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My sliding patio door from 1972 is grinding on the track. I want to adjust the wheels so I can try to get it off and replace the rollers. I'm fairly sure the adjustment screw is behind this weird 7-...
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I tried turning off the gas but it won't budge at all. I tried rotating it both clockwise and anticlockwise. I didn't want to use any tools. I applied quite a lot of force, I prevented myself from ...
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Both spigot/hose and hose/sprayer are severely stuck. After tolerating it for years the sprayer now directs more water on me than at my lawn. One or the other has to come off. I’ve tried a variety of ...
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The faucet handle for the cold water feels stuck and doesn't turn smoothly at all. How do I get it to turn smoothly again?
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My kitchen drawers sliders is broken on one side of the drawer, there is absolutely no room to fit a screwdriver or anything to remove it, the drawer is low and loose on the broken side but won’t ...
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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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How would you approach removing this stuck bonnet nut? It's a Brizo Litze #63043LF-PC (in Chrome). I believe Brizo is Delta. The exploded parts view is below. It's starting to deform when I tried ...
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I recently moved into a new house which has electric shower heads. One of the bathrooms had a cheap thin metal extension pipe attached to the plastic shower head outlet. My shower head does not use ...
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The slides are sliding roughly. There is also a lot of black dirt. Could it be that the grease that was used by the manufacturer dried up? How should I fix this.
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I've lived in this old house for almost 4 years and the water pressure in the bathroom sink is obnoxiously low. I've been trying to remove the aerator/whatever this thing is and nothing seems to work. ...
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My AC unit and my thermostat is stuck on the on the fan selection. It will not go to auto what do I do.
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My new house has a leaky bathtub faucet. The previous owner bought a kit and replaced the shower head and the actual spout of the tub, but then it looks like they ran into the same problem I'm having ...
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I have been trying to remove this cartridge. I removed the copper nut and was advised by Moen support to try vinegar and threading a screw in to pull it out, but nothing has worked. I feel like there ...
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I could use some help on how to move forward to remove couple of bolts. I am currently out of ideas. To give some context, I noticed that my scooter windshield was not exactly leveled and I thought to ...
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My bathtub plunger/stopper is attached to the chain but won't budge. It is stuck inside the drain blocking the flow of water. I tried hot water with dish soap as well as vinegar and baking soda. ...
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We’re trying to build a banister. This piece of wood would be the end piece. The tip of the drill barely goes into the wood before it gets stuck. We just tried charging the battery, but that wasn’t ...
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Push to open latch on pantry door is stuck. The magnet spring is at bottom corner, on the other side from hinges. There is a push plate at normal height, but no handles or knobs, nothing to grab.
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I’m trying to change my bathroom sink faucet and the cold water shut off closed easily. The hot water one I can not get for the life of me. I’ve tried WD40 and I tried a hair dryer. I tried tapping it ...
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I was cleaning some built up calcium deposits in my shower and I noticed that the backplate for my shower handle had only one screw, so went to put another and noticed the screw was broken off in the ...
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I've got a single-handle Moen bathroom faucet (see picture) that has become very tight to turn left or right or push in and pull out. It works, but it has a "stuck" feeling that it shouldn'...
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I have a black adapter for a facet cartridge that is stuck. I’ve tried to pull it out but it doesn’t budge as it’s been a few years since it’s been installed. Any advice on how to get it unstuck? Ps I ...
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A knife in a knife block inside the drawer is too high and blocking the drawer opening. Because it is a slot in the knife block it can’t be moved back-and-forth or up-and-down so using the wire or ...
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how do I unscrew the cartridge for my double faucet? It’s stuck and spraying boiling water and vinegar in it didn’t help. I'm trying to fix a leaky tap (hot water leaks). This seems to be the issue. ...
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I am trying to replace the Satco Ultra Mini GU24 CFLs in this fixture. I have tried the recommended twist and pull for these types, and I can twist them in place but pulling does nothing. Rough ...
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I am trying to remove a stuck shower fixture -- photo below. This fixture has two handles (bottom for temperature, top for shower/wand selector). I was able to remove the bottom handle using ...
