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I Want Better Water Pressure

The one thing I miss about my previous home, the Monsey condo, is the water pressure. My new home, which I have been at for over 18 months now, has horrible water pressure. I tried changing the shower head in my bathroom, but that really didn’t do much. The bottom line is that the water

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I Got No Water : Major Water Main Break

This morning, I was in the bathroom and I heard these weird hushing noises. I then tried to turn on the new faucet to wash my hands but nothing worked. I first thought, did I pay my water bill? I then thought, did I install my faucet correctly? So I tried the tub and nothing

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Was I Beta? Beta FiOS Remote DVR?

The news is buzzing about Verizon now, all of a sudden, offering remote DVR capabilities for their FiOS customers. Hmm…. I had this feature in November and I documented how it works very thoroughly. But the releases claim this is brand new and was first demonstrated at the CES event today. Was I part of

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I’m A Plumber: Installed a Bathroom Faucet Myself

For Chanukah, I bought my wife a matching faucet for the rest of the hardware in our bathroom. Yea, I got my wife a faucet for Chanukah, I know!!! I even used Live Search to save 25% on the faucet. The hard part was not ordering the faucet, it was putting it in. I ordered

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Kick Heater Finally Giving Off Heat

About a year ago, I told you about Installing a Twin Flow III K120 Kick Space Heater Under Kitchen Cabinet. So then in May, yea, 5 months later, they came to install it. First the plumber came and then the electrician came. I thought I was set! Of course, when I asked both the plumber

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FiOS TV Remote DVR Now Available!

Last night, I turn on my TV and I see a message from Verizon. It said that I can now enjoy programming my DVR from my computer or a wireless device. I immediately stopped everything and read on. I followed the instructions and configured my Verizon account to control my DVRs. In short, you control

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I Live In The Safest Community in America

The Rockland Journal News reports that the Town of Ramapo is the safest community in the United States for 2008-09, according to the FBI crime statistics. It is a bit ironic, being that my wife is from St. Louis, which was rated the most dangerous city in 2006. Now, St Louis is 4 places safer

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United Water Company To Cut Off My Water?!

Last night I have a voicemail on my home phone from the water company, United Water. They said I have not paid my water bill and will be shutting off my water. It is kind of funny, over the weekend, I told my wife that I find it interesting that we never received a water

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Home Air Filters: Which Ones to Choose?

This Sunday I decided to replace all the air filters throughout the house. The A/C guys told me to do it monthly or when you can no longer see the “blue” in the color. So I waited a few months and changed them this weekend. I have a new house, and the A/C is pretty

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Fill In Holes With Foam Sealant

When the guys installed FiOS in my house, they left these quarter size holes in the outside of my house. I didn’t want to allow bugs or water in to the home, so I bought foam sealant. I picked up a bottle of DAPtex Latex Multi-Purpose Insulating Foam Sealant from a local (small) hardware store.