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• Posted in thread: Cisterns-closest Forum I Could Find on 10-10-2007 at 04:03 PM
  I'm thinking of buying a house with a cistern. Never owned one, never lived in a house with
  one. I've heard a lot of pros and cons from workmates and friends, but it seems theres a lot of
  misunderstan...

• Posted in thread: broken spring on 01-27-2007 at 08:28 AM
  I have an older 1 car garage with a non power door. One of the springs broke awhile ago.My
  question is are the se springs universal in length as to their size, meaning 1 car garage, or
  bigger for all ...

• Posted in thread: Whirlpool Drier Doesn't on 01-27-2007 at 08:20 AM
  Does anyone know of a good tutorial on replacing the element on an older whirlpool electric
  drier?

• Posted in thread: Outlets Grounded??? on 03-30-2006 at 02:14 PM
  On the other hand, when I bought my house, I still had one circuit of knob and tube wiring
  active. I know now that it feeds several outlets in my living room and kitchen. Although the
  inspector was th...

• Posted in thread: Home Entertainment center woes on 03-30-2006 at 01:59 PM
  I'm on my 2nd medium priced home entertainment center, the kind that comes in a box with the
  subwoofer, the surround speakers, and DVD player, as well as all the wiring. I've got all the
  wiring run ca...

• Posted in thread: load bearing walls on 03-27-2006 at 02:23 PM
  Lemme get this straight- if the main beam in my floor runs the same line as my roof ridge, then
  the walls that are parallel to those are load bearing? Or the walls that run at 90 degrees to
  that are l...

• Posted in thread: Seeking newbie guide to carpentry on 03-13-2006 at 01:19 PM
  I likes Square eye's response. It focused on the aspect of supervicory work after awhile. The
  two differences I've seen in my 2 careers thus far in life, are A. the ability to do the
  "math", so to spe...

• Posted in thread: Installing copper pipe on 02-28-2006 at 07:07 AM
  Hey, inspectorD, that was taken last year, when my nieces butterfly house resulted in the
  larvae unfolding their wings and taking their first flight. That one landed on my nose. Really.
  No kidding! My...

• Posted in thread: Ghost in the hot water valve on 02-27-2006 at 12:50 PM
  I started a new thread for more advice. I really appreciate the advice given in the last
  thread. I recently replaced the faucet in my 50 year old unremodelled tub/shower. It's the type
  that goes thru ...

• Posted in thread: Installing copper pipe on 02-27-2006 at 12:26 PM
  Thanks fer the advice, fellas. I've got a self lighting torch with MAPP gas, good pipe scrubber
  thingy, good solder. I previously installed a new valv for the toilet, as well as replaced
  several old s...