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Weird brown stuff seeping through my clapboards

I have had this happen twice now months apart. All of a sudden this brown liquid starts seeping from under my clapboard...
12 comments posted 11yrs
posted by jtpryan
12 comments posted 11yrs posted by jtpryan

Nice design

My wife had to rent a car a few days ago. They gave her a 2014 GMC Terrain with about 27k miles. By time she got back h...
17 comments posted 11yrs
posted by noemail
17 comments posted 11yrs posted by noemail

Porter Cable Combo Kit

I just got back from Lowes, I just bought a PORTER-CABLE 4-Tool 20-Volt Max Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Cordless Combo Kit and...
3 comments posted 11yrs
posted by 2013namm
3 comments posted 11yrs posted by 2013namm

Pipe sweating - Metal VS Plastic

I've seen how badly steel and copper pipes sweat in hot and humid weather, but I have not seem enough PEX to know how b...
7 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Jerry.Tan
7 comments posted 11yrs posted by Jerry.Tan

What does the insurance company do?

What does the insurance company do? >Follow-up on next door neighbor > >The one with the sump pump that runs maybe ever...
8 comments posted 11yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
8 comments posted 11yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Gas Water Heater (WH) Pilot

I live in an area where we get high winds. The slope of my roof, combined with the wind will often extinguish the WH pi...
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Rob_Lowe
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by Rob_Lowe

Holmes on Homes?

Has anybody come across that Holmes on Homes show? It's a contractor (I think he's in Toronto) who takes on homes with...
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by x
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by x

Is it asbestos?

The main heat pipe going through the basement from the boiler is enclosed in a wood channel, but I can see that the pip...
27 comments posted 11yrs
posted by dgk
27 comments posted 11yrs posted by dgk

Faucet ID

Trying to help a friend on-line she said a guest broke the handle off her shower this is the only photo I have and can'...
5 comments posted 11yrs
posted by philo
5 comments posted 11yrs posted by philo

Vented Gas Heater

My house has two heat pumps. They work well most of time time, but when the temperature drops below 32, they're not so...
0 comments posted 11yrs
posted by mcp6453
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by mcp6453

Kitchen Sink Water Heater

The current water heater thread is very helpful and educational. When we turn on the hot water in the kitchen, it takes...
19 comments posted 11yrs
posted by mcp6453
19 comments posted 11yrs posted by mcp6453

AT&T rural phone service

I had a recent conversation with a AT&T tech and asked him what the status of old rural landlines for old rural home ph...
43 comments posted 11yrs
posted by RedAlt5
43 comments posted 11yrs posted by RedAlt5

Follow-up on next door neighbor

Follow-up on next door neighbor The one with the sump pump that runs maybe every 15 minutes or half-hour. We had one co...
22 comments posted 11yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
22 comments posted 11yrs posted by NONONOmisc07