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New concrete driveway, patio, and walkways

I am looking to replace a home driveway, patio, and connecting walkways, and am gathering quotations. I am posting here...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nobody
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

Harbor Freight phone system hacked...

Called HF customer service today to straighten out a credit card flub, and using the number on the letter, 1-800-423-25...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by jbobst4
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by jbobst4

painting galvanized flashing

The roofers did a nice job and the new roof looks fine except for one thing: the galvanized valley flashing kinda stick...
6 comments posted 16yrs
posted by heathcliff_bambino
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by heathcliff_bambino

San Bruno go boom!

Been watching the teevee nooz coverage of the San Bruno [San Francisco peninsula] gas main explosion and conflagration....
35 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nobody
35 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

What kind of clear coat for acrylic paint

We asked an artist to paint a mural on the side of the house. The artist used acrylic paint for the mural, about 4x6 fe...
6 comments posted 16yrs
posted by joel2009NOSPAME
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by joel2009NOSPAME

Re-screening a door

Asked this question in a thread up yonder but it apparently got overlooked. I need to re-screen a screen door. Will pro...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nobody
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

Solar & Wind Power Excesses / back to the grid

I was told that if a person operates a solar or wind generator, and if they produce more power than they need, this pow...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by jw
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by jw

Do they even make these

Friend is going on couple month trip. He wants to put monitors for water near his sump pump and near his water heater....
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by kurtullman
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by kurtullman

Are you satisfied with your electric service?

I got a call today that showed up as "Private Caller" on my caller ID. He claimed he was from the County Electric Membe...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by kilowatt
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by kilowatt

? How much to pay

Here in central Texas, we had 12+ inches of rain last Wednesday & Wednesday night. We needed it but it is too late to s...
12 comments posted 16yrs
posted by NOBSPAM r-beaman
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by NOBSPAM r-beaman

Replacing section of lawn sprinkler pipe

I have to replace about 20 feet of 1-inch black poly pipe between the house and the five-zone manifold. About six feet...
34 comments posted 16yrs
posted by Rebel1
34 comments posted 16yrs posted by Rebel1

I'm in the wrong business (bedbugs)

As some of you may know, there seems to be a national infestation of bedbugs, as has been noted recently in the NY Time...
54 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nobody
54 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

Last lightbulb factory closes - sniff

"[WINCHESTER, VA.] The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing t...
44 comments posted 16yrs
posted by heybub
44 comments posted 16yrs posted by heybub