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When a fan fails, would it overheat?

I'm using a $20 household fan 24/7 to ventilate a damp crawl space by sealing it against one of the crawl space ven...
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nospam
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

Selling an Old New Chain Saw?

I'm in an interesting position of trying to sell a 10 year old Husqvarna chain saw that's never been used. As t...
33 comments posted 17yrs
posted by wolftracks
33 comments posted 17yrs posted by wolftracks

Broadcast lawn spreader

My $40 Scotts broadcast spreader is going to the trash heap, never again will buy a Scotts product. This spreader is li...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nobody
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by nobody

Refrigerator not Cooling Intermittently

I have a Maytag MTF2455DRW refrigerator that's a bit over 10 years old. Twice in the past six months it suddenly de...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by scharf.steven
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by scharf.steven

Ground wasp nests

Hi, I have discovered a ground wasp(?) nest near my house. So I went to HD and got a spray can, but when I read the ins...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by aaronfude
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by aaronfude

Painting a concrete basement floor

I have a house that I am going to be renting out that has a basement with poured concrete walls and a concrete floor. T...
22 comments posted 17yrs
posted by JayTKR
22 comments posted 17yrs posted by JayTKR

Hole in Driveway

I have a concrete driveway. Where it meets the poured concrete house foundation, there is a hole about two inches wide...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nielloeb
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by nielloeb

Sweating Cu pipe

I don't usually have a problem sweating Cu pipe but this is a little unusual. I need to put a coupling on a short p...
20 comments posted 17yrs
posted by JIMMIEDEE123
20 comments posted 17yrs posted by JIMMIEDEE123

Electric Fireplace

stopped working, do I need a specialist or just an electrician to troubleshoot and fix it?
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gloria212
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by gloria212

Kitchen phone jack bad?

My kitchen phone was crackling horribly, so I bought a replacement at Radio Shack. It worked fine for a month or so, th...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by hypatia08
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by hypatia08

DIY disasters kill nearly 600 a year

DIY handymen are costing hundreds of millions of dollars in medical bills by putting up wobbly scaffolds, touching live...
22 comments posted 17yrs
posted by kilowatt
22 comments posted 17yrs posted by kilowatt

Decora dimmer?

Does anyone make a good Decora-style dimmer that doesn't require it's own trim plate? e.g. I was looking at the...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by njnagel
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by njnagel

More city code violation crap

College students turn school bus into a swimming pool (intentionally). City code inspector says that's a violation....
36 comments posted 17yrs
posted by heybub
36 comments posted 17yrs posted by heybub

Repairs of the future

Here's a video from BMW on "augmented" reality auto repair, but it would work for home repairs too. http://www.pops...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by heybub
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by heybub