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I have a door that fit into the frame fine BEFORE I painted it. Now it won't close. I need to remove about 1/8 inch of wood from the frame or the door. I would rather not cut down the door since it already has the hinges and door knob installed (and it is painted).

Will a belt sander quickly remove this amount of wood? I am looking at a Porter Cable or a cheapo Skil. I don't want your opinions on the brand (I know PC is better).

I just want to know if a hand held belt sander will remove that much wood from a door frame in 30 minutes or less.

I am looking at something like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Porter-Cable-371K-14-Inch-Co...

I am running 6-3 wire for a spa (hot tub).It will be ~12 ft run to the spa sub panel and then 15 ft to the spa. I want to use liquid tight tubing since it is a wet location (duh) and it will protect the wire. Lowes and HD only have 1/2 and 3/4 inch conduit. The wire fits inside and I can easily pull it through the short lengths needed to do the job.

My question is: Is this too much wire in too small of a conduit diameter? ie DO I have to worry about over-heating?

I built an addition to my garage two years ago and I have some serious leaks now. The old roof was 6/12 pitch and it goes into a 2/12 pitch. I assume that is where the water gets in. Then it will run down a rafter a ways before dripping down.

I tried tarring the roof where the pitch change occurs, but the leaks came back. So now I need to do something more drastic. I have been thinking that I should get a roll of 24" flashing and run it down the valley. I could slide it under the shingles above the transition point and tar/nail it down below the inflection point.

Would this work? If not, what do you suggest I do?

I bought a blanket in Mexico many years ago. It looks/feels great, but I think its due to be cleaned. There are no cleaning instructions on it - obviously. So how should I go about cleaning it?

Dryclean? Gentle cycle? what?

I have never owned a diesel and I know they have glow plugs and need to warm up longer than a regular car, but is it really necessary (or even beneficial) to leave them running while parked. I regularly see these trucks idling outside of convenience stores and other businesses while the owner is inside.

I also see people start their trucks and let them idle for ages while they load them up.

I want to put some flooring down in the loft of my garage to make re-wiring it easier. Plus I can use the space for extra storage. The joists/rafters are 24" on center. I know that I could use 1 x 6s or something similar, but I am trying to figure out the cheapest/fastest way to do this without having to worry about falling through.

What do you think about using doubled up 1/2" OSB? Lowes sells it for $6 a sheet right now. Which is a lot cheaper than the $27 a sheet 3/4 plywood I was thinking of using.

I want to put some flooring down in the loft of my garage to make re-wiring it easier. Plus I can use the space for extra storage. The joists/rafters are 24" on center. I know that I could use 1 x 6s or something similar, but I am trying to figure out the cheapest/fastest way to do this without having to worry about falling through.

What do you think about using doubled up 1/2" OSB? Lowes sells it for $6 a sheet right now. Which is a lot cheaper than the $27 a sheet 3/4 plywood I was thinking of using.