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Moving into a home that had dogs, and I'm allergic... what should be on my to-do list?
If the previous owners are taking their furniture and a large area rug, that removes a large part of the problem. Any other rugs left that you are going to keep should be shampooed/cleaned by a ...
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Moving into a home that had dogs, and I'm allergic... what should be on my to-do list?
You'll need to wash/clean the walls either my doing it yourself or hiring it out. The floors will need to be inspected for damage under the area rug where urine could have seeped into the cracks ...
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Moving into a home that had dogs, and I'm allergic... what should be on my to-do list?
If you are strongly allergic to dogs, it would be in your best interest to hire a professional cleaning service.
Let them know about your allergies and get estimates based on the square footage and ...
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How do I use a T-handle for a garage door without a key?
The back side of the handle will either have a pair or rods or a pair of cables that run to the tracks on the left and right.
When turned, the rods or cable are pulled in so that either the rods slip ...
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Can I use this external light switch to supply an outside circuit?
In the UK, lighting circuits are normally separate from power used for other purposes.
Typically a lighting circuit uses cables with either 1.0mm² or 1.5mm² conductors, protected in the consumer unit ...
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Why does the fuse blow when I turn on the oven and stove in the kitchen?
Why does the fuse blow when I turn on the oven and stove in the kitchen?
Because the fuse amperage is insufficient for both devices to run at the same time
Does anyone know what we can do about it ...
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Stripping varnish from the wall mounted portion of my new cabinets
The cabinets do not need to be striped to be painted.
Remove the moldings at the top of the cabinets. clean and sand them to be painted separately. Do the same with the doors and drawer fronts.
Just ...
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Dishwasher needed?
I'd work hard to get the kitchen I want (ie, no dishwasher), but if the permits office insists, I'd approach it like this:
Order a 24" wide base cabinet. Plan your kitchen such that the cabinet ...
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Post tension slab tendons intersections
I don't understand why they used the word "overlap." They're complaining about a strand going over one perpendicular strand and then under the next. The pattern kinda kinks the strand at the ...
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How do I use a T-handle for a garage door without a key?
If the handle has, in fact, locked itself and no amount of landlord wiggling/manipulation will turn it, then the most diy thing I can think of is drilling out the keyway. This will destroy the lock ...
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Can we run utilities (sewer) to a new building from an existing house, or do we need parallel external hookups?
I'd go halfway between your two extremes. Run a new sewer line from the front yard around to the new ADU structure. More specifically, find an existing clean-out tap in the sewer lateral in the front ...
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Dishwasher needed?
Sometimes the reason is open drains, pipes and wires. Try covering/capping everything up and then try again. Inspectors can just get fussy. Ours refused to pass our kitchen because there was hole ...
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How to remove window screens?
typically push the screen frame up and to the side until one of the bottom corners comes loose. then pop that corner out and go the other direction.
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What is this pipe with wires in my new house side yard
It looks like ready made provision for irrigation valves.
Look in your irrigation panel if it has cables going out.
The trick would be in matching colors.
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