how to remove stuck plug/cleanout/cap
I am trying to remove an old plug (seems to be 3.25", not 3" or 4" like the standard ones) on a cast iron drain system. What are the tricks for getting these loos...
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Hi. I'm in a quandary. For the past few months I hear, at intervals, a loud buzzing or vibrating from the outside wall. The noise lasts only a few seconds, but it...
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Every summer I get teeny dry white specks stuck like glue inside screen doors, I scrape them off but next day there is more! Are they some kind of bug cocoon?
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Substance almost but not totally unlike syrup seeping
I work in an office building that has this syrup like substance coming through the floor. The office I am in, in a tiled floor (probably from the 80's or 90's. Th...
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I am going crazy fighting this smell issue... I bought a house 2 years ago and had some cheap contractor do a finishing of my basement. The house had prior termit...
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Please help with hard-wired smoke detector issue...
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Pergola Design - What sizes for beams and rafters?
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SCHEIRICH Kitchen Cabinet
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