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pool solar panel repair
Installing solar panels for pool today and dropped the drill on it as it slid down my roof put a hole in the black panel about inch or less. Any ideas on how to repair?...
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Old Concrete Driveway
Hi, I have an old concrete driveway in my house and it has been painted over a few times (at least twice that I can tell from the colors visible). The driveway is obviously chipping/peeling in a few...
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Solution
This is not a problem we've encountered before, so we'd like to learn more about it. Can you contact our Customer Service team ( and tell us what model you have? We'll report back anything we learn.
 
Houston Television Wall Mounting and Projector Installation
Installs Plus provides home and business audio visual installations, we specializes in: plasma tv mounting, led tv mounting, lcd tv mounting, projector installation, and surrond sound installation in...
 
How to Clean Concrete Garage Floor
I have new tenants moving into a townhouse I own, and the garage floor looks bad after 27 years of oil stains etc. I tried pressure washing it, but it really made no difference since I guess the oil...
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MIN DISTANCE FROM EDGE OF SINK TO NEAREST ELECTRIC OUTLET
I am helping an elderly lady get her house ready to sell. There is an electrical outlet in the wall about 26 inches from the nearest point of the sink. I know it has been mentioned here many many...
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help wiring rotary phone
My mom gave me this phone. It is a replica of an old one. She had to attach phone wires on the circuit board to make it work but can't remember how she did it..fluke really.....so Now I have my phone...
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Cooper Lighting Motion Sensor Outdoor Light, Turning Light On
Hi, I'm trying to help a relative who lost the owner's manual for her Cooper Lighting model MS80W outdoor motion sensor flood light. She no longer wants the motion sensor feature, but wants to be able...
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What is a good solvent to remove permanent marker on plastic?
The kids scribbled on a plastic outdoor item and I'm amazed the permanent marker hasn't been removed by the alcohol nor by the gasoline soaked rag. What's a good solvent to remove permanent marker on...
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Shoddy work, no permits, buildings collapsing
A mere 2,000 years after being built "[ROME] Falling chunks of mortar from Rome's Colosseum has rekindled the debate about the state of the Italian capital's archaeological treasures -- some of which...
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Elecronic air cleaner unit
Came into possession of an electronic air cleaner unit from a small commercial building that was being gutted and renovated. Overall size about 24 by 18 inches and appears to have been installed...
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HD lumber prices
Have lumber prices gone up significantly at HD stores country-wide? I just went into our local one last week and OSB seems to have doubled in price, with many other wood products also showing...
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PLUMBING QUESTION
I'm roughing in the plumbing for my two story house before pouring the slab. The downstairs bathroom will have a toilet, laundry sink, clothes washer drain and shower. Everything drains to the 3" main...
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EPA has a Most Wanted list
Never new the FPA Had a Most Wanted list.. _Current Fugitive Profiles_ Sample of charges.... - Alghazouli sold R-12 Freon, an ozone depleting substance, that had been illegally smuggled from Mexico. -...
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What is this draft stopping product called?
I have this around the frame of my storm door, and I have seen it on other applications as well. It is a strip of very fine fibers, each fiber about 1/8" long, assembled in a long section which is cut...
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