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What Make of Furnace is good to buy?

Hello... My 30 yr old gas furnace is not energy efficient and very noisy...time to replace it... I plan on having it re...
16 comments posted 17yrs
posted by unknown
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by unknown

Speaking of crappy products lately...

Add one more thing to products which no longer last... My 1996 car has plastic headlights and these "yellow" with age s...
16 comments posted 17yrs
posted by billnomailnospamx
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by billnomailnospamx

Roof conversion

I have a small ranch with a pitched roof. I want to change it to a gambrel roof so I can put a couple rooms upstairs. D...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by boobooililililil
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by boobooililililil

How to start with construction of my dream house?

I was wondering if anyone knows of a good resource to find contractors? I have been looking online and all I have seen...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tomchinmethew[at]gmail[dot]com
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by tomchinmethew[at]gmail[dot]com

Recessed Lights Selection

I have been reading recessed light buyer's guide online and the more I read it the more confusing I get. I understa...
15 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nmbexcuse
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by nmbexcuse

Proper Primer on Wood before Gloss Enamel

Painting some wooden signs that are going to have digital prints adherred to it. Sign shop told me to paint them with t...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by albert
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by albert

And When the Ceiling Comes Tumbling Down

I got out of the shower and five minutes later, the ceiling in the bathroom fell down in our 108 year old piece of crap...
21 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ryon
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by ryon

Dryer ducting

The dryer has a duct like this: There is dryer hose at the dryer that connects to 4" duct, which goes vertically down f...
17 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ctbishop
17 comments posted 17yrs posted by ctbishop

So tell me about laser markers/levels

So many times I could have used one. Everyday light duty B&D drill has one built in. It can and has been handy. But I&#...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by postmaster
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by postmaster

Locating ceramic tile

I need to replace several broken tiles in my bathroom floor. The tile is ceramic and was installed about twelve years a...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ewillson
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by ewillson

Drainage cleaning advice

Hi, Lately I noticed that the drainage from laundry / Kitchen is slow which might be because of residual deposits on in...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gvarghes
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by gvarghes

Removing palm tree stump

My son lives in San Diego and asked my advice on removing the stump of a palm tree. So on our last visit, I piled some...
29 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Not
29 comments posted 17yrs posted by Not

What's up with GE kitchen appliences?

I bought a $40 GE brand coffee percolator from Walmart last summer. It seemed to work fine at first, but then after abo...
48 comments posted 17yrs
posted by kskenter
48 comments posted 17yrs posted by kskenter

Gutters & Downs

I'm going to have my house painted. The last guy who gave me a quote looked at my gutters and called them an anachr...
21 comments posted 17yrs
posted by sdaniels
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by sdaniels