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Preparing for a new water heater....

Awl -- Apropos of the recent threads on anodes, tank/tankless, etc, what are the alternatives to running off to HD/Sear...
15 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
15 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

name of this hinge?

See link: http://s1142.beta.photobucket.com/user/prestwich/media/hinge.jpg.html This exterior door hinge is mounted to...
14 comments posted 13yrs
posted by notpublicinfo
14 comments posted 13yrs posted by notpublicinfo

dish rack beside kitchen sink

My wife says that the disk rack that's basically plastic wrapped around stiff metal wire is chipping off causing the me...
50 comments posted 13yrs
posted by doug
50 comments posted 13yrs posted by doug

Tankless water heaters -- inneresting take.

http://www.waterheaterrescue.com/pages/WHRpages/English/Longevity/tankless-water-heaters.html Now, this guy sells anode...
125 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
125 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

Anyone know who this Atlanta nut is?

There is a black guy in a super hero suit hanging on a bar in 5 points. I snapped this shot around noon today. The guy...
0 comments posted 13yrs
posted by Kilowatt
0 comments posted 13yrs posted by Kilowatt

AC cover

I'm in the process of getting a new AC unit installed. Reading older posts here I see where the primary recommendation...
10 comments posted 13yrs
posted by jim
10 comments posted 13yrs posted by jim

E15 is EVIL!

From an American Petroleum Institute report: "The additional E15 testing, completed this month, has identified an eleva...
49 comments posted 13yrs
posted by heybub
49 comments posted 13yrs posted by heybub

Water hammer when one toilet flushed

Fairly certain have the correct answer but thought to run it past this group for a sanity check. When one toilet, and o...
7 comments posted 13yrs
posted by 6391ret
7 comments posted 13yrs posted by 6391ret

Pipe heating cables

They sell heating cables of various lengths to attach to a metal pipe to prevent freezing. If a heat cable is 6ft long...
23 comments posted 13yrs
posted by RedAlt5
23 comments posted 13yrs posted by RedAlt5

OT: Cat humor

Character in a book of fiction relating his former domestic woes: "Yeah, she cleaned out the checking account and got th...
1 comments posted 13yrs
posted by heybub
1 comments posted 13yrs posted by heybub

OT - Sandy aid for apartment dwellers

I read an article in the local newspaper about the proposed congressional Sandy aid. It mentioned a lady who was living...
14 comments posted 13yrs
posted by robin
14 comments posted 13yrs posted by robin

Power outage revisited

It's been a few weeks but just an FYI for those who helped me and are interested in the outcome of the circuit which wa...
18 comments posted 13yrs
posted by Me
18 comments posted 13yrs posted by Me