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How to square up a pole building on a hill?

I'm planning to build a cabin on poles, and build it into a hillside. At the top of the hill the posts (6x6 treated), w...
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posted by mancave
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by mancave

Installing T11 Siding where the joints meet

I'm building a cabin and plan to use that T11 siding. If you dont know what that is, it's plywood with vertical grooves...
16 comments posted 13yrs
posted by mancave
16 comments posted 13yrs posted by mancave

What is used under rebar in concrete?

I recently saw a concrete parking lot being made. This was after hours, so no one was around to ask. They had the forms...
11 comments posted 13yrs
posted by mancave
11 comments posted 13yrs posted by mancave

50% Increase in Pool Chlorine Cost

I went to buy chlorine today. I had been paying $20 for 8 gallons of 12% ($2.50/gallon), today the price jumped to $30 (...
4 comments posted 13yrs
posted by scharf.steven
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by scharf.steven

HOME POWER PANEL WITH CONDUCTOR TDD 121-F

I want to install a tdd121-f conductor to my panel in home . I got a prepaid meter and do not want to tamper. Apparentl...
1 comments posted 13yrs
posted by Hans
1 comments posted 13yrs posted by Hans

Woodworking Forum

Please recommend a good online forum for woodworking. As I head for my sunset years, I may want to finally start learni...
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posted by mcp6453
9 comments posted 13yrs posted by mcp6453

OT Drone shoot in Colorado.

Colorado citizens considering a bounty for shooting down a drone. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/18/colorado-t...
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posted by haroldhrmtg
21 comments posted 13yrs posted by haroldhrmtg

New Bathtub Disaster

Boy did I mess this one up. The main bathtub in my house was a one-piece fiberglass unit installed 25 years ago. It cou...
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posted by mcp6453
6 comments posted 13yrs posted by mcp6453

Centipedes in kitchen sink

My g/f finds a centipede in her kitchen's double-bowl stainless sink many mornings. Before going to bed, she plugs both...
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posted by Rebel1
49 comments posted 13yrs posted by Rebel1

Is my breaker capacity 100 or 200amp

My main breaker is 100A at 240 volts. I've always been confused about this. Does that mean I can use up to 100amps at 2...
9 comments posted 13yrs
posted by manden
9 comments posted 13yrs posted by manden

Second Hand Smoke Solution?

I have a rental unit in a townhouse complex. The tenants are complaining that the people across the sidewalk from them...
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posted by scharf.steven
62 comments posted 13yrs posted by scharf.steven

Flashing leaks

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5761/wt9.gif A room was added 40+ years ago and the point where the new roof joins the...
9 comments posted 13yrs
posted by guvbob2003
9 comments posted 13yrs posted by guvbob2003

AFCI test rig and test design

I just received my AFCI 20A duplex outlet and downstream OBC protector: Leviton AFTR2-GY SmartlockPro Outlet Branch Cir...
16 comments posted 13yrs
posted by robert_green1963
16 comments posted 13yrs posted by robert_green1963

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, a...
3 comments posted 13yrs
posted by harri85274
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by harri85274

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 vis...
3 comments posted 13yrs
posted by woger151
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by woger151