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Troubleshoot Your Toilet Without a Plumber A call to a licensed plumber can mean an expensive hourly fee, but the science of plumbing is fairly straightforward, and most problems are simpler to solve than you might think. |
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How to Banish Basement Pipe Problems The way water comes in and goes out of the home is one of those processes we take for granted -- until we can't take a shower or make the toilet flush properly. |
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December 11, 2000
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Adding Sink Shutoff Valves How to keep them level. Making this simple change will yield a lifetime of convenience and ensure a quick response... |
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Emergency Shutoff What to do when pipes burst, fixtures leak or appliances flood. |
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Installing a Water Filter Tired of spending money on bottled water? Here are step-by-step instructions for adding an undersink filtration system. |
Popular Mechanics
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Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Sealing a leak around conduit in the foundation wall... Making a Kohler toilet flush properly... Insulate exposed oil supply lines in the winter?... Preventing water evaporation from toilets, sink traps and floor drains... Can a light-fixture dimmer switch be used for a ceiling fan?... etc. |
AskMen.com
October 28, 2001
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Playing On The Green One of the trickiest lies in golf occurs when your ball comes to rest against the fringe of the green, leaving you a short but quick downhill putt. The trouble here is behind your ball. The thing that makes this shot such a challenge is judging how much the ball is going to roll... |
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Cheating Gets High-Tech With the Remote-Controlled Bowling Ball If you want to bowl 300 without practicing, this product is right up your alley. |
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Downloadable Fall Inspection Checklist Fall is the time to give your house its annual physical -- before winter's harsh weather sets in. Use this detailed checklist as a guide to making a repair list. |
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Cimberio S.p.A. and Dormont Manufacturing Company Recall of Certain Cimberio Gas Valves When one of these valves is closed, it could open up slightly. If the gas supply is on, gas will leak from the inlet port through the ball/seat and travel through the outlet port. If the valve is not connected to an appliance, and is not capped or plugged leaking gas will escape into the air. |
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10 Uses: Tennis Balls Your racket may be gathering dust in the attic, but don't throw away its partners in crime. Here's how to use tennis balls without ever hitting the court. |
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Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Recall of Gas Ball Valves A gas leak from these valves, posing a risk of fires and explosions. |
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MythBusters Workshop: Extreme Plumbing A mythbusters primer on turning plumbing and high-psi tanks into things that go boom. As always, don't try this at home. |
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Expect the Unexpected A septic tank turns up in a surprising spot, which may mean a bit more digging than we'd planned on. |
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Toilet Tune-Up Try this simple solution if your toilet has lost some flushing power. |
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The King of Thrones To squeeze more performance out of their new commodes, the toilet gurus turned to computer modeling. |
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DeVilbiss Air Power Recalls Porter-Cable Portable Generators A small hole in the generator's fuel tank, where it mounts to the frame, can leak fuel and pose a fire hazard to consumers... |
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April 2004
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AskMen.com
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