Maintenance & Repairs - January 2007

I pulled back some boxes that had been stored against the wall and found this white fuzzy (about 2" thick) crystalline material .
There had been water on the floor from a water heater leak.

2007-01-06 09:57:02 · 4 answers · asked by Neat Freak 1

One of the wall sockets in the kitchen repeatidly trips (it's a Leviton Smart Lock GFCI wall socket). The appliances sharing the circuit is the refrigerator and the gas stove/oven. It trips two to four times a day. I've already replaced the wall socket, and it still trips at the same rate. We use to have a mice problem (seems to be gone now), so we suspected they may have chewed on the refrigerators wires. I pulled the fridge out and the wires (including the ones near the compressor) are fine. The stove/oven is never on when the circuit trips, the only thing powered is the LED clock. So how do I find out the source of the short causing the circuit to keep tripping?

2007-01-06 09:33:53 · 10 answers · asked by boomshakkalaka 3

there are 2 enclosed rooms downstairs being used for storage and workshop. The concrete slab it's on is still good. Would it be cheaper to remodel this into a workshop/garage or tear it down and just build a double carport and new 9x12 shop?The current 2 rooms are about 12x24 and 9x12. This used to be a house but there was a fire upstairs.

2007-01-06 09:19:18 · 10 answers · asked by Tweet 5

my clothes have all shrunk, my bath has got narrower and my front door has got so small I can now longer fit through it! My scales have also broken and are adding an extra stone every day!
what on earth is going on?

2007-01-06 08:59:41 · 17 answers · asked by monkeynuts 5

It is a 3 way switch.It and another one at the end of the hallway control a light. I pulled out the old switch and I have a tan wire on the lower left screw, a black on the top right and a red on the bottom right. The replacement switch is newer with two screws on the left and two on the right and a ground screw. I don't have a multimeter to test which wire is hot, and even if I knew, the switch is not labelled as to where the wires go. It is a "Pass and Seymour" 3 way switch from Menards if that helps. Can anyone tell me how this gets wired in ?

2007-01-06 08:51:42 · 5 answers · asked by frankhenrikson 1

2007-01-06 08:42:00 · 1 answers · asked by Al R 1

can you hook up a receptacle without using a white (neutral) wire . I have a switch box that is one wire from a feed at the light . I want to hook up a receptacle outside and jump it from this box. Is that possible? Can I splice the white from the receptacle to the ground wire in the box? thank you.

2007-01-06 08:35:20 · 6 answers · asked by Roger P 1

I am not a very good handyman - Am a science salesman- I have been able to get mildewed grout out between the bathtube tiles and regrout them but as I am removing the old tube and tile sealant - I have a nice healthy layer of mildew between the edge of the tube and the wall tile. I could just scrap it out and put mildew resistent silicone sealant there but then it would start to grow into the grout a few years later. My question is what can I use to stop the mildew completely before I put on my sealant. How do I kill the mildew and leave the bathroom standing.

2007-01-06 07:48:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can you drink the water from the water softener system? Will it be salty? Does the filteration system help with hard water? Any info will really help! Thanks!

2007-01-06 07:24:33 · 4 answers · asked by Sherrie L 5

Why do some of the duplex receptacles in my house get a greenish color on the outside? I don't get it. You wipe them clean and 2 weeks later there is more green. We have noticed this in one bathroom and one kitchen receptacle. The bathroom one is a GFI device. Neither one of them are used very much.

2007-01-06 07:11:18 · 3 answers · asked by Karnak 3

I'm asking for trouble and I know it. If one of the hoses burst....
My hot & cold faucets for my washing machine are completely frozen open with lime deposits (mainly) and that green stuff that seems to accumulate on copper pipes due to moisture, maybe? Can anyone recommend a great product for cleaning it off without damage, or do I need to completely replace them?

2007-01-06 07:05:17 · 2 answers · asked by Polly 4

2007-01-06 06:19:18 · 4 answers · asked by Chris24 2

Where I live is to have a ice storm and power could be out for week or more, but do have a gas fire place will it still work?

2007-01-06 06:18:56 · 7 answers · asked by Countess Bathory 6

I can't seem to find a serial or model number, I can only tell you it's brown in colour and has no switches, panels etc on it. It was already in our house when we moved in.
It is switched on in our electric cupboard and it does get luke warm, we tried to chage the controls but couldn't find any! Any help appreciated!

