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New Bathtub Disaster
Boy did I mess this one up. The main bathtub in my house was a one-piece fiberglass unit installed 25 years ago. It could only hold water to about 7-1/2". My wife wanted a tub that would allow her to...
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Centipedes in kitchen sink
My g/f finds a centipede in her kitchen's double-bowl stainless sink many mornings. Before going to bed, she plugs both drains with standard stoppers (so they can't be coming upwards from below the...
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Is my breaker capacity 100 or 200amp
My main breaker is 100A at 240 volts. I've always been confused about this. Does that mean I can use up to 100amps at 240volts, OR up to 200 amps at 120 volts? Or does is the limit 100amps at either...
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10 years ago
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Second Hand Smoke Solution?
I have a rental unit in a townhouse complex. The tenants are complaining that the people across the sidewalk from them are smoking out on their deck and the smoke is drifting into my unit through one...
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10 years ago
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Flashing leaks
A room was added 40+ years ago and the point where the new roof joins the house under the main eaves has always leaks. Have installed flashing and had several roofers over the year and have never been...
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AFCI test rig and test design
I just received my AFCI 20A duplex outlet and downstream OBC protector: Leviton AFTR2-GY SmartlockPro Outlet Branch Circuit Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupter Receptacle, 20-Amp, 120-volt, Grey At first I...
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10 years ago
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Tuck pointing question
I'm having the rear of my home pointed. the license contractor just put a 5 gallon of 'graded sand' down my basement, and will start tomorrow morning. is this a good grade that is typically used for...
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10 years ago
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Pest control: how clean up tracking powder
A few years ago, the pest control company we use for our house decided to use "tracking powder". (They did that one visit only.) Anyone have an idea how I can safely remove it? It'd be nice to just...
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10 years ago
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How to troubleshoot what would make a garbage disposal leak out the bottom?
I have a friend who just called me asking for help with her garbage disposal leaking out the bottom. I have never dealt with them, but, I asked her to read the label and she said it was an "Emerson...
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10 years ago
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Windsheild wiper stutter
Got brand new wiper blades, yet they still stutter (jump/skip/jerk) across a perfectly good windshield in one wipe direction, but not the other dirextion. I can understand this after not being used...
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10 years ago
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Heating pipe relocation question for plumbers?
In my basement I have a length of 3/4 copper hot water heat pipe that is dead in the way of a new dryer vent hard tube path. When I traced both ends of the 3/4" pipe it appears that the circuit simply...
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10 years ago
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Fine crack in bathroom sink
Last year the bottom fell out of bathroom sink. A crack that had been there for years (some idiot dropped heavy object into sink) must finally have given way. Had new $ink in$talled. Few weeks later,...
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10 years ago
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Generator "cross over" switch installation costs
I know very little about this topic, including what the correct terminology is. And, this is mostly just a curiosity question on my part. But, I am curious as to what it roughly might cost for a...
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Gasoline Shelf Life
I have a generator which I have never used - thank goodness! But I do cran k it up every month and make sure it's o.k. I need to buy gas for it -- an d I have several 2 1/2 gallon cans. I don't want...
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Which of these 4 spots (2 on tire, 2 on wheel) are supposed to be lined up?
I'm confused - but I have an appointment tomorrow for tires to be mounted - and - I'm confused which two of the four dots should line up: Both documents below say US wheel manufacturers and tire...
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