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I tried removing it till I realized, it melted a line through it, is now stuck on the heating element, and the way where I would pull it out cooled off and reformed so i can’t pull it out.
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I'm hoping that somebody can help show me how to take apart the this shower leaky faucet (and matching bathroom sink faucets). I didn't find any set screws but I was able to twist off the cap (...
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This drawer is stuck in my dresser and won’t come out. I think there’s a screw on the rail that came out and is blocking it but I can’t figure out how to reach the screw to remove it. Does anyone know ...
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I noticed both hot and cold water inlets to my washing machine were leaking in small amounts. Turning the valves off stopped the dripping. Of course, I wanted to replace the valves. I would possibly ...
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We have a "charging station" that has four USB ports on front and four regular outlets, two on each side, that was plugged into a bathroom outlet. Now I am trying to remove it, but it seems ...
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I have a moen faucet handle that has been hard to turn and I suspect some kind of build-up. Anyway, I tried to remove the handle, and from my research, it seems I have to turn the base but it is ...
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after dripping water from my kitchen faucet during freezing temp, my aerator blew out of it. I can’t find any info how to replace. Moen cust service did not call at my scheduled time slot and they are ...
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I have a pan that is rendered into useless because of the coating peeling off. So I tried to remove the plastic handle from both sides. There are 2 screws in both sides, and this last one stuck and ...
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My garage door currently rubs on the outer wooden frame, and this prevents it from closing fully. As it closes, the motor seems to sense the resistance and it starts pulling the door up instead. The ...
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So the title seems like an obvious duplicate or easy answer. But my question is actually a bit different. I am trying to get a nut off the shaft of an engine. This is the "master" nut that ...
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I have been trying to close the two screwdriver-operated stop-check valves (visible on the left and on the right in the picture) of a Moen single-handle shower to cut the flow of water and allow me to ...
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My aerator got broken and the disconnected part is stuck in the faucet. Now if I don't unscrew the disconnected part, I can't install a new aerator. Please advise how to remove it. thank you.
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I live in an apartment where the "maintenance" is next to nothing. The new dryer we bought to take advantage of the hookups in the apartment was giving us the blockage error signal and not ...
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Long story short, my door handle fell off today while the door was closed. Luckily I was outside the room. I've attached a photo. Any ideas how to get it open? I've tried the old credit card trick but ...
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My water diverter is screwed on to the outdoor faucet, but now it's stuck and it won't budge in either direction (black connector in images). It has four equidistant "notches" intended for ...
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Below is an image of the situation I am trying to resolve. What you can see is the following: The black triangly shape is the rest of the clutch shoe assembly of a centrifugal clutch. It is pressed ...
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I am a first timer user of a drill and didn't use the proper drill bits. I removed the chuck and put the drill bit where the chuck is located and now the drill bit is obviously stuck. Any suggestions ...
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I understand that the name "stainless" in stainless steel merely means resistant, or even highly resistant, to rust. It doesn't actually mean that the metal will not rust. When I inserted ...
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How can I remove this rusted single hole faucet? I've tried pentrating oil, despite the smell, I've removed the two lock screws. The thing won't budge. I feel like I've put a lot of pressure on the ...
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Bought a TV recently. Tried to mount it onto our concrete block wall. Drilled. Hammered the M8 wall anchor bolt (with the nut on) too hard and it morphed the bolt. Struggled to unscrew the nut, ended ...
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I have a flush mount dome light in my kitchen that burnt out a while ago. When I try to unscrew the nipple and remove the dome, the threaded rod inside the light spins as well. I tried seeing if I ...
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I made the mistake of putting a bayonet lightbulb into a twist socket and I can’t get it out. It’s above my bed so it would be preferable to not break it.
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I’m dismantling my desk so I can repaint it. The desk has two hinged legs, and one of the embedded hinges has separated into two. I’d like to remove the part of the hinge embedded in the desk so I can ...
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I am trying to remove a bathtub drain as the first step of replacing the tub waste and overflow assembly... but this first step has me stymied because every method I have tried to unscrew the old ...
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I bought a Coast g25 flashlight new 2 years ago. The batteries are dead so I need to replace them. But I can’t unscrew it. It just won’t budge. It’s not rusted, and hasn’t had any other damage that I ...
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