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drain de greaser / biological something for septic tanks?

sweetheart[_2_] — Sun, 26 May 2013 05:32:36 GMT

I had a blocked drain from kitchen to septic tank, OH couldn't clear it
with rods etc so we sent for a man (I have an insurance for such things).
He blasted it with some power jet thing and and cleared it but pulled back
some hard stuff that had been blocking it. He said it was fat or grease
build up and to get some stuff which would digest the grease and clear the
drain/ septic tank.

Although he seemed fairly knowledgeable on septic tanks, he didn't know the
name of this stuff ( came from the city nearby) . So does anyone know what
this stuff is called? Also, has anyone used it, does it work and is it safe
for my old, type septic brick built tank (not Karglaseter or whatever they
are called) .

All helpful replies appreciated as usual. Thanks in advance.

tree roots and my basement

leza wang — Sun, 26 May 2013 01:49:46 GMT

hi
first sorry if this topic is not related to this group but I am hoping I will get the answer here because many people here are very knowledgeable.

I have these trees which are 3-4 meters away from my house foundation. They were small 2-3 years ago. Now they are getting really big. It scares me that these tree will get even bigger and bigger and eventually the roots will hit the foundation and cause a lot of problems since the house is 80 years old.

Do you have any idea what is the name of these trees and how big it can go? and how far the root can go. Right now they are just 3-4 meters away. The following links show the trees. Thanks a lot.

http://tinypic.com/r/2vuihpj/5

http://tinypic.com/r/bf4zl4/5

http://tinypic.com/r/2z820zn/5

Durable finish for exterior wood sign.

Nick — Sun, 26 May 2013 00:04:50 GMT

It's late and I can't sleep. Been to our daughters wedding today, that's a
reason, not an excuse.

I'm making a house sign for the newly weds home. This will be exposed to the
elements.
Made of solid oak. Fretsaw cut lettering applied to a solid base board.
Intention is to stain the base dark and leave the lettering natural -ish.
Any recs please for a durable and low maintenance clear finish for the
completed sign?
Thanks,
Nick.

Toilet follow up

Ed Pawlowski — Sat, 25 May 2013 22:16:07 GMT

Couple of week ago I asked about toilets. I ended up getting a Kohler
1.6 gallon flush. Works well.

I got the "Comfort Height" elongated bowl and I'd recommend it for
anyone over 60 or with joint problems. My wife is recovering from
surgery and it makes a huge difference for her.

I'm going to overhaul the upstairs bathroom and I'll put a similar
model up there also.

Re: fecha de la prueba

Mike — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:38:26 GMT

On 09/15/2018 04:26 PM, homme de la maison wrote:
> fecha de la prueba

Huh?

Transmix utility mixer...

dpb — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:40:29 GMT

This is a stretch for sure but, nothing ventured, nothing gained...

Have old (as in late 50s/very early 60s) utility mixer that was mounted
on old Farmall 560 w/ the two-point connection system and two other
brackets around the rear axles. No longer have the 560; was looking at
trying to rig up a mount for either the JD 4440 or little 955 utility
tractor (or perhaps even just make a fixed platform and and convert it
into essentially a stationary mixer since the cab on the 4440 is in the
way and there's not much of any way to mount the solid shaft to the rear
PTO to hold the weight and the little 955 isn't much more convenient it
appears, but I've not yet totally given it up)

Anyway, the Transmix was/is a 3-pt (or similar since IH had 2-pt at the
time) mixer that ran off the PTO using a center hub on the PTO and a
tire mounted on the rear of the drum as the driving mechanism. It was
on a tilting cradle that let you drive to a pour site and dump there.
We used it to pour all the bunks for the feedlots back then.

The point of the posting is while have all the pieces, it's been so long
since it used it I can't recall precisely how it assembled and if
anybody just out of the blue had access to manual or pictures on an IH
it would aid significantly in sorting it out. Can't believe in all the
manuals there are here(*) I can't find where Dad must have squirreled
this one away...

They were built by an outfit called Universal Pulleys Co. in Wichita,
KS. AFAICT they are no more and apparently haven't been for quite some
time.

Here's a link to one on a Ford 850; the one here has a different
mounting arrangement by enough that that picture is of minimal help on
the pieces-parts that I can't quite figure out orientation of as yet to
make it work. The cradle that the drum rolls on is similar but not the
remainder of the framework isn't at all similar. Part of difficulty is
I don't have/know distances and/or heights from the axles, etc., of the
560 so can't precisely locate a reference point to start from.

I'm sure eventually I can get it worked out but just took a break and
thought would ask -- if nothing else, others might find it an
interesting piece of gear...

