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Parking lot coating - cancer risk

Sealant doesn't stay put on pavements, raising health concerns http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34809699/ns/us_news-environme...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by postmaster
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by postmaster

Car wash

If I use hot water in my pressure washer and it's 20 degrees out will I crack my car windows?
37 comments posted 16yrs
posted by boobooililililil
37 comments posted 16yrs posted by boobooililililil

finish a basement

How do you do the wall? Just studs and drywall? What of moisture if any? How about the floor, same thing? Studs and floo...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by boobooililililil
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by boobooililililil

Spa GFCI Trips with 120VAC load. What next?

The Background: I had the motor on my 1994 FunSpa go bad on me. I purchased a used one from a local spa dealer. Before...
23 comments posted 16yrs
posted by juangarcia
23 comments posted 16yrs posted by juangarcia

experience with reinforcing floor joists

My house was built in the 1970s when apparently there was a huge shortage of either lumber or smarts. 2x8 joists, 12" O...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by limp_arbor
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by limp_arbor

Work Shops - Electrical - Home Wiring

lhttp://binsearch.info/?q=Work+Shops+-+Electrical+-+Home+Wiring&max=250&adv_age=99&server= Pretty good info for a home...
6 comments posted 16yrs
posted by kilowatt
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by kilowatt

Leak in spa heater

I've got an old Laars Telstar 50,000 BTU spa heater. Just developed a leak in the heat exchanger. The leaks are real ea...
13 comments posted 16yrs
posted by email
13 comments posted 16yrs posted by email

standard kitchen cabinet depth

I have made a lot of kitchen cabinets, but I have never decided for sure what standard 24 inch depth means--is it the o...
16 comments posted 16yrs
posted by girod1
16 comments posted 16yrs posted by girod1

Concrete overlay question

Hi everyone! We would like to have polished, stained concrete floors in some rooms where we formerly had carpet. We rem...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by truetilbeth_at_yahoo_dot_com
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by truetilbeth_at_yahoo_dot_com

HF 3 Stage Charger - thoughts?

Anybody got any +/- words about this 3 Stage unit. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=9985...
26 comments posted 16yrs
posted by postmaster
26 comments posted 16yrs posted by postmaster

Taping drywall - Third coat of mud

I have applied the second coat of mud over the tape and last night I did a little bit of sanding so smooth things out a...
20 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ShyPicker
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by ShyPicker

Grinder question.

Purchased an economical new 8 inch two wheel grinder. One wheel (the coarser one) is slightly eccentric or has a slight...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by tsanford
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by tsanford

NEC for dummies

Any book recomendations for the current electrical code in NJ. I have a lot of electrical work to do and need a referen...
31 comments posted 16yrs
posted by limp_arbor
31 comments posted 16yrs posted by limp_arbor

My little screw-up

We learn from our mistakes. That is why I am posting this. Learn from mine. I recently finsihed my basement. I built wa...
11 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ninebal310
11 comments posted 16yrs posted by ninebal310

Vinyl siding question from rookie

Most of my house is the cheap frame siding with several rotten-out boards. Does vinyl siding go over top of the frame si...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by LRESA500
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by LRESA500