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Yuma AZ handyman?
Can anyone possibly recommend a handyman in Yuma AZ? I have had several good ones in the past but they all retired or moved. Ads I've responded to were poor - very expensive and/or didn't follow...
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Smooth finish with grout
I have some Polyblend sanded grout. I would like to fill a small hole in the tile with it. Is there a way to get a smooth finish with it ? Thanks.
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Drought is causing house foundations to sink and crack
STEVEN DERSE, the owner of a corporate travel business in Nashville, cannot feel his house move, but he can hear it. ?It?s an eerie creaking sound,? he said, and it echoes throughout his two-story...
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Gas engine exhaust extensions and back pressure
Awl -- Recently, in asking about pipe diam/length and pressure drops for natural gas, I was surprised at how significantly delivered gas volume drops with length. For example, for 3/4" pipe, the cfh...
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Nat gas pressure drop vs. pipe length
OK, took delivery of a 15,000 W tri-fuel generator, with a Honda GX690 motor, 690 cc, about 22 hp. Couldn't get it to run off propane, cuz their regulator (that attaches to the tank itself) seems to...
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Bathroom vainity faucet
Need to replace my bathroom faucet...i am not looking for anything too expe= nsive..but am wondering what type of finish I should get, that can take the= rigors of a bathroom that would not tarnish...
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OT - Who puts nickels on their gun barrels?
I was just talking to a co-worker, who happens to be a hunter, so she knows a bit about guns. She said that when she was young she used to mess with her brother by "moving his nickels". When I looked...
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water line freeze damage
I live in far SW AZ where it rarely goes below 35 F or so. Rarely once or twice in a winter it gets down to 28 or 30 F. Obviously we don't normally insulate water lines or otherwise protect them from...
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Is there a better way to remove a poison oak plant than with a chainsaw?
This weekend, I needed to remove a poison oak plant along my property but the plant was too big and too much on a hill for spraying; so I cut it with an 18" chainsaw and packed it up for proper...
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Heating Gasoline in a Microwave
As unbelievable as it sounds, some program I saw on tv, showed a guy put a gasoline can in a microwave, and turn the MW on. About a minute later the house exploded. The good part is that it shows the...
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What do you call it
Someone else's post made me think of this of which I completely forgot about. When I was a kid living on Long Island, my dad installed a Dutch door as our rear door along with a storm door. I've never...
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Whatchamacallit
Door Chain Bolt?
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Fire chief broke into a neighbor’s home wearing a ski mask and carrying a knife
Illinois ? Chicago Ridge deputy fire chief was being held on $150,000 bond after prosecutors alleged that he broke into a neighbor?s home wearing a ski mask and carrying a knife. Gary Swiercz, 49, of...
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Ceiling fan
My Hampton Bay ceiling fan and light-kit no longer turn on when I pull the pull-chains. (The circuit-breaker did not trip). I discovered the bolts that attached two of the blades to the fan motor were...
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How to cut into existing sprinkler pipe
I am extending my sprinkler system. I can do it by tapping into an existing underground circuit of 3/4" PVC pipe. All I need to do is insert a PVC T into the existing pipe. I can cut the old pipe, but...
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