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    9’ basement ceiling but can’t get 12’ sheets down there

    Good evening. We are starting to finish our unfinished basement in a house we had built. It has 9’ ceilings in the basement but the stairs turn half way down and we can not seem to get full 1/2”x54”x12’ sheets down there.. in the smaller rooms (we hung them horizontally) where we had to put 1...
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    Outlet under wood burning fireplace

    Good morning, my wife, son and I had a house built over last winter and moved in over spring. We had a wood burning fireplace put in in the living room. It was suppose to be set up or possibly come with a blower fan to help circulate the air. Well there isnt one there and it appears the...
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    Brand new basement floor cracked??

    Good evening guys, my wife, son and I are having a house built in northern Indiana, it’s super exciting and going well!! They just got started a couple weeks ago.. anyways they poured the basement floor 8 days ago. It’s been upper 70’s and 80’s since they poured. Last night and today it was in...
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    craftsman socket set ID help

    Good evening guys I found a few 1/4” drive metric craftsman chrome sockets.. they are USA stamped.. a couple have a G, a couple have a G2. 1 has a G1. all part numbers start 435_ _.. the last 2 digits are odd as the 43513 is a 12mm and so on.. it’s weird they don’t match the size to me anyways...
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    Under cabinet vent

    Good morning guys, I’m redoing my kitchen and have 2 vents under my cabinets. There was nothing really there before just a vent in the toe kick with the heat filling the area up below the cabinet. I was wondering what you guys do for this. I saw the kit from the toe ductor but 70-80 bucks a kit...
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    Lights not working!!

    So I have had 2 lights(oven vent hood fan/light and a motion light on porch) for about a year that will randomly quick working. Not while in use just worked one day and won't the next. Here's the weird part... the breaker doesn't blow or atleast doesn't look blown but if I flip the breaker the...
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    help identifying a older floor jack

    Good morning guys, i was at a buddy's house over the weekend who had just moved into a new house. when we went into the garage he had this old jack sitting there so of course that was the first thing i went towards. I started asking questions and he said he couldn't get it to go down and just...
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    Window U-value

    Hey guys quick question here I have a small garage I'm going to insulate and heat in northern Indiana. I'm adding 2 roughly 24"x36" windows and am wondering how big of a difference a .3 to .5 U value is. The same window is like half the price for a .5 U value over the .3. Any input on this would...
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    Keep a slab wet if temps are around freezing?

    Hey guys I had my slab poured yesterday morning. It was 72 yesterday and in the 50s-60s overnight. Now today has come and it's been hovering just above freezing and is suppose to be that way for a couple days. Down into the 20's tomorrow night.. I wasn't home when it got poured or before the guy...
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    What size windows for small 1 car garage.

    Good afternoon everyone, i'm in the process of redoing an existing garage at my house. its a 16'x21' with a single garage door and a single walk door on the front. I am having a slab poured this Friday(super excited). Anyways the back of the garage has a pretty decent view out of it and i want...
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    How hard should compacted gravel be?

    I'm having a slab poured in an existing garage and I'm doing all the prep work. I leveled all the dirt, packed it and then put gravel in. 4 inches of gravel, I only have a hand tamper at the moment and I started packing it and it seems like I could just keep packing it forever. It never gets...
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    2 tone pole building, what trim for between colors

    Hey guys I recently received a old barn (30x20) for free. I had to tear it down and move it 25 miles to my property which was no big deal. In the process of putting it back up I made it 2 feet taller all the way around. I am wanting to make the new 2 foot space around the bottom white, while the...
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    Anybody have outside wood boiler??

    Hey guys I was just wondering if anyone had a outside wood boiler... I burn propane right now and I burn it like it's my job... Anyways I have unlimited supply of wood and actually really enjoy running a chainsaw and gathering wood... Just didn't know if anyone had one and how well they worked...
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    Anyone know who makes a peak voltage adapter

    Hey guys I was wondering if you guys knew who made a peak voltage adapter... Any info would be awesome..
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    What to clean soft grip handles with

    Hey guys I was wondering what you guys use to clean your soft grip stuff with... There's certain things that won't wipe off no matter how fast you wipe them off like anti seize lol...
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    is this vise worth 50 bucks?

    hey guys looking into getting a decent vise have been watching CL for a nice one. just found this one. 50 bucks is what hes asking i could probably get it for less. wish it had a pivioting base but no big deal for now. tell me what you think. its columbian. i dont know to much about vises...
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    Help ID snap on ratchet

    Hey guys my buddy just found a (I think older) snap on ratchet...my buddy was just wondering some info on it like roughly how old it is.. If its even old.. I haven't seen it in person yet.. Here's the numbers on it and I'm trying to get a picture on here F-71-c pat d-132881 thats all the...
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    What do you guys clean your boxes with

    Hey guys I just recently ordered a white snap on toolbox and I was wondering what you guys use to keep your boxes clean . Or shine them with... Just wondering your experience with stuff Thanks stone
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