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Home insulation failure

I thought my bedroom felt a bit colder than the rest of the house. I figured it's cause it's the farthest from the furn...
7 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
7 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

Harbor Freight difficult choice

I can get another battery for my impact driver for $14.99 http://www.harborfreight.com/18-volt-nicd-replacement-battery...
24 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
24 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

Cant remove ceiling fan canopy

Want to replace a ceiling fan which has a remote control. I unscrewed the three (on this model, there are only three) s...
27 comments posted 12yrs
posted by scott
27 comments posted 12yrs posted by scott

OT: Get cable w/o cable? (long)

OK, weird question. Read on: I just got rid of Verizon cable partly because it was getting more expensiv e every year a...
17 comments posted 12yrs
posted by hypatia08
17 comments posted 12yrs posted by hypatia08

OT: invisibly interned or enslaved

Tea-bagger Rand Paul (on a Fox News broadcast) recently equated the sorry state of affairs for the water-carriers of Te...
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posted by atlas-bugged
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by atlas-bugged

Urinal Drain Capacity

Am I correct in assuming that the drain of a urinal equipped with a Sloan "sensor activated Flushometer" valve should b...
14 comments posted 12yrs
posted by Jwisnia18
14 comments posted 12yrs posted by Jwisnia18

Harbor Freight 68853

http://www.harborfreight.com/18-volt-cordless-14-hex-impact-driver-68853.html I just got one of these impact drivers. A...
3 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

Propane prices?

I usually contract our heating propane (850 gal.) and have normally came out on top. Well, this past fall they wanted $...
24 comments posted 12yrs
posted by IGot2P
24 comments posted 12yrs posted by IGot2P

Garbage disposal switch advice

Installing under-sink garbage disposer in daughters old (1912) home. Runni ng a new 20 amp circuit from down below (bas...
39 comments posted 12yrs
posted by ivanvegvary
39 comments posted 12yrs posted by ivanvegvary

LP Heaters

Presently I have a wall-mounted, open-flame LP heater for supplemental heat in my upstairs bedroom. The upstairs is jus...
6 comments posted 12yrs
posted by mcp6453
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by mcp6453

Humidifier and vapor question

In my three bedroom trailer, I've got a floor model humidifier. I have to feed it at least two gal of water d ay, to ke...
66 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
66 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

OT Homeland Security and Movies

A movie goer was harassed by the Feds because he wore Google glass to a movie. Article here: http://preview.alturl.com/...
5 comments posted 12yrs
posted by ""dh0496\"
5 comments posted 12yrs posted by ""dh0496\"

Not a good use for duct tape

My wife often complains when I come in the house and put my jacket on a chair near the door. She thinks it should be hu...
8 comments posted 12yrs
posted by esp
8 comments posted 12yrs posted by esp

Slippery garage floor

We put down some of the Valspar Garage floor epoxy. The floor is now VERY slippery and we tend to go skating and falling...
18 comments posted 12yrs
posted by kurtullman
18 comments posted 12yrs posted by kurtullman

installing lighting in exposed beams

I live in an a frame with exposed beams built out of 3 2x12 ( not glu lams ) 21 inch o.c. . I want to install additiona...
0 comments posted 12yrs
posted by Jeffrey
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by Jeffrey