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Filling In A Few Old Screw Holes In Wood Siding: What To Use ?
Hi, Have a few screw 1/4" dia. approx. screw holes (screws long gone) in my wood siding. What's a good product to fill them up with? I remember small tubes of "Plastic Wood" Would this be the stuff to...
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Driveway Paving Questions
Hello, Live outside of Boston. Have just started trying to learn about driveway re-paving, as my driveway is ready for a new re-do as it's pretty bad by now. Know nothing about the various options,...
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New electric cable in the wrong place?
New electric cable in the wrong place? Townhouse n'hood build in 1978. The electric company painted those chalk lines on our yards, but then only dug in the center island on the other side of a...
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Question About Incandescent Bulbs
Does this "ban" include ALL incandescent bulbs? Do I need to stock up on bulbs for my chandelier, and my bathroom light fixtures that aren't designed for fluorescent bulbs?
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Cleaning dirty hands
I broke my best fingernai/fingerprintl/wrinkle brush, and the other one has bristles on both sides, one side stiffer than the other. After a while, it's not comfortable to rake the stiff bristles over...
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12 years ago
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Suggestion for a good pool glue (plastic on plastic, always under water)
I have a small 1-inch long, half-inch wide white plastic 'tab' that fell off which holds a cover down. It's all under water (a few thousand gallons would have to be removed to expose it to air). It's...
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How to pool chlorinators work?
I have a pool, and use an ancient Guardex "open" chlorinator that takes 1-inch trichlor tablets. But I can't get parts for it anymore, and every now and then the check valves get crud in them, and...
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Outdoor porch ceiling material
My wife wound up with a house that her ex-stepfather built (he acted as general). He knew squat about most everything so we now need to install a ceiling on two outside porches as a precursor to...
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12 years ago
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Setting up a Generator
Our cabin recently was subjected to multiple days of no electricity during to a bad storm taking out trees and power lines I would like to set up a generator to run the following 1) well water pump...
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12 years ago
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OT - 6 Door Extended Cab
What? No brush guards? Rifle rack above the rear window? Probably from Dallas... Joe
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What 36" Ridgid pipe wrench to keep, AL vs. Iron
I have two of these 36" Ridgid pipe wrenches: is steel and another is aluminum. I want to keep one and sell another. My question is which one is better. Aluminum one is a lot lighter, but is it as...
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Shade the air conditioner
I remember a few years ago seeing an actual study that was done using instrumentation to determine if there was any difference in shading the condenser of a central AC. That study showed there was no...
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OT: Anybody got old square shaft PTO source/parts?
While OT, know several here have odd side interests, too... :) Am putting an old piece of farm gear back into service for special purpose and salvaged the PTO shaft from a (very) old tractor-drawn...
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OT Why such a big plane?
OT Why such a big plane? They are doing an aerial survey of air pollution this month over the area between Baltimore and DC. I don't disapprove, I probably approve, but I dont' unsderstand why they...
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anti-rust topcoat
Any suggestions for topcoat on tractor implements. Have been primed with "One Step Rust Killer." Have not been satisfied with RustOleum in the past. Frank Georgia
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