Maintenance & Repairs - January 2007

2007-01-16 17:13:40 · 6 answers · asked by kinni 1

My new automatic dishwasher is now doing a lousy job cleaning the dishes. Something must be clogged somewhere but it doesn't easily dissassemble to check like my old one did. What should I be looking for to figure out what is wrong?

2007-01-16 15:57:31 · 6 answers · asked by LO! 4

but one major problem. The inspector said the water main into the house was ready to blow--big problem. The real estate broker went back to the seller(they have already moved to Maine) and they said they would fix the pipe. The man hired to fix the pipe went to get a permit and a person from the dept of sewer and water came out and said the pipe was fine (the house was built in 1935 and the pipe is original). So now the seller does not want to pay. Did anyone ever hear of such a thing? Why would the town get involved when the agreement was made to fix the water main? What should he do? Thanks

2007-01-16 15:52:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

something is burning but is similar to the smell when you first turn on the heat for the season. It's been warm out lately so we didn't use the heat for about 2 weeks. Any idea what this smell is?
We have gas heat, forced hot air. We don't smell gas at all, it smells like a burning odor.

2007-01-16 15:48:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My downstairs toilet recently started to not flush well, it bubbles-up when the washing machine drains, and won't flush at all for about an hour after the bathtub upstairs drains.

All other drains in the house seem just fine.

Tried to snake the vent tube on the roof, didn't help.
I pulled the toilet off the floor to check for obstructions, but didn't find any.

While the toilet was off I ran water from the garden hose down the drain and it seemed to flow fine, although some water was standing in the tube about 18 inches down the drain, I assumed that this was normal after running so much water down the drain and it not backing up to the top.

Vent problem?

2007-01-16 15:47:55 · 4 answers · asked by jimbo 1

My mom and dads house has had a pipe break in the ceiling and my dad cut a hole in the roof to see the damage. A guy came over and repaired the pipe, but the ceiling. I was wondering whats the best way to repair it should we go to Home Depot or is there a home-made thing to help with the hole?. If so name the place and the average price for it please.

2007-01-16 15:38:25 · 4 answers · asked by Hadassah R 2

You know the ones that hang on the doors with wires.

2007-01-16 15:05:43 · 3 answers · asked by northyork12000 1

2007-01-16 15:02:22 · 14 answers · asked by S. U. 1

i.e - is it really worth turning all standby lights off to save our
'greenhouse effect' problem, when commercial buildings have
thousand of lights on most of the time ? How many kettle/computer/tv standby lights equate to one building with
all electric lights on many floors ? Why are commercial units
not asked to 'switch off' for at least part of the day or night -
only Jo Public seems to be harassed by Government from
their brightly lit offices.

2007-01-16 14:35:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

my gutters have had bits of rust and we have brushed them and used rust converter now we want to protect them from further rusting. We have fixed the fall and everything working good.We were going to use "Brushable Ormonoid" till we found out that you have to paint it to protect it from uv rays so now dont know what to use. :(

2007-01-16 14:34:53 · 5 answers · asked by dolphinesque 1

2007-01-16 14:30:14 · 7 answers · asked by Regina J 1

My water line is frozen is there anything I can do?

2007-01-16 14:18:56 · 11 answers · asked by ? 4

2007-01-16 13:52:44 · 4 answers · asked by Unknown 1

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

I just got this workout machine and when I started putting it together, I accidentally put the right pedal in where the left pedal is supposed to be and it seems as if I stripped some of the threads and now the left pedal is not fitting in. This sucks!

The worst is that the threads don't even look that bad, but the first two or so are, which is why it won't fit in.

Please tell me that it can be saved and how to save it!

Thanks

2007-01-16 13:45:16 · 13 answers · asked by rick 1

2007-01-16 13:35:42 · 6 answers · asked by cheng_siu_hung 1

My Gfci protects 2 seperate plugs . When my washing machine is first turned on the water solenoids energise to let in hot and cold water inthe tub and trips the GFIC. It does this only on start up to fill the tub. As the cycle goes on and the solenoids let in water for the different cycles it will not trip the GFIC.The other plug that it protects has nothing pluged into it,When this plug is used and the washing machine is not in use it wont trip the GFIC.(GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter.) My Washing Machine is 2 years old Maytag.

