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Replacing chair spring?

Leather swivel recliner with broken sinuous spring. Measures 17" out but the ones still in measure 19" stretched. What...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by me
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by me

noisy fresh water pipes question

Hi All, We have a wood floor and a crawl space under the house. We also have long runs of copper fresh water paper in t...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by T
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by T

breaker response time

When a breaker is tripped, it's always the main breaker, not the individual breaker. Shouldn't the individual breaker b...
70 comments posted 9yrs
posted by lennyjacobs
70 comments posted 9yrs posted by lennyjacobs

Time for a new mower...

Well, my 24-year-old Bolens lawn mower (old push-style, not even self-propelled) died on me today with a BANG. Obviousl...
48 comments posted 9yrs
posted by j.albert
48 comments posted 9yrs posted by j.albert

Dishwasher

Can I install a dishwasher in a kitchen where I do NOT have a garbage disposal, to connect the waste hose ?? Is a dispos...
20 comments posted 9yrs
posted by joe
20 comments posted 9yrs posted by joe

Low flush toilets and your sewer line

My sewer line has a gap where the cast iron and AC pipe join together. The pipe dropped a bit so I had roots in the pip...
52 comments posted 9yrs
posted by esp
52 comments posted 9yrs posted by esp

How do i clean fins on window ac?

My window ac filter is clean but the fins behind it stink. I smoke and that in itself is bad but starting the ac stinks...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by canopeily
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by canopeily

MinWax Polyshades Stain ?

Hello, Thinking of using that all-in-one MinWax Stain they call Polyshades. Apparently has the Stain and a Polyurethane...
2 comments posted 9yrs
posted by rgsros
2 comments posted 9yrs posted by rgsros

heater inspection

I'm only acquainted with car inspection in Pa.and Md. but on TV I saw a woman who bougght a used car, found out that th...
76 comments posted 9yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
76 comments posted 9yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

22 inch toro lawnmower will not start

Hello, I have a one year old toro smart stow 22 inch lawnmower that stopped working and will not start. Checked: cleane...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by L G
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by L G

Outside edge of front tires stairstepping

Is it normal for the outside edges of the front tires to be stairstepping on the outer inch or two only? By stairsteppi...
99 comments posted 9yrs
posted by ashkenazieve
99 comments posted 9yrs posted by ashkenazieve