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Fixing small gas leak?

We bought a used gas dryer and it came with a flex gas line. Hooked everything up and we smelled gas. Called the gas co...
14 comments posted 16yrs
posted by joejak
14 comments posted 16yrs posted by joejak

Harmonic resonance shower

I was cleaning one of my vacation rentals. I turned on the MOEN shower water control. In the middle range, where the wa...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Improvising a lawnmower gas cap

I've somehow lost the cap to the gas tank on my Sears Craftsman push lawnmower. I found a container cap that fits, but...
22 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nylefty
22 comments posted 16yrs posted by nylefty

multiple HVAC vs. zoning

We've been looking at homes here in the Las Vegas area and I've noticed something that seems different from other areas...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by Null
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by Null

Holmes on Holmes

This show is pretty good. I'm glad he isn't spending my money. He sure does find some shoddy work.
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by boleyn7
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by boleyn7

Garage hose bib causes water in basement

My wife and I are buying a new home and closing tomorrow. When the hose bib that is installed in the garage is turned o...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by mattmeitzner
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by mattmeitzner

Sizing a mini-split a/c

A friend is looking into putting in a mini-split air conditioner. The room does not have an outside wall. She has calcu...
16 comments posted 16yrs
posted by donwiss
16 comments posted 16yrs posted by donwiss

left hinge door, right hinge storm

We've got a left-hinge door, and my husband wants to install the storm door right-hinge. Here's a picture of our setup:...
39 comments posted 16yrs
posted by angelicapaganelli
39 comments posted 16yrs posted by angelicapaganelli

DVD Connections

This may be the wrong group But...I want to replace my vcr with a DVD recorder but am not sure about the connections. M...
27 comments posted 16yrs
posted by jsimmons88
27 comments posted 16yrs posted by jsimmons88

Wheels for steel shelving

There is a standard for steel shelving size and construction, with heavy steel angle uprights with 1/4" holes at about...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by VM
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by VM

The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.

A painless method to reduce the human impact on the environment is to stop mowing grass. In general, the only reason fo...
34 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nehmo54
34 comments posted 16yrs posted by nehmo54

Cutting Sidewalk Expansion Joints

So I tried to single-handedly replace a slab of sidewalk last week. Near killed my po' self, mixing and pouring, etc. W...
20 comments posted 16yrs
posted by barrel.full
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by barrel.full

OT: Where's the beef? In a freezer, probably

I started a thread last Sunday moaning about the fact that the local supermarkets no longer got sides of beef and that...
20 comments posted 16yrs
posted by dadiOH
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by dadiOH