(*) Like a like-new manual for 1920s Farmall and a Twin City Model 30 or
.... :)

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FYI: Small "Toro" riding mowers are actually MTD

Percival P. Cassidy — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:33:06 GMT

Went to local Toro dealer to check out a small (42-in) riding mower,
only to be told that they don't sell them because they are not really
Toro. They sell the walk-behinds and the Zero-turn Toro machines, but in
the range in which I was interested they sell only Ariens.

Perce

Hozelock - WTF?!?

Halmyre — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:52:31 GMT

Our venerable hose reel refuses to accept a push-on connector any
more. No problem thinks I, I've got a spare tap fitting that looks
like it'll do the job, unscrew the fitting from the hose reel
and...it's a different size to the tap fitting! What is the ****ing
point of making two otherwise identically shaped bits of plastic with
two different thread diameters?

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Halmyre

Incoming Water Main

DerbyBorn[_4_] — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:44:13 GMT

I am having an extension which will require the incoming water main (Blue
Plastic) to be re-routed into the new bit.
Are there any rules about how the pipe should enter the property?

Advertising Led Acrylic displays, Crystal Acrylic craft is amazingfor the movie poster

86handbag@gmail.com — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:20:06 GMT

When I go to a shopping mall, I see a lot of beautiful Crystal Advertising Acrylic displays, it attracted me to see the movie.
And then I found a leading supplier for Advertising Led Acrylic displays, Crystal Acrylic Led light box in China:
Guangzhou Beyond LED Light Box Factory http://www.86lightbox.com
I have got some crystal photo frame from the factory.
Very beautiful!

eWoodShop - Two Bathroom Refresh-2013

Swingman — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:42 GMT

https://plus.google.com/photos/11135...5?noredirect=1

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KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)

Oven will not heat up

BM — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:38 GMT

Hi,

I have a Kenmore range Model # 790.95889301. One day when it was on it
tripped the curcut on my circuit board. When I flipped the circuit
breaker back on the stove would heat up but not the oven or broiler. What
could be wrong with it?

thank you

Bob

What to use as packer?

Rick Hughes[_5_] — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:13:05 GMT

On advice here I went and bought a load of :

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Post+Base/p29420

Bolting down with 10mm Thunder Bolts

First off impressed Toolstation didn't have the 22 of them I needed ...
they took order for 17 shortage for free delivery to home address ...
don't offer Sat delivery, but I asked customer service and they said ..
OK - sorted delivered today (BH weekend)

Anyway the Q ..... For 18 of posts they fit perfect as the posts are 100
x100 sawn

4 of the posts though are regularized planed as these are 2.4m long and
will be on show (sawn posts all hidden)

Unfortunately being planned means they are 92 x 92 ... so I need to fit
an 8mm packer between post & fixing, and then screw through
fitting/packer into post. Has to be something that will last years out
doors.

Any suggestions of what to use ?

I could cut some strips of code 5 lead flashing ?

Seems a waste to go buy a sheet of 8mm wbp just to make four 35 x 100
packers.

Hedge trimmers - recommendations

Mark Bluemel[_3_] — Sat, 25 May 2013 17:45:35 GMT

I have a fairly large (> 2m tall) quite mature laurel hedge both sides
of my garden (perhaps totalling 30meters or more). The cells for my
current Bosch cordless are dead and I rather suspect I'd do as well
replacing a slightly knackered trimmer with a new one rather than
buying new cells - I'm not convinced of the state of the current blade
either.

I'm happy to have a mains-powered rather than cordless. Any
recommendations? Is Machine Mart a good source?

Mark (due to trim hedges sooner rather than later).

insulating chimney breast

sm_jamieson — Sat, 25 May 2013 17:32:34 GMT

So, the room with the fireplace that we have decided to keep for the time being, is to be redecorated. We took all the paper off, and now it was obvious some of the plaster needs redoing. It's on an external wall. Either side of the chimney breast now has no plaster and will receive some insulated plasterboard (25mm PIR foam backed as cannot afford to lose more space, but it all helps).

Not sure about the chimney breast itself. Plaster needs patching up above the picture rail and the whole thing needs a re-skim. So we may go back to brick on the chimney breast as well.

Now, if the open fire was to be used regularly to actually heat the house, the chimney breast would be a source of radiant heat. But since the fire will hardly be used, and when it is, just for effect really, it may make sense to insulate the chimney breast as well.

Obviously the breast needs to be able to cope with heat, so can I used PIR backed plasterboard in this situation ? And how should it be fixed ?
If not, what method can be used to insulate the chimney breast that can cope with the heat ?

Thanks,
Simon.