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How much heat to keep pipes from freezing

Here in winter, most days it at least gets above freezing. (Alabama/Georgia) The nights are supposed to be down in the...
26 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kilowatt
26 comments posted 15yrs posted by kilowatt

How resilient is fiberglass insulation?

When I bought a roll of R-19 fiberglass insulation the other day, the guy in the orange vest had to cut open a package...
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by teamarrows
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by teamarrows

Microwave necropsy

I have a Whirlpool Microwave RM280PXABO on top of a Whirlpool oven. As you know, I wrote recently asking advice about t...
15 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
15 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Salt stains

Road salt has stained some suede shoes of mine. Is there a trick to getting the salt stains removed. I've already deter...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by tnom
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by tnom

Pink blown in wall insulation

I have a friend that took my advise and blew in wall insulation. He didn't take my advice to use cellulose though. Or t...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jeff_thies
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by jeff_thies

HELP - Washing Machine destroyed my house

I tossed some laundry in the wash machine about an hour ago and it was running normally. When it went into the spin cyc...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jackofhearts
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by jackofhearts

OT Repairing scratched eyeglasses

My glasses are scratched up and was wondering if anyone has used the stuff that is advertised to fix them..I don't have...
29 comments posted 15yrs
posted by benick
29 comments posted 15yrs posted by benick

HVAC damper control question

I am redoing my basement and part of the work involves boxing around ductwork which has a couple of dampers that contro...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mikepier
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by mikepier

GE dishwasher question

My son has an older GE dishwasher, about 12 years old. Does this machine have a solenoid to activate the drain function,...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by hrhofmann
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by hrhofmann

Whole house humidifier

I had some hardwood flooring delivered yesterday, and I noticed on the box it calls for 72 hours for the wood to adjust...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by cubbybrockley
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by cubbybrockley

How would (or *Would*) you insulate this space?

I've spent the afternoon insulating the rim joist bays around my basement. I'm filling the bays with R-19 fiberglass in...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by teamarrows
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by teamarrows

getting ready to tile the bathroom

OK getting ready to put floor tile in the bathroom...what do i do about running it up against the toilet and bathtub? o...
27 comments posted 15yrs
posted by wf3h
27 comments posted 15yrs posted by wf3h