Discussion Forum
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composting toilets
I'm looking into composting toilet for a couple with a holding tank for grey water. So far I've done a search of old breadtimes on the issue, I've gotten flyers…
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electrical problem with bx
I ran into the following situation. One bx cable had 3 wires in it ( as in 12-3 with no ground- sheath being ground). One wire went to neutral bus,…
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5 mysterious volts shut circuit
in a remodel I shut off a circuit that had a kitchen GFCI and from there the line went on to power a seperate duplex for the kitchen fridge which…
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furnace and wood stove in same flue?
My Vermont Castings Defiant wood stove of 25 years bit the dust...the interior fire back warped, cracked, rusted through and now it's VERY inefficient so I'm wondering options. our back…
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brands of shower stalls
The commonly available shower stall around here seems to be Swanstone. Any other brands of shower pan/ wall and door combinations (preferably Acrylic) that people have had good luck with…
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Membrane Roofing
About Mambrane Roofs: Have a 1 in 12 pitch roof over an unheated 10x20 screened porch. Assuming I get two days in the high 30's I was going to put…
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Eb-Ty fasteners
Now granted this was a low, poorly ventilated deck but the mahagony I put down with EB TYE fasteners exactly as described in the directions was unbelievably labor intensive (one…
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Wide Pine Floors
What's the best way to mimimize gaps between one foot wide, air dried, 7/8 inch thick native whtie pine flooring (in a Western Mass hilltown house)? 900 board feet of…
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warping frame and panel doors
Does anybody know a good sorce of planed and kiln dried maple for someone in Massachusetts (3/4 inch) and do you have any suggestions on keeping the frame and panel…
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New Formica on old
A customer wants new Formica (the 1/8 th inch thick stuff). Can I put it on top of the existing layer by roughing the old up with 60 grit sandpaper…