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No they do not. They hire outside companies to sub-contract the work that will be done at your house. These companies have gone...
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joist should cantilever no more than 1/3 its length. A three foot overhang should be nailed nine foot in
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Carolyn May of Bella Designs Home Staging and Home Enhancement, www.bella-design.net, says "I am not sure how many home stagers...
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First read label, but try 3M adhesive, if is not compatible check your hobby stores they have the right adhesive.
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If the ceiling fan is attached to real property (installed), then it is real property. If it is in the trunk of your car, it's...
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No, Any kind of sealer you try to put on after will lift off the dried stain. And the exess stain, even when dry, will rub off on...
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The answer is actually in your dryer's model number prefix and has nothing to do with the series name given to the product by...
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Double glazed is a term referring to having two pains of glass. Old wood windows were single glazed, newer ones are double...
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You can buy fake percing glue but u can only buy that at a body piercing shop
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Here in Britain they sell them alongside the tiles in DIY stores, and in the bathroom fittings section of department stores.
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On the back of the valve/diverter there are either four or three openings. One on either side for hot and cold water coming into...
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Aha! I just had this problem this past summer, but it was just the normal squirrels. My husband had to rent a trap (won't harm...
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AnswerIf this is a reversing valve on a heatpump all you need do is to find out if you are getting voltage to the solenoid on the...
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Mix a batch of bleach and water, 1/2 cup bleach to 3 gallon water in a insecticide sprayer and spray the ceiling and allow to...
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-Your best protection options vary depending on the types of heating and cooling systems you may have. Detection If you have a...
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The 2006 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) states the following when sizing pipe: G2413.3 (402.3) Sizing. Gas piping...
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maybe one plant and leave the rest you dont want a jungle
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There are 2 ways to program a remote to open a garage door. 1 if the opener uses dip switches, open the cover and see if it has a...
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Roughly 320-350 square feet.
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A 'piece of wood' is very vague. It all depends on the size of the piece and what type of wood it is. Strictly, the weight is the...
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frost line in pa is 42 inches
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This depends on if it is a load bearing wall or not. If it is load bearing, it supports the roof or higher story and cannot...
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Ill get the answer started by saying that the ingot will weigh 35,714.28 lbs of aluminum. Im not sure of the rest.
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This simple recipe makes a great metal polish that helps prevent rust and cleans most metal surfaces. Difficulty: Moderately...
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Check your furnace fan. The air conditioner unit can be running but the air circulation is usually done with the fan on the...
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There are a couple of advantages of Pergo flooring. First of all, please understand that Pergo (a registered trademark) is a...
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Between $0.80 and $1.20 per sqft for materials and labor. Between $0.60 and $0.90 for labor alone. Paint ready. The smaller the...
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call a glass company, the seal on the window has broken, it will need to be vacuum sealed
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1683 square feet = 187 square yards. (1 square yard = 3 ft. x 3 ft. = 9 square feet.)
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depends if drain is clogged or not
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"Archimedes' screw" was a tilted cylinder with an interior spiral groove which, when cranked, moved water from a lower elevation...
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About 137 tiles, if they are 1ft X 1ft dimension, or about 137 square feet of tile. If you are using smaller tile, calculate how...
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the answer is 48,374 feet cubed. The answer is not 48,374 feet cubed, the answer is 335.93 feet cubed, which makes a lot more...
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first you take the glue and put on the hair then you put it on your head very carefuly tada! :)
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You cant. You can try, but you will be wasting your time as no paint will adhere to wax. Remove the wax with a scraper, then with...
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In parallel circuit
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I'd try the basics: Food, water and shelter, which would be essential for life. Can't get any more essential than that. Running...
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Under optimal conditions, 15-20 years. In the direct sunlight, with no added treatments on your part, as little as 3-5 years.20...
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It can but isn't reccommended at the beginning. If the walls were saturated to the point of destroying sheetrock, remove all the...
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THE PILLOW CASE IS A SORT OF SLIP COVER FOR YOUR PILLOW FOR YOU TO USE. AND ITS PURPOSE IS TO ABSORB OILS, PERSPERATION, AND...
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Dimensioning convention vary from client to client and firm to firm, however the following convention is stipulated by Federal...
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It depends on the length of the chain and the size of the links. A chain as a unit of measure is 66 feet long. Four rods...
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It is meant to remove the moisture or humidity in the air after a shower. This keeps mildew from forming. It also removes any...
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Normally NO BUT it would depend on the location. NYC does a complete back ground check and if you had a felony arrest you will...
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The correct way is to install a 2x 6 backer plate between the studs where the cabinets are to be hung. If there is not one there...
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My parents went through this a few years ago. Nobody does. It's usually the party who wants the fence repaired/replaced. My...
