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Furnace Ignitor Intermittently Fails To Energize

Hi All, I've been having an issue with a Miller cmf-65 gas furnace with direct igni tion. Normally the thermostat click...
31 comments posted 11yrs
posted by mfreshny
31 comments posted 11yrs posted by mfreshny

Furnace blower will not shut off

I have an old singer gas furnace. The blower will not shut off. Put in new relay and new thermostat and still stays on....
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Wes
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by Wes

"Smart" thermostat

I installed a new programmable digital thermostat in my house a few days ago, a Honeywell RTH7600D. It has a feature th...
34 comments posted 11yrs
posted by rednoise9
34 comments posted 11yrs posted by rednoise9

Rational Fire Plans

I need someone in cape Town to assist me with Rational fire plans for a lapa attached to a house. I've called 5 differen...
0 comments posted 11yrs
posted by sales
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by sales

Replace wood posts holding up a retaining wall

I have a 2' tall retaining wall in my garden. It consists of 6x8 railroad ties, set on edge. The rr-ties are laterally...
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posted by wer
5 comments posted 11yrs posted by wer

Contact Cement Question

Hello, Used some Contact Cement on some painted wood pieces, but guess some of it leaked out or migrated from the joint...
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posted by rgsros
7 comments posted 11yrs posted by rgsros

Possible Frozen Pipe

I forgot to put the foam cover on the water spigot in my unheated garage. T he pipe to the spigot runs for about ten fe...
51 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Ameri-Clean
51 comments posted 11yrs posted by Ameri-Clean

OT - Browser issues?

I'm running Firefox 35.0 and for at least the last month I've been having several web sites not displaying all of their...
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posted by Rhonda
15 comments posted 11yrs posted by Rhonda

Conversation with the plumber

"Mr. plumber, do you think Drano works?" Plumber: "Did it ever work?" And so ends another exciting episode of "Conversat...
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posted by lapirlazu
11 comments posted 11yrs posted by lapirlazu

bathtub draining

just curious... what do you do if the bathtub is taking forever to drain?
25 comments posted 11yrs
posted by scanb31
25 comments posted 11yrs posted by scanb31

Propane Heater Conversion

I presently have propane gas at my home. The Empire SR-10T heater than I'm considering purchasing includes a warning in...
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posted by mcp6453
7 comments posted 11yrs posted by mcp6453

Picking a company

My parents are looking for a company to fix their springs and aren't DIYers. Does anyone have recommendations for the S...
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posted by gabrieldevine
6 comments posted 11yrs posted by gabrieldevine

Looking around. . .

I have family in Seattle looking for a company to fix their garage door's springs. Has anyone gone with these people and...
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posted by gabrieldevine
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by gabrieldevine

Converting cross slot sizes to Philips

I want to get some Phillips screwdrivers for very small screws. Most suppliers quote something like this: "#0 and #00"....
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posted by invalid
17 comments posted 11yrs posted by invalid