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Repairing Floor Lamp?

It's not the best quality, came in one of those 3-lamp sets, but it is NEW--maybe a year old and barely used. When...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by cyberpurrs
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by cyberpurrs

Questions about Swimming Pools & Equipment

I've had an inground swimming pools since 2001 and overall it is great. We had it build by a local contactor and wa...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by pcwebtrax
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by pcwebtrax

Torque setting lawn mower head bolts

I have a Murray lawn mower (No instruction manual) with a 6HP, B&S engine, from which I removed the head, so as to put...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by limeylew
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by limeylew

Table Lamp Socket Gets Real Hot

This table lamp has the kind of on/off switch where it's a straight piece that you push "through" the socket to tur...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by pdr3535
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by pdr3535

Frameless Shower Glass - to miter or not to miter

Hi, I have two competing contractors to install shower glass. One suggest mitering the corner where two panels of glass...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by aaronfude
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by aaronfude

can someone recommend a dishwasher?

subject says all... trying to do a little googling in case my current dishwasher (which I loathe, because it's a ch...
11 comments posted 18yrs
posted by njnagel
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by njnagel

Gas stone safety knobs?

Hi all, I didn't realize until recently that it seems that most (if not all) gas stoves have their knobs located on...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by michaeldholcomb
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by michaeldholcomb

They're not really DTV converters !

These boxes that the government is giving us $40 coupons for supposedly DTV converters are not really DTV converters !...
44 comments posted 18yrs
posted by anonymous
44 comments posted 18yrs posted by anonymous

Mixed messages

I am a carpenter. Not a contractor. I've offered to help a friend re- do her living room floors and kitchen. I have...
14 comments posted 18yrs
posted by cajunpaisley
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by cajunpaisley

Short Neck PAR30 CFL ?

I'm moving to a lot of CFLs. I would like to find a CFL replacement for a PAR30 short neck bulb. Has anyone seen one...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by kd6nt
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by kd6nt

Urethaning wood entry door darkens color

Yesterday as a test, I wiped on a small section of Helmsman Spar urethane on my front entry door to see how it looks. T...
15 comments posted 18yrs
posted by mikepier
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by mikepier

Oil primer over latex paint?

I've just bought a house that's about 85 years old, and I have just sanded, pressure washed, and TSP-ed the ext...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by phildcrow
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by phildcrow