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we get them in tubes like those that make up the dog runs. A little spray like Adams flea and tick will get rid of them. Wasps are creative - they find many a spot to live. As to lavender, I don't know. We have lots of it and lots of wasps hanging around where it is also. In summer I keep an eye...

let's hope so. A train to the moon is a great idea but I doubt if it will happen in the near distant future. However the people in power aren't acting like their goals are flexible. Making concrete requires using lots of natural gas to cook limestone to drive the CO2 out to make lime for...

I have been here 33 years so it is not as easy to move as someone say 4 or 5 years. Right now I am trying to sell off unused tools etc., to lighten any load. Standing here looking straight down, there are no rules that tell me everything has to be all electric. However looking forward to what...

I think you should stay out of it because you are guessing on a lot of things. Personally I would suggest they contact the power company to take a look to be sure everything on the POCO side is done properly. They may shut the power off if they see something they do not like. Based on what I...

if I run the home AC or heat and blow it into my insulated garage, R6 door facing west, the temperature is stable. But if the space is not conditioned it is closer to ambient as the average outside temperature soaks thru the door, walls and ceiling. I think a greater R value door would help...

there is more than one wiring pin pattern out on most plugs. Make sure that the pin out pattern on the truck and the jack are using the same pin out pattern. Just because it is seven pin plug, it does not mean it is using the same pin out pattern. I ran in to this on my Acura. Had to study pin...

I think it has gone national now. Not sure where one can escape to. We are looking but I still need a plan B if we can't get out of here.

understood. SMUD. SMUD dug up the streets two years ago and put in all new underground and pulled new cables between junctions in the street. While they did things like go all the way to the transformers using conduit and new concrete, they did not go into the vault out front, so I think they...

I live in a 1979 built house with a 125 amp rated GE panel with a 100 amp main breaker. All but two of the circuits are now taken, and the main wire chases (conduits) up to the attic space are full. The house has T1-11 siding that the panel sits inside, and it will be a pain to take a T1-11...

My original split system was a 1980 SEER 6 Payne system that lasted until it blew a flexible pressure hose in 2003. Rather than repair it I replaced the entire system with a Carrier system. The scroll compressor had a valve leak at 15 years. It gets to 110F here long summers so it really gets...

also on these old engines, some of the intake runners can crack and let in air. I would check the valve clearance because if it has a lot of hours on it, they will be tight.

The spec will be on a tag on the air handler. For my Carrier it states .5" WC and then in the installation manual it states that includes .10 for the internal fiberglass/horsehair type filter, which if removed can be added back to the total. So for my Carrier it is .50 + .10 since there is no...

They are listed via google search at 10657 Johnson Rd, Phelan, CA. Take a look via Google map at the satellite image and see what you see. The go to Yelp and read reviews.

There is a game sometimes at the county fair. It is called drive a nail. The guy running it drives a nail and then hands the hammer to the person paying to try it. They bend the nail. Then the county fair guy takes the hammer back and shows it can drive a nail. What no one notices is that the...

and I remember watching the squirrels chew the insulating jackets off the overhead wires at my late parent's house. The rodents would chew and chew and chew, until they went thru two jackets in the same place, then **** and the utility company would come out to replace the wires again.

I remember reading some articles in the 60's about how some factories used in war production in WWII had issued with quieting things for some special reason. They tried rubber pads but it transmitted the sounds. Eventually they found that balsa wood blocks used as insulators gave the best...

most manufacturers don't post their specs online. California requires it on the package in a standardized form. One can compare any two filters that way if the manufacturer prints the filters for sale in California. BTW when I say fiberglass, I literally mean spun glass that you can almost see...

thanks all, couple ideas I had not thought of.

I have some used once VW transmission tools for 091 trans. They are specific to that vehicle. About $2200 cost and it is time to clear the garage of them. Posted on CL, will post on FBMP, as well as a VW forum. Running out of ideas. They are too heavy and bulky to ship reasonably. Anyone have...

I was in the blue box store yesterday. Their $5-$6 3m MERV5 is the basic basic filter they sell. Comparing the static pressure at various air flows to the 3M MERV 13 1900 Filter, the 1900 has lower resistance to air flow. It costs 4x as much but it is the ONLY filter that is closer to the MERV...