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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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10 years ago
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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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Craftsman wrench quality
Is Craftsman worth a damn, anymore? Do they still have the instant replacement guarantee on their hand wrenches? I'm needing an SAE combo wrench set. Since I'm no longer a professional mechanic, I...
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OT - Washington, DC
No, this post is not going to be about the shootings there. But, when I was listening to the news I decided to sit down at my computer and finally find out something that's perplexed me for years....
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Changed one light bulb - now both light bulbs dont work
Hi, I have a ceiling fixture that has two bulbs in it. One went out. I replaced it the one that went out, and it worked. I convinced hubby to change the o ther one as well as I am sure it will go out...
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Why did we need to trim T1-11 to get it to fit?
I was helping a neighbor hang some T1-11 this weekend and we ran into an issue I didn't expect. It's been a long time since I hung T1-11 but I don't recall having this problem last time. We installed...
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Light fixture wattage limit Halgen vs Incandescent
Hi, I am a little confused. If someone with electrical experience can answer, I would appreciate it. I have a ceiling light fixture that has space for two bulbs. It states that the wattage limit is...
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