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    residential demolition

    I did the same last summer. Leave it to the pros. Make sure they will take all non-organic matter from the site. Building permission would not be granted until my site was totally clear. Also, they knew what could be recycled and would strip that from the house first. The clean way to demolish...
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    Concrete Pricing - Any Ballpark Ideas?

    I'm having a house built in Michigan, concrete work is $2.75 a sq/ft.
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    How to demolish old garages?

    Ever since a firefighter died in a practice burn in Michigan, training house fires are no longer allowed. A shame really, as I had an ideal house that required destroying this summer and would have been perfect. Well, at least I had fun in the excavator.
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    Union Jack Box

    And yes, the flag on the box is upside down.
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    Union Jack Box

    It is known as either the Union Jack or Union Flag, has nothing to do with boats. http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question56553.html
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    Venting a seldom used cabin

    Why not use bathroom vent fans, have one directing air into the building, the other venting air out? Use the solar panel to power them.
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    Need help --- you guys should know wtf to do... Stripped a bolt (torx)

    If you can get to the head of the bolt, can you grind two flats on the head and then use a spanner/wrench?
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    In memory of my Grandfather

    What a fantastic thread, brought back memories of my own Grandad and some of his sayings. "That saw has teeth at the ends too, not just in the middle" "use that chisel like a lever or screwdriver again, you'll wish you hadn't". And my favourite, "it doesn't matter that it's raining, your not...
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    Tripp's Garage (name pending)

    I could sit in that garage and look at the bike all day.
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    I need some drive axle help

    Use a pry bar each side of the pot between the diff case and the pot. Apply some pressure and out it'll pop. Remember, you will lose transmission fluid so will have to clean up any spillage and replace any lost fluid.
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    Thoughts on painting inside garage doors

    Why not mix together all your old paint left-overs and paint the inside of the doors. Free and new looking.
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    The coolest garage accessory

    Every garage should have one of these http://marshallfridge.com/
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