Home Repair

Tiles on top of slate roof?!

Is this planning permission bullshit, or is there a good reason to do this? Near me there is a terrace of very old smal...

11 comments posted 3yrs

posted by CK1

11 comments posted 3yrs posted by CK1

My car wouldn't start in the cold and they banged on something and it started

https://i.postimg.cc/g2nJwdG4/2005camry.jpg 1. My car wouldn't start in the cold after I parked it an hour. 2. AAA came...

24 comments posted 3yrs

posted by Silvano

24 comments posted 3yrs posted by Silvano

OT Amazon emails.

Do you remember the short silly thread we had when I pointed out the ambiguous message from Amazon, "Your package is co...

0 comments posted 3yrs

posted by NONONOmisc07

0 comments posted 3yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

OT Youtube short-story videos?

OT Youtube short-story videos? Have any of you come across youtube videos that tell a story, with a narrator, told like...

1 comments posted 3yrs

posted by NONONOmisc07

1 comments posted 3yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

dumbwaiter

Has anyone gotten a dumbaiter> How do you go about getting a small manual (crank?), three-floor dumbwaiter about 5 cu f...

1 comments posted 3yrs

posted by vjp2.at

1 comments posted 3yrs posted by vjp2.at

tile board

I've seen pressboard that looks like tiles on bathroom (not in bath, tho) walls in some installations (doctor's basemen...

1 comments posted 3yrs

posted by vjp2.at

1 comments posted 3yrs posted by vjp2.at

Floor Drains

I once got a friend a floor drain that had a flexible (kinda like corrugated) hose on it. I can't for the life of me fin...

3 comments posted 3yrs

posted by vjp2.at

3 comments posted 3yrs posted by vjp2.at

OT. Record Paper Plane Flight

At least some people are dong useful things with their time. It flew almost 290 feet.

5 comments posted 3yrs

posted by deanh6929

5 comments posted 3yrs posted by deanh6929

OT. Relaxation Apps?

A TV commercial showed one of these this Sunday afternoon. A quick search turned up quite a few of these. Right now the...

1 comments posted 3yrs

posted by deanh6929

1 comments posted 3yrs posted by deanh6929

Lower voltage diode the other side of a step up transformer?

Can I put a diode BEFORE a step up transformer so I can use a lower voltage diode for half wave rectification?

79 comments posted 3yrs

posted by CK1

79 comments posted 3yrs posted by CK1

Maytag washer lid repair

I have a Maytage A484 top load washer I bought in 1992. It has survived several moves and I've done some minor repairs....

13 comments posted 3yrs

posted by timothy42bach

13 comments posted 3yrs posted by timothy42bach

Two Million COSORI® Air Fryers Recalled

Two Million COSORI® Air Fryers Recalled by Atekcity Due to Fire and Burn Hazards (Recall Alert)...

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posted by pureblood

16 comments posted 3yrs posted by pureblood

Re: Can't get carpet attachment off vacuum hose

> > >The carpet cleaning head attachment is stuck onto the end of the metal > >vacuum hose extensions. All the yanking...

0 comments posted 3yrs

posted by evakhaneve

0 comments posted 3yrs posted by evakhaneve

Do all sewers with rats have rats exploring outside the sewer?

Do all sewers have rats? Do all sewers with rats have rats exploring outside the sewer? Or do some just mind their own...

10 comments posted 3yrs

posted by NONONOmisc07

10 comments posted 3yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

LED Light Bulbs in Rough Service Application?

Got a couple of high lumen output screw-in GE light bulbs that I'm thinking about installing in the power-head bulb soc...

22 comments posted 3yrs

posted by wade

22 comments posted 3yrs posted by wade