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This is my first time posting here, so I apologize in advance if I'm not doing it correctly. One of my metal electrical outlet back boxes keep stripping the threads from the screw whenever I tried to ...
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I'm building a 2x4 (45 x 95 mm, spruce) stud partition wall. How to fasten its bottom plate on the underlying floor as firmly as possible, considering that the "wooden" part of the floor is ...
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I have an IKEA standing desk with Ikea's Karlby top. The Karlby is made out of particle board and thick veneer on the outside. I want to mount my rather large PC case to the underside of the top so I ...
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Recently I bought a 2nd-hand crib for our newborn. It's got grill to both sides. It also came with 2 thinner wooden planks. From the manual I know I can remove the grill and mount the plank instead. ...
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I have a 10 lb mirror that I would like to hang on some drywall. Would these screws and anchors hold it up? Thanks.
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I have a metal table, pretty heavy. The leg screw into it with machine screws. During the St Louis tornado, the table went flying, all of the legs were ripped off. All of the screws were lost, but we ...
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This is a handmade desk of solid wood. The top is screwed to the legs with 6 screws, and the top was ripped off when the desk was dropped while being carried up stairs. How would you repair it so you ...
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I have drilled two holes into an external brick wall in order to fit a bracket for a hanging basket. The universal wall plugs that I have bought fit correctly into the holes, however when I try to ...
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I bought this spring loaded hinge and I was surprised at those star-shaped screw holes. The sales assistant at the hardware shop was clueless. I was not able to find any explanation on the web, ...
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I got these cheap little amazon shelves because im not putting anything heavy on them. i thought the first one went on good, but the second and third were way more secure. i gave the first a tug and ...
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I'm planning to put up brick veneers on an area where they fell off due to cold weather so I bought cement board. I'm trying to install said Cement board by putting in nine 2-1/4 in. Serrated Flat ...
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I just bought this ceiling fan and am stuck on how to install the ceiling mount. I recently purchased a new construction home with these 4 in. ceiling boxes installed already. They have a white ...
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My fridge (electrolux , model EI32AR80QSC) handle is shaking very slightly (it's not tight). As much as a try tightening that tiny screw, it won't help at all. Twice already I had a handyman at home (...
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I drilled two holes into brick using a 6mm masonry bit to hang a house number plate and then put in 28mm red wall plugs. The number plate didn't come with any screws. I asked the lady and she ...
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I need to replace my toilet seat and there are two rectangular bolts under the seat, I can manage to twist them a little but no further so can’t unscrew them and wondering how to do this!
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I built a sit/stand desk using some legs attached a piece of wood I had. I don't know what the wood is but is it is 1" thick and quite soft. The screws supplied were 5/8. Since I have monitors ...
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My house is a little over 20 yrs old (relatively new). I've had to change the rubber seat in the faucets several times already (one faucet at least 10 times in the last 10 yrs) in all the bathroom ...
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I have 6 wood posts I want to connect to a Trex deck. Each 5-1/2" x 5-1/2" hollowed cedar post has a ~7x7" metal plate attached at the bottom. Below the 1" Trex there is a 6x6"...
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I am really a newbie in terms of DIY things so I have a rather very basic question. I have been buying some screwdriver sets both large and small to have handy and whenever I actually needed them none ...
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I have a brass screw which I accidentally over torqued into a cabinet door and the head broke off. About an eighth of an inch of the screw is protruding from the door, which isn’t enough for pliers to ...
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Please see the attached photo. The two switches on the left are blocking screwdriver access to the screw in the blue circle, any solutions? This type of setup is commonly found with Legrand switches, ...
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I'm extending the second floor of my log cabin home and need to use a certain size of lag screw to hold it up in two places with beam hangers, the "upper" end of joist "A" and the &...
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Anyone familiar with what type of screw bit driver I need for this?
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I am replacing the oven grilling element in my Inglis Citation Programmable Cooking Self Cleaning Oven stove model IUP 37500 because it burned out. I have a two-part question. The OEM element was ...
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I bought two used floating shelves and just hung them up on my wall. For some reason, the screws that go through the bottom of the shelf are not aligning with the metal holes in the floating rods for ...
