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The widow next door has asked me to remove the her empty 275 gallon fuel oil tank from her basement. I would need to cut off the supply pipes from the wall and then drag that sucker around a corner and up 8 stair and then straight out the door. Can anyone tell me how ugly a job that really is...

I am planning on adding electrical power to my un-powered 2 car storage garage. The garage is 160 feet from the house. My plan is to rent a trencher and bury pvc pipe between the house and garage. My question is, what gauge and type of wire should I run? I 'think' I'm going to have either...

Gentlemen, I could use a bit of help trouble shooting my garage door sensor. The door works fine if I hold the button. When I run it in automatic mode the lights blink and the door wont close. One sensor has it's green light lit. (I think that is the sender? - we'll call is sensor 1) The other...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good model of manual staple gun? The cocking mechanism in my last one broke so I went to home depot today and bought a $20 Dewalt hand stapler. It's going back to the store tommorow. I was not impressed. Does anyone have a stapler that will a) drive the...

Every time I have to get out the weed wacker out I find myself wrestling with 150 foot of loose electrical cords. Can anyone give me any suggestions or pictures showing how I can mount an electrical cord reel in my garage so that I can just grab the end of the cord, unreel it, and walk outside...

Last night vandals tossed a gallon or two of blue pool paint on my concrete driveway. I have mopped up everything I could with rags. Now I need to find something to remove the bright blue layer of paint. The paint is NOT water soluable. It is very rubberized in texture. Can anyone...

The wife added new carpet in the house. Now one of our bedroom doors won't close because the bottom of the door drags on the carpet. In need to trim maybe .250" off the bottom of the door. I have a cheap table saw, a sabre saw with adjustable guide and a 7.5" circular saw with a general...

I'm adding a battery back up to my sump pump system. The question is ... what type and how large a capacity battery should I buy? I believe I want a deep cycle marine battery. Can anyone give me some specs? Thanks, Spud

I was near my electrical box (fuse panel) in my new home when my wife fired up the electric dryer. Upon motor start up the lights in the room momentarily dimmed and the circuit breaker made a momentary audible buzz. It didn't trip the breaker, it only buzzed for a moment. Do I have a long...

My new home has some cast concrete steps leading from the garage intot he house. The steps have 2 or 3 ugly stains on them. It appears someone spillled something liquid on them that stained the concrete. I tried power washing the stain (twice) but cannot remove it. The previous owner left a...

My garage has a finished drywall ceiling. There are three fixtures with 100W bulbs in the generic ceramic light sockets n the ceiling. Each light fixture mounts to a metal electrical box wired to code. My trusses are made from 2 x 4's. My question is ... should I be worried about heat build up...

I just finished installing my Reznor 45,000 btu force air gas garage heater in the garage of my new (to me) home and it has a pretty pronounced '60 cycle hum' to it. The furnace in the home also does the exact same thing. I read somewhere that the hum is coming from the 24v supply. Can anyone...

I've been using a Chinese (Harbor Freight?) MIG welder, an Astro Mig, Powermig 100, for about 20 years to do the occassional fab job around the house. Tonight, I think the trigger died. The unit is not gettting the signal to feed the wire. I took the gun apart and cleaned the contacts on the...

Does anybody have any experience installing an invisible dog fence. My new house has a receiver but no collar and a broken wire somewhere in the yard. I'm thinking of renting a 'trenching' machine and spool of 14 gauge wire and installing it myself. It all seems pretty straight forward. Can...

My new garage has fresh drywall with typical textured / rough surface finish. a) Do I need to prime it before painting? b) Paint it with regular wall paint? c) Or paint it with the combination primer / paint in one step? Which would be best and why? Thanks, Spud

Somebody local has 400 watt sodium lights for sale. They look like they are about 12" around with a fluted glass globe. Can I use these inside of my garage? Spud

Tonight I took a bicyle ride around the nieghborhood. While I rode I scoped out the garages. I found several that were virtually empty. The had a couple of cars, a snow shovel, a broom and 3 blank walls. Did you ever wonder what those guys do with thier spare time or how they ever fix...

I found a 5 gallon bucket of concrete sealer at the home I just bought. Age unknown. Does it 'keep' or should I toss it. I'm pouring new concrete this summer and will eventually need to seal it. Thanks, Spud

The drain **** on my compressor just spins. I think the 'wing nut' portion is no longer attached. I tried to unbolt the entire drain plug from the compressor tank but the brass fitting just stripped. What's my next step? Spud

My contract says its up to me to decide if my garage addition has no drain or a drain that runs to a dedicated garage sump pump. The purpose would be to drain melted snow or water from car washes. Does anyone else have a sump pump installed as part of their garage (only) drainage system? Spud