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How do you drill through stainless steel at home?
What's the trick to drilling a hole through 1/2" thick stainless steel? From my guardrail experience, I had bought titanium coated drill bits. So I thought it would be easy to drill a hole in a...
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Re-roofing Cost?
I have 3 quotes for a tear-off and reshingle of my roof. The roof has one layer of existing shingles. The shingles are selling for $100 a square at Lowes. Roof is 40 square. Estimates work out to $270...
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HF 20% coupon schedule. Probably.
Here's where the HF 20%-off coupon lives today: Evidently, HF posts a new coupon around one week after the previous coupon expires. You'll note the current coupon expires 3/31/13. The previous...
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Crosscut Shredder Oiling
Just bought a new medium-duty crosscut paper shredder and the instructions advise oiling the cutters on each basket emptying using their "special crosscut shredder oil". They say it's vegetable...
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How much power should electric blanket draw?
I have a Sunbeam twin size electric blanket that is several years old. I had the feeling it was not heating properly, so I decided to check the current it draws with a kill-a-watt, which says it is...
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Very odd heating problem
We have lived here for about 5 years and the heat has always behaved the wa y it should other then an occasional frozen pipe on the second floor and a broken circulator. The house has FHW by Oil, 3...
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Plumbing question?
I have to install a utility sink in my unheated garage (I don't think I have ever seen it below freezing) for my wife's new business... the floor of the garage is a foot lower than the first floor of...
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New Water Heater equals Air in Lines?
Some Background: So... a little while back I replaced the electric water heater. We get a lot of minerals and sulfur gas in our well and it was finally too much for the bottom element. It was a...
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water leaking refrig and future maintenance
Because I failed to clean the back end of the refrig regularly like I used to and it was leaking some water, I chose to get my repair guy to fix it. Prior I did try to thaw the freezer but that didn't...
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Insurance qustion
Two weeks ago my little S10 pickup was struck, while parked, by a U-Haul truck. My pickup is 15 years old, but only has 98,000 miles on the clock (I don't get out much). U-Haul referred me to their...
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Min circuit requirements for central vacuum motor in basement.
As the subject states, I'm re-doing a friends basement and need to relocate a central vac unit. It was connected to an outlet shared with the gas dryer. Are there any code requirements that require...
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furnace filter
There is ine of the best site to furnace filter Im using it for furnace filter too so i tinnk this is the best web site to 'furnace filter' ( Its great and amazing tri it and enjoy the best This is...
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What size wiring for Central A/C compressor?
I'm running new electric in a friends basement and so far uncovered a lot of bad wiring jobs, buried splice boxes, you name it. So now I noticed that the central A/C compressor is wired with 10 guage...
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Armstrong SX 90 Fan won't come on
Hello All, Having a problem with our furnace. It will run and heat the house as long as I have the fan set to auto. If I don't have it set there the fan will n ot come on at all and no heat. Believe...
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Stud Finder
Finally got around to testing the stud finder from the Place-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named*. Street price is $9.95. The instrument does an accurate job. It finds studs, which is what you'd expect a...
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