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I glued 2 of my fingers together with Rapid Fuse superglue.
I have tried rubbing alcohol, butter, and warm soapy water.
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I'm the new owner of a 1956 Southern California home and discovered this curious plate on the stucco exterior:
It's above, and to the left of the front door. There is a working sconce mounted above ...
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It's a 12" by 16" cutout with wood to screw into on 3 sides. My hesitation with tape is that it's so much harder to hide with mud.
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I have an oil fired heating system with 4 zones heated with baseboards. I recently noticed that one of the zones stopped working because its thermostat wire in the basement was frayed. I removed that ...
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I have a built-in cabinet that has an outlet at the back to power a TV. I am looking at framing over that built-in opening to create a flat wall to mount a larger flat panel TV. I want to move the ...
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There was a ceiling fan which I removed. I usually would take a picture of the wiring before removal but the design of the fan made that difficult and only after I got the fan down did I see this mess....
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apologies if this is a super basic question, but this is my first time owning a home and not sure who to call.
So my boiler seems to be leaking -- I think this may have been happening for a while, but ...
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I bought a custom length of a 16/2 cable (two 16-gauge stranded wires, individually insulated). The two wires have identical colors and insulation; the only thing to tell them apart is that along one,...
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Today I received my new refrigerator, and I've been told not to plug it in until a couple of hours have gone by. Some people told me a couple of hours was enough, but others have told me up to 12 ...
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I can easily understand the purpose of the overflow tube itself, but why is the little black hose that comes from the fill valve placed down into the overflow tube? On my toilet, there is a strong ...
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I am replacing a light fixture in my bathroom and have the following setup:
The electrical box is plastic
The wire coming from supply has black (hot), white (neutral) and copper (ground).
The light ...
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When we wake up in the morning, we're observing a significant amount of condensation on the bedroom windows around the edges on the inside (inside the house not between the panes). We had new windows ...
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I'm thinking of installing laminate flooring and have a question: If I'm installing laminate throughout the house, should ALL of it be going in the same direction?
Say for example, let's say I have ...
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Suppose I want to pre-drill for, say, a 5/16 screw. How do I determine the correct drill bit diameter?
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Can you answer these questions?
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Very loud noise coming from baseboard radiator. Just moved into this house and we’re getting one spot in the basement where a huge noise goes off (“bang” “bang”). Then it stops. This could happen up ...
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I am having a strange issue wherein along the exterior/west-facing wall of my bedroom (~110sqft/750sqft house) at the junction with the ceiling there appears to be mold growing and some pretty faint ...
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What are these type of ceilings called?
These don't have enough height to be called cathedral celling, are these just called exposed beams ?
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