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Left handed toilets?

We had been having trouble with one of our toilets water valve making lots of noise. It sounded like a jet taking off....
10 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ninebal310
10 comments posted 14yrs posted by ninebal310

PEX is it any good?

I am replacing my copper in a rental property with pex. If you have experiance with this stuff tell me what you think.
29 comments posted 14yrs
posted by tmurpha1hi
29 comments posted 14yrs posted by tmurpha1hi

Can carpet tack strips be painted?

Simple question (I hope): I am having replacement carpet installed in my basement with tack strips already there. I am...
3 comments posted 14yrs
posted by bobm3
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by bobm3

Mold on window

I just bought a ten year old house with air exchanger and just noticed some mold on most of the windows. It doesn't loo...
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posted by justme1978a
8 comments posted 14yrs posted by justme1978a

Behr Paint

Purchased Behr paint for bathroom and bedroom. Bath done, looks fine. Painter came in for an estimate for the bedroom a...
12 comments posted 14yrs
posted by dryearwood
12 comments posted 14yrs posted by dryearwood

Good HD experience

I live in a rural area and the nearest "shopping" town is 20 miles away. The town has a Lowes and a Home Depot. The Low...
20 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Spam
20 comments posted 14yrs posted by Spam

Small engine (Tecumseh) question

I ahve a Sears lawn Vacuum non-self propelled - about 8 years old. It is a Tecumseh 4.5 HP 4 cycle engine. I use it fre...
25 comments posted 14yrs
posted by me
25 comments posted 14yrs posted by me

brain-dead WWV 'atomic clock'

Time again for the twice a year 'atomic clock' thread. Mine reset itself just like it should last night, but sometime t...
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posted by aemeijers
11 comments posted 14yrs posted by aemeijers

How Do They Make PVC Trim So Shiny And Smooth?

As anyone who has used PVC trim knows, the product is basically S4S, i.e. shiny and smooth on all sides. As anyone who...
11 comments posted 14yrs
posted by teamarrows
11 comments posted 14yrs posted by teamarrows

OT, baggers at supermarkets.

Have you noticed that they used to fill the grocery bags so that they all weighed about the same? Then 10 or 20 years a...
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posted by NONONOmisc07
19 comments posted 14yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

repair of cut joist

I posted last summer asking about how to brace a joist that has a big cutout for plumbing. See http://camoo.freeshell.o...
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posted by pbbl
13 comments posted 14yrs posted by pbbl

Record 5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Oklahoma

http://newsok.com/record-5.6-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-oklahoma/article/3620706 =================== Record 5.6 magnit...
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posted by Home
6 comments posted 14yrs posted by Home

Cleaning dryer vent

Yesterday I bought a kit for cleaning my dryer vent..... I had been using a vacuum cleaner but it wasn't doing as good...
1 comments posted 14yrs
posted by JIMMIEDEE123
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by JIMMIEDEE123

Tabletop steam engine...

... made entirely of glass. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73txXT21aZU&feature=player_embedded
0 comments posted 14yrs
posted by heybub
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by heybub

more paint questions

Melanie and Laura, my lovely lesbians whose house I'm taking care of, did a significant remodel using me before they le...
2 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Uno
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by Uno