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Forum: News, New Products and Things of Interest Topic: Oil prices keep dropping |
| ThAdam |
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:57 pm
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| i don't know the correlation for price between the crude and heating oil, but the price for gas out here in SoCal is down $.50 a gallon |
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Forum: Household Tips and Tricks Topic: Save yourself big money on batteries |
| ThAdam |
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:55 pm
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now that is cool, going to have to remember that or maybe just go buy one and do it before i forget  |
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Forum: Carpeting, Area Carpeting and Rugs Topic: life of carpet |
| ThAdam |
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:09 pm
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| what is a realistic life expectancy of household carpet? i am pretty sure that the carpet in the house is the carpet that was put in when the house was built in '79. I don't really want to replace it while the boys are little, since they have both already thrown up on it multiple times, never mind t... |
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Forum: Trees, Shrubs and Plants Topic: Peach tree |
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:06 pm
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| I have a peach tree that was fairly new when we moved into the house about 5 years ago. it has yet to produce any fruit, and i can't honestly remember seeing anything that resembles a bud on it either. it gets regular water, but i have never fertilized it, but then i have never fertilized the lemon ... |
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Forum: Water Wells and Septic Systems Topic: septic tanks |
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:01 pm
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| a year ago, we had to have the septic tank pumped as it backed up at about 10 PM. when the pump truck came out, the owner mentioned that he could put in "risers" that would eliminate the necessity of having to dig out the openings for the tank, essentially, it would move the opening for th... |
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Forum: Doors and Windows Topic: Interior door won't stay open/closed? |
| ThAdam |
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:56 pm
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| i found a door stop that has a magnet built into it. I put one on the front door too so that it will stay open when we want a little cross breeze in the evening. it holds the door open and the magnet isn't so strong that my kids can't move the door when they want too. wish i had tried the bending th... |
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Forum: Walls and Ceilings Topic: Hotter than heck in my office!! |
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:53 pm
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| you don't mention if you have a ceiling fan, or any other type of fan, to keep the air moving. this will help quite a bit. friends have told me that blinds or tint will help cool the room also, just not letting in the sun helps a little i'm told |
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Forum: Countertops Topic: Granite countertops and radon gases? |
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:48 pm
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Replies: 5
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| interesting article, sounds a bit like a group trying to damage the granite industry, but the idea that you could be putting something in the house that may cause cancer does make you think a little |
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Forum: Air Conditioning Topic: Air filtration |
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:32 pm
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Replies: 7
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Both of my boys, and to a lesser extent the wife and I, suffer from allergies. Do the permanent filters filter down to the tiny stuff like the 3M Filtrete's that I am going broke replacing?  |
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