2007-01-16 13:31:40 · 7 answers · asked by Gilbert 1

When we flush our toilets, the water comes back up through a shower. We have tried an Auger, a snake, and enzymes, but nothing has worked. We think the clog is definitely in the main line. Is there any product that would work better for cleaning Main Sewer lines?

2007-01-16 13:26:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The tub wasn't draining, so we called out a professional who tried to snake it - to unclog the hair blocking the drain... so we all thought. When he removed the overflow tub stopper handle, the hardware behind it was no where to be found. The handle that you flip up and down to stop the tub draining wasn't connected to anything. He thinks that the brass weight has fallen down to the "stop draining" position and is sitting there. Any ideas on how to get it out? He has a co-worker coming tomorrow to look at cutting the wall open behind the tub, to cut the pipe open, to retrieve the interior plug. I NEED SOME HELP TO COME UP WITH A CREATIVE WAY TO LOWER SOMETHING DOWN to hook the plug and simply pull it up. Any ideas?

Many thanks!!

2007-01-16 13:21:55 · 6 answers · asked by gvlflyguy 1

I live 30 miles east of Seattle in an area that is frequently without power. Up until this year the outages were less than 48 hours but this year we have had repeated outages, one of which lasted 6 days after a stronger than usual windstorm. I had to scramble to find somewhere else to be. I lost several days of work, all the food in my refridgerator and freezer. At what point does it make sense to just install a standby generator?

2007-01-16 12:48:25 · 6 answers · asked by Julie C 3

We are buying a new property that has two oil burning furnaces and I am at a complete loss!! Are they better and safer than natural gas ones? is there anything I should look for? All i know is they are new and everything has been maintained. any info would be great!!

2007-01-16 12:20:51 · 4 answers · asked by meecaf11 1

I bought this drill a while back and it seems to me that it turns with a slight wobble. i have a couple of question about this.

1) how can i check this forsure

2) did it come like this or is it possible that i did it, how?

3) and most important, how can this be fixed?

Thanks

2007-01-16 12:03:40 · 7 answers · asked by rrover 2

2007-01-16 12:03:18 · 4 answers · asked by DEREK J 1

On the 22nd of last month (a Friday), our water pressure was real low. We called the landlord and we all thought the screens in the faucets just needed to be cleaned, so thats what we did. But during the week after that, the washing machine took forever to fill with water and sometimes the water would kind of spurt out of the faucets when we turned them on. By Thursday we had absolutely no water. Come to find out, it was the pump in the artesian well. My husband, the landlord, and a few others replaced the pump by Saturday afternoon. We just got the electric bill for that month and it was $50.+/- higher than it normally is. We live in a duplex, and the neighbors bill was just as much higher (the pump is run off of her electric, and currently she is living alone - we are a family of 5).
Could the pump going over the period of week (maybe more) have anything to do with our electric bill being higher? I called the electric company, and they couldn't tell me anything.

2007-01-16 11:11:34 · 6 answers · asked by J M 1

built up moister on the windows and it causes everything to get wet feeling and moist and there are small spots with mildew on the ceiling but not a whole lot? can you help please?

2007-01-16 10:44:05 · 6 answers · asked by grizzly girl 2

2007-01-16 10:05:07 · 6 answers · asked by labellla90 1

am not in to it,but the end of my garden floods up to 3 or 4 in,when its raining,

2007-01-16 09:40:10 · 5 answers · asked by snoopy 1

2007-01-16 09:25:04 · 4 answers · asked by marilyn s 2

I have a whirlpool dryer does not get hot. What could be the problem? Could it be a thermo fuse?

2007-01-16 08:50:39 · 6 answers · asked by Regina J 1

I have a gas heater that has a seperate upstairs and downstairs hookup. The downstairs turns on and off like it is suppose too. However the up stairs once it goes on will not turn off on its own no matter what. However if I go downstairs in the basement and take the red wire off of the upstairs hookup the heat will turn off. Does anyone know what the problem could be?? How do I fix this?? Thanks.

2007-01-16 08:45:06 · 4 answers · asked by angel198561 1

want it for a couple of days (gotta pay for licence too!)
anyone hired one lately?

2007-01-16 08:41:16 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous