Maintenance & Repairs - February 2007

I discovered I had mice when I left a pineapple out overnight after I bought it at the grocery store. In the morning, I discovered that a hole had been gnawed through the rind and I noticed some droppings. The next day I disinfected my entire kitchen and set out glue mouse traps. In the past two weeks, I have been keeping my kitchen immaculate and have caught two adult mice and one baby mouse. I can't tell where they are coming from. How do I know how many mice I really have? Should I call and exterminator?

2007-02-21 09:08:03 · 8 answers · asked by ahhihello 2

2007-02-21 09:05:23 · 1 answers · asked by Rascal 1

I have a contract on a house I am wanting to buy. When I had the house inspected, I was told that some of the wiring is not grounded. I want to ask the seller to fix this and I am just wondering how expensive it is to ground wiring?

2007-02-21 08:55:17 · 3 answers · asked by jenni 1

2007-02-21 08:48:17 · 6 answers · asked by my_sweet_serenity05 1

I'm kinda lost when it comes to electrical so bare with me....my electrical box is in my garage and whenever a fuse trips, it moves the switch in the box and all I have to do is move the switch back over and whalllah..it's fixed, but no switches are moved and it seems like a "grid" is out in the back of the house....back porch and backyard motion lights do not work....can the actual electrical box that the circuit breakers go into somehow be broken or something? What could it be?

2007-02-21 08:40:45 · 6 answers · asked by john d 1

I am buying a A.C Genset with 239Cfh Natural Gas consumpstion. What & How should I ask the gas company if the gas line outside is property rated. I need to know in BTU rate. What's the formula for this conversion.

2007-02-21 08:22:17 · 1 answers · asked by honker 4

My husband and I are trying to buy a house, and the inspector found that the electric is the old knob and tube wiring, plus a lot of splicing. The electric will have to be completely redone before we will be approved for the loan and insurance. Anyone have any guesses at how much it might cost? I know it all depends on the size of the house and all. The house is older, 2 story, three bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, and we are guessing it is around 2000 square feet. Any ideas out there?

2007-02-21 08:10:56 · 5 answers · asked by Libbysmum 1

We have a floor that makes an awful noise when walked on. The floor is laid with chipboard, nailed onto joists. Is there a standard that needs to be applied when laying floors and constructing joists. We believe that noggins are not present in the construction. We have an NHBC Certificate.

2007-02-21 07:56:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 07:36:08 · 6 answers · asked by alan m 1

I don't have a plunger or a mop.
The water is up tob the brim and is taking ages to go down.
Help!

2007-02-21 07:21:40 · 17 answers · asked by TellMeWhy? 4

2007-02-21 06:52:47 · 3 answers · asked by CECILA R 1

My house was built in the 60's and I have lived in it for 14 years. I noticed that over time I still see cracks above the doors and the molding around the ceiling get's cracks. Will it ever stop settling?

2007-02-21 06:33:17 · 4 answers · asked by bfm 3

I've had problems with lights blowing out after only a day or a few weeks at the most. I also have a room where the lights go out a few seconds after they are switched on. Will my service upgrade fix some of this, all of this?


Will I be able to run more high-powered devices/appliances at once? What are the obvious and identifiable benefits of this upgrade?

Also, will I only receive the benefits when my utility comes to connect the line on my street to my upgraded service? My contractor made it sound like the line I have from my street right now might already have 200amps. If so, is there any way a lay person can test or confirm this? I know the work was done, I was just hoping to be able to notice the difference.

2007-02-21 06:27:18 · 5 answers · asked by alcoh71 2

We have just been told the the copper tubing between the air handler in the attic and outside compressor unit has a leak and needs to be replaced, at a cost of over $2,000.00.

We will have another opinion, but if there is a leak in the tubing, is replacement our only option? Is there possibly a leak sealant that can be injected instead.

Help!

2007-02-21 06:25:49 · 2 answers · asked by nathan_strahl 1

I have noticed a slight smell of gas coming from the burners when I have my gas range on. Is this normal? There is no smell when the burners are off. This is a fairly new gas range.

2007-02-21 06:17:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to recover an 800 square feet roof. I looking for advices how to use a propane torch. I see the professionals go on the roof with it, but, I have no idea what they do .
Thans.
Ab

2007-02-21 05:44:53 · 2 answers · asked by awewe32 1

I followed directions, what am i missing? I thought the valves were wore out on old hardware. Installed new hardware and same problem exists.

2007-02-21 05:29:18 · 5 answers · asked by STEVEN P 1

2007-02-21 05:06:11 · 6 answers · asked by wanttolpve 4

i feel so stupid..lol...ive seen it done before, i need an accurate measurement to an 1/16 of an inch....

2007-02-21 04:50:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

This small pipe is going upwards. It has just leaked out water for the first time. What should I do ? And why on earth is the pipe open??

2007-02-21 04:12:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Honeywell 6360 Room stats keep popping and leaving full heating on in the zone they serve.I suspect a higher current passing through the stats than the spec allows.Anybody any ideas?

2007-02-21 03:45:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

and what do they do and why and what rooms do they check do they check the basement,attic too?

2007-02-21 03:44:13 · 4 answers · asked by ~Christine~ 2

2007-02-21 03:35:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was wondering if anyone out there know a better system or best heat to have to heat your home to save money. Our home runs on oil for heat. Since the gas/oil prices keeps going up and it is hard to come up with the chunk of money to put oil in the tank to keep our home warm. No, there is no Gas heat up here. Only oil/electric/propane is what we have.
Yes, we keep the heat down and its on either between 70 or 72..no higher. We live in upper state NY...that means we have lots of snow and longer winter. We are planning to get new windows/doors to replace the old ones this summer. That should help some but I want to do away with oil heat. It cost too much these days. Thanks!

2007-02-21 02:53:22 · 5 answers · asked by Jadesparrow 3

I seen some old farmer tools that was like a long broom stick with a sharp stabbing end (like a garbage collector). Any other ideas? And where to buy this idea?

2007-02-21 02:52:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 02:50:17 · 11 answers · asked by Mandy E 1

i have 4 radiators in my flat and 3 of them come out piping hot but the last one and last on the pipeline doesnt heat up at all any ideas. I cant think of anything else

Ive tried bleedin it
ive turned both valves to open

2007-02-21 02:16:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have tried to reset it but it keeps blowing immediately. My house is only two years old. What could be causing this and how can I fix it?

2007-02-21 02:16:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone know of a good book or a good website that gives advice on what to do AFTER your house burns down? What do you need to do with insurance companies, rebuilding, coping? Cooworker just lost everything and we kinda feel we want to help...

2007-02-21 01:46:53 · 3 answers · asked by William K 3

2007-02-21 01:39:59 · 3 answers · asked by orange 2