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I have stuck bolt in a very confined space, nothing working and messed up the hex thread. So i managed to use metal saw to cut across the bolt head so that flat tipped screwdriver can be used. But bolt had has hollow center so i need to leverage the "rims" of the head through i made cut across...

i think it is pulled into nail not wood :)

I got the cheapest one but that worked very nicely no battery just a magnet. It seeems like it sticks to wall whenever it find stud (or nail). My project is disrupted whenever i drill around stud and halfway or 1/3 rd of the way around drilling it hits a concrete. :(.. I just had to abandone...

YEAH I looked it but it still takes space, story is that my currently leased apartment is also two story high huge ceiling so wanted to take adv. of that.

I use stud finder tool in my apartment to do drill hole to fix things more securely. I have now bigger project to put a lumber wooden bar between two walls and hang a bicycle (40-50lbs) so need to make sit more secure is more paramount. Becaue previous work included lighter weight shelves but...

There are hundreds products online but no ne matches my expectations. Since i leave in apartment, using sticky type destroys walls by peeling paint, so i prefer push pin. But There is very little choice. I was hoping to find elongated tube guides, some straight, some making corners or even...

not sure if I understood anything at all.

The question does not exactly relate to houserepairtalk however it may some distant relation, improving home. apologies. I am thinking to furnish my apartment with newer furnitures, sworn out of ikea. I am wondering what is good brand that strikes a balance between contemporary design with some...

I have purchased a small home about 800sq.ft. Its heating system is poorly built, with no following of standard. It has a floor heating in every room with feeble effect. It is currently only suitable for summer residence. During winter (-30 during 3 months), we drain all the water in order to...

This is the window of the small house I have purchased few years back. Location is in extreme temperature variance -40 (winter) and +40 (summer) year round, which I believe might have contributed to the condition such as peeling of paint. I am thinking to repaint. Any suggestion on paint that is...

i have a situation. I have a 4 yr old domestic short breed pretty male cat. with summer approaching i am having him spending majority of time on balcony and put all his stuff: food trays, litter box on balcony. However I wanted to give access back to my residence. There are two possibilities: -...

I feel outraged, every toolkit I bought these days from homedepo, lowes or similar stores have some unknown brand which they carry now. All of them, when opened, all the sockets wrenches are loose and scatter which drove me nuts and I kept returning them. I used to buy toolkit just few years...

Thx for opinion, so far no one has knocked on door. I am praying it is ok.

I have question from floor experts, I live in 3rd floor of apartment with what appears to be a wooden floor. It seems well assembled, not sure if it is real or artificial food and I can feel the nooks and crannies within. Yesterday bathroom toilet flooded unfortunately and found with up to 1...

I have a double window pane installed for thermal purpose for colder temps. however air got into what supposed to be a vacuum between two panes and it looks sweated and became opaque because of it and simply it is eyesore. Cleaning appears hard because the space between two panes are very small...