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    Paint with primer built-in

    Just my thought which usually dont mean much but am in th process of finishing my new home now only about 2 weeks from being done. Last weekend a buddy and myself painted the entire house from bare sheetrock to finish, used valspar pva primer from lowes and had the guy tint the primer like the...
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    Ridgid Shopvac

    Ridgid is sold at depot Shop Vac is sold at lowes , I work for lowes and have been told both are produced by same suppliers, many of the parts interchange. This being said either seem to work well. I have a Sho Vac i bought almost 6 yrs ago when I started with the company and seems to have held...
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    yards to tons conversion

    cool the local quarry is $25 ton VS. $250 delivered
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    yards to tons conversion

    Our contractor says he needs 4yrds of gravel to fill in for a drain , I can haul 6 ton on my dump trailer. How many Tons is 4 yrds???
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    Paint Suggestions

    Lowes is also running a promo that if you sign up for a commercial account you get 10% off your first purchase plus coupons and special offers in the mail.Yoiu dont have to be a comtractor to get an account, and if you have larger purchases over 2500 at a time they get submitted to volume...
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    School me on circular saws and blades.

    lowes runs a porter cable on special from time to time that has so far been very good to me. I think i paid $59 and has what feel like a lot mor power than my old bosch that I paid a lot more for.
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    Oulet boxes too shallow. Am I screwed?

    Depends on your area. Grainger here in N.C. will become business only later this year according to the rep, however you can go to Lowes and they will order direct from grainger. markup is about the same a factory direct b/c they cut Lowes a break on pricing.
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    Extending the length of the door operator?

    Could you not just put an extension on the lift arm? I remember several years ago that genie made and extension that made the arm (the j shaped piece that attaches to door itself). just a thought?
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    air compressor plumbing

    Seen this kit from harbor freight Item No. 66747-1VGA . Looks kinda like the garage pack stuff but only $89.00? What do you guys think looking at doing something but may sell the house in the near future and dont really want to hard plumb copper.
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