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    win a $50,000 home makover

    it is a long survey that s for sure, i don't know about spam, I have a pretty good spam filter
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    (don't) hold everything

    I've never tried their stuff, but if it doesn't do what is supposed to you should return it and get your hard earned money back.
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    toilet removal

    if it is still useable, i know of two websites for you one is called www.freecycle.org click on your region and then your state/city this is a website for folks who have useable stuff, but they don't need it and don't want it to wind up in a landfill. the other website is...
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    How much does your property taxes run?

    I'm near dresher pa, taxes are about 3 or 4 grand on a house worth about 250k
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    Best way to dry up a basement?

    actually, the walls are concrete, but the basement is connected to the garage, which slopes back toward the basement and has a drain in it. whenever it rains the garage fills with water and it seeps thru the wall. the water seeps under the garage door, it's like an awful chain reaction. also...
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    my home security experience

    when i moved into this house, I had a sign stuck in the lawn warning people that I had a certain alarm company monitoring my house (which I didn't, but the sign came with the house) a few days later, someone stole the sign warning them that I had home security. how ironic is that? anyhow...
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    anybody seen these? vinyl tile that looks like carpet

    Oh these are great. I did a dining room with them. I sure had people fooled. They thought it was carpet until they touched it, and the best part? the ones I had were bigger, like 18 x 18 and self stick, so they went down fast, and anything you spill will wipe right up, no pulling out the...
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    bathroom colors - suggestions please

    I think navy and yellow look great together. maybe do it yellow with lots of navy accents, or do it navy with yellow accents. just my humble opinion.
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    no water heater/summer winter hookup ?

    I was looking at a house but I hesitate to buy it because it didn't have a water heater. It had oil heat and something called a summer winter hookup where supposedly the oil heater heated the water for the house but I don't really understand how. does anyone have this? the house was vacant so...
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    Kittens

    I had a rabbit that did the same thing, and at the same time I had a daughter who was a chronic nailbiter. For her I bought this stuff called Thumz, its in the drugstore where the baby stuff is. It's really for thumbsuckers. it's like a nailpolish but it taste like hot pepper. It stopped the...
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    Best way to dry up a basement?

    anyone know the best way to dry up a damp basement? it just always seems to be damp and I'd like to try and lay some carpet and fix it up a little but I'm afraid I'll get mold or something. Is there anything I can do myself to keep it dryer down there?
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    cabinet refacing question

    I keep seeing ads for a company that redoes your kitchen cabinet, they replace the doors, drawers and hardware. Has any one done this, how much cheaper is it really. I guess it would be worth it to me if it was at least half the cost of just replacing the cabinets, but I don't know,and I hate...
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    Bleach to unclog drain???

    my friend swears by unclogging drains using bleach, but i'm not so sure. couldn't the bleach eat away at the pipes? especially those plastic looking ones? anyone have any input on this? any plumbers out there?
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