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Door locks and keys

I just had a conversation with my neighbor, who owns her house and takes in roommates. This is her first house and ever...
21 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Me
21 comments posted 15yrs posted by Me

Sound Insulation

I'm redoing our basement (or rather doing it...). While working down there, someone above flushed a toilet, and I was a...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by john.ulvr
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by john.ulvr

1" nails in a gun made for 1 1/4" to 2 1/2"?

Has anyone reading this ever tried 1" nails in a pneumatic gun with a 1 1/4" minimum size nail? If so did it work, jam,...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by TonySivori
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by TonySivori

wall hanging outside in the wind

SWMBO got a painted piece of slate with our last name, etc. that measures about 12"x12" and has a leather picture-hangi...
9 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mattmeitzner
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by mattmeitzner

Installing vapor barrier in corners and odd spaces

I'm stumped on how to "properly" install vapor barrier. I've got is a 10' roll (folded, actual roll dimension is 5'). B...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dbonnell
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by dbonnell

Sink Baskets and putty or caulk

Pretty much anything to do with water, I have trouble with. I've got a Kohler cast iron sink. Insinkerator on one side...
9 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jeff_thies
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by jeff_thies

Best way to repair notched joist (with pic)

I'm redoing my basement and came across a 2X8 joist that was notched at some point in the past.It is notched approx It...
52 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mikepier
52 comments posted 15yrs posted by mikepier

Hot water stinks like sulfur

We had a new water heater installed and now the hot water stinks like rotten eggs. The people who installed it have not...
17 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nobody
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by nobody

Good all-around vacuum cleaners

It's time to replace the ancient Electrolux (I think it's a model XXX or model 60. Probably a collectors' item, but the...
52 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Eric
52 comments posted 15yrs posted by Eric

All Hardwood Floor

The Beauty of wood offering extreme talent and matching entourage of equipment, versatile custom hardwood floor laying...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Dirt
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by Dirt

air compressor

I'd like some feed back on an air compressor. What I want to do with it is to inflate tires on my pick up truck & car,...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by scanb31
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by scanb31

auto close gate mod help

hi all I had a little project that turned a regular gate into an auto-close gate. the mod worked, unfortunately, it wor...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by scanb31
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by scanb31

ANYONE need high Quality Hardwood floors

The Beauty of wood offering extreme talent and matching entourage of equiptment, versatile custom hardwood floor laying...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Dirt
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by Dirt

replacing toilet closet flange

Took the old toilet off and found the closet bolt holts for the plastic flange are broken. It appears there are no bolt...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by wf3h
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by wf3h