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Leaking Hose

Hello, I recently bought a brand new hose and screwed it as tightly as I could (by hand) to the spigot (I've never actu...
10 comments posted 15yrs
posted by bwilde
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by bwilde

ideas for water proof

I live in toronto/ontario/canada. i have water leakage in my basement especially in winter. the side of my house is mud...
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posted by lezawang
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by lezawang

Garage door surface prep

A couple Wayne-Dalton steel garage doors on a 2-car detached garage in midwest US, installed in 1997. Got hit with graf...
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posted by barrel.full
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by barrel.full

Sealing blacktop driveway

This is not a do it yourself job, it's 1/10 mile long with a big parking area up top. Everyone seems to use this emulsi...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Tony.Miklos
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by Tony.Miklos

OT Ventotene and Roman Engineering

Slightly off-topic, I was watching leftist PBS last night at two programs, one about the Parthenon, the other about sun...
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posted by robert_green1963
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by robert_green1963

Home Heating oil line

Is there another type of oil line that is acceptable to use besides copper? R
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posted by ROANIN2009
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by ROANIN2009

Tree on Property Line

I'm curious about people's opinions on the following not-so- hypothetical situation: If you have two neighbors, call th...
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posted by alias123.john
45 comments posted 15yrs posted by alias123.john

LIVE WIRE - PLEASE TOUCH

I'm all set for this years Halloween. I have a piece of heavy electrical cable laying on my sidewalk with the bare ends...
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posted by jw
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by jw

Bugs in the pantry

Okay, I thought I had this taken care of but apparently not :( We have these bugs. You know, the ones that are little w...
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posted by wmspins
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by wmspins

Drainage for cherry tree!

Bought a cherry tree today. Read that drainage is important. I have a lot of clay. Even if I fix up the soil in the hol...
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posted by NOPSAMmm2005
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

Alarm System Contacts

Another thread discussing whether a switch in something was normally open or normally closed reminded me of a similar q...
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posted by greenpjs
86 comments posted 15yrs posted by greenpjs

Kitchen design: Can Dishwasher go next to stove?

I'm doing a layout of a new kitchen in a condo. One idea I had was to put the dishwasher next to the stove, but then I...
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posted by mikepier
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by mikepier

Big STIHL recall

on Stihl gas powered lawn products http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/25/news/companies/stihl_recall/?section=money_latest
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posted by willshak
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by willshak

What they're not telling us

They're not telling us that the reason we are having all these tornados and other severe storms around the world not be...
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posted by principal
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by principal

Wiring A/C condensate drain pump

Have a Little Giant VCMA-15 condensate drain pump with a pan overflow switch. The pump has two low voltage connections...
19 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dryearwood
19 comments posted 15yrs posted by dryearwood