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Anyone know any tricks to separate 5gal pails stuck together?
You can turn them upside down, hold the bottom bucket with your feet and then spin the top bucket loose like you're unscrewing it off the other bucket. Or, lean on the inner bucket's rim to bend it...
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Power went out - generator kicked on - but only half the house is lit up?
Sounds like you'll need an Electrician to replace your Relay, as only 1-leg of the generator's feed is activating and the other is getting stuck. As far as I know, you can't take them apart to lube...
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6 years ago
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Deck again - county screwed me.
We're paying a little over $4,000 now and that is with a senior discount of $500. The split is 18% to the county and 82% to the school district. Compared to surrounding states we are low and down...
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6 years ago
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Hot water knob on the bathroom faucet is wonky
Yeah, that's the way to be! I haven't had any failures in my ceramic disc and metal cartridges, so I'm still a big fan of that combination. However, I still have a few shower stems that are old brass...
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6 years ago
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Cover Concrete Block Garage Walls
I called in Garage Tech: and never regretted it. I suppose you can do some of that yourself, but their process for the garage floor looked like it required some expertise. If you want to stay with...
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6 years ago
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Cities face growing crisis as RVs become homes of last resort
good to see that you are a supporter of the homeless who sleep on sidewalks
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6 years ago
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No route has been found for the number you have dialed.
A new message from the telephone, No route has been found for the number you have dialed. No ringing sound, no funny tones, starts immediately after dialing, man's voice.
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6 years ago
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Conductive Metal "Fuzz" For Toy Slot Cars ?
Hello, Grandson has one of these toy car slot racing tracks. The power to the cars (12 V batteries) comes from two rails that are built into the track. The car picks up these rails by means of a soft,...
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6 years ago
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Salvaged Laminate Flooring Project Questions
I was blessed with some pks of Unifloor Auto clic 7mm Laminate Flooring made from 90% Wood Fibers. It's made in Austria, says it's Certified E1, Quickstyle. It was going to be installed in a basement,...
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6 years ago
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OT. Redneck Christmas
Foxworthy:
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6 years ago
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Monitoring connection to Burglar Alarm
A friend's burglar alarm needs testing, probably several times. I know it would be better if I had the model number for the wireless communicator to her monitoring service, but she's not living there...
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6 years ago
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Old Jenn Air Downdraft electric range Fan Question
Hi. My range has the switch that operates both the fan and the oven light. When I turn on the fan it runs for about 4 minutes, then stops for anothe r 5 minutes or so, and then starts running again....
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6 years ago
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overhead l e d lites
Explain why what I wrote is wrong.
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6 years ago
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Furnace and thermostat
Yes. My question would be: Was the furnace not working with the old thermostat? Replacing it, to solve the problem was the wrong choice...the problem is with the furnace. OTOH: If the furnace was...
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6 years ago
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Pfister kitchen faucet diverter
I have an old Price Pfister single-handle kitchen faucet. The original diverter finally came apart and no longer diverted. So both the spigot and the side spray flowed at the same time. PF sent me a...
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