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Hanging a picture with a small nail
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OT: 100 Images From Cassini's Mission to Saturn
Absolutely fantastic images! 100 Images From Cassini's Mission to Saturn NASA’s Cassini spacecraft burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere on Friday, after 20 years in space.
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6 years ago
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Is Shoe Goo goop really just gasoline and styrofoam?
Someone told me we can make our own Shoe Goo goop with gas & peanuts. Anyone tried it? Does it work?
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6 years ago
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Roofing contractors
Did they come out and look at it? Inspect your house? I've heard of things like this but in 52 years of owning houses, I've never had anyone look at anything. But I'm also a good looking guy that is...
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6 years ago
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How not to attach flashing to brick
Look what I found when I checked out my contractor's work: This is the correct way, with the edge embedded in the mortar line: The window people sent the wrong flashing. They knew the house was brick....
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6 years ago
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Broken Kitchen Cabinet Shelf Supports - Removing Stems
...then replace with metal supports.
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6 years ago
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Weight cap. of 3/4 inch plywood
I am building a stand for one of my rain barrels, (full capacity 50 gallons, or ~ 420 lbs). I am using 3/4 inch plywood, and plan on supporting it every 60 degrees of circumference with 2 x 4's with 2...
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6 years ago
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Would You Trust This Jack Stand?
If you had an Austin-Healey 3000 you would be very interested in welds...
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6 years ago
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Garage Door Motor unit just hums
that or a bad motor capacitor m
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6 years ago
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PC key in a P-trap
I was cleaning the keys of my PC keyboard in a bowl containing a mixture of water and Dawn liquid soap. When I poured the dirty water into my bathroom sink, one of the keys went down the drain and the...
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6 years ago
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OT: What's the point in vibrating mobiles?
Vibrating is used when you you cannot hear the ring.
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6 years ago
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Frigidaire model #UF21H
I think without seeing this it's going to be very hard for anyone to give advice. Is there evidence of a bad/missing spacer? What's on the other hinge, or other door, etc? If a spacer broke, sounds...
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6 years ago
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What's the performance difference between 15 inch, 16 inch and 17 inch tires (all else equal)?
Thank you for that article, where the 3 main takeaways are... "If the wheel diameter increases by one inch, the height of the tire should decrease accordingly to compensate, in order to keep the...
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6 years ago
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New Water Heater & a LONG Cautionary Tale
+1 In a modern house with multiple ones, it can take some time to locate which one is beeping. My beef is I've seen new ones that are AC wired with battery backup where the things start chirping in...
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6 years ago
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Kohler K3100 Repair Kit
Anyone know if there is a substitute for the no longer produced Kohler K3100 fill valve repair kit? (For the old float ball fill valves.) Or should I just give in and replace the fill valve with one...
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6 years ago
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I used rake edge instead of drip edge
I just finished half my roof and realized the company only sent me out rake edge. So I have been using rake edge with a 1 inch overlap. Will it work just as fine for the drip edge.
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6 years ago
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OT - Puns for (relatively) educated minds:
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6 years ago
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Plastic dresser in kitchen
Only if they live in a trailer park.
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6 years ago
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Red and black wires
Nonsense, just bond the neutral to the ground. It all lands on the neutral/ground buss in the panel anyway. Yah, I know, code requires a separate ground wire but that's just a distinction without a...
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6 years ago
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PVC conduit repair question
We just had a local internet company bring a fiber line to our house. Whil e they said the line could be buried directly in the ground, I opted to dig a trench and lay 3/4" pvc electrical conduit for...
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6 years ago
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