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What Size Angel Grinder to Buy

I want to buy a Angel Grinder, but I see they come in different sizes. What is the most handy or most common size? I wan...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by locker77
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by locker77

Moving a refrigerator

I plan to buy a new refrigerator. I then want to take my old one to give to a relative. Is it bad to lay it over in the...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by kilowatt
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by kilowatt

Vent covers in finished basement

My vent covers keep falling to the ground in my newly finished basement. I don't want to use screws to hold them up...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by carcrash1
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by carcrash1

Sewage hole

I am replacing the toilet and tiling in my small basement bathroom. Since I am doing tiling I will need to have the toi...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by francan00
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by francan00

New Toilet installation

I want to install a new toilet in my basement bathroom. After I take the old one off I need to remove the old wax ring...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by teser3
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by teser3

How to drill straight?

I need to drill a 5/8" diameter hole through a laminated beam that is 16" deep. This beam is sitting 10 feet above the...
24 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nmbexcuse
24 comments posted 18yrs posted by nmbexcuse

Lawn tractor transmissions

Looking to purchase a consumer grade lawn tractor. My 18 year old Sears (Murry) riding mower has manually selected gear...
13 comments posted 18yrs
posted by chief_jim
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by chief_jim

Generator question....portable

I'm in the market for a portable generator and just need it to run the fridge the furnace and just small things aft...
47 comments posted 18yrs
posted by madeyoulook
47 comments posted 18yrs posted by madeyoulook

Benjamin Moore paint low rating

The new Consumer Reports has Benjamin Moore WAY down the list. Am very surprised. Anybody know if there have been corpo...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by aspasia
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by aspasia

Building regulations for sand castles

"[CHARLESTON, SC] Under a new proposal, beachcombers could get a $128 to $500 ticket for not flattening sand castles an...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by heybub
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by heybub

OT: What happens when someone dies?

I've been doing lo-level "estate planning" for months. Amazing what a PITA it can be. "What happens when someone di...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by peetie.wheatstraw
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by peetie.wheatstraw

fascia board

My fascia board has rotted and the homeowner association wants me to fix it. I do not own a table saw that will cut the...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by me
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by me

Rockwell Super 10 Motorized Saw, 34-710 value

I am a novice and I'm thinking about buying this saw I can't seem to find much about it anywhere including the...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by workpot
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by workpot

FAN LIMIT CONTROLS, USED AS FIRESTATS

Good day, Can fan limit controls, like the Honeywell L4064B2236, be used as "firestats" to control attic fans? The prod...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by diy397
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by diy397

TOTO toilet. G-Max or Gravity

Getting ready to remodel the bathroom. Have heard a lot of good things about TOTO from this group. Drake? What is the di...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by brent.bolin
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by brent.bolin