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I would like to put up some blinds that need screwing (vertically and recess as it's for a bay style of window). I am renting so there are already the correct holes with grey plastic (rawl plugs?), ...
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I recently moved into a new apartment, and I've noticed that four of the cabinet doors "rock" when I open them. It's subtle, and I didn't notice it at first, but then one of the screws ...
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how can I remove this ring towel ring? I am not sure what kind of screw it is. Help is appreciated, thank you!
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I want to install a metal plant box on my window. The metal would probably be just like fence railings sold on Home Depot or Lowes (not wrought nor aluminum). Something like the pictures below (for ...
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My children helped me to repair or clean a Dyson "end connector" (not sure what this is called in English, the thingie you plug at the end of the tube) and fled, leaving me the Dyson "...
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Live in a condo. I need to access area above drop ceiling. Ceiling drywall is attached to metal frame with sheet metal screws. I cut a 8x8” hole in the drywall to see why larger access piece was ...
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I'm planning to screw plywood to a partially-built cabin floor using Robertson screws (square head). I want to use a cordless drill instead of an impact driver to reduce noise. It's deer hunting ...
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A swing on the playset I built earlier this year had a loose bolt, so I went to tighten it and instead of the bolt tightening, I twisted it in half (wrench lever arm 6", bolt diameter 3/8", ...
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We have a Kenwood oven. It has screws which help hold the side rails in place. The screws are a bit rusty. As we went to take one out it then snapped off leaving the remaining threaded part in the ...
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Homeowner here, first time working on an outdoor receptacle. When I was trying to replace the old GFCI receptacle and put a new cover on the box to weatherproof, I broke the grounding screw as it was ...
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This is in a half bathroom the screw holes held a mirror (I'll add a photo of it here if I can). Unfortunately I'm a noob with this kind of stuff and the cuts were unfortunately from me trying to put ...
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I’ve had to repair the floor around the toilet, but did not replace the entire floor. The pipe was originally set into the floor after the original basement installation, and the concrete is pretty ...
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the inner screw part The whole screw next to a penny for scale
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I recently moved into a new place and moved a ceiling fan from one room to another that only had a light fixture. The fan box is the type where you mount the fan fixture directly to the joist, not to ...
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I am currently in the process of contacting my window manufacturer for installation instructions, as the windows I ordered did not come with any (and I want to install them myself). Many windows have ...
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I tried to open a small device to replace the battery but none of my screwdrivers matched. In the end the screw itself started to lose form and became round so I don't know what to use to unscrew it. ...
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I'm trying to screw in a new overflow plate to my tub. We recently bought this house, and it didn't have an overflow plate at the time. I tried to screw in the new plate, but about halfway though it ...
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When I was selecting pulls and knobs on Amazon, I found that many of the accessory screws were breakaway screws. Should I choose a merchant that provides ordinary screws or a merchant that provides ...
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It's my understanding 1 1/4" is the best for 1/2" drywall but I have a huge box of these 1 5/8" screws lying around. Someone mentioned 1 1/4" is how far back electricians have to ...
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I had electricians open up a huge rectangular chunk of the drywall above the electrical panel and they inserted back what they removed and put screws on the corners. I was wondering what would be the ...
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I'm wondering how to tighten this screw. I can hold one side with a wrench, but the other side seems to require a screwdriver. But with the wrench I get so much more leverage that it's impossible to ...
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I have a window hinge that needs to be reattached, but the side of the building is giving me only about 1 or 1.5” of clearance for the two innermost screws. I can open the window enough to get the two ...
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So I read the "Advice on hanging gymnastic rings in garage rafters?" and I'm not satisfied with the responses. It's not that they weren't good it's just I still think it can be done safely ...
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I took a mirror off the bathroom wall that had been held up by the bracket pictured below. Most of the brackets were easy to remove from the wall, but for 2 of the 6 brackets the screw is just ...
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We hired a handy person to mount some IKEA wall shelving a week ago. We haven't put anything on the shelves yet because the drywall around some of the screws appears to be bubbling/flaking. Not all, ...
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