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prevent electrical plug from wobbling loose?

My friend is a hair dresser and her hair clipper's electrical plug is coming loose in the wall outlet. The outlet is ab...
84 comments posted 14yrs
posted by nospam
84 comments posted 14yrs posted by nospam

Your new home can make you sick!

"[Klamath Falls, Ore] Within days of moving in this past summer, Beth Hankins, an ER nurse, started experiencing breath...
2 comments posted 14yrs
posted by heybub
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by heybub

Cost to repair BB hole damages in stucco wall?

Any licensed contractors out there that can give me an idea of what repairing 6 holes made by BB's straight into rough...
4 comments posted 14yrs
posted by robert.a.macy
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by robert.a.macy

air conditioners

I have a 6-yr. old Trane air conditioner. Last year I had a problem with i= t and spent over $1000 - replaceing the coo...
21 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Dorot29701
21 comments posted 14yrs posted by Dorot29701

Decking Material

Hello, Thinking of redoing my Deck with possibly TREX, or just pressure treated wood. a. Are there different quality le...
11 comments posted 14yrs
posted by rgsros
11 comments posted 14yrs posted by rgsros

How to cut a 4" round hole in soffit - no hole saw.

I need to cut a 4" round hole in a soffit, from underneath, while standing on a ladder. The soffit is not horizontal, i...
52 comments posted 14yrs
posted by teamarrows
52 comments posted 14yrs posted by teamarrows

Gravel in Downspout

We have a poorly designed downspout that has a 12-inch horizontal section that begins about 8-inches down from the roof...
4 comments posted 14yrs
posted by me
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by me

Small light cordless drill with light

I want to buy a small, light, cordless drill with LED lights that shine on what I am drilling or screwing. I think I wa...
24 comments posted 14yrs
posted by neutrino1
24 comments posted 14yrs posted by neutrino1

OT Velveeta

OT Listening to radio from 1949 and the commercial for Velveeta carefully referred, twice, to it as "cheese food", inst...
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posted by NONONOmisc07
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Generators Revisited

There's been a lot of talk of generators and how to store gasoline for them which got me to thinking of the conversions...
77 comments posted 14yrs
posted by the-daring-dufas
77 comments posted 14yrs posted by the-daring-dufas

Disposing Of Oily Rags?

I realize there are many different opinions on this subject.... I have a small workshop with regular rags - motor oil a...
17 comments posted 14yrs
posted by dwightnews
17 comments posted 14yrs posted by dwightnews

carpet

What brand & style of carpet did you get for your home? Looking for something, which will hold up to traffic (stairs).
18 comments posted 14yrs
posted by invalid
18 comments posted 14yrs posted by invalid