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  2. Oxide jacking - Wikipedia

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    Oxide jacking has caused concrete spalling on walls of the Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The expansive force of rusting, which may be called oxide jacking or rust burst, is a phenomenon that can cause damage to structures made of stone, masonry, concrete or ceramics, and reinforced with metal components.

  3. 5 Signs It's Time To Replace Your Toilet, According To ... - AOL

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    A toilet that won't flush is essentially useless—after all, the entire purpose of a toilet is to quickly and safely remove waste. If your toilet stops flushing, take off the tank lid and ...

  4. Canada's Worst Handyman 4 - Wikipedia

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    This includes removing the sink and vanity, the toilet and the shower fixtures. Angie opts to smash her toilet apart after giving up with dealing with two rusted bolts attaching the toilet to the floor and pressures Johnnie to do the same. Angie also smashes her shower fixtures apart with a sledgehammer. Johnnie also smashes apart a light ...

  5. List of Canada's Worst Handyman episodes - Wikipedia

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    He does eventually manage to remove and reinstall the toilet, but runs into trouble reconnecting the water lines. In the end, his tank is wobbly and the toilet does not flush properly. Barry – Barry struggles with removing the toilet due to a stubborn bolt and is forced to remove the toilet by smashing it. He also attempts to remove the ...

  6. Screw extractor - Wikipedia

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    A screw extractor held in a tap wrench. A screw extractor is a tool for removing broken or seized screws.There are two types: one has a spiral flute structure, commonly called an easy out after the trademarked name EZ-Out; [clarification needed] the other has a straight flute structure.

  7. Rusty bolt effect - Wikipedia

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    The rusty bolt effect is a form of radio interference due to interactions of the radio waves with dirty connections or corroded parts. [1] It is more properly known as passive intermodulation , [ 1 ] and can result from a variety of different causes such as ferromagnetic conduction metals, [ 2 ] or nonlinear microwave absorbers and loads. [ 3 ]

  8. Piping and plumbing fitting - Wikipedia

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    A toilet is the main connection, with the option of a right or left-hand outlet to the 3" inlet with a choice of 1-1/2" or 2" in size. It is used to keep stack-vented fixtures high to the joist space and thus conserves the headroom in a basement.

  9. Pitting corrosion - Wikipedia

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    Pitting corrosion, or pitting, is a form of extremely localized corrosion that leads to the random creation of small holes in metal. The driving power for pitting corrosion is the depassivation of a small area, which becomes anodic (oxidation reaction) while an unknown but potentially vast area becomes cathodic (reduction reaction), leading to ...