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Trying to drill out toilet tank.

Did I mention that the toilet tank gasket on one toilet started to leak? Why when they have a whole big tank for space...
15 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
15 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

gutter guards

My ranch style house was built in 1967 and has copper gutters. I have several maple trees in my back yard and the neigh...
10 comments posted 2yrs
posted by REMOVETHISbadgolferman
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by REMOVETHISbadgolferman

Cleaning coppper pipe.

I need to replace a toilet supply valve with a push-on Sharkbite valve and it shows cleaning the copper stub, after the...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Fedex in the night.

The FEDEX website says that a package destined for me today, Friday, is "out for delivery", "on the road", "on Fedex ve...
3 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
3 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

May I use RV antifreeze in my car's radiator?

May I use RV antifreeze in my car's radiator? What about in a toyota, which, when it comes to auto antifreeze, insists...
6 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
6 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

OT, bank account

I recently got a few thousand from Unclaimed Property (a lot of people have money there and don't know it.) that I gues...
28 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
28 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

OT housing bale-out

https://imgur.com/a/KR8vrkg John T.
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by hubops
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by hubops

Are threads on brass bolts the same as on steel?

Are threads on brass bolts the same as on steel? And can I use steel wingnuts on brass bolts or will that cause a therm...
4 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Is my breaker box at my home wired wrong ??

I have a number of questions but let me start with one. My electric breaker box has a Red coloured electric cable. It's...
12 comments posted 2yrs
posted by stevwolf58
12 comments posted 2yrs posted by stevwolf58

Weil-Mcclean ultra 105 burner cleaning

Really hate to call up my HVAC guy to do this every year, he charges $300 or more for something that looks pretty strai...
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timnels
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by timnels

Stacking buckets with gutter nail.

I stick gutter nails between the two buckets. When I used one of the buckets, I dump the nail(s) into the next bucket do...
0 comments posted 2yrs
posted by Diana
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by Diana

Woodmans metal

Just popped into my mind after sitting dormant for almost 50 years> My job was repairing industrial batteries and charg...
8 comments posted 2yrs
posted by philo
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by philo