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prepwork for trim..

I am about to paint the trim in my stairway.. It has 2-3 coats of paint. I know the top coat is a latex paint, and the...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by cvplummer
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by cvplummer

Toilet installation

I'm installing a new toilet on a basement floor. I lined up the flange slots with the bowl holes and traced around...
22 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nobody
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by nobody

Anyone have an Orion?

The new stainless steel convection cooker from Home Depot? Works on a small amount of charcoal. Steve
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by toquerville
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by toquerville

Lubricate with regular oil or WD-40

I've googled this topic and there is two opinions out there. Some say use regular oil because it last longer, other...
74 comments posted 18yrs
posted by labicff
74 comments posted 18yrs posted by labicff

SonicScrubber

Is the SonicScrubber power scrub brush any good? Does it work anywhere near as well as it does in the TV commercial? Th...
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posted by neutrino1
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by neutrino1

how clean does a concrete floor need to be?

...to put down tile? reason I ask this question is I spent last weekend finishing scraping up the old tiles in my laund...
11 comments posted 18yrs
posted by njnagel
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by njnagel

OT: Out of jail, new lawn

St. Pete Times this morning has good news, here: http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article850257.ece One inter...
21 comments posted 18yrs
posted by norminn
21 comments posted 18yrs posted by norminn

Water Hammer - But not your typical kind

I know about water hammer - the loud noise associated with a rapidly closing valve causing the water to slam inside pip...
27 comments posted 18yrs
posted by DerbyDad03
27 comments posted 18yrs posted by DerbyDad03

Chalk Questions

At lowes and HD there seems to bea chalk for alsmost everything but what I need. I need to seal aluminum w/ a white sur...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by whizzy
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by whizzy

Ceramic Tile Questions

I would like to tile the walls around my bathtub. Do I need a special backing board or can I tile over the existing gyp...
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posted by k00n88
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by k00n88

paint problem

I just finished a painting project on some old plaster that was patched and restored. It turned out fine. However, ther...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by cvplummer
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by cvplummer