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Water Test Results - HELP

I purchased a home last year and insisted on a comprehensive water test. The test showed 3 items of concern, but my ins...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by rosolam
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by rosolam

Cost of Concrete

Can anyone give me a ball park cost for a yard of concrete? Does the price per yard go down as the yardage goes up? My...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wsw1856
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by wsw1856

What type of gutter system is this?

Working for a client yesterday, I saw a type of gutter installation I hadn't seen before, and was wondering if some...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nobody
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by nobody

Small appliance parts?

Looking for recommendations for supplier of parts for old (as in 60-yr old! :) ) Hamilton Beach stationary mixer. So fa...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by none
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by none

Flying ants or termites?

How do I tell the difference between flying/winged ants and flying/winged termites? I have what look like winged ants (...
18 comments posted 18yrs
posted by w_cohen
18 comments posted 18yrs posted by w_cohen

Safe money with water-bearing chimney

Heat technolgy with verve. Since more than 30 years - water-bearing chimney boilers. As the costs for energy explode an...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by zehnpfenning
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by zehnpfenning

hinges on solid core door?

I've got a heavy solid-core door with hinge problems. The original screws have loosened up and stripped out. Severa...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by EliasD
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by EliasD

How to start a draft in a fireplace

Someone told me a good way to start a draft in a fireplace it to take one sheet of a newspaper, wad it and roll it at t...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

burning old firewood

A neighbor moved and gave me some old firewood. Really old it seems, maybe 10 or 15 years old, and it was outdoors in t...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

sorta OT: kirby vacuum maintenance

not sure if there's a better place to post this or not, but does anyone know the trick to replacing the brush roll...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by njnagel
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by njnagel

Best way to cut glass??

I've heard about scoring the glass on only one side and scoring it on both sides as the preferred way to cut/break...
23 comments posted 18yrs
posted by hrhofmann
23 comments posted 18yrs posted by hrhofmann

Flickering lights on one circuit

In my study, my lamps will flicker every few minutes or so. I assume that I have some defect in the wiring on this circ...
19 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jnipperxxx
19 comments posted 18yrs posted by jnipperxxx

New Main Panel Help

Hi all. I have an older panel and I need to install a new one. I have only 1+ years experience with electric. The old p...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wickedmail2004_at_msn_dot_com
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by wickedmail2004_at_msn_dot_com