Discussion Forum
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What are these bugs?
They look too big to be powder post beetles. But we had hundreds of them come out from under the ground floor baseboards on a slab on grade house. Then…
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Window Coating to Protect Curtains
DW and her sister just put a lot of work into new curtains, over ordinary single glazed windows. I suggested putting some kind of cloth liner on them to protect…
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Recommend a Thermostat?
We just bought a house in the San Fernando Valley that looks like it has the original thermostat from 1981 still in service. So I'd like to swap in a…
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Extension for Kitchen Sink Side Spray?
DW would like to put the spray hose hole for the kitchen sink a couple feet from the faucet, and still have plenty of length. Is there some kind of…
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Templaco Lock Installation Kit
Does anybody have experience and opinions on this Templaco kit? http://www.templaco.com/html/product.asp?id=74 Thanks -- -- J.S.
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Cleaning oil from a concrete driveway?
Anybody have a good way of removing, or at least reducing, the results of years of old car oil dripping on a driveway? The long term solution may be to…
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Carrying the paper – need a lawyer?
We're in escrow, selling our Hollywood place to a guy in the loan business. He's getting us a loan to buy the new place, while we carry the paper on…
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How to tell good shingles?
We're looking at a house to buy that has relatively new shingles. The agent thinks they're only a year or two old. Is there a way to tell good shingles…
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Truss Maker Labeling Requirements?
Here's an idea that grew out of another thread: Should there be labels on attic trusses that identify the manufacturer? Should there be other information given on such labels? I'm…
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Re-thinking The Outside of the Box
The climate is Southern California. Lows rarely under 40 and highs rarely over 100. Rain usually under a couple feet annually, but often arrives horizontally. The part that's carved in…