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Drains 101: How to Clear Drains, Prevent Smells and Use a Makeshift Sump Pump Home maintenance isn't restricted to repairs. In fact, certain tasks -- when performed regularly -- may actually prevent things from breaking in the first place. |
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12 Basic Plumbing Supplies For Home Tool Kits: DIY Guy Live in a home long enough and you'll eventually have to deal with clogged sinks, dripping faucets, plugged-up toilets and leaky pipes. |
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October 2004 |
PM Tips & Hints How to prevent jammed locks and open stuffy drains. |
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April 7, 2009 |
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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February 2004
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Replacing A Garbage Disposer What to do when your old unit bites the dust. |
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September 2008 |
Your 6-Step Action Plan to Brighter Closets How to install a 120-volt fixture in your dark closet |
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No Less Than 52 Skills You Need to Survive Homeownership From pulling nails without denting trim to getting a big paint spill off your carpet -- fast fix-it advice when it's time for you to do your homeowning duty. |
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Genie? Genius is More Like It The Drain Genie, by Great Innovations. Hook this clog remover to a wet vac, and busted razors, AWOL army figures, lone earrings, and other plumbing obstructions don't stand a chance. |
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Bath Sinks: Twice as Nice Adding another sink will help unclog your bathroom bottlenecks. Here's advice on how to accomplish the task. |
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Joseph Truini |
My Dream Remodeling Nightmare A veteran do-it-yourselfer frames out his new whirlpool bath and answers the question, "How hard can it be?" |
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July 2006
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Waterworks Installing an in-ground sprinkler system is a big job with a big payoff. |
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Larry LeMasters |
Repair for a Leaky Drain Plug A quick fix when pop-up plugs on bathroom sinks lose their watertight seal. |
Popular Mechanics
November 21, 2008
Joseph Truini |
5 Fast Lighting Upgrades: DIY Guy Under-cabinet task lighting... Recessed light fixture... Motion-sensor floodlight... Sconce lighting... Landscape pathway lights... |
This Old House
Danny Lipford |
Hiring a Qualified Plumber Even small leaks can lead to big repairs. Avoid getting soaked by hiring an experienced, licensed pro. |
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Big Help for Small Bathrooms Scaled-down fixtures can mean the difference between comfort and chaos in a tiny bathroom. |
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Joseph Truini |
Installing Landscape Lighting A step-by-step guide to illuminating a walkway. |
Popular Mechanics
March 31, 2009 |
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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May 31, 2006
Eric S. Fellen |
Wire It Yourself Carving holes in walls may seem like a no-no, but it's the only way to run (and hide) Ethernet, television cables, and even extra power jacks. Here's how. |
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Speaker Cables and Interconnects for Your Home Theater Out of all audio and video components we buy, perhaps the most misunderstood and underestimated are the cables we connect them all together with. Selecting cables for your home theater system is an important task. |
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How I get my hot water fast! A review of a hot water demand system that saves energy and provides hot water fast. |
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How To Make Ethernet Cables Need a 5-inch straight-through Ethernet cable? A 37-foot crossover cable? Tired of miles of extra cable coiled around your desk? Sure, you could probably buy custom cables online, but with a spool of Cat5 and a $10 crimper you can make your own, for less. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2006
Pat Porzio |
Skill Set: Stripping Cable A few basic tools and a deft touch are all you need to do this work. |
National Real Estate Investor
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FCC Ban Gets Bad Reception The FCC adopted the rule banning exclusive cable contracts to foster increased price competition among cable providers and provide residents of multifamily buildings with more choice. |
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February 26, 2009 |
Cable Shows to Go Online Cable operators are leading the effort to put cable programming on the internet. |
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June 2004
Jack Urrutia |
Modulating on Digital Cable Systems Even though digital cable may present interesting challenges, it is still possible to distribute video sources like security cameras around the house using a video modulator and the existing cable TV wiring. |
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Cable Access How to get internet access from the first floor of your home to the second. |
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December 2006
Norman Becker |
Homeowners Clinic Adjusting a water-pressure regulator valve... Clog busting the kitchen Drain... Adding attic Insulation... Electrical panel box loading... Restoring old, ugly kitchen cabinets... Picking the right size wood splitter... Hanging power strips... etc. |
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September 12, 2003
Gary Merson |
FCC Approves "Plug'n'Play" The "plug and play" agreement will allow consumers to connect digital televisions directly into cable systems, without a set-top-box. |
U.S. CPSC
June 9, 2006 |
Extreme Engineering Recalls Wall Climbing Cable Assemblies Due to Fall Hazard A fracture in the cable eye, or the round metal tube that holds the cable, could reduce the overall strength of the cable assembly. A failed cable assembly would result in a free-fall hazard for the climber. |
Home Toys
October 2003
Renee Bruno |
Future-Proofing for Your Home with Carlon Resi-Gard Installing raceways throughout the house provides the opportunity to easily remove the outdated cable and replace it with new cable without tearing up the walls. |
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September 1, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Court Knocks FCC Cable Limit Until recently, no single cable operator was allowed to dominate more than 30 percent of the U.S. market. But a court has thrown out the Federal Communications Commission's market cap, eliminating a rule that's been the law of the land since 1992. |
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April 2, 2009
Tom Lowry |
Don't Count Out Pay TV Just Yet Cable subscribers say they would consider canceling during tough times, but there are powerful incentives not to do so |
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January 31, 2005
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Interactive TV: What's In The Cards? It's electronics companies vs. the cable giants in a battle over digital services |
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August 14, 2006
Jon Fine |
Growing Up Is Hard To Do Cable growth is slowing just a bit, but angst is in the air. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Steve Faber |
How to Wire Your Home for Modern Entertainment and Control Systems As content delivery over broadband increases, especially with the advent of HDTV, bandwidth demands will skyrocket. Using a wired network will help ensure uninterrupted delivery of your favorite programming. |
Home Theater
July 2002
Mark Elson |
Speaking of Wire . . . Inside tips from the pros can save you hundreds of dollars in speaker-wire installation costs. |
InternetNews
November 2, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Sprint Turns 'Quadruple Play' With Cable The nation's largest cable companies are forming a joint venture with Sprint Nextel to better compete against Baby Bells and satellite companies. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
General Cable Has the Power Energy cable demand is improving, and the best may be yet to come. Investors need to take a look at this conservatively managed power player in the cable market. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Can Cable Still Reward Shareholders? The sector's done well lately, but what new issues might cable operators be facing? Time Warner Cable... Comcast... etc. |
