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Ceiling fan placement

My master bedroom is approximately 16' x15'. Two walls have windows, one has two doors, and the last one door....
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cnelson
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by cnelson

Reason For Dead Phones?

Worsening static and now completely dead. The phones test OK on the network interface device box attached to the exteri...
26 comments posted 17yrs
posted by HereIAm
26 comments posted 17yrs posted by HereIAm

Remote wall switch for LED lights

I want to add a remote function for a lamp, but all the products that I have seen (X-10, etc) specifically say for inca...
16 comments posted 17yrs
posted by borne
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by borne

nylon or polyproylene

Quick question. Which is stronger,nylon or polypropylene rope?
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by noone
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by noone

Best way to repair badly designed gate

We have a couple of wooden gates. The latches keep bnreakiong because the gates were badly designed so that all of the...
24 comments posted 17yrs
posted by wonmug
24 comments posted 17yrs posted by wonmug

power in circuit, bulb doesn't light

I have a ridiculous problem with a circuit in my house. A simple circuit tester, when hooked to the black and white wir...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by keithmetzger_at_gmail_dot_com
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by keithmetzger_at_gmail_dot_com

No More TV Reception

The converter box had been working OK for the past year but starting today, conversion day, most of the channels 2-13 do...
17 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Windswept
17 comments posted 17yrs posted by Windswept

Cellular to Wired Home Phone

I was told that there was a cellular device you can plug into your home phone wiring and it makes all you regular wired...
20 comments posted 17yrs
posted by JIMMIEDEE123
20 comments posted 17yrs posted by JIMMIEDEE123

How do they make semi-round pickets

How do they make semi-round pickets? I mean fence pickets that are convex on one side and flat on the other. They used...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

Light duty load lift?

Due to back injury, I cannot lift items more than 50 lbs. So I'm looking for a general purpose device to move heavy...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nospam
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

TV antenna shorted out

Do rooftop TV antennas short out? I think mine did. Until yesterday it worked just fine. Now I can not get any programs...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by onthespot
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by onthespot

Uncuttable phone wires?

Is there an acceptable (legally and to the phone company) way to install phone wires and exterior service box such that...
55 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nolabab
55 comments posted 17yrs posted by nolabab

Wasp nest removal difficulty

"[RICHLAND, Wash] Workers cleaning up the Hanford nuclear reservation are going after radioactive wasp nests." http://s...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by heybub
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by heybub

THE END IS HERE

> Tomorrow all analog tv signals will be gone. You know what that > means, NO MORE TV. What will you do without the Jer...
35 comments posted 17yrs
posted by firstnamelastinitial
35 comments posted 17yrs posted by firstnamelastinitial

Pool + Spa - 1 pump or 2

I'm putting in a pool and spa and am debating if I need a separate pump for the spa. One builder tells me I need 2...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by borne
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by borne