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Humidifier Recommendation

I've scheduled a furnace replacement for next month. It will be a 95% high efficiency natural gas unit. The contractor...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by david-junkmail
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by david-junkmail

Backflow check valve necessity?

Durring renovations of my home eight years ago, my contractor installed a water backflow prevention valve on my water h...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mkj4him
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by mkj4him

Way OT: Loon Over MyYammy

I went to HEB [a local food market chain] tonight. I got a cart from the outside cart collection. I passed a mountain o...
13 comments posted 15yrs
posted by heybub
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

Black Friday at the Dollar Store

"Another thing you can do along the same lines, is buy a larger metal bucket, build up the bottom with newspaper, top w...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Oren
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by Oren

As seen on TV! Twin Draft Guard

Flipping through the "vast wasteland"[1], now and again I run across a commercial that catches my attention. The Twin D...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nobody
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by nobody

TSA/scanner nightmare

I don't know that it will help much, but there is an electronic form letter/petition to sign at http://www.petitiononli...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dgriff23
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by dgriff23

Furnace question

Anybody happen to know how much initial startup amperage is used for a furnace just coming on, starting its vent motor,...
22 comments posted 15yrs
posted by baughfam
22 comments posted 15yrs posted by baughfam

Removing smell from items

Long story, made short. Started with new smelly luggage. Chamber maid tried to remove smell by spraying some cleaner on...
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posted by google3luo359
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by google3luo359

Mold on floor joist in crawl space.

Trying to treat mold in crawl space with 20% bleach in water. I thought I could spray it on, but it beads up and runs o...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by everettcotton
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by everettcotton

One Piece Low Flow Toilet Seat Replacement

We are looking to replace our ancient Case one piece lowboys with a new lowboy. Replacing a toilet seat on one of my Ca...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by iHateSpam
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by iHateSpam

Big Lots Multifunction Tool

Selling a variable speed for $39. http://ads.biglots.com/BigLots11182010MASTER/breakouts/b704249_3.jpg My guess is a re...
15 comments posted 15yrs
posted by postmaster
15 comments posted 15yrs posted by postmaster