Questions tagged [air]

Hacks related to improving air quality at home or elsewhere.

Hacks related to improving air quality at home or elsewhere.

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How to craft a non-return valve for air?

Background I have been learning to play the bagpipes on a practise chanter for some time now. This is basiaclly just the chanter on which you play the melody without the bag and the drones. Since I have to wait some months to get my real bagpipes I…
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Vinyl Above Ground Pool - can't find leak - will renting a compressor work?

I have a 3.66m above ground vinyl pool, 1 season old, and I can't find the leak at all. I've tried the food colour route, where one tries to trace the flow of the water by injecting small parts of blue food colour - cannot find it. I've seen videos…
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Protect house from mould

I regularly have a problem with mould in my flat. It appears on the frames of windows or above the windows. I clean it when it appears but I would like it not to appear at all. What can I do besides opening the window more often (which I don't want…
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How can I effortlessly block + unblock air vents, on the wall near the ceiling?

While my kids are away at university, how can I swimmingly block the lone air vent in each of their rooms? When my kids come home from university every weekend or so, I need to remove the barricade just as readily! Please don't ask me to swivel each…
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How do I fill this tire? The valve stem is inaccessible

This is a 12'' tubeless tire from a go-kart. It's pretty rugged. The valve stem is in a very tight area (see picture). I can barely fit in my finger. There three some bolts with nylock nuts on them that look like if they came out I could split apart…
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