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  1. J

    What's in your mobile travel tool kit?

    From the pyramids to the moon: roll of duct tape and a pair of adjustable pliers (you can call them: Vice Grips).
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    Joist repair plate

    It's not clear. Have you installed the PVC pipe through the shameful holes (and it cannot be removed)??? Sure would be nice if you had something that, oh, you know, said, say, 1,000 words.
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    Measuring slab thickness without drilling

    Do you know anyone near your area who works at a materials testing company?
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    Concrete with waterproof mixed in vs vapor barrier

    Yes. There are indeed waterproofing admixtures that can be added to your concrete mix. It is not inexpensive. And for my commercial applications have typically been done in vertical applications (walls) as part of a broader waterproofing system. A simple sheet type vapor barrier system will...
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    Starting Spark Plug with Rubber Hose

    I always start the spark plug with a spark plug socket with rubber insert (sorta kinda like a rubber hose). Inserting the plug ever so lightly into the rubber insert. Run it in a few turns and pull the socket off. Then use a regular deep socket to run it all the way down and torque it...
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    Contractor wants $10k... need advice

    OP you should probably provide some photos of the outside of the walls so we can see how the land/dirt/gravel is where it meets the walls and how it slopes away from the walls.
  7. J

    Speed squares

    My aluminum Macklanburg-Duncan is still going good in its 41st year.
  8. J

    Repair hole in pvc pipe

    This is the problem in search of the Flex Tape solution. ******** DONE!!!
  9. J

    Question for people working on 2017-2019 Highlanders 2GR-FKS engines: what Koken spark plug socket do you use?

    My speculation is it has to with CAFE mileage requirements. And is stupid as others have noted with their 100,000 mile observations. My 2019 will have the front plugs looked at at 80,000 miles.
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    Septic field construction question

    The guy that builds the $300K, $400K spec house builds the $1M, $2M spec house.
  11. J

    Mold on garage sheetrock

    How do you conclusively know it is mold and not mildew?
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    What is this?

  13. J

    hello new to the forum have some questions

    You're gonna find a wide variety of answers here on GJ. But the most common one is "tie one end of a piece of string to your 10mm socket and then tie the other end to your index finger."
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    Cutting Pliers: Dykes, Nippers, Bolt Cutters and more!

    Under penalty of imprisonment ever DECENT man's tool box should have a pair of those ^^^.
  15. J

    Good Drill bits for Steel

    Many here would agree that a torch should have been utilized after the first hour!
  16. J

    Hey All - new to the site - tool fiend and Youtube weirdo from Kansas City, Missouri

    Do you spend your whole paycheck at KC Tool??? https://www.kctool.com/
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    9mm wrench/socket size. Any use at all?

    A 9mm is known to work when a 8mm is to small and a 10mm to big.
  18. J

    Hello from PNW

    Welcome. Lived in north Portland 1990-1993. Loved it there...................then.
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