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How much to replace toilet seal?

OK, we've talked at length about replacing the toilet seal (wax/rubber/whatever). Now, I'm asking, how much should it c...
17 comments posted 12yrs
posted by notbob
17 comments posted 12yrs posted by notbob

Chainsaw sharpener

Doing some heavy duty cutting. Need to occasionally field sharpen a blade. Are the Oregon/Dremel/et al 12 v. sharpeners...
22 comments posted 12yrs
posted by snuffy
22 comments posted 12yrs posted by snuffy

Apartment shower temperature changing abruptly

Here's the story: Pre-war 14 story NYC apartment building Apartment on 3rd floor Shower has two knobs (hot & cold), two...
5 comments posted 12yrs
posted by missingchild
5 comments posted 12yrs posted by missingchild

Toilet dirty at rim holes

Pix: http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/shelf1/media/toiletrimdirty.jpg.html I replaced the entire valve assembly and th...
12 comments posted 12yrs
posted by shellyf_DELETE_
12 comments posted 12yrs posted by shellyf_DELETE_

Daisy-Chaining Light Bulbs: Wire?

Just added six naked light bulbs to the ceiling of my garage and the improvement in visibility for working is so good t...
55 comments posted 12yrs
posted by x
55 comments posted 12yrs posted by x

OT/Duck Dynasty

I heard today that A&E is canceling Duck Dynasty again. They are going to replace it with a reality show about the White...
1 comments posted 12yrs
posted by nospam
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by nospam

3 billion US $ thermostat.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/tech/2014/01/15/nest-google-bellini-install-orig-jtb.cnn.html or just http://www...
1 comments posted 12yrs
posted by willshak
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by willshak

(totally OT for home repair) train horn codes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czCabxMIKz8 Long, long, short, long. Why do trains blow a morse code letter Q? https://e...
5 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
5 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

Color Changing Paramagnetic Paint

Here's a video of some people who painted their Jeep with paramagnetic paint. The paint changes hue/saturation with a h...
3 comments posted 12yrs
posted by moe
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by moe

The Children Of Today Are Evil

I've always known. o_O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUKMUZ4tlJg TDD
5 comments posted 12yrs
posted by the-daring-dufas
5 comments posted 12yrs posted by the-daring-dufas

Rubber washer for washing machine fill hose.

There is a small leak where the fill line meets the cold water input to our Whirlpool washer, model number GSQ9300EQ0....
6 comments posted 12yrs
posted by farberbear.unspam
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by farberbear.unspam

Lowe's low price flash light

(URL sent me by a friend) Looks like a good light. Says it's got a Cree emitter, which is nice. Not the LED that I'm us...
4 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

water heater leak!

Does anyone know what and why the heck this happened to the water heater? We where gone for four days and came back to i...
2 comments posted 12yrs
posted by behrooz.rezai
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by behrooz.rezai