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Hand Held Shower Install
Shower head is located too high on the tile wall for short person's access to the diverter valve. Any effective solutions to placing the diverter valve lower on the wall???
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OT New York Teen Arrested In Connection With Videotaped "Knockout Game" Attack On Elderly Woman
An upstate New York teenager was arrested yesterday in connection with an online video showing him punching an elderly woman in the head as she exits a Rochester convenience store. Devin Alexander,...
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Ceramic tile install cost
I'm nearing the end of a bathroom remodel. I took out the tub and will have a 60" shower instead. All new fixtures and vanity, etc. The guy doing the ceramic tile is a perfectionist. He is going to a...
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The most powerful Chainsaw : V8 engine!
Might be tough to top a tree with that device.
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Fill Water Heater from bottom ?
Is there anything wrong or dangerous about my idea to supply cold water input to a gas Hot Water Heater via the drain opening? I would include a TEE and a boiler tap so as to permit future draining....
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Updated my lighting.
My wife and I were at the H/W store a week ago and as soon as we stepped out I realized that I should have gotten a bunch of CFL and full spectrum fluorescents. Figured no big deal, probably be back...
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How To Add Weight To Work Light Base?
The following is a picture of the tripod base of a dual head work light. If you look carefully, you'll notice that the center pole does not match the base. That's because I modified the base to hold...
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10 years ago
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Automatic Hot Water Reduction to Control Long Showers
I have a problem with certain family members and exceedingly long showers. Pleading and screaming has no effect. The water bills and the gas bills are outrageous. I've seen some commercial products...
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How to report this dangerous Chinese crap?
If the link is dead (hopefully it will be soon), search for this.... Power Plus voltage tester RGLH-02 I bought one of these last week (locally - not from ebay) -- on the outside chance that it might...
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duet will not start
my duet washer will not start when the start button is selected it gives 3 short beeps. the machine powers up fine without error codes
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10 years ago
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tilted frost-free sillcock
Inspired by Trader, I'm again looking into a frost-free sillcock. The text and video pages seem to make a big deal out of tilting the pipe down 5 degrees as opposed to up 5 degrees. Up is not the...
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10 years ago
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Wife's car
I mentioned in another thread that my wife had flipped her car over . Turns out that where it went into the ditch was the end of a concrete culvert that goes under the highway , and it musta hit...
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Pool heater problem
My 3 y/o Raypak 207A isn't sparking up. The long model# is P-M207A-EN-C The display says "SPK" and I can hear the pilot trying to light but I can't actually see the pilot. I guess it's the LoNOx model...
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Powering LEDs from a broken LED/LCD TV.
Hope this link works. I occasionally part out newer TVs that have had the screen broken. I decided I'd try to get a set of LED's to light up. Got 8 of these strips out of a 46" Samsung. I ramped up...
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what does a [home] Locksmith ask for ?
I've bought a [empty] house, and 2 incompetent agents have somehow lost the keys! Anyway, when I call the Locksmith, for the front door, will he be asking for any proof of ownership? And if so, what....
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