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Grout removal

I have a tile patio with 1/4" grout lines between the 16" tiles. In a few places, the grout has cracked and disintegrat...
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posted by someone
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Digital Replacements for Fried TVs and VCR

So, lightning struck a friend's house recently and fried most of the electronics inside including two TV sets, their di...
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posted by not.mail
42 comments posted 14yrs posted by not.mail

When Replacing A Breaker Panel, Would You Do this?

On this week's episode of Ask This Old House, an electrician was replacing the service wire and panel in a house. There...
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posted by teamarrows
75 comments posted 14yrs posted by teamarrows

Drywall Repair Video from USG

This is pretty good IMO. I thought the use of finger spattering from a brush for texture was neat. California patch met...
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posted by postmaster
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by postmaster

´How Do They Do It¡ TV show question

In a recent show they painted a gigantic tanker ship. The lowered it onto blocks and then cleaned and painted the hull....
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posted by nospam
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by nospam

Heat wont come on after running out of oil

Hello, I ran out of oil. after filling the tank and bleeding the line the furnace came on but it seems like its only co...
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posted by BM2home.com
36 comments posted 14yrs posted by BM2home.com

Sheathing from the 1960's

Back in the 1960's homes were often built with a brown fiber sheeting on the outside of the studs. This stuff went unde...
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posted by jw
29 comments posted 14yrs posted by jw

parging

I have a concrete block wall in my basement that is chronically damp inside. I had a contractor over to look at the sit...
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posted by pbbl
14 comments posted 14yrs posted by pbbl

Power Vent water heater questions...

Just had a new furnace installed and now looking at replacing the water heater so I can eliminate the need for a chimne...
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posted by yup
14 comments posted 14yrs posted by yup

Kenmore front-load washer -- 10yr status report

We have one of those Frigidaire-manufactured Kenmore front-load washers that is now somewhere around 10 years old. Many...
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posted by Nobody
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by Nobody

GE Icemaker

I have a GE side by side refrigerator/freezer that is about 6 years old. Yesterday the ice maker stopped working. Usual...
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posted by Bas623
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by Bas623

metal kitchen sink on corian countertop

I've got a metal sink that has a thin protruding caulk line around it on top of the corian countertop. I'm not there ri...
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posted by noemailaddress
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by noemailaddress

Homasote?

Is Homasote still available? I'd like to make a fabric-covered bulletin board and can't find it locally anymore. Perhap...
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posted by nono
6 comments posted 14yrs posted by nono