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What paint for plumbing bookcase?

A friend got this link to a cute modernistic bookcase. I'm wondering what kind of pipe and fittings and what kind of bl...
13 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nobody
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by nobody

getting drywall to 2nd floor without a boom truck

No truck, no real steps, just pull down attic type. I can open up a 2'x8' bay of the gable end wall. Is there a fairly...
17 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Tony.Miklos
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by Tony.Miklos

New car cheaper than used

As a follow up on a recent truck buying thread, I got this in my mail this morning http://ctwatchdog.com/2011/08/12/new...
30 comments posted 15yrs
posted by esp
30 comments posted 15yrs posted by esp

Skylight leak, 2nd post (with pics)

I started removing the wet sheetrock around my skylight to try and find out exactly where the leak is coming from. I fo...
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mikepier
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by mikepier

Lock plate question

I am changing the knobs and locks on the doors of my house. The metal plate on the door jamb is screwed into the jamb w...
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posted by kurtullman
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by kurtullman

hose leaking water?

my garden water tab is leaking when i connect it to a water hose. I have used different hose but got the same result ex...
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by lezawang
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by lezawang

Are these guys doing a professional job

I was pretty sick for about 3 years from having a transplant. I let things go. The biggest thing was the front door. We...
9 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kilowatt
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by kilowatt

Town vs. Homeowner. Town loses.

"[Worth Township, Mich] All a homeowner wanted was to remodel his cottage. Thirteen years later, the work remains undon...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by heybub
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

Indiana State Fair stage collapse

Sort of off topic since it's not an issue for home repair, but sort of on topic since it has to do with construction. I...
39 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jw
39 comments posted 15yrs posted by jw

Drilled a hole I shouldn't have

Situation is that SWMBO wanted me you put up curtain rods over two 8' high by 6' wide sliding doors. Packaged with the...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dickkeats
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by dickkeats

Cameron must go

If these riots and millionaire Cameron's Syria-like response to the mayhem * doesn't make his govenment fall, what will...
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posted by hypatia08
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by hypatia08

Outdoor solar string lights

Hi, Does any company make solar powered string lights to use during the holidays and e.g. to light pathways. Thanks!
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pavelgrinfeld
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by pavelgrinfeld

OT. Giant TV screens,,

have been set up in the streets of cities where riots/looting has occurred in the UK Pictures shown taken from CCTV of...
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posted by haroldhrmtg
23 comments posted 15yrs posted by haroldhrmtg

Forced Air/Return air filters Advice please...

I have a 120 000 btu mid effcient furnance, mid 90s. Also a central air tied into this as well. The original return air...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by yup
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by yup