Maintenance & Repairs - February 2007

2007-02-19 02:49:52 · 17 answers · asked by JoJo 4

I have a mirror about 100 years old with an oil painting on part of the front, the silvering is going black and coming off in patches from the back of the glass. How do I repair it?

2007-02-19 02:36:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Been informed that venting under overhang, as at present, now or will be illegal, need advice.

2007-02-19 01:47:59 · 6 answers · asked by SHAZ R 1

It was purchased new in 1999.

2007-02-19 01:41:55 · 6 answers · asked by jc 2

we have a cottage that gets used every few weekends and i'm wondering what the temperature is that it should be left at when we leave so the pipes don't freeze and burst. currently, we're leaving it at 15 C but think that it could probably be lower. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

2007-02-19 01:38:21 · 6 answers · asked by smodes 2

ok we are moving this coming weekend and we have to bc our lease is up. We rent a basement and actually are moving bc its just a ad situation all around. Anyway, it snowed and iced here last weekend and their is like 4 inches on thick ice EVERYWHERE and it look like it is not going anywhere anytime soon with this cold we have. Our door is in the back of the house and we park on the road. we cant move all this stuff on ice and our cars will hardly move what will we do. How can we melt a walk way that long in the ice? Its so hard we cant even break it.

2007-02-19 01:25:44 · 3 answers · asked by Noor 2

my carbon monoxide alarm which is located near my front door just went off. Everyone says that the alarms in my nieghborhood go off for no reason, but Im still worried. wut do i do?

2007-02-19 01:16:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 00:55:51 · 9 answers · asked by fatherf.lotski 5

2007-02-19 00:53:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

i really need about 2 peices of flexible ducting, each 6-8" diameter, 4ft long.
i would prefer uninsulated ducting, under 20 dollars. I really dont need high quality, just 2 pipes.

2007-02-19 00:25:06 · 4 answers · asked by igul222 2

It started with damp black marks on the inside of every exterior wall, and it was especially bad behind furniture. We were told it was condensation, so we put thermal boarding up, and added loads of extra air vents, but still the problem returns. We even fixed the roof, guttering and the external rendering, but nothing seems to work, can anyone have any suggestions, I am totally desperate?!?!

2007-02-19 00:05:41 · 10 answers · asked by picasso6 1

Normally after flushing the cistern fills up with water and the ballcock rises with the water level making the water stop until the next flush. How can I stop this.
There needs to be more water in the cistern to lift the ballcock up further.
How can I fix this any ideas? - The toilet now is almost half flushing constantly.

2007-02-18 22:06:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

thay are snaks that are family of the cobra

2007-02-18 21:25:46 · 5 answers · asked by GEORGE S/AFRICA 1

2007-02-18 20:44:29 · 15 answers · asked by alan m 1

it has a chimney stack that runs up the outside of the house which is rendered to match the house. how much agro is this to remove the whole thing as i want to remove the whole dining room exterior wall and have sliding glass doors.

2007-02-18 20:33:11 · 8 answers · asked by curlyloxx 3

I heard what sounded like a small explosion coming from the bathroom upstairs, so I ran to see what was going on...the shower door appeared to have just exploded, for no reason! Our house is less than 2 years old, and I don't know who the glass manufacturer is. There wasn't a breeze or an open window to slam it shut (I think it was closed anyway). Just wondering if anyone has ever heard of this happening and what caused it??

2007-02-18 19:22:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Every so often, our water will quit working. We have a well and sometimes it will come back on, on it's own but most of the time my husband has to climb down and try to fix it. Before, what he did was take sandpaper to the terminals on the pressure switch and that usually helped. We recently replaced the switch and it hadn't done it for a while. Now, all of a sudden, it quit working again. What do you think we can do to make it stop doing this?

2007-02-18 18:29:30 · 3 answers · asked by tinakay_83 3

My older mobile home has a hard wired smoke detector that needs replacing. I've lived in the home for 6 years now & I don't have a clue as to when it was installed. Will I be able to find another hardwired model? Is it better to switch