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Deck Maintenance
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Bought more batteries
Sigh. Rayovac sent me coupons, so I went and bought more D cells. I figure when the world is off, I use a bunch of those in fans, and flash lights. And fluorescent room lights. Storing these new in...
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bathroom shower stall tile grout repair
Hi recently I noticed that the tile grout in the bathroom shower stall has cracked and opened up. I filled it with chalk but it has opened up again. I may have not used the right product. Do I need a...
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Light Fixture Manual Omits Key Feature
*** Vent Mode On *** I bought a Portfolio (Lowe's brand) Motion Sensing light fixture the other day and was RTFM to make sure there was nothing strange about the installation/set up that I should be...
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Threaded Rod As A Wheelbarrow Axle?
What would happen if I used 5/8? threaded rod as a wheelbarrow axle? I need to replace the wheel on my wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow is used for light duty homeowner tasks, like yard work, not for...
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Great Stuff foam tips
Lesson learned slow. Do not buy Great Stuff foam in advance. Goes bad, and throw it out when it doesn't work. Just put about five cans int he trash. Also, great stuff foamed into air spaces around the...
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Green Tea Stain Removal From All Wool Rug: Suggestions ?
Hi, All wool rug. Spilled Green-Tea on it. Tried Lemon juice, but only made the stain worse. Then tried one of those cleaning products with Hydrogen Peroxide as a component; no improvement. Any...
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Self Healing plastic.
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Buying and installing a new gas water heater
My old 40 gallon storage gas water heater has a slow leak, so I am looking for a new 40-50 unit which I plan to install myself though a plumber friend of mine will come by to help out... Note for...
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OT Happy Constitution Day
Ten, though it's not in the original Constitution signed in '87. Ten (though I've had others claim others are included in the BoR).
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New Generac Liquid Cooled Generator discharges batteries
We purchased a new Generac Stand-by liquid cooled generator, got installed by same certified electrician that did my neighbor's generator. The unit worked fine during testing, but failed to perform...
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Underground lawn sprinkler problem - surging
My system has five zones. When I turned the system on today, the first zone worked okay for maybe 30-60 seconds, then all five heads started pulsating up and down, about 5-10 seconds per cycle and the...
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Surge Protective Receptacles
If the receptacle doesn't also get the cable coming into the TV you may create more problems than you fix,. A strip with a TV jack is the best way to go.
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How to seal a mouth guard?
This is an odd request, but this forum has come up with amazing solutions to odd requests so many times... I have fairly severe bruxism (teeth grinding). I've fractured several teeth over the years....
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soil under driveway eroded away
The soil under my concrete driveway has eroded away at one portion. The driveway is now forming a concrete bridge over air. How can I resolve this? The only thing I can think of is calling a...
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