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can cold damage a house?

aside from the obvious of water pipes freezing, can cold damage a house? I don't know what might occur, wallpaper p...
18 comments posted 17yrs
posted by RJ_32
18 comments posted 17yrs posted by RJ_32

Are these floor joists nice or not?

http://www.kptv.com/news/17951905/detail.html The only problem I see are the gremlins that steal little children. (sorry...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by me
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by me

Heating Oil Prices

I don't really know much about how the retail home delivery heating oil industry works. But, the recent plummet in...
20 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jwisnia
20 comments posted 18yrs posted by jwisnia

Thermostat Hookup

ok, few electical questions. First I'll briefly explain what I'm trying to do. Hooking up a thermostat for infl...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by stevecornick
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by stevecornick

Central Air replacement

Located in coastal SC, central air unit installed in 2000, no heat pump (hair dryer type heating element I suspect). I...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by we
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by we

CFL question

I have a CFL bulb that is NOT the twisty type. It has several parallel sections inside of a glass cover that makes it l...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by twinmountain
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by twinmountain

Gravel floor in garage

I live in a typical suburb with typical zoning, if I were to build a new detached garage, could I save money by having...
15 comments posted 18yrs
posted by roger61611
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by roger61611

Any way to patch a chipped ceramic butter dish?

My wife has a butter dish that she has had longer than she's had me. It's some kind of pottery with a glaze fin...
37 comments posted 18yrs
posted by SquarePeg
37 comments posted 18yrs posted by SquarePeg

Need old fricrion wheel for AMF snowblower

I have an old (early 70s?) duo stage snowblower that I have almost restored. It has a Tecumseh 5 hp engine. I believe i...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by donaldvargo_at_zoominternet_do
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by donaldvargo_at_zoominternet_do

shoestring ceiling and wall surfaces?

Ran across a good buy on a 'shell' home with acreage. No insulation in walls, many interior room walls framed o...
27 comments posted 18yrs
posted by leeroy
27 comments posted 18yrs posted by leeroy

Tile layout software

I do own AutoCAD 2009, BUT, is there any free software so that I can play with different tile layouts for the bathroom....
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ivan
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by ivan

Supporting 3" vent stack

It's 3" ABS so it does not weigh that much. However, does no one make a support system that installs within the wal...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ivan
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by ivan

how many pier blocks for shed foundation

Hi everyone i'm building a 10x15 shed it will be 15 feet wide, so the joists are 10 ft long, and the 2 outside ledger b...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jbranchesi
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by jbranchesi

Screw Won't Budge

It's a brand new mini grease gun. Need to remove a slot screw to attach a flexible hose. It won't budge. I don&#...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by happy
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by happy