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Insulation: Air vs. fibreglass, styrofoam, etc.

Awl -- Recently, on one of these How They Do It ditties, they featured but more Dubai profligacy, this time indoor skii...
48 comments posted 15yrs
posted by fitcat
48 comments posted 15yrs posted by fitcat

Power Pole Fuses

The answer to this will likely need to come from someone who has worked for an electric utility company. The fuses on p...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jw
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by jw

Hornets Nest

About a week ago, there was a LONG thread on a hornets nest outside a window. Sadly, I don't remember what were the ans...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by cayoung61**spamblock##
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by cayoung61**spamblock##

Gray water leachfield

I'm making a beer brewing room in one of my containers. I want to drain grey water (that with soaps, sanitizer, and a l...
40 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
40 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

BR Sink Problem

My bathroom sink is two years old. The drain (the round cover) is stainless steel and is attached to a piece of plastic...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Dorot29701
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by Dorot29701

Irrigation, of sorts

I'm running a part of my "irrigation" with a hose and some couplers and some sprinklers. It's way out of hand -- too ma...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by x
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by x

Rerouting DWV - vertical drop?

In my basement my 4" main cast iron pipe comes into the house about 2' off the floor 10' from the corner. It then turns...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by limp_arbor
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by limp_arbor

In-ground pool question/rant

Last year I got hit with algae early so I got "phosfree" and it cleared it up. Went to a maintance dose of "pool perfec...
29 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jthread
29 comments posted 15yrs posted by jthread

More on wind turbines

They've entered the mainstream. The winner of this year's Bulwer-Lytton* fiction contest penned: "Cheryl?s mind turned...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by heybub
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

Fixed my cell phone

Cell phone developed a, um, "stain" on the main screen shaped like a football that obscured everything beneath it. Took...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by heybub
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

New window A/Cs make a slapping, clicking sound

Just got two new window A/C's (Haier and Sharp) units installed and they make a lot of slapping and clicking noises. At...
23 comments posted 15yrs
posted by robert_green1963
23 comments posted 15yrs posted by robert_green1963

Needed: Non-Chemical Mole Control

I have moles tunneling under my patio block sidewalk and causing it to sink. I do not use any chemicals for pests, sinc...
16 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jw
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by jw

Sod redux

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/ Looks like it took root! Steve
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posted by pittmanpirate
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate