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DO_IT_MY_SELF_GASKETS for shower with 4 foot arm
I have a 50 year old Shower with the shower head at the end of movable 4 foot arm. There are two movable joints which are leaking and spraying water everywhere except out the shower head. Replacement...
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FYI: "Lights of America" LED bulbs -- Costco refunding purchase price
We got a letter from Costco today inviting us to return the "Lights of America" LED bulbs we had purchased because they do not live up to the claimed life of 20K hours. Four different SKUs are listed....
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Are there many treaters?
Last year I got about 50, and it was pretty even between boys and girls. By 7:15 tonight, 18 boys and 8 girls. Maybe everyone's worried about the flu? Glad I didn't buy a lot of candy.
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Need help figuring out how to fix rot damage
I have some serious rot damage on a 4x6 beam holding up my front porch. I'm wondering how you guys would approach repairing it. It's easier to see photos than describe so I've uploaded some photos...
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Water usage
Hi, Our condo association has a Fleck 9500 twin tank water softener that is being used in the water supply for our eleven condo units. It has 1.5" input and output connections. Recently, I began to...
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Electric Baseboard Thermostat
My elec. baseboard unit is barely putting out any heat. The thermostat is original to the house 30 years ago. It is a Honeywell T498A All connections at the stat are tight and voltage coming in is OK....
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plumbing reroute
I am trying to reroute my upstairs bathroom pipes away from the exterior wall (actually an enclosed space behind a kneewall). They currently run in an inside (room dividing) wall until they hit the...
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romex in pvc
Can romex be incased in pvc underground I say no but a friend says yes A steak is on the line...
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Installing and finishing unfinished hardwood
I am about to install unfinished hardwood flooring in an apartment that I will be renting out. I went around and around trying to decide whether to go with prefinished or unfinished hardwood etc. In...
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Bug Killer....What's best?
So far I have been able to keep most of the spiders/bugs out of the house. But they seem to be winning the war. I have tried sprays and granular from places like Home Depot. What is the best thing for...
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Degree Days
Some of you may be interested in this. I just got an oil delivery and wanted to calculate the real difference in efficiency of my old versus new boiler. I use the mentioned web site to get the...
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Requesting help for AO Smith Water Heater...
Hi, I own a condominium which uses a AO Smith Natural Gas Model FPS 40 216 Water Heater. I imagine it was installed at the time the condo was built which would be around 1989. The pilot lights fine...
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another shed project question
I have my shed almost finished.....I poured slab, then one row of concrete blocks, and then built shed....It rained quite a bit last night and I noticed some wetness at the mortar joint between slab...
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Touching up bathtub caulk
I just re-caulked a bath tub for the first time. In one spot, I took off a little too much caulk when smoothing the bead, and when the caulk dried, a harline gap formed between the caulk and the edge...
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Snowblower tires
My snowblower tires are too soft. I try pumping them up with my bicycle pump but they seem to stay at the same level. Are they losing air around the rim? How can I get them to hold air? Thanks, Larry
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