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Photos of bad and dangerous home improvement hacks
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, October 23, 2006 9:40 AM
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This Old House has a couple of photo galleries of slipshod and foolish home improvement projects.
I found this rain gutter capped on both ends. I wasn't surprised to find decayed material inside.
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Gallery 2
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