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UGH!
I'm sick of these box stores. They carry a billion things online, but little in the store. So you want to order a bathtub do you? Yeah, but I'd like to see one first. Sorry, we don't carry it in the...
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Claw Foot Tub
I bought a 100+ year old house. It has a Claw Foot tub, which I will retain. Unfortunatley it has a a few Rust stains, from the drain chain, near the drain etc. I have tried many items, to remove...
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Replacing a cracked sliding window ??
Hi, A window in my office cracked and I want to replace it. How is this typical ly handled? I'd like to do it myself rather then have someone in. Typically , is there a way to get the glass+frame out...
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Thermostat Wiring
So why does a gas furnace control board have a contact for the yellow wire? It makes no sense to me.
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Ultimate DIY
Wow - this story from the NY Times about a tiny mobile house is an inspiration. I hope you can find it at or This young couple really has successfully tackled a problem head-on. HB
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Where is my coolant going?
I have a 2001 S10. For a few years now, it has been losing coolant. I just added a full gallon to the overflow container. I have done that before, maybe three times now. I see no evidence of leakage...
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Demolishing garage
Hi I have an old flat roof garage which I think its roof going to fall anyt ime. The roof has 2 big hols and it is too old. The center wood bar that go es horizontally to hold the roof is broken and I...
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Toenailing thru pressure wood
I'm trying to toenail a couple of galvanized 2 screws. I am familiar with t he process of sliding soap on the threads to make it easier to screw them i n. I get thru with the points showing through...
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Engineering problem
Please don't sneer! This has been bugging me for ages. Orange pails from Home Despot. Carrying handle comes off. I go to put it back. One side goes in one way; the other upside down. Put one in, the...
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r410a vs r22
I replaced my r22 unit with a 410 4 ton 14 sear unit in 2008. I am Epa cert. My unit has run flawless since its install. I feel it is thefuture of a/c. The pressures have not been any problem.
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The British sure do talk funnily (gobsmacked barmy)
"Alan Hinkes, the only Briton to have climbed all 14 mountains higher than 26,246ft (8,000m) and who reached the top of K2 a few weeks before Alison's death, said: 'I was gobsmacked when I heard. You...
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Ideas to remove middle decking boards?
I'm in the process of replacing 1/2 my decking boards with new 5/4 x 6 boards. It works out to half the width of the deck measured side to side. Where the old and the new meet I'll be intermingling...
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Three enigmas on my hike this morning (ask for your CSI skills)
Three enigmas on my hike this morning: 1. The mystery of the polished elderberries ... 2. What creature is swirling the steel water tanks ... 3. What kind of algae is white and takes over the pond ......
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How do you sharpen kitchen fruit peelers?
I have two fruit peelers, one of which is dull. How does one sharpen them? http://oi59.tinypic.com/29pcj02.jpg
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replacing 32" x 22" wood frame basement windows
I have a wood frame single pane 32" x 22" hopper style window that was installed in the 60's that is in a storage room in the basement. I was think of using a glass block/with vent from Lowes...
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