Maintenance & Repairs - October 2006

2006-10-23 05:59:18 · 6 answers · asked by lissy2300 2

2006-10-23 05:45:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

for nursing homes n hospitals
no foolery answers plz!
its not remodellin but afresh builing

2006-10-23 05:26:22 · 1 answers · asked by globalami 2

Hi all, this is my first post, so I am hoping someone can give me some good advise here. I live in an old house with a header tank in the loft and a hotwater cylinder in the kitchen on ground floor. The problem I am having at the moment is a re-ocurring hotwater loss. There seems to be airlock in the hotwater pipes. Cold water is always fine. I've had people in with professional pressure hoses from mains outside my house to try and flush it all out. But although it does work for a day or two the problem is back again. So far I've had this done 3 times in a period of about a month and a half.

This whole thing started, as the water company recently did work on pipes outside our house. They said all the pipes had to be replaced as they were old victorial pipes or something. While they were doing this work out on the street, somehow some dirt got flushed into out system, which went all the way to the loft tank and they came to flush it out. Ever since then I've been having this issue.

2006-10-23 05:02:41 · 6 answers · asked by Ibrahim_02 1

There are birds in my chimney but our furnace doesn't work. They keep me awake with their insane chittering, I cannot take it anymore!!!! Help!

2006-10-23 04:48:43 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

This may be a dumb question but I moved into my new house this summer. How in the world do I know if I have Gas heating system or electric?

2006-10-23 04:44:52 · 9 answers · asked by Indigo 2

One of the kid's bedrooms is wallpapered. When some rough housing got too rough the paper tore. Instead of telling mom, my child decided to use some white school glue (like Elmer's) on the wall to repair it. Now that I know what happened and removed the wallpaper, the plaster wall underneath has globs of white glue on it that won't chip off.

I've tried heat, doesn't touch it. I've tried scraping, no go.

Would a power sander help? I'd probably have to rent one, but I'm desperate! Help?

2006-10-23 04:40:09 · 2 answers · asked by Kya Rose 5

its about 3 feet long in a vinyl pool liner. do i leave it and worry about it next summer? or repair as soon as possible? and what options if any do i have to get this fixed?

2006-10-23 04:37:08 · 2 answers · asked by . 1

The de-humidifier works to an extent but we are poor students with a crap landlord who will not do anything drastic, actually make that anything at all! we have soil and wood lice coming through our bathroom floor, a blue/green mold grows on things that are left either in a cupboard for too long, or are not cleaned regularly enough, eg it appears on furniture, walls etc. is there some kind of cheap temporary prevention such as soaps in the wardrobe or maybe heating the flat, will heat be better than freezing cold?? I can't lose more shoes to the mould monster, please help! oh and by the way, does this sound like an environment from which you would contract bronchitis?!.......

2006-10-23 04:25:55 · 6 answers · asked by Emma F 1

This machine is old,not like sewing on a newer machine, I need to find out how the needle goes in and how to set the tension. Any kind of manuel I can download or just look at on line would be great.

2006-10-23 04:23:37 · 3 answers · asked by kutebunns 1

bought a new toilet seat now it has come loose and i have tighing the screws and they still move about

2006-10-23 04:17:29 · 13 answers · asked by bernie s 2

Friend called. No water to house. I know how to check the pressure switch contacts, and power to switch, but how can I check the wiring with an ohmmeter to see if the pump in the ground is burnt out? or the bladder inside the pressure tank? If that ruptured, would that stop the flow to the house? what should the air pressure be inside the tank. I will also check all fuses.

2006-10-23 04:12:50 · 4 answers · asked by mombo323 2

My landlord flooded our kitchen accidently the other day, and we cleaned it all up, but the shelf in the cupboard under the sink is growing mould.

Since then I noticed that we are starting to get a lot of black spots around the window frames and between tiles etc... I keep cleaning them up, but they keep coming back. What's the best thing to prevent this kind of damage? I used to keep all my fruit and veg on the windowsill to ripen, but can't now, as it gets mouldy before it is ripe!

2006-10-23 03:21:10 · 10 answers · asked by KJ Gracie 2

I am looking at buying a house but want to know how much it would cost to get all new carpet. It is a small two bedroom house around 1000 square feet i would guess. I don't have a lot of money. I know you can get cheap and expensive carpet i want not the expensive and not the cheapest so how much do you think it would cost to have someone do it and buy the carept.

