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Insulating sliding deck door

I've been noticing that there is a chilly draft seeping in at the bottom of the sliding glass door to my deck. The chil...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by sdlitvin
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by sdlitvin

Nail Spinner

Ok, I lost my nail spinner and I am installing wood molding. Nightmare! Lowes doesn't know what I am talking about. Nei...
58 comments posted 15yrs
posted by radkid
58 comments posted 15yrs posted by radkid

sorta OT: can you help me find this bath mat?

I remember seeing these in stores a couple years ago, but not recently... I thought they were hideously ugly at the tim...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by njnagel
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by njnagel

OT: Warren Buffett on"Class Warfare"

Interviewed yesterday on "Charlie Rose": "Class warfare? It's been going on for a long time, and my class has won -- not...
16 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Nobody
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by Nobody

Garden hose prevents home intruder

"...Brian Whitlock was using a garden hose to water his lawn on Tuesday night around 11 p.m. That's when a man, dressed...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Oren
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by Oren

Cautious Optimism Re Brown Marmarated Stink Bug

Sept. 2011 was better than Sept. 2010. The largest daily kill this Sept. while patrolling the perimeter of the house an...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by invalid
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by invalid

Miracle way to unplug sink disposal

I thought I'd share my fantastic trick to unplug a sink disposal. I mean a really bad one where you can't just spin ice...
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dumbstruc
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by dumbstruc

Prep kitchen woodwork for refinishing

The woodwork in the kitchen was last finished (polyurethane) over 30 years ago. Window sills and frames, door frames, w...
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mbm701
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by mbm701

Patio repair

I hate to bother the group with a piddly question. Nevertheless, experience is better than experimentation. I've got a...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by heybub
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

Painting concrete porch

Sigh! Again tackling this nasty job. I posted long ago about the problem repainting concrete porch because Calif. forbi...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by hypatia08
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by hypatia08

Sump pump woes

Pre-existing home, Wisconsin basement, poured walls and floor, 6 years old. Lots of rain the last week or two and the s...
26 comments posted 15yrs
posted by joejak
26 comments posted 15yrs posted by joejak

Why do I keep expecting the borgs to satisfy me?

As part of my shed wiring project, I was looking at choices for weatherproof boxes for my receptacles and cable TV jack...
16 comments posted 15yrs
posted by teamarrows
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by teamarrows