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Increase BTU output of gas grill

I have a Char-Broil outdoor stovetop. It is basically a self- contained side-burner that puts out a max of 21,000 BTU w...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by princetonroom
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by princetonroom

Best adhering, durable black paint for metal

I have a set of metal drawers in the lab that are getting old. Ugly dark, dull green. Looking to paing them black, but...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Bob
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by Bob

Machine makes 100.000 sandbags per day

They were just showing on the tv news about the Red River floods. They said they got 3 machines from Canada that can ea...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jimw
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by jimw

Find studs behind tile

I've searched for info on this before, and always came up empty. Seems the consensus is that most stud finders (lik...
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Bob
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by Bob

Fein tools?

I see many paid promotional infomercials on late-night TV touting the MultiMaster power tool by Fein. I'm always hi...
33 comments posted 17yrs
posted by sparkyguy
33 comments posted 17yrs posted by sparkyguy

drainpipe clog

A drainpipe that runs underneath the house is clogged with grit from roof shingles. I used a shopvac to suction out abo...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by hwtspam
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by hwtspam

House Painting And Pressure Washing ?

Hello, Have a question regarding painting my house. Concerns really. House is the typical wooden clapboard style. Hasn&...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rgsros
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by rgsros

Problem with bathtub taps

I turn on the hot water tap for my bathtub, giving it maybe half a turn, leaving it until the water is hot. I then turn...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mjq
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by mjq

Spray lubricants

I'm almost afraid to ask this after the WD-40 triology that we just had. OK, I've go to my courage up now - wha...
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by chizzard52
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by chizzard52

Using self leveling compound in bottom of cabinet

I have a rental property that had a plumbing leak (it's fixed). The base of the cabinet is particle board and has w...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gweedoh
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by gweedoh

Clothes dryer taking too long to dry clothes.

I have a Sears electric dryer (110.86880100) that takes 2 70 minute cycles to dry a load of clothes. The lint filter is...
20 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jurgens
20 comments posted 17yrs posted by jurgens

Little House on Prarie now illegal

"Rachel Merrill, mother of three, was holding innocuous-seeming contraband in her hand at an Arlington Goodwill store e...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by heybub
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by heybub

refrigerator redux

Finally got the design department to accompany me to Sears to look at fridges; I'd taken the advice given in the la...
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by njnagel
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by njnagel

Outside House Vent Question

I have gray vinyl siding on my house. The vents are made out of white plastic. The vents on the south side of the house...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by kate
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by kate

Using 60A Circuit

Folks, I have a stove that uses a 60A circuit. I am going to be replacing it with two devices: One a 240V 40A device, t...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by harry.schatz
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by harry.schatz