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My Snow Shoveling Solution For The Deck

After 25+ years of shoveling my deck by either forcing the snow through the railings or lifting it over, I finally deci...
31 comments posted 10yrs
posted by teamarrows
31 comments posted 10yrs posted by teamarrows

Chimney Inspection

My condo association requires a chimney inspection every two years. The bus iness managers say the inspector need have...
9 comments posted 10yrs
posted by honda.lioness
9 comments posted 10yrs posted by honda.lioness

Jonas storm south east USA, hope everyone is okay

Sounds really bad. Hope everyone is okay. http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-jonas-latest-storm-rep...
7 comments posted 10yrs
posted by cayoung61
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by cayoung61

Electrical Safety Quiz

* Electrical Safety Quiz * You're unplugging an electrical cord, when suddenly one of the prongs breaks off inside the...
33 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Paintedcow
33 comments posted 10yrs posted by Paintedcow

(OT) WTF is this?

They keep putting these extremely retarded commericals on TV for "Candy Crush". Apparently they are some sort of game f...
25 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Paintedcow
25 comments posted 10yrs posted by Paintedcow

Q: The wattage for electric blankets?

Do you think that an electric blanket that has 100 Watts on each side is warmer than an electric blanket that is 180 Wat...
5 comments posted 10yrs
posted by rigida7147
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by rigida7147

should paint come off with a razor blade?

We want to repaint a plastered room. It has 2 (3?) previous coats of uncertain age. Some paint is coming off, at least...
8 comments posted 10yrs
posted by gbeccles
8 comments posted 10yrs posted by gbeccles

Bosch SHP65T55UC dishwasher E15 error code:

On the Bosch dishwasher if error code 15 is observed it may be due to the w ater fill level exceeding the overflow limi...
0 comments posted 10yrs
posted by recyclebinned
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by recyclebinned

Ancient CFL

I had a yellow CFL in use as a porch light for centuries now. It finally died yesterday and I replaced it today. Strang...
5 comments posted 10yrs
posted by invalid
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by invalid

Faucet aerator

My water flow from my kitchen faucet seemd slow so I unscrewed the aerator to see if it was plugged. I'm having a lot o...
10 comments posted 10yrs
posted by invalid
10 comments posted 10yrs posted by invalid

fair charge to install deadbolt?

Hello, I want to install a deadbolt at a temp location (with owner's permission) but I don't have my tools with me. Wha...
5 comments posted 10yrs
posted by jhenry32551
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by jhenry32551

Headphone socket on laptop?

Acer laptop with combo headphone/mic socket. The tip of a 3.5m stereo jack has detached inside the socket and it's cutt...
10 comments posted 10yrs
posted by me
10 comments posted 10yrs posted by me

House door opens by itself from severe cold weather

We're just getting over a severe cold spell. The temps were down around MINUS 15. Last night it warmed up to around 20...
21 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Paintedcow
21 comments posted 10yrs posted by Paintedcow

Rural mailbox

It would be nice to have something to use with my rural mailbox to tell if the mail has come when I don't have any outg...
64 comments posted 10yrs
posted by invalid
64 comments posted 10yrs posted by invalid

Can plastic pipe go DIRECTLY to a water heater?

I was told there should be at least one foot of copper or steel pipe between the heater and PEX or CPVC pipes. Looking...
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by nelson
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by nelson