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    Ridiculous or not insulated garage doors. Need advice.

    If you have larger doors I wouldn’t just assume you can add insulation to the doors and adjust the counterbalance springs. At some point you need to upgrade from 3” springs to 6” or larger. And that might require a rework of the jack shaft and it’s supports. If at all possible get the doors...
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    toilet not flushing during heavy rain

    Because the plug is just far enough away from the toilet to provide a flush worth of capacity in the pipe - if you let things be for a long enough time to drain that segment of pipe. Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app
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    Garage sealed too tight - How to fix?

    What sort of floor is in your garage? Is there a vapor barrier under it? Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app
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    Reconditioning and reviving 12V automotive batteries

    I have never had success with a desulfator. But I have gotten over 10 year life by avoiding complete discharge and avoiding the super high CCA batteries. They get the high CCA by using thinner plates for more plate surface area, but those thin plates are more susceptible to crumbling due to...
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    Chemicals to Kill Bamboo

    While agent orange has been suggested, if you can get your hands on a more concentrated form of dioxin that would be more effective. As always, please abide by all applicable safety labels as you use the relatively safe product to control the hazardous bamboo. Sent from my iPhone using The...
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    TSX8510 Insulation

    I’m looking to add more insulation to my steel building ceiling and at the same time address an improperly installed ceiling vapor barrier. The vapor barrier attached to the insulation that lays between purlins was not made continuous at the purlins so I have condensation unless I carefully...
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    Black iron gas pipe

    That works until the ChiCom fitting splits down the side. Have had that happen several times.
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    Best china direct source for a scissor lift?

    Wiring money to China not a very safe move. If you insist, try to avoid the people CA’s governor wired $1B to, hoping to get a bunch of n95 masks. Didn’t work out for CA’s taxpayers.
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    Do I need a larger cable puller or?

    Local power company requires huge amounts of lube. See attached table. Edit: For some reason my upload was turned into an 64x64 pixel icon and is unreadable. In any case, the table tells you how many gallons of pourable lube needed for various pulls.
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    Wiring layout for dimmable LED UFO lights

    I’m wiring a similar project now. Applicable code is NEC725 but not everyone interprets that code the same. I wound up using MC/PCS cable with the low voltage wires connected in a separate box at each light (just a handy box connected to main box with a chase ****** and nut). That is the...
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