homeowners insurance companies have become very risk adverse...... often they send a inspector to check out homes before insuring some things that will drive up premiumps, but often they wouldnt even...
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Contractors: What do you use for tax software?
Hello all, I am helping my buddy do his taxes. He is a small-time contractor, usually doing minor remodeling and repairs. I looked at TurboTax versions and could not figure out what to get. There are...
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7 years ago
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Interconnected smoke detectors - no circuit breaker?
Home built in 2005. These are interconnected Fireex smoke detectors (I believe because they have a yellow wire connected to the red wire). All the breakers are marked, but I don't see one for the...
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OT Tablet computer?
Anyone have an inexpensive tablet computer that they are pleased with?
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vibrating pipes when any source is shut off.
A little over a year ago I installed a new; pressure regulator, and in-line pressure gauges, before and after the regulator, an anti-siphon valve, and two ball valves, one before the water meter and...
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7 years ago
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Septic Tank Problems?
Yep, that's the first thing to check. Find every drain and dump a small bucket of water down it. If any of the traps are dried out, the plumbing stack vent will not have any effect on the situation he...
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7 years ago
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changing handles to other side of fridge/freezer
My landlady/roommate has a large refrigerator/freezer where, IMO, the door should ope on the other side. It's an Amana, maybe 10 years old, or 20?, with a tall, hinged door on the bottom for the...
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Shoulda done it sooner !
> Frank"
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7 years ago
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Hard Wood Flooring in 1976 doublewide?
I recently inherited a doublewide 'mobile home' manufactured in 1976 which is located in a 55+ Mobile Home Park cooperative so I own the land) in an expensive seaside town in Northern California...
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7 years ago
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Why do they have a 3-prong plug
Just a wild guess but maybe some sort of built-in surge or over-voltage suppression?
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7 years ago
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Triple expansion steam engine
That's a small one. I was a watertender (CG license lingo for boilerman) on a couple Great Lakes ships with triple expansion steam engines. The Standard Oil "Indiana" and Cleveland Tankers "Rocket."...
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7 years ago
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OT USA check in foreign denomination
After two weeks, I found my checkbooks in my suitcase. They are black and th e bottom of the suit case is black, so I can give them checks while I'm here, and I won't run out of money since I brought...
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Portable AC platform
Use a commode - they come with a bucket built in.
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