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Flow control through 1/4 tubing?

I have some 1/4" OD flexible plastic tubing I wish to control water flow though. All I can think of offhand is two larg...
16 comments posted 13yrs
posted by invalid
16 comments posted 13yrs posted by invalid

treating ploywood just in case

Hi I had fake brick (faux brick) for the front of the house. They put the fake brick on the plywood without mesh or any...
12 comments posted 13yrs
posted by lezawang
12 comments posted 13yrs posted by lezawang

ez way to charge phone , ettc??

It says this costs only 15. Takes no extra space. I wonder if it wastes electrictiy all the time, or if it turns off whe...
5 comments posted 13yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Well Storage Tank Set-up and Installation

I purchased a home a couple years ago that was a foreclosure home. It is way out in the country and runs on a well syst...
22 comments posted 13yrs
posted by Coccopine
22 comments posted 13yrs posted by Coccopine

Beware of "Deep Woods OFF" spray

I was sitting on my deck this am, under the umbrella, reading the newspaper when a bee started coming closer than I lik...
5 comments posted 13yrs
posted by hrhofmann
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by hrhofmann

Effect of high humidity on wood?

It's been hotter than Hades here in the Boston area for the past week, we broke the all time high temperature record on...
16 comments posted 13yrs
posted by jwisniaDUMPTHIS
16 comments posted 13yrs posted by jwisniaDUMPTHIS

How to edge stone flooring at the wall's edge?

[note google has again goofed up my access to Usenet so I will not be able to respond timely] We have stone flooring th...
10 comments posted 13yrs
posted by robert.a.macy
10 comments posted 13yrs posted by robert.a.macy

plumbing problem

Hi I have leaking issue in the bathroom sink. I opened the system and took it out (please see picture below) http://tin...
6 comments posted 13yrs
posted by lezawang
6 comments posted 13yrs posted by lezawang

New Garbage Disposal Recommendations???

Just going through a kitchen remodel and need to purchase a new disposal. I've been looking at makes/models/prices/feat...
32 comments posted 13yrs
posted by r.mariotti
32 comments posted 13yrs posted by r.mariotti

kitchen floor damaged by chairs with wheels.

My kitchen is 12' x 12 (if one goes to the wall everywhere despite appliances and cabinets) ' and it came with a floor...
17 comments posted 13yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
17 comments posted 13yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

R134a compressor on R12 box

With a R134a condensing unit on a freezer designed for R12. It isn't working right, customer keeps saying the ice is me...
24 comments posted 13yrs
posted by cayoung61***scamblock
24 comments posted 13yrs posted by cayoung61***scamblock

terlets

have they improved at all with the flushing now that all commodes are no more than 1.6 gallons per flush? i think i pos...
18 comments posted 13yrs
posted by wilgrow_co
18 comments posted 13yrs posted by wilgrow_co

Reusable furnace/AC filter

Hi, So called elctrostatic washable/reusable filter. Anyone using it? Is it worth the $$$? Our filter size is pleated 1...
7 comments posted 13yrs
posted by dragon40
7 comments posted 13yrs posted by dragon40

Reusable air filter for furnace/AC

Hi, Our air handler takes 16x25x5 pleated filter. There is washable/reusable so called electrostatic filter I am noticin...
0 comments posted 13yrs
posted by dragon40
0 comments posted 13yrs posted by dragon40