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That a lived in house has a moist mildewy basement.
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Do you mean oil-based paint? If so, the answer is yes. All doors, window frames, kitchens and bath areas should always be painted...
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You must rough up the old finish, use sandpaper. Then apply the heat resistant paint
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In thoery, yes it would probably work. I think it would probably be annoying though, as it would also block out the sound of...
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The best thing to do is have the furniture stripped ( shotblasted or at a dip and strip). Then have it primed (etch) and powder...
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Singer made several variations of the 201, the most common in the US being the 201-2, with the internal motor. The 201-3 had an...
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No. Some "L" shaped shower curtain rods have floor support which comes up and attaches to the rod. I have seen these types in...
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Generally most racquetball courts are done with an unfinished maple hardwood. Not an engineered wood, but a real hardwood 3/4"...
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Get a good natural bristle brush, Purdy makes good ones. They are well worth the extra expense. You will get much better results....
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$2.00 - $2.50/ sq ft for install only$2.25-$3.00 depending on width and length of material.Prefinished or finish in place?
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Ya hire me to do it, lol They offer classes at Home depot and other places,Buy a video so you can watch it again if ya missed...
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You can't. The inch is a measure of length; the square foot is a measure of area. To convert SQUARE inches to square feet,...
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Not always, but they should be. The convention in plumbing was to have cold on the right and hot on the left. This was only...
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Remove the vent cover and cut a piece of sheetrock 1/2 inch smaller on length and width than the opening. attach the sheetrock...
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Most pertroleum based oils do not encourage mold or mildew when used in indoor settings. When this does occur it is often the...
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Our instructions say to press and release the "learn" button on the motor unit. It has a picture of a square button below three...
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AnswerFit an extractor fan. It is usually on the same circuit as the light switch hence comes on when the light is on but it can...
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It depends on how much electricity you plan to use in your garage. If you only need one or two lights and three or four outlets...
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you get new glass and a new frame
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AnswerPerhaps DP8005 by 3M ??? Loctite Plastix Bonder Bonds all plastics, even polyethylene and polypropylene Two-part...
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There has to be a minimum of 700mm - 1000mm space to accommodate most of the services. There has to be a minimum of...
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it depends upon spacing, grade of lumber and what the "load" above would be as well as use of the room, generally speaking though...
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no if u did that u would end up with watery glue. i think it can work but you need to know a good recipe
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Sliding shower doors are based on a door, with small wheels locked into a frame. If the door does not slide, its probably one or...
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Support capacity of wooden planks depends upon a number of factors including: orientation (vertical, flat, edge) length...
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If a room has a high rate of humidity it will show condensation on the windows or walls, it may even be growing some mold on the...
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Yes. And it gives off a lovely smell, too. Answer Olive wood is a very hard, condensed wood. It is very hard to catch alight,...
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You can fill and refill the ice melt socks with off the shelf ice melt. Simply open the Velcro strap at top of socks, fill with...
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It reduce the time in survey and give accurate dimension
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sand the item with 200 grit sand paper all over,dip paper in water a little,then sand item with 400 grit paper dip paper in water...
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Cedar
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you will die and live a short life and might suffer a heart attack or your organs might malfunction it doesent matter how much...
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Real slate the average is $1,200 per Sq ft this includes the felt barrier and copper nails required with copper (14 Oz) flashing...
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Shingles vary in dimensions, and sometimes there are specific bundles of shingles made for the sole purpose of ridge coverage. If...
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Hydraulic is used in terms to define liquid. Hydraulic mining in the ole days was used by high pressure water. Hydraulic lines...
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Any kind of wood is safe to burn in your fireplace as long as its dried to approx 18% moisture content, and does not contain any...
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I'm from British Columbia, Canada and we have the odd year where we are over-run with yellow jackets. Yellow jackets hatch out in...
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Did you interupt a loop? Perhaps loosened an old joint or two. Dislodged pieces of corrosion inside the run. Somehow...
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The transit level is to plane surveying what the hammer is to nailing. The practice of what is known as plane surveying...
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I have alwys had good luck using a water and bleach mixture and spraying it on the bricks. I let it set for about half hour or so...
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1 roofing "square" = 100 square feet. 100 square feet = one square
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Wrap the threading in teflon tape
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i use a compound slide miter saw with a carbide tip blade IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COMPOUND MITRE SAW, OR IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TRASH...
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Several years ago I broke one pane of our Anderson double pane window in the garage. I decided to replace it but found out that...
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As long as the patio is well vented to the outside. A window AC unit will only cool about 30 degrees cooler than the outside...
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Just to dim lights, it could be just a simpler variable resistor or rheostat. This just lowers the voltage and dims the lights....
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