Maintenance & Repairs - February 2007

I recently purchased a 2 family house, house is divided upper and lower (1st floor is 1 fam and 2nd floor is 2nd fam). Anyways, there are two seperate circulator pumps, one for upstairs and one for downstairs. The wire from the upstairs thermostat was cut off at the boiler at some point before we purchased this house. Now that we have made repairs and restored the second floor , we cannot figure out where these thermostat wires for the second floor should go into .... the solenoid attached to the boiler ?
The solenoid appears to only have inputs for 1 thermostat which is ours on the first floor. With those inputs taken up by our thermostat where in the world should the upstairs thermostat be wired to ? Any help is appreciated.

2007-02-24 07:10:02 · 2 answers · asked by s011399 2

2007-02-24 06:57:02 · 8 answers · asked by JazzzyBabe 1

Have tried from underneath, but there really isnt enough room to get in there and see what I am doing... Can I light it through the sight glass?...

2007-02-24 06:38:49 · 1 answers · asked by Scooba S 1

Our ductwork needs to be cleaned, but it is between $600-$1000
to be done in our area..... Does anyone know of a do-it-yourself tool set for cleaning your own ductwork???I found one for dryer ducting, but want one to do our heat/ac ductwork. Any info woud be appreciated !!!

2007-02-24 06:22:06 · 5 answers · asked by mobileminiatures 5

The belt was old and I replaced it, but that didn't fix. The washing machine does spin the clothes just fine during all cycles. But the mechanism that draws water out of clothes for the final spin dry cycle isn't working. I can hear the clothes being spun around, but when I open the machines, the clothes are still all wet. How would I fix?

2007-02-24 06:13:50 · 2 answers · asked by Gary G 1

Last night, one flush in the half bathroom of our 3/1.5 house sent both toilets and the tub gushing sewage all over both bathroom floors! Awful! We mopped/bleached/dried.

This morning, the tank was pumped out and we were told:

1) Can use both bathrooms again, but only for a few days to a week (temporary measure).

2) Must get new drainfield (around $2000)

3) This work will take a couple of weeks

4) Must get seals in bathrooms fixed - they broke during flood - and that's what's causing the smell - so it can't be done until after the other work is done first.

******So....I am wondering******

1) This is our first home. Does the about sound right for the North FL area? We have soil that drains very well.

2) Does it sound likely we'll also need a new tank/system or something else major?

3) Is it safe to stay in the house with the nasty fumes? Our friend said it could make us sick (and I have repiratory promblems).

4) Can it also make our cat sick?

2007-02-24 06:13:49 · 8 answers · asked by fsu_summer 1

recently had water works done outside in the street since then the water pressure went down and now the water from the shower is only running cold any ideas

2007-02-24 06:09:25 · 4 answers · asked by dorasicknote 1

Aside from signs of leaking.

All the houses on my road were built around the same time (15 years ago) and every house but mine has replaced their roof at least once during those 15 years. We have no problems with ours, but was wondering if there is a reason to get a new roof even if there is no leaking and no problems.

2007-02-24 06:05:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a hoover bagless vacuum. Over time it has lost suction. I have cleaned the filter in the chamber next to where all the debris is collected and nothing is stuck underneath it. I don't know much about the mechanical workings of a vacuum and don't want to start tinkering if I don't know what's wrong.
Have you had this problem? How did you fix it?

I also have a lot of pet hair in my home and live in a dusty climate. Could this be part of my problem?
For the love of Tivo and Popeye's chicken, please help me!

2007-02-24 05:57:57 · 9 answers · asked by Erin H 3

2007-02-24 05:43:45 · 7 answers · asked by x1 2

I've a side by side GE Profile refrigerator that is a little more than a year old. It came with the house so i dont have instructions. I'd like to make ice continuously, as i believe it should function. However, for it to drop the next load of ice from the tray, I have to pull the lever arm on the ice maker forward--in about 20 mins the ice will drop. I have to go back in and pull the arm forward and 20 mins later another tray of ice will drop into the ice box. I believe the function of this arm is to signal the ice maker to stop making ice when the box is full..but the box is empty. What can i do to keep the ice maker dropping ice into the box without having to readjust the arm every time?

2007-02-24 05:39:30 · 2 answers · asked by Alan B 2

My wife was cooking on a electric range,and the range quit completely....I flick the circuit breaker and it flash for a second.Now the 220 range circuit beaker will not stay in the " ON " position. Is this the range or a circuit problem........Can anyone help

2007-02-24 05:36:44 · 10 answers · asked by Lennie M 1

I am trying to wait it out. It has been about 3 days, maybe a little longer.

My question is really the stages of decomposing and approximating when it will be left to dry out.

I am seeing a lot of flies coming from under the house. Nice hole under the bathroom..

1. what does this mean?
2. maggots are becoming flies?
3. what?
4. what are the stages and what is left?

thanks! smell is hardly noticeable during the day with the windows open, burning incenses, spraying oust, lighting candles, putting fans in the windows, and anything else I conjure up.. Ridiculous. but at night the smell of dead sucks really really bad....

2007-02-24 05:36:12 · 3 answers · asked by doyle_cranburg 1

2007-02-24 05:21:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-24 05:20:17 · 3 answers · asked by klmays 1

i left my fathers hammer outside for 3 days and its all rusted. hes really mad. how can i get rust off a hammer? i need to know a.s.a.p. thank you very much.

2007-02-24 05:00:25 · 9 answers · asked by laura 1

live in vermont with alot of snow and ice.want to temp.fix intill spring.

2007-02-24 04:53:45 · 4 answers · asked by snowman 1

We have a cigarette burn about an inch and half long . How can this be repaired

2007-02-24 04:52:46 · 1 answers · asked by ssmithblueskies 2

2007-02-24 04:28:14 · 4 answers · asked by judypunch 2

i live in aterraced house(i pay full rent to bristol city council)my niebour has broken the fence panels on the left facing out of my back door he seems to think its my resposability to repair them as he is sure each house has to look after the left hand side of fencing is this true ?(grrrrrr bloody pikey niebours who needs them)

2007-02-24 04:24:58 · 11 answers · asked by apejawsoup 1

2007-02-24 04:19:46 · 10 answers · asked by nope 1

2007-02-24 04:04:45 · 7 answers · asked by JJCY123 2

It holds and spins at the same time, allowing the person to cut in designs and shapes. it's super useful, but I think I've only seen it on Bob Vila's 'This Old House.'

2007-02-24 03:50:48 · 3 answers · asked by timmmy37 1

After the cement foundation was raised approximately 11/3 inches by a foudation repair contractor, could this damage the PVC sewer line.

2007-02-24 03:44:08 · 2 answers · asked by Nancy J. 1

Honeywell Smartfit system came up with a fault F04. Instruction manual advised checking the 3-port valve for blockage and/or malfunction in the electronic actuator. We have replaced the 3 port valve body, its associated actuator and connecting lead and checked the integrity of the connecting lead. In spite of this it still displays the F04 fault.

The central heating system is now working on a manual overide but would like the system to be working normally.

Any suggestions

2007-02-24 03:08:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a small household water cooler that I bought from Lowes. Recently my wife plugged it up without any water in it. It no longer cools, though the hot water function still works. Is this a serviceable problem or is this unit dead?

2007-02-24 03:05:15 · 1 answers · asked by Peter 5

2007-02-24 02:53:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-24 02:40:00 · 4 answers · asked by Mariellen L 1

2007-02-24 02:33:13 · 7 answers · asked by Nic B 1

2007-02-24 02:26:51 · 7 answers · asked by snarfy2004 1