2007-01-06 06:04:48 · 6 answers · asked by rainbowspritex 1

I didn't notice this until I moved in. It seems if I try to take the doors off to remove their hinges it will damage the door. Almost all the doors and window frames were repainted, but no pains were taken to protect the surrounding surfaces.

2007-01-06 05:20:29 · 9 answers · asked by youngatheart 3

and the landlord painted over the mold on the wall the health department said they can't do anything so i don't know how to get help i have small grand babbies in the house i need to know what this black mold will do to our health

2007-01-06 05:17:53 · 10 answers · asked by sandra a 1

2007-01-06 05:11:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a interior door that I want to put some type of product (Like foam) into to make it so that it is sound proof or at least reduces the sound. The doors are the pre-hung wood hollow-core type that are interior pass doors between bedrooms, hallways, ect. We have a loud dog in our neighbors backyard and I am trying lessen the noise..any ideas on how to do this? Have you ever did this?

2007-01-06 04:54:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

all in DIY shops are not for use withe dishwashers/washers

2007-01-06 04:52:32 · 4 answers · asked by wilmot 1

2007-01-06 04:36:53 · 4 answers · asked by cosmicRob 1

the drain has slowed down in the past week- I've tried Draino but there has been no appreciable increase in drainage. Any ideas??, other than a plumber and a snake?

2007-01-06 04:10:16 · 5 answers · asked by AIM 1

some of our clothes are mess up what can you do for the smell

2007-01-06 04:03:23 · 6 answers · asked by sandra a 1

I have a clogged bathroom drainpipe. The sink trap is brand new, so i know the clog is somewhere down the line. A 30 foot snake did not solve the problem, but i fear it is not taking the right path in the pipe, the adjacent toilet and tub drains work. In the basement below the bathroom i see a complex of drain pipes, all connecting to the main drain. There are two or three cleanout plugs that I know are there for a reason, and i have had experience in using these plugs, but the system was PVC. This system is cast iron and maybe 40 years old. My question is this. What is involved in loosening and removing a cleanout plug in a cast iron system? Is it likely to be hopelessly rusted shut? Do I run the risk of cracking loose a soldered joint? Is this an effort that could get me into serious trouble? Looking forward to all the advice I can get............Tom.

2007-01-06 03:41:59 · 11 answers · asked by moteidorb 1

There are 2 slats that keep getting pulled loose in the wind. Only happens once in a while, but you guessed it, they're now loose, and flapping again. I've pounded in nails, but is there a better solution?

2007-01-06 03:25:56 · 2 answers · asked by sandiemaye 4

i live in an upstairs apartment and the lady that lives below me smokes. some how the smell is coming up to my apartment. there are vents in the floor so i'm assuming that it comes up through there. however, the vents are closed because the vents in the ceilling are where my heat and air come from. does anyone have any suggestion as to what i could do to keep the smell from coming up to my apartment? i'm losing sleep because of this. it fills my entire apartment.

2007-01-06 03:05:18 · 12 answers · asked by Aunt 1

When I turn on my hot water in my bathroom sink it sounds like the pipe is ready to take off flying or something. How can I fix it without having to call a plumber.

2007-01-06 02:59:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-06 02:57:32 · 9 answers · asked by trace2uk 1

Trying to install a wash basin in the basement and trying to find the least expensive, but effective option.

2007-01-06 02:57:18 · 5 answers · asked by dbarnes2270 1

I was the person last nite that thought the home was 80 amp. I found another home in a real estate guide that had 100 amp service and offered a gas stove, gas water heater, and gas water tank and had central ac, electric dish washer and refridgerator. Would anyone think that with these options in a home, that there would be any problems with 100 amp service?

2007-01-06 02:29:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

We just bought a new PDC Spa. At first it was wonderful, then the water began getting cloudy.(It's still cloudy) It smelled like something died in it. We keep adding the santi spa, and the clear spa. That took care of some of the smell but it just isnt right. The testing strips it came with say that the PH is high but where it should be. I think anyway.. HELP!!!! We would love to have the clear clean water we had when we bought it.. After only 3 weeks.. its out of control.. From everything that I have read you should only have to empty and refill 4 times a year. What am i doing wrong?

2007-01-06 02:21:08 · 2 answers · asked by tigtig1757 1