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Mice and rats

I had mice when I first bought my house but got rid of them. I am now thinking of putting rat and mouse traps outside a...
17 comments posted 18yrs
posted by boobooililililil
17 comments posted 18yrs posted by boobooililililil

Painting Pressure Treated Wood

Hi all. Time to paint the shop again. I constructed the stairs and hand rails about 8 years ago out of pressure treated...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by kellytjones
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by kellytjones

refrigerator water dispenser delayed reaction

I just moved into this home, so i dont know any history of this problem. But upon my first use of my fridge's water...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by patnjer13_at_yahoo_dot_com
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by patnjer13_at_yahoo_dot_com

Dry Well Questions

I've got a bell-shaped dry well (maybe 3 feet in diameter) attached to a big box (about 3 feet by 4 feet, 4 feet de...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by BertByfield
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by BertByfield

Advice to clean/bleach teak steps in bathroom?

Our master bathroom has a larger whirlpool tub build on a platform which uses teak wood for the decking and steps. Over...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by r.mariotti
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by r.mariotti

Dishwasher NOT ADJACENT sink

I need to install a dishwasher at my nephew's new (old) house. It needs to be placed NOT ADJACENT to sink. (Two cab...
69 comments posted 18yrs
posted by witriol
69 comments posted 18yrs posted by witriol

Cabot stain waterproof question

Over the weekend, the wife and I put on Cabot 1407 opaque oil-based stain on the floor of the deck. At the recommendati...
13 comments posted 18yrs
posted by mikeandteresanoonan
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by mikeandteresanoonan

What does it harm...

when a power surge or lightening strike somewhere along the line cooks a microwave oven? Is there some internal breaker...
17 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dontbother
17 comments posted 18yrs posted by dontbother

Tankless water heater

I'm looking for opinions/advice on these. I've just purchased a house and the current hot water boiler is in th...
18 comments posted 18yrs
posted by don't
18 comments posted 18yrs posted by don't

Cabinet intstall -- Kitchen Base

Seems pretty easy, once leveled all all, I have only one stud behind each of the two new base cabinets. So, in the back...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by timbirr
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by timbirr

Swimming pool light - electricians?

I have two lights about 3 feet below the water surface. One of them turn on and one of them went off recently. I had th...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nmbexcuse
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by nmbexcuse

Water heater leak at top

I have a six year old electric water heater that works find and doesn't leak water on floor but two of the metal sc...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by mbennett
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by mbennett

Washing Machine Repair

My sis's washing machine is malfunctioning, and I boasted that I could solve the problem. When there is a load of l...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ctbishop
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by ctbishop

Problem with fluorescent lamp or ballast

One pair of the fluorescent lamps in the kitchen stopped working. I replaced with the other pair in the same big box on...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by yong321
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by yong321

Whirlpool rocking washing machine tub

Hello Everyone, We just purchased a new Whirlpool washing machine WTW5700DSW from Bestbuy and things haven't starte...
4 comments posted 18yrs
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