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		<title>Engineered hardwood floors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It goes without saying that engineered hardwood flooring is the most misunderstood type of flooring out there today. Some people think it&#8217;s &#8220;real&#8221; wood flooring, while others believe it to be manufactured, as if the word &#8220;engineered&#8221; is used to describe some man-made process to create a fake or faux wood floor. As such, engineered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D. E. Pool Filters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most effective ways to filter water are through materials that allow water to penetrate easily, but would be too small for anything else in the water to pass through. D.E. (or Diatomaceous Earth) does this incredibly well. Here&#8217;s why: To the naked eye, D.E. is a white powder that is porous to water. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sillcock</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sillcock is an outdoor water faucet that is located and attached to the exterior of a house.  Sillcocks are nothing more than spigots you see coming out of your house. They essentially have a spout in which to connect hoses to or just tap water from while outside. Sillcocks can be damaged by frost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miter Boxes for Cutting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Used primarily for decorative trim such as baseboards and moldings, a miter box comes with pre-cut slots that help to guide a saw to cut specific and accurate angles. Miter box angles usually consist of 45-degree angles and 90-degree angles for square butt joint cutting. A miter is a joint that is formed between two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Efflorescence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 18:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That white, powdery stuff you see formed over masonry, stone or concrete walls is what&#8217;s called efflorescence. When these types of outdoor materials effloresce, it means that water has seeped through them (from one direction or another) and has come out the other side bringing with it certain types of salts. The water may evaporate, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inducer Blower for furnace</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An inducer blower is definitely one of those parts you don&#8217;t think about until something has gone wrong with it. The inducer blower assembly is basically a small motor powered by electricity, a fan, an electrical box to allow connections and a metal sleeve that surrounds the fan assembly. You&#8217;re probably not surprised that a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furnace Plenum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A plenum is a compartment, air space or chamber that is filled with air that is then distributed elsewhere.  A furnace plenum then, is such an air chamber that gets filled directly (and quickly) by a large blower that is above, below or adjacent to it. Air ducts connected to a furnace or heater plenum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countersink</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Countershink means to bore a tapered recess (usually with a drill bit), that will allow a screw or nail head to sit flush with the plane of the surface, or just below. Countersinking also generally means dropping a nail, screw or bolt at or below the surface of the material it&#8217;s going into. (see photos) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backflow prevention device</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A backflow preventer is installed in a water system between the water supply and where the water is intended for use. Its job is to close a valve and prevent water from moving or seeping back to where it came from when the end of the flow is closed. In this sense, it stops the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actual Dimensions (wood)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the term used to reference the exact dimensions of standard lumber and their measurements in inches. &#8220;Actual dimensions&#8221; goes hand-in-hand with &#8220;nominal dimensions&#8221;, which is used to describe a piece of wood as it is first cut (rough cut) before getting planed and sanded down to its actual dimension. Lengths of wood pieces [...]]]></description>
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