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Sliding door update

A couple of weeks ago I asked about sliding patio doors. We looked at a few and decided on Marvin. Seems well made and...
2 comments posted 11yrs
posted by esp
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by esp

Gluing cover back on torpedo CFL

I have a torpedo CFL like this one in a yard lamp fixture. https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/6865/FC14-T51.html Under t...
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by JenMurphy
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by JenMurphy

Question on 6 family apt building electric panels

I own a 6 family apartment building in Brooklyn, and the electric was upgra ded back in 2000. I noticed on these panels...
12 comments posted 11yrs
posted by mikepier
12 comments posted 11yrs posted by mikepier

OT - multiple redundancies

I think I noticed another redundancy. I had typed "after you IM messaged me". Is IM messaging, like your insurance comp...
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posted by cayoung61
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by cayoung61

Teflon Pipe Thread Tape

I have a bunch of white Teflon pipe thread tape. I wanted some thicker tape and the only thing I could find at the stor...
13 comments posted 11yrs
posted by demi
13 comments posted 11yrs posted by demi

Oil Fired Boiler Problems

I have an oil fired boiler for heat with old fashioned 1930's-style hot wat er radiators. The furnace started turning o...
6 comments posted 11yrs
posted by pintiha
6 comments posted 11yrs posted by pintiha

OT - I can't be the only one...

I'm kinda getting sick and tired of our Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Stephen Harper, going to other countries and promi...
21 comments posted 11yrs
posted by nestork.ed2a898
21 comments posted 11yrs posted by nestork.ed2a898

PEX pipe diameter

I worked as a plumber in the 80's, and back then, plumbing was mostly copper or the older galvanized steel. PVC was bei...
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Jerry.Tan
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by Jerry.Tan

Advice about 2nd VoIP Number

Next week I'm hooking up Time Warner cable internet plus one VoIP phone, so that part's all set. I have a 2nd land line...
6 comments posted 11yrs
posted by sasquatch
6 comments posted 11yrs posted by sasquatch

Trouble lights NEED Incandescent bulbs

Over the many years I have used trouble lights, I have ruined many incandescent bulbs by dropping the light. And those...
17 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Jerry.Tan
17 comments posted 11yrs posted by Jerry.Tan

Car Battery voltage gone Crazy

My Chevy pickup truck was getting hard to start on cold days. I took it to a service garage and had the guy put a batte...
19 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Jerry.Tan
19 comments posted 11yrs posted by Jerry.Tan

How do you 'unstick' a seized Garbage Disposal Unit?

Have an Insinkerator(sp?) garbage disposal unit in the kitchen. Badger 1-83A with a power cord. The kitchen sink was no...
37 comments posted 11yrs
posted by robert.a.macy
37 comments posted 11yrs posted by robert.a.macy

ping Oren: 93 MPH winds, did you survive?

Hi Oren, ¡Ay, caramba! Did you survive the wind storm? I heard Vegas had it too, although not as bad. http://www.record...
0 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Todd
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by Todd