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Conversion to gas? ? ?

We live in a six-unit coop apartment building with an oil-fired boiler which supplies radiator heat throughout the buil...
43 comments posted 18yrs
posted by rayj.balt
43 comments posted 18yrs posted by rayj.balt

insulating basement condo

Finishing the basement of a condo. I intend to insulate the outside walls, but do I need to insulate the inside walls ?...
20 comments posted 18yrs
posted by sidwelle
20 comments posted 18yrs posted by sidwelle

What paint for white stucco.

I had to sparay paint the walnut stain on the wood trim of my mostly white stucco house. Brush painting would have been...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by PaPaPeng
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by PaPaPeng

bearings, bicycle crank, where is the grease seal?

I have an 15 year old bike and the crank bearings gave out due to lack of grease. I cleaned everything up and replaced...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by drubnone
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by drubnone

Insulating a roof with no crawl space

Posted the following elsewhere and got no response... Just bought a home built in 1950. The roof I suspect has minimal...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by deguza
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by deguza

water heater problem

We have a water heater which is mounted on a small (2") stand. We noticed water pooling up around the base. The cold in...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dave.bridges
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by dave.bridges

Concrete curb repair

On the street in front of my house there are 3 broken sections of curbing, each about 20 inches long. The total opening...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by brinker
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by brinker

Electrical problems

So I was on the computer, then all of a sudden I hear BOOM, like an circuit breaker tripping, and everything went quiet...
22 comments posted 18yrs
posted by mikkopel
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by mikkopel

indoor waterfall.. .make louder...

i have purchased a harmony stone table top relaxation fountain. It doesn't work like i expected.. and there is no c...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jonknutsonhome
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by jonknutsonhome

Snowblower tires

The tires on my snowblower are both deflated and loose from the wheels. It would be easy enough to just replace them an...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by clifto
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by clifto

Painting house exterior

I'll be soon painting the exterior of my house. The house is mostly stucco with some lap siding. It's a single...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by smith_bp101
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by smith_bp101

Other Kinds of Trimmers?

Been reading the great thread on string trimmers, and am wondering if there are other kinds.
20 comments posted 18yrs
posted by cyberpurrs
20 comments posted 18yrs posted by cyberpurrs

help w/ leaking farberware water urn

Farberware has no repair resources anymore. I have two of these 36+ cup hot water urns to fix. the easiest one to fix (...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dkorb1
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by dkorb1