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What's the life of a carbon monoxide detector?

Our house is 14 years old. This morning, we all woke up feeling dizzy and lightheaded. The kids and adults ate differen...
30 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Mitch
30 comments posted 18yrs posted by Mitch

OT - Highway Impact Attenuator Damage

Just something I'm curious about... I assume we've all seen the impact attenuators they put in front of concret...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by teamarrows
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by teamarrows

R-values of reflective insulation materials

Adapted from "Prediction of the thermal performance of single and multi-airspace reflective insulation materials" by An...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nicksanspam
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by nicksanspam

Locating Pipes in wall

Folks, I am getting a new gas line in my house. So far everything is electric (heat, water heater, cook range everythin...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by djadav2004
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by djadav2004

Mud problem

Remember when you were young and the rain used to wash your car? Now after a rain you have to wash your car because it l...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by boobooililililil
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by boobooililililil

Phone wiring question

I purchased a new home three years ago and I wanted to add an additional phone jack. In my closet, there's the home...
17 comments posted 18yrs
posted by aa6ot
17 comments posted 18yrs posted by aa6ot

Did I just flood the wall behind my tub?

I was replacing the caulking in my bathtub and I removed caulking around the drain trip cover plate just below the fauc...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by david.k.land
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by david.k.land

Need Aluminum Siding

I am sealing off a door in my house, and need to put new siding where it used to be. The entire house has 8" aluminum s...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jtlange
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by jtlange

Line powered smoke alarm beeping (why?)

I have a couple of line powered (mains/AC powered) smoke alarms. Today one of them started beeping seemingly randomly....
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by axzi
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by axzi

Arnold "Power Rake" blade

Any experience of the Arnold 16-in. "Power Rake" de-thatching blade that is intended to replace the regular blade on a m...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nobody
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by nobody

Weight of a railroad tie?

How much does a railroad tie weigh? We are thinking of using some for a landscaping project but are wondering how diffic...
28 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nobody
28 comments posted 18yrs posted by nobody

Incandescent that avoids upcoming ban

There is now a retail-available incandescent that has enough energy efficiency to get around the upcoming 2012-2014 ban...
57 comments posted 18yrs
posted by don
57 comments posted 18yrs posted by don