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Roof Estimate Help
Hi everyone, We just bought a house and are new to home repair, etc. We need to get the roof replaced and I have the following written estimate from a fairly new c ompany (6 months). They have decent...
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Garage Rooftop Exhaust Fan
I do hope my asking a question here is not unwelcome. I read here often, f inding the folks about very helpful in any home repair discussion I may nee d to learn about. My home is in the California...
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Outside doors and water leakage
Leza Wang's problem with her door could be the tip of the iceberg. I don't think many people realize the standard metal clad entry doors like Leza's are not completely water tight. If rain is running...
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Trex - horrible to paint
Since I was painting the (wood) back porch, thought I'd paint the (Trex) si de steps to match. (Yes, the Trex is several years old, so that wasn't a pr oblem). Terrible idea! After scrubbing and...
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What local stores carry "euro" style glass hinges?
I have an old ikea glass cabinet with a hinge like this: The ring with two screw holes broke but Ikea no longer carries this cabinet and hence no longer has this part. Many of these hinges look...
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how to fix this main door?
Hi I am not sure really how to fix this main door? (please see video below). I think there was a screen door on top but got removed or something. Now one side of the door is missing board (wood) to...
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hole in the basement floor
Hi I have found that there is a hole in the basement floor! Please see the video below. Before I bought the house I saw water leakage in that corner, so now I am thinking they did that hole to fix...
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How to seal glass fibers into fiberglass pole?
I bought a limb trimmer with a fiberglass pole. It's weathered and there are tiny fiberglass spikes sticking out all over. I tried to scrape them off, to no avail. Think I need to paint it or...
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Air admittance valves
..., you may be able to use an air admittance valve here...., An air admittance valve has to be down stream of, and at least 4 inches above the p-trap, but check your local plumbing code. Your local...
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Paint color and texture problem
The previous owners of this house left behind a few cans of paints labeled with what they were for. One in particular was off-white eggshell Sherwin Williams Promar 200 acrylic. I used some of it to...
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OT What is Control Panel called in Win 7?
I'm using Team Viewer and trying to help my brother. What is Control Panel called in Win 7? He's going to call back after he eats lunch.
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OT: Move email Folder to My Documents
Yes, it's way OT, but (a) this NG knows everything, and (b) this NG knows everything. I need to move an email Folder containing over 500 messages to My Documents. Spent a long time searching looking...
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ABS vent pipe
I have an external ABS plumbing vent pipe in need of being rerouted around a window. Project seemed easy enough, just get some ABS pipe, elbows, cement. Now I'm finding ABS nearly impossible to...
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Where was I when paint doubled in price
Was just looking at Home Depot's website for paint. $12+ a Quart!!!, $25+ a gallon ??, 130+ for 5 gallons??? Last time I bought any quantity it was about $60 for 5 gallons.
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Grease gun wont work
My (hand operated) grease gun was working fine until it ran out of grease. I put in a new grease cartridge and now it refuses to work. I pumped it darn near 100 times, pumped that spring loaded shaft...
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