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DVD player acting up
This is the first & only one I've ever had. Zenith - about 6 years old -- so DK how to diagnose: Fix or dump? It won't load DVDs. Either door OPENS or it says CHECK DISK. Tried this with a variety of...
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OT Would not have believed this
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security for double doors
I'm looking for something to secure a set of double doors on the front of the house. The door is rarely used and never opened from the outside. The doors have the regular door handle lock plus a...
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Luxury vinyl tiles
Anyone reading this have them? How do you like the flooring? I'm looking at a click together LVT. Just wondered what others thought about the flooring. Seems like flooring has come a long ways since I...
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OT Razor strop dressing?
I thought they printed it out on your 3-D printer.
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Should Freezer Door Swing Shut?
We replaced our refrigerator last month. The new one is similar to the old one with a top freezer. A few mornings ago, I woke to find that the freezer door had been partially open overnight, melting...
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Faucet will not run after replacing
Hello, I had a leaky Delta faucet in the bathroom and replaced to seat and springs, now the faucet will not run or has a very very flow. Could the stem possibly be bad? I have very good water pressure...
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Discount Appliance dealers?
My 45" Jennair cooktop is 32 years old and looks a bit tired. A new one from Sears costs $ 1300 plus shipping. I was shocked at the high price because it is really only the shell of the cooktop. Maybe...
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Maytag MDC 400 AWE portable dishwasher
My brother bought a used Maytag portable dishwasher Model # MDC 4000 AWE and Serial # 17645704 UZ . He purchased a faucet adapter and it seemed to connect OK but the faucet coupler on the hose pops...
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Toledo water crisis --- well water seems OK
Problem is Lake Erie water. (edited for length, read full article on web) test on Toledo's water being conducted at the lap in Cincinnati may not be complete until late Sunday or early Monday. city...
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Can an oven be retro-fitted with a timed shutoff?
My electric oven has a timer, but not an automatic shutoff. So all the timer does, is beep. Seems to me, if I bake a cake for 350 degrees and one hour, I'd want, for safety reasons, the oven to shut...
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Another pressure tank question
The pressure tank switch kicks on at 52 psi. Should I inflate my new tank to 50 psi. Thanks!
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property with "no" water
My wife and I have been searching on and off for a place with several acres but in the same general area. Fairly recently, I saw a place with 4 acres and we went to view the interior. To our surprise,...
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Pressure tank without shutoff valve
First call, longtime listener. I'm changing out the water pressure tank, but I don't have a shut off valve from tank to well to drain the tank. If I turn off the breaker to the well pump, will this...
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Landscaping and Gardening
Another chapter of The Complete Book Of Pitfalls The Law of Hopeless Landscaping, sometimes known as the Law of Copeless Handscraping, is made up of three parts as follows: 1. If you plant little...
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