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Stripping a wood deck

Spent much of the day stripping my wood deck. If it matters, it had several layers of Thompson's WaterSeal Honey Gold D...
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posted by jim
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by jim

New sod question

Should I keep my new sod wet by long soakings (45 min), or several shorter more frequent ones (15 min)? Steve
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posted by pittmanpirate
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Extra sod

I have a bit of extra sod, and it will be a few days until I can find a place for it. I have some moving blankets on it...
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posted by pittmanpirate
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Inventor of Weed-Eater dies

"While driving through an automatic carwash in 1971, George Ballas watched the whirling nylon bristles glide around the...
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posted by heybub
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

Search warrants for code violations?

"[VIRGINIA] The City of Lynchburg is trying to give the planning commission (building permits, code enforcement, etc.)...
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posted by heybub
36 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

CFL bulbs

I'm pretty sure I've replaced the CFL in my kitchen twice in the last year. Nothing funny about the application that I...
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posted by peetie.wheatstraw
28 comments posted 15yrs posted by peetie.wheatstraw

Small Briggs and Stratton motors

There's a number of folks, some on this forum, that say that B&S make good motors. I don't doubt it, but ... In my gara...
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posted by Cadillac.coffin
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by Cadillac.coffin

George Ballas was 85

http://tinyurl.com/449me4o He invented the Weed Eater.
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posted by dh0496
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by dh0496

Getting rid of moles in a lawn?

Anyone have any actual success in any solutions that work to get rid of moles? Would appreciate real results as opposed...
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posted by trader4
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by trader4

Sod redux

The greatest portion of the sod was laid today, leaving about a pallet left. The sod was as thick as I have seen it, bu...
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posted by pittmanpirate
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

old dresser knobs - no screws

I'm trying to refinish an old dresser, but ran into a stumbling block when trying to take the hardware off the drawers....
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posted by mattmeitzner
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by mattmeitzner

Underground electrical lines

I want to grow a large Hibiscus hedge about 6' in front of my back yard fence. My concern is the city has buried electr...
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posted by Kentucky Cardinal
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by Kentucky Cardinal

Removing cement shower base -- any tips?

I'm remodeling a shower with a tiled cement base -- including removal of that base. It's approx. 32" x 30" x 2" (thinne...
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posted by Nobody
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by Nobody

OT How much do you know about Independence Day?

Sorry for the OT, but it is our Independence Day. Take this short test and find out. http://local.cincinnati.com/quiz/qu...
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posted by No Spam no contact
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by No Spam no contact