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    Short bed Toyota Prius V

    Pulled the compressor, motor and fan assembly just to transport it? Or was it broken apart like that already?
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    Plumbers- I need advice on a water filter replacement

    If those kinds of filters are anything like the filters in a refrigerator they are designed that when they're twisted and pulled a thru-diverter stops the water from passing down through the filter. I'd get any numbers, etc. I could off the filter and look up the design, etc. on the internet...
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    Settle an argument please - brick masons?

    I'm wondering if this inspector is a county inspector or one hired by the homeowner or connected with the sale of the home. Private home inspectors are notorious for idiotic 'fault' findings. It's like they feel they need to identify something bad to justify their fees. Example. My daughter...
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    Settle an argument please - brick masons?

    Agree. I built a brick house around the same time and the masons used plain steel lintels lagged over the opening. The width of a plantation sized brick and about 1/4" thick. The 'inspector' this lady had is full of BS. At most, paint the exposed part with rustoleum. All this window and...

  5. Gun workbench depth

    I like 24". I've made several benches over the years. Take a couple sets of workbench legs from Woodworkers Supply, cut a 4'x8' sheet of 5 ply 3/4" marine grade plywood in half lengthwise and sandwich, install a 1"X8" backsplash and three 1X4X1/2 on the bottom part of the support. Then brace...
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    What was this MENSA candidate hoping to acheive?

    That’s some lazy jackleg **** right there.
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    Anyone build/rebuild decks?

    Actually, the condition of the deck doesn't seem to me that bad cosmetically. Just a good pressure wash and restaining. The separation of the joists with the outer band is something different. I had the same problem on one end of my deck and I solved it by FIRST measuring each support joist...
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    Bathroom Vanity install questions

    Watched him do it many a time.
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    Bathroom Vanity install questions

    If you install the faucet set before mounting it on the wooden vanity why do you need a basin wrench? Install, drop the sink and secure and then run flexible lines up from the hot and cold supplies.
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    How do I clean a refrigerator water line?

    Every braided stainless connection pipe I've seen is just some sort of composite material like poly-something, rubber, etc. covered with an outer sheath of braided stainless for protection...

  11. Hearing dripping noises in our new house. How to find the leak?

    On my second house with all copper pipes... each one over 20 years and not one problem. But copper pipes aren't what they used to be, either. You gotta watch out for that cheap thin-walled stuff....

  12. Hearing dripping noises in our new house. How to find the leak?

    First thing. Is the sound coming from anywhere near a shower stall, bath tub, sink or toilet? Second, you might look at the drains on tubs and showers to see if the 'plumber' actually tightened them up after the install. Also check shower head stems into the wall. I had a shower leak on a...

  13. Ivy in the trees, how to kill the stuff???

    Yes. Smoke can still carry poison ivy oils in the particulate. It is a threatening condition to breathe it. https://www.outdoorjoes.com/articles/what-are-symptoms-of-breathing-smoke-from-burned-poison-ivy

  14. Need help sourcing non standard stair risers.

    Yep...just slightly smaller diameter than the finish nail. Other tricks include staggering offset in the grain line along the length of the piece to keep them from wedge-splitting the piece. The field trick I saw old carpenters use on the fly was to turn the nail point upwards on a block or...

  15. Ivy in the trees, how to kill the stuff???

    I'm only telling you what I experienced with it in my pine trees and elsewhere around my house....I did this for 20 years.

  16. Ivy in the trees, how to kill the stuff???

    You kill it by severing all the root feeds at the base. But you have to make TWO cuts at least 2-3 inches apart for each root feed.. I had English Ivy for 20+ years....

  17. Ivy in the trees, how to kill the stuff???

    That's what I'd always done with poison ivy growing on trees....but I made TWO cuts and pulled out about a 2-inch section so no regrowth between a cut could happen. Eventually it worked.
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