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Faux pas ordering pool pump & pool filter o-rings by trade size! :)
A funny thing happened when the "carefully chosen" o-rings arrived. They are all the wrong size! My wife smiled, gently chiding me, a bit incredulously ... "After all that work, you ordered the wrong...
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HVAC Outside Unit Buzzing - Fan Running Intermittently
Hi, I've been combing this site for information, but I have a question I can't find an answer for. Here's our situation - 1. Last friday, we noticed the outside HVAC unit was making a loud...
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Muffler on Bicycle is leaking
The muffler on my bicycle must be leaking, because it's getting real noisy. How can I test it for leaks?
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Repairing a cheese knife
One small cheese knife from a set broke. The blade, which is marked "stainles steel", came out of the handle which looks like glass, but is probably acrylic. The blade has a small tab that was glued...
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Pre weathering eastern white cedar shake siding shingles
I sided my house almost 20 years ago with eastern white cedar - extra. Now I have to replace about a dozen shingles in various locations. Of course the existing shingles are now gray but the...
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riding mower
My MTD riding mower with a 17.5 Briggs and Stratton has been having a hard time rolling over when I go to start it. When I turn the key the starter will not roll over at first, it seems to struggle at...
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10 years ago
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Timers for electric range top burners ???
Is anyone aware of an electric range that has timers which can be set for the electric burners on the cooktop ?? Thanks ...
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10 years ago
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Helicoil or other ideas for 1/4" pipe threads?
I have a gas pool heater that has a 1/4"-18 NPT brass plug that goes into a cast iron manifold. Over time the threads in the cast iron have deteriorated and now I can't get the plug in. I tried a new...
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10 years ago
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Enclosing AC unit/condenser
Just had a new central AC unit installed. The condenser was installed within a cutout corner section of my wood deck. I want to enclose it for aesthetic purposes, but am fully aware to provide...
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10 years ago
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Americans come from all over the US to loot Okla. after tornadoes
So this is your country of brotherly love, eh? This is your true nature. This is the real face of america and americans. Thieving from each other, especially in times of natural disaster, urban...
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gas limb pruner
Is this job too big for a gas tree pruner? A tree about 10 feet outside my yard was at a 45^ angle over my yard for the last 6 months, and yesterday some time, it went down a bit lower, not it's maybe...
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10 years ago
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Unlocking electric meter box -- water problem
I'll spare everyone the details, but my question is if anyone can help me figure out a way to open the lock on an outside electric meter box so I can look inside and see if water is getting into that...
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Video of Griffin-Campbell Contractors Demolishing Building Days before Deadly Accident
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Good reason to wrap your own trimmer line spools.
Wonder why your Black and Decker trimmer line feed suddenly stopped working? I did. Fought and cussed at it for a couple of hours until I realized the three factory wrapped spools I recently bought at...
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10 most important items in the home
A couple years ago, at church we had an exercise in thought. What are the 10 most important items in your home? And we should list them, with the #1 of course being most important. Some folks started...
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