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Cartridge ciculator sticking
I have 2 zone forced hot water heating system with 2 TACO 007-05 Cartridge ciculators. One zone works without a hitch. The second ciculator seems to hum a little and not deliver hot water. (The pump...
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Broken Washing Machine and French Exchange Student - A Strange Coincidence
My washing machine was having trouble draining. I ran the diagnostic tests and it came back with an error that said it was taking too long to drain. (Thanks, I knew that!) I took the hoses off of the...
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IKEA Kitchen Cabinets
I've never bought anything IKEA. As far as I know, I've never *seen* anything IKEA in real life. I just saw a magazine ad for an IKEA kitchen. Anybody know where the quality of IKEA kitchen cabinets...
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Why dont bottle jacks work on their side?
I'm trying to jack an I-beam sideways, jacking it from an existing I-beam. I tried 3 bottle jacks, a small 2 or 3 ton, a 10 ton, and a 30 ton. None of them work on their sides but work perfect when...
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Draining a Water Heater.
One house I own, the water heater drains just fine. Put a hose on the outlet on the bottom and turn it on. The house is on a lot that is on a slope, so the gravity helps. But my other house in Florida...
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13 years ago
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Hydraulic oil
Recently bought an electric wood splitter that calls for ISO 22 hydraulic oil such as Mobil DTE 11. Nearly impossible to even find oil with the ISO grade label on them unless I want to start with a 5...
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Bonding PVC to rubber?
I've got an adhesion challenge of dealing with 2 dissimilar materials in a backyard project. I'm using two DOERR stock feeder tanks filled with sand as homes for my horseshoe pitching stakes. The...
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backer board seams
I'm about ready to lay down the backer board on my counter tops so I can lay the 18" granite tile down. I don't really understand backer board though. It wants to be snapped in straight pieces which...
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13 years ago
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Wood Stove Information
We bought a house last year that has a wood stove with the name Pineridge Genuine Wood Stove printed on it. We just had a small fire in it last year with the door open and grate on but didn't use it...
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13 years ago
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Inexpensive Fluorescent Lights
Many years ago I installed a row of inexpensive F40T12 double tube fixtures in my garage. They are starting to go, finally. But, the tubes seem to be going individually. After swapping tubes around,...
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OT - Heat output of oil lamp
Wick type oil or "kerosene" lamps from Walmart or other places. They put out some heat. But, how much? Any idea how to figure out the BTU per hour? My thought is that they burn about an ounce of oil...
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Any additional tips/suggestions/hints for dispensing gasoline from 30-55 gallon drum at home?
I'm considering gassing the cars & off-road vehicles from a fuel drum at home in a remote area dozens of miles from the nearest gas station. While I'm in the planning stage, it would be helpful to...
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Question about airtubs- Specifically tubs by MAAX...thoughts on this brand
Hi, I will be having an airtub installed in my bathroom.. I was wondering if anyone here has any first hand experience with a company called Maax? This will be there Pearl series.. Does anyone know...
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LV Cable Connections - Current Practice?
Anybody up on the state-of-the-art in making connections for low voltage landscape lighting cable connections? I've used various dodges over the years to connect the black "lamp cord" - rubbish...
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Why do painted surfaces stick together?
I recently painted a couple of casement windows by removing them and working on them indoors. They were correctly primed and painted according to instructions, except that due to time constraints,...
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