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Bear deterrent

A young bear took some chunks out of my new lawn mower seat. What is good to spray on plastic to deter the critter? Its...
14 comments posted 14yrs
posted by wilagro
14 comments posted 14yrs posted by wilagro

Is it legal to lock a main breaker box?

I have a friend who runs a business. Their main breaker is on the outside of the building right along a busy back alley...
69 comments posted 14yrs
posted by genethurman4
69 comments posted 14yrs posted by genethurman4

Average Cost For New Garage Roof??

Hi All, Just wondering if someone can give me a rough estimate for the cost to install a new garage roof that needs all...
43 comments posted 14yrs
posted by FALCONGIRL
43 comments posted 14yrs posted by FALCONGIRL

Follow-up on cover for fry-pan.

>I need to make a cover for a fry-pan, with a glass window. I have a >"universal" cover, but it doesn't work well. In f...
5 comments posted 14yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Die-cast toy truck

How should I attach headlights to the DIE-CAST cab of a 1952 Smith Miller toy truck?
10 comments posted 14yrs
posted by gcotterl
10 comments posted 14yrs posted by gcotterl

remote control fireplace starter

I've got a house with a skytech remote control that supposed to turn on and off the fireplace. My question is where on...
3 comments posted 14yrs
posted by noemailaddress
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by noemailaddress

I see this drill motor at Home Depot:-

Ryobi 18-Volt One+ Lithium Ion Drill P897 The customer reviews did not seem as good as I had hoped and I thought I'd ask...
4 comments posted 14yrs
posted by limeylew
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by limeylew

Any String Trimmers w/o Centrifugal Clutches?

I liked my old Homelite because I could run it at lower speed without the ear-shattering noise, and it would cut just f...
5 comments posted 14yrs
posted by frank1492
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by frank1492

Hot to cut off wall-to-wall carpet

We have a wall-to-wall carpet that runs in the hall and one bedroom We want to keep the bedroom carpeted, but take up t...
2 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Atilla.Iskander
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by Atilla.Iskander

Math profs driver's-side mirror: no blind spot

"A side-by-side comparison of a standard flat driver's side mirror with the mirror designed by Dr. R. Andrew Hicks, mat...
4 comments posted 14yrs
posted by heybub
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by heybub

New flooring

I'd like to put new flooring in a 15x20' room. In order to keep the cost down and for better wear, I was thinking of us...
2 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ctbishop
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by ctbishop

Harbor Freight Electronic Fly Swatter???

I thought I had seen almost everything electronic, but a Harbor Freight ad in this weeks junk advertising flyer had a s...
25 comments posted 14yrs
posted by hrhofmann
25 comments posted 14yrs posted by hrhofmann

Radiant Barrier

Figuring if good is good, better must be better, I bit the bullet and opted to install a radiant barrier in my attic. T...
18 comments posted 14yrs
posted by heybub
18 comments posted 14yrs posted by heybub

Alarm Stays On

Here's a weird one. I have an old Ademco hard-wired alarm panel which has been running well since 1985. Recently it wen...
31 comments posted 14yrs
posted by frank1492
31 comments posted 14yrs posted by frank1492