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Flashing leaks
A room was added 40+ years ago and the point where the new roof joins the house under the main eaves has always leaks. Have installed flashing and had several roofers over the year and have never been...
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AFCI test rig and test design
I just received my AFCI 20A duplex outlet and downstream OBC protector: Leviton AFTR2-GY SmartlockPro Outlet Branch Circuit Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupter Receptacle, 20-Amp, 120-volt, Grey At first I...
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Tuck pointing question
I'm having the rear of my home pointed. the license contractor just put a 5 gallon of 'graded sand' down my basement, and will start tomorrow morning. is this a good grade that is typically used for...
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Pest control: how clean up tracking powder
A few years ago, the pest control company we use for our house decided to use "tracking powder". (They did that one visit only.) Anyone have an idea how I can safely remove it? It'd be nice to just...
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How to troubleshoot what would make a garbage disposal leak out the bottom?
I have a friend who just called me asking for help with her garbage disposal leaking out the bottom. I have never dealt with them, but, I asked her to read the label and she said it was an "Emerson...
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Windsheild wiper stutter
Got brand new wiper blades, yet they still stutter (jump/skip/jerk) across a perfectly good windshield in one wipe direction, but not the other dirextion. I can understand this after not being used...
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Heating pipe relocation question for plumbers?
In my basement I have a length of 3/4 copper hot water heat pipe that is dead in the way of a new dryer vent hard tube path. When I traced both ends of the 3/4" pipe it appears that the circuit simply...
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Fine crack in bathroom sink
Last year the bottom fell out of bathroom sink. A crack that had been there for years (some idiot dropped heavy object into sink) must finally have given way. Had new $ink in$talled. Few weeks later,...
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Generator "cross over" switch installation costs
I know very little about this topic, including what the correct terminology is. And, this is mostly just a curiosity question on my part. But, I am curious as to what it roughly might cost for a...
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Gasoline Shelf Life
I have a generator which I have never used - thank goodness! But I do cran k it up every month and make sure it's o.k. I need to buy gas for it -- an d I have several 2 1/2 gallon cans. I don't want...
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Which of these 4 spots (2 on tire, 2 on wheel) are supposed to be lined up?
I'm confused - but I have an appointment tomorrow for tires to be mounted - and - I'm confused which two of the four dots should line up: Both documents below say US wheel manufacturers and tire...
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This could be yours for only $190 million
The interior supposedly needs a bit of an update. Copper Beech Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut was put on the market back in May with an asking price of $190million.
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standard track shelving: single-track brackets with screwholes
[ pls note and adhere to fup2 ! thanks ] Moin, I hope this is the correct group for this kind of question. I am looking to install standard two-track shelving in my home but would like to use single...
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OT? bicycle tires
OT? bicycle tires 1) I thought, starrting about 1978, that bicycle tires had to have a reflective strip on each side, so the tires would show up in headlights. I've seen tires for sale without that....
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What IS quality bamboo flooring?
I have pergo flooring in my living room, and I really don't like the fake, almost "plastic" feel of it and the slipperiness of it. I love how dark bamboo flooring looks and also appreciate the fact...
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