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The least expensive is a pair of earplugs. Sound travels in houses via air leaks / holes between the rooms and vibration of walls, floors etc. For example an outlet in the wall creates an air path into the wall where it can travel to the next room. Sound will follow pipe and electrical openings in ...

Personally I never use metallic covers near sinks or baths or areas that may present electrical hazards.
They make great ground plates. It's just a thing with me, not a code issue.

i recently paid $120 for 28" x 34" bendheim glass...crazy, isn't it? ...jade When I had my glass studio open in ME I used to drive the truck to Bendheim to pickup cases of glass. Some of the restoration glass was more costly than hand made stained glass. Did a lot of cabinet glass replacement with ...

Hard to say without close inspection of the panels. If the lead and putty is in bad condition and literally coming apart the window gets releaded. This costs more because the window must be taken apart and then rebuilt. I have had customers tell me that the repair estimate was higher than the origi...

Gas does not smell in a properly vented and tuned appliance. Fireplaces that are direct vented use outside air for combustion and then vent the combustion gasses outside and the combustion chamber is sealed. You get heat from the radiant energy as well as the hot air circulation. They are not the m...

Kee p in mind that coal comes form the ground. So which the point source pollution is ocncetrated and an issue, it's not like its' some manmade toxic substance. It's a natrually occuring mineral. Plenty of stream and rivers are naturally high in lead, mercury, arsenic and so forth. No making na exc...

How many people do you know who are age 30 or older who suffered from lead poisoning? I can't name any. I'm sure they're out there, but I'd guarantee they do not number anywhere near the number of frivolous lawsuits people are bringing today about lead. :roll: All the members of Congress, the Presi...