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    What did you do today?

    I was really young but I remember the Palm Sunday outbreak. I'm in NW Ohio.
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    Testing a bathroom fan

    How is air getting into the bathroom? If you run a shower and the bathroom door is shut it's pretty hard for air to get into the room. Air in=air out. If the room is sealed you can have 100 cfm fan but if it can't take in that much air it won't matter. What happens when you run the shower and...
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    Hello New Guy Here

    Welcome Art. Is so are you part of the Vandelay Industries fame? So which side is the rotten side of Washington? I've been there a few times. Flew into Seattle and drove to Pullman and both sides seemed nice to me. Although I must say once you're east of about Wenatchee there isn't much there.
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    Epoxy flooring

    I had dozens of floor coatings applied at work over the years. The best, most durable were usually trowel down materials ofter fiber reenforceed at any joints. This was mainly chemical protection and often forklift traffic. As was mentioned prep is everything. The best preps were shot blasting...
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    What did you do today?

    Ah yes, another wise member of the happy wife, happy wife club. Looks like you have a great place.
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    What did you do today?

    So what about organic pesticides? There are many.
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    Flat riding mower tire

    Won't the foam get mashed down with a heavy weight especially with a had truck or wheelbarrow? As far as the fix for the mower tire I'm with havasu. I'd put a tub in it. That's what I did with my wheelbarrow. Otherwise I'd take it off the mower and air it up and put it in water and find the...
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    Shower grab bars

    Hi I'm the OP on this tread. Look back at the link on my post #4. I haven't tried them but I like the idea for the surround issue. As for the tile shower my mother lives in an apartment and needed a grab bar in a tile shower. The owner insisted on doing the work. I bought the bar and they used...
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    What did you do today?

    Hate that! Problem is once you bite it and it swells a little it's easier to bite it again.
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    What did you do today?

    They did some work on our road 2 years ago. It's only 2 miles long and doesn't get much traffic. That did a little patching and the a chip and seal over that. It's a little bumpy. One of the township trustees delivers stone for me occasionally. He was here when they were working on it and...
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    What did you do today?

    So today I'm shopping for a new wall oven. My super deluxe, American made professional model Viking shorted out last night as I was finishing dinner. Thing cost a fortune and is only 8 years old. I put $1500 in repairs into it about 3 years ago. New element was $500 and failed within a couple...
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    What did you do today?

    That is what I was thinking. A 4" diameter duct is 12.56 square inches area. A 4-1/2" x 3" duct would give you that plus a little so a 3"x6" should be plenty. You can also buy oval duct for inside walls so maybe you could find one that works. Transition to 4" round might be harder to find. Found...
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    What did you do today?

    Haha looks like someone was in a hurry.
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    Best Whole House Heat Pump???

    I have been working on project to replace 2 furnaces in our home. We are in NW Ohio and have forced air and central AC. One guy I had out suggested we put in a heat pump leiu of an regular condenser. He suggests that would supply much of the heat requirement as well as the AC thus saving LP. The...
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    Understanding Air Conditioning Efficiency

    $70 is really good. Around here it's more like $125 just to show up at the door for a service call. You'll also want to clean the fins on the condenser and straighten any bent fins.
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    What did you do today?

    Don't be too hard on yourself I'd guess most of us could tell a similar "what if" story. I know I could. I was blessed to land a job with a great company that did well and was smart, or lazy, enough to keep it 37 years. I have a great retirement because the original owners actually cared about...
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    What did you do today?

    Seems I recall Montana has the record 24 hour swing. I believe it was 100 degrees in 24 hours. Too lazy to look it up.
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    Kitchen Remodel - Advice?

    When we did the kitchen we had a pretty good idea what we wanted so we really didn't need a "designer." We visited a couple different cabinet shops and they put together a plan and gave us layout and some renderings to show what it would look like along with a cost. We ended up going custom and...
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    What did you do today?

    Played on the pond with grandkids all day yesterday. Pulled sleds around with the 4 wheeler, skating, had a nice fire in the pit. It was sunny for a change and got up to about 20. Made homemade beef stew and homemade buttermilk biscuits for everyone. Great day. Just heard on the news the...
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    What did you do today?

    Today was play outside day. Real cold this morning right about 0 but the wind chill was about - 15. Walked a few miles down buy the river. The ice is all jambed up and has spots of the walking trial flooded and frozen over. This afternoon it warmed up to about 10 and my grandson, wife and I...
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