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Wood preservative compatible with stain?

my clapboarded hous needs another coat of stain, using the Behr product. Some of my woodwork is seeing deterioration and I wonder if a cuprinol ...

17 days by BV017046

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Refinishing bathtub

Hi What are your thoughts on refinishing a tub

17 days by BV017045

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garbage disposal noise

Suddenly, my garbage disposal is making an extremely loud noise. The entire sink area shakes when the disposal is turned on. Except for the noise...

17 days by BV017044

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plumbing moans when the water is turned off

The plubming in our two story house has, in the last couple of days, began making a brief "moaning" noise when you turn the water off. It doesn't ...

17 days by BV017043

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fresh cut hardwood

Hello everyone I am building a deck and want to use some lumber from my forest. can i use ash cut up last week for the frame? it would be free. i ...

17 days by kullboys

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Rustic wooden bed frame with storage compartments

Is it possible to get a build diagram for this bed frame?

18 days by BV017041

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Laundry hook up: gas or electric?

I bought a house for the first time and I don't know what laundry type I have if it is electric or gas. The picture shows a 4 prong electric plug, ...

18 days by BV017040

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Tarkett laminate boreal winter oak

I recently had damage to my laminate tarkett flooring and I need 3 boxes. I had originally bought it at menards in Illinois , they no longer carry ...

18 days by BV017039

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Dura?! ceramic

Our newly installed Duraceramic shows scratches from even an empty kitchen chair with glider feet. Congoleum says that this is not a "manufacturin...

18 days by BV017034

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sump pump basin

i have been getting in water in the basement.we decided to install a sump pump.we live on a hill and the back of our home faces up the hill ,when i...

18 days by BV017033

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TimberTech Odor-Please help...

When I had my house built two years ago the contractors went with Timbertech decking for the floor of my enclosed porch. Since then the room smells...

18 days by BV017032

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removing weeping mortar

I have weeping mortar on the front of my house. Is there any way to remove the weeping part of the mortar? the part that has oozed out does not lok...

18 days by BV017031

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Sunroom Improvement | Heating Cooling | Climate Control Options?

Hello all, we have this older sunroom few years ago we ripped out the carpet and installed some tile flooring, made it kind of like its own apartme...

19 days by BV017030

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Help finding 8"x1.5" bottom shower door guide

https://www.primeline.net/m-6089-frameless-tub-enclosure-botton-guide This looks like the shape that I need, but the one I currently have (crack...

19 days by BV017029

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Basements in century old houses

I would like ideas that would improve the dirt floor of an old basement. Not intersted in concrete but is there a way to use some other product to ...

19 days by BV017028

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GFCI for Central Air

Is a GFCI necessary (for personal protection) at a 220v residential air conditioning condenser unit installed near an exterior hose connection ? T...

19 days by BV017027

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Durable Flooring for Sandy Soil Areas

I live in an area where our yard is beach sand with some stuff that might pass for grass on it. The kids and dog bring a lot of it in so the floor...

19 days by BV017026

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Sani-Tred discussion

I have been living in my house for 35 years and had water in the basement twice, both times during a Noreaster that dropped 12 to 15 in" of rain in...

19 days by BV017025

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