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No gravel under shed pad?

I had a quote for a concrete pad (10 x 8') and the contractor didn't quote for a gravel base. Said the ground looked sou...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by emarano
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by emarano

BR Sink Revisited

I have the diagram that was posted -- it is exactly like mine. The piece labeled Horizontal Rod & Clip comes across and...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Dorot29701
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by Dorot29701

Small engine repair advice

I have a Craftsman mower, 6hp, B&S overhead valve engine. This engine has always started on the first or second pull. O...
24 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nospam
24 comments posted 15yrs posted by nospam

Trusses up

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/ Well, passed that milestone. Now to shim to grade, and weld together suppor...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

To create more jobs...

... get rid of occupational licensure, says the Wall Street Journal. "Travel and tourist guides, funeral attendants, ho...
17 comments posted 15yrs
posted by heybub
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

Vacuum a 3M filtrete filter?

Does anyone just fac the intake side of these filters and keep using for another few months?
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kansascats
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by kansascats

A question for plumbers

In one of our bathrooms, we have a sewer gas odor. It is coming from around the commode, not from the shower, sinks or...
45 comments posted 15yrs
posted by No Spam no contact
45 comments posted 15yrs posted by No Spam no contact

Telephone wires: connecting in small space

I want to modify the telephone wiring in my old house. I don't want to pull new wire (would be too hard). Rather, the p...
9 comments posted 15yrs
posted by woger151
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by woger151

Smoke alarm?

During the night one of our smoke alarms started chirping like the battery was low. I got up and set all the clocks back...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by don
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by don

Ridgid wrench

I was going through some tools, and decided to hang up my pipe wrenches. In them, is a Ridgid wrench with a pipe wrench...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Eyeglasses again

Speaking of glasses . . . . . which we wee a few days ago, what do you do with the old ones? I've been donating them to...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by esp
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by esp

CFLs and dimmers

hi - Just happen to stumble cross a webpage discussing CFLs and dimmers... - but still confused http://www.dimmablecfls...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pschuman_no5pam_m3
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by pschuman_no5pam_m3

"Great Neck" tap wrench doesn't grip tap

I bought a "Great Neck" Metric tape wrench set, but the wrench does not grip a 6mm tap securely. The taps all have squa...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Nobody
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by Nobody

GFCI outlet lifespan?

G.F. has an outlet in the bathroom that trips frequently when she uses her little desktop fan on the counter. Normally...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by prestwhich
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by prestwhich