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Simpson finally some semblance of a decent concealed post base.
It ain't great but it's better looking that their other post bases. The unique design provides a clean, concealed connection for a premium look. Also provides the code-required 1" standoff above...
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Troubleshooting Your Furnace: Why Your Pilot Light Keeps Going Out
1969 Lennox gas furnace The pilot light won't stay lit. I light it easily enough, and it makes a nice two-inch blue flame. Ten minutes later, with the thermostat still turned off, I hear a clunk, and...
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Water Line to Frigidaire...
Fridge is about six years old, and new to us (came with the home purchase). There is plastic line on a self-piercing connector at the main water line. There is a filter inside the fridge and there was...
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OT: The New England snow storm....
...just might be the answer to their prayer to get people with guns off their streets. It'll work for a few days anyway.
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Semi OT: Plastic bag bans kill people
"In a 2011 study, four researchers examined reusable bags in California and Arizona and found that 51 percent of them contained coliform bacteria. The problem appears to be the habits of the reusers....
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OT.New comet
The brightest comet in our lifetimes may be approaching the sun this year. A comet that looks likely to dazzle in the night skies later this year is spotted by a spacecraft dedicated to much closer...
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Need temporary fix for ceiling rain leak
I live in an apartment, and the living room ceiling near the deck has a rain leak: During the biggest rainstorms, some water drips down onto my carpet from one particular spot on the ceiling. There's...
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Top 10 Home safety hazards
Anything on "This old house" is geared for people with lots of money. Years ago it was a good show, now it's not worth watching unless you got tons of money and want to build the most expensive house...
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Flipping the Bird to the Judge
you sir. May I have another? -- Stephanie: What did you do today? Leonard Hofstadter: Well, I'm a physicist, so I just thought about stuff. Stephanie: That's it? Leonard Hofstadter: I wrote some of it...
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Cottonwood
It's worth less than that by far...cottonwood is terrible for firewood (and just about anything else, either--while they make a good shade tree if the cotton-fall isn't a killer--the wood is...
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Welder advice
What kind of inexpensive (relatively) welding device do I need? I have steel burglar-bar doors onto which I want to tack some steel mesh and turn the grate into a screen door (sorta - it's really to...
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dishwasher hammering
Why would a dishwasher make a hammering sound when filling? It severely shakes the copper fill pipe. Thx
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How long is pool bleach stable when diluted with water in a Chlorox bottle anyway?
Q: Does dilution of bleach actually affect it's stability over time? My wife buys these Chlorox variations, so I decided to ask Chlorox (800-292-2200 & 800-227-1860) what the percentage of sodium...
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Home inspection
All - Looking for some advice. I'm currently under contract on a foreclosed prop= erty. The property has been winterized. The inspection has been completed = except for inspecting the water...
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Patio - Another Idea to Toss Out There
I have decided against staining my concrete patio. I have been researching a product called, "Moisture Shield" that looks like TREX, but is not TREX. I had some bad luck with TREX, and won't go there...
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