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Bradford White Water Heater

I have a gas one and it is giving me fits! Our old one began leaking on New Year's Eve perhaps 3 years ago. I can't rem...
22 comments posted 12yrs
posted by juliebove
22 comments posted 12yrs posted by juliebove

Sharpen, and then balance lawn mower blade

Today the lawn needed mowing. The mower wasn't doing all that good, so I flipped it up (1965 or so model Jacobsen walk...
1 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

New furnace ?

I have a 21 year old 80,000 BTU 80% efficiency gas furnace than I'm looking to replace this year or possibly next. Hous...
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posted by philo
31 comments posted 12yrs posted by philo

Doorbell Continuously rings- (but not a short)

My wired doorbell button broke so I bought a replacement (the actual plastic button cracked and fell out) The doorbell...
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posted by skcoco74
30 comments posted 12yrs posted by skcoco74

mixing Refrigerants r134a rf22

Last year, I added some dye (EFProducts Ester 100) for R134A into my home H VAC system (RF22). Afterwards, I found out...
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posted by deodiaus
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by deodiaus

OT -- Walmart Walkie talkies

I was in a Walmart, last night. Noticing how the staff (at least some of them) have walkie talkies (more correctly call...
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posted by cayoung61
13 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

Pavers on Asphalt Driveway

Another subject, while I'm doing my weekly wish list for fix up ideas.... I'm wondering about putting pavers on top of...
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posted by guvbob2003
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by guvbob2003

A/C blower fan controller?

So the compressor runs and then at some point the A/C decides to turn on the blower fan. Mine works fine for awhile, bu...
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posted by galt_57
10 comments posted 12yrs posted by galt_57

Drill Decision

I've got a HF 18 volt impact driver. Charged it a couple weeks ago, and then yesterday the battery was dead. I am sort...
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posted by cayoung61
29 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

Curious about central AC problem

Not mine -- a central air unit at work has failed, and the compressor supposedly just hums a lot. That's all the detail...
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posted by not
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by not

Too good to be true -- Chapter two

> >>On 06/12/2014 06:16 PM, snipped-for-privacy@invalid.com wrote: >>> >>> Unless he's moving soon, why would he sell s...
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posted by NONONOmisc07
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Replacemment Refrigerator

We have a 20+ year old "built in" Sub Zero (we bought the house with tha refrigerator in place) which we would like to...
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posted by dave
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by dave

Air conditioning decision

My house is about 90 years old, a ~1500 sq foot three bedroom colonial. I'm in Northern NJ, and it's getting pretty hot...
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posted by rangerssuck
37 comments posted 12yrs posted by rangerssuck