2006-10-23 03:11:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

we have a dirty shell and taste to our water, it was shocked four years ago, but I think it needs it again

2006-10-23 03:08:17 · 2 answers · asked by jww_61270 1

my water softner has a sticker that says to just use extra corse salt but i put normal softner salt pellets in could i ruine my water softner?

2006-10-23 02:57:20 · 1 answers · asked by FISHING BUDDIE 2

It's sounds like someone is pounding them with a hammer. By the way, I just turned my heat on yesterday.

2006-10-23 02:53:53 · 4 answers · asked by bigdstl 1

four children in home 2 elderly please help! it is a amercian standard any advice would be appreciated

2006-10-23 02:47:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My landlady is reluctant to pay for this, even though the law is very clear that it's her responsibility. (But the fines for violators are too low to motivate her.) I'm hoping she'll be more willing if she knows she can recoup her costs by filing an insurance claim. Any ideas on other ways she can cover her costs (gov't programs, etc.) are much appreciated. At this point taking her to court is not an option I'm willing to consider. Thanks!

2006-10-23 02:36:52 · 8 answers · asked by Frosty Lemmon 3

2006-10-23 02:28:18 · 7 answers · asked by jojo 1

2006-10-23 02:03:11 · 4 answers · asked by michael l 1

Hi,

We are looking to buy a new house. My husband is "in love" with this one place and he doesn't want to let go.
But I wanted to ask important questions that bother me:
1. Regarding the basement: The house is 3 years old and I see small and kind of insignificant looking cracks in the floor of the basement. THe realestate agent says that this is the foundation "settling in" and every basement has them. And my husband agrees wth him, but I was thinking: This house is only 3 years old so what if these small cosmetic cracks become more significant in 20 years?
2. How would I know that there was ever a water problem in the basement? Is there a way to check? Is there a way to know that for sure this basement was always dry, and will stay that way?
3. My husband found a crack in the foundation outside. He says a crack in the foundation can be fixed Is this true? Is this a significant fix ?

Thank you

2006-10-23 01:41:15 · 7 answers · asked by Ladybug NH 2

We have a flat roof, which needs replacing. one quote has included the possibility of insulating the roof as part of that, by laying insulation on top of the roof, but we're wondering whether it might be better/cheaper to do it from within by taking ceilings down. thanks

2006-10-23 01:23:33 · 11 answers · asked by Andy N 1

I have a forced are furnace. The blower fan runs all the time. I thought it might be the thermostat, but the burners still operate as they should, going on and off depending on the temperature I set it at.

2006-10-23 00:09:15 · 6 answers · asked by korbarussa 1

2006-10-23 00:04:29 · 2 answers · asked by sage 5 1

Help!!!

Does anyone have any tips how I can restore my black kitchen worktop to look like new? I accidently dripped a couple of blobs of expanding foam on my worktop at the weekend. I wiped it off with soapy water but after it dried the worktop is now discoloured with a grey residue stain.

2006-10-22 23:51:54 · 5 answers · asked by irel5866 1

2006-10-22 23:32:05 · 22 answers · asked by ldn 1

The mark is sort of rusty looking and has only affected the light cream colour on the weaved fabric. I dont know if the dye in the fabric has been chemically altered due to the prolonged heat exposure. Is there any way to either remove the mark or dye it back to its original colour?

2006-10-22 23:17:38 · 6 answers · asked by ezvinyl 1

Hello,

I was wondering if anybody can help.

My Economy 7 light switches on as per normal during the night (woke up at 7am and found it on), but there was no hot water.

Does anybody no what the problem is?

Many thanks,
Kam

2006-10-22 22:23:11 · 4 answers · asked by Kamyar J 2

It always happen this time of year. My wooden front door gets so difficult to open and I have to nearly rip my arm out from the shoulder to open it! I have used furniture polish, hair wax and even aqeuous cream down the side and this has some effect for just a day. Apart from getting a new front door, which I simply cannot afford, can anyone suggest anything please? I've also shaved down the side of the door too, but to no avail. Many thanks.

2006-10-22 22:10:10 · 11 answers · asked by Say It Like You Mean It 4