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    paint tape advice/suggestions

    Paint the main part of the wall first, extending a little into the area where you're going to paint the stripe. Apply your tape (blue painters tape works great) and then go over the edge next to where the strip will be with the white paint, which will seal the tape to the wall. Paint your...
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    Controls for 8 garage door openers?

    If you want to get into Z-Wave home automation, take a look at the Zen-16 multi-relay by Zooz https://www.getzooz.com/zooz-zen16-multirelay/ https://www.support.getzooz.com/kb/article/370-how-to-use-the-zen16-multirelay-as-a-garage-door-opener-on-hubitat/
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    Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Jar944's 3car cabinet shop.

    Would you even be able to find enough decent pieces at Home Depot?
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    Tankless water heaters

    A dedicated recirculation line simply returns the colder water that is in the line, back to the water heater (tankless or conventional). This prevents wasting water while you're waiting at the faucet for the hot water to heat up. Another option is to install a 'valve' at a sink that is...
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    American Made router bits

    Whiteside
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    Tankless water heaters

    2023 Natural Gas usage with Tankless versus similar months in 2022 with conventional 80 gallon tank. Both systems used a dedicated recirculation line and pump. Only change I would say is that 2023 was a little colder due to the inclement weather (we had more rain than usual) and we ran the...
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    Tankless water heaters

    It's funny you mentioned the programming – I had to do the same thing, but fortunately there are a lot of YouTube video's out there. I ended up having to play around with the setting - 'length of furthest fixture' (in feet) to get the temp up where I wanted it to be, before the recirc pump...
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    Tankless water heaters

    We also have a Navien - the NPE-210A2. We got a deal through our natural gas company - $1,400 installed including haul away, permits, etc. One of the reasons why they were pushing the Navien is they are extremely efficient. This model has a Uniform Energy Factor rating of .95 which also...
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    Seal the bottom corners of the garage door? Keep crawling bugs out?

    I had some left over 'plumbers putty'. I jammed a bunch under the side trim and under the door near the track. When the door closed it squished everything in place and have not had a problem since
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    Ladder levelers.

    I bought a set of the 'spring' type last year and installed them on my Little Giant Ladder. I needed to get ontop of a first floor roof to reach the second floor fascia board (which needed painting) and these worked great
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    When your neighbors don't like your new garage....

    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/42016-35th-St-W-Lancaster-CA-93536/20279750_zpid/?
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    New Driveway Quotes

    Well, had I known that you were going to post about it, I would have never posted Everyone knows you always need to be right - right?
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    New Driveway Quotes

    Take what you like from both quotes and then have them both submit new bids, using the same specs. apples to apples
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    When your neighbors don't like your new garage....

    And to think in some areas, they go to great lengths to try to make things 'blend in'. Here is a network data center disguised as house https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/08/07/dallas-data-center-disguised-as-mcmansion-lists-for-1m/
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    Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Jar944's 3car cabinet shop.

    A lot of pro installers swear by this scribing tool:
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