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Online NEC vanished again

Entire 2005 National Electrical Code used to be available online at http://nfpa-acs-01.gvpi.net:8080/rrserver/browser?t...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by spambait
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by spambait

louvered closet door replacement

I have a closet that houses my furnace and water heater. I has large louvered doors that covers a space that is 8ft tal...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nobody
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by nobody

DIY mold test kit?

Whenever it is winter I tend to get scratchy throat prone to getting sinus infection just sitting at home. Since I live...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nospam
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by nospam

New Home Owner Suggestion

My house of 2 1/2 years old has been determined by soil tests not to meet the 1500 pounds per square foot load bearing...
38 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jordan7769
38 comments posted 18yrs posted by jordan7769

grounding a circuit

electrical question i recently installed a tankless water heater. it works okay but not great - i think installing two...
14 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jessiebjorg
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by jessiebjorg

Heat Pump odd sound

When ever the heat pump goes into and out of the defrost cycle the evaporator inside makes a kind of horn or as i seen...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by just
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by just

Noise transmission thru copper pipe supports

I can hear my boiler burner throughout my house. I have found that the majority of the noise transmission is via 2 thre...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by beerguzzler50
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by beerguzzler50

Pfister Pfaucets/water filters

I contacted Pfister a month or two ago because my one handled kitchen faucet would droop down while on and the water wo...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by deserttraveler
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by deserttraveler

Convection Microwave Sorta Dead

I've got an old convection microwave that's probably seen it's better days, but I thought I'd throw thi...
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posted by DRS.Usenet
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by DRS.Usenet

Who you gonna call?

This should be a no-brainer, but like so many home repair tasks, it's turning into an exercise in futility. A few w...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by yourname
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by yourname

I can't believe that actually worked!

Tried one last thing before going to buy some new valves for my kitchen sink... actually probably would have anyway had...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by njnagel
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by njnagel

Offset Toilet Floor Flange - Slab

Trying to replace a toilet. I bought the new Champion by American Standard, we had 2 at the last house. When trying to...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by sam.woodson
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by sam.woodson

Leaking Faucet Puzzle

This evening for a couple of hours my house had a major drop in water pressure while the water department fixed a pipe...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by umemo
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by umemo

Smoke Detector ?

I recently removed a smoke detector to patch a hole and paint the small area that needed painting. When I reinstalled t...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by newsreader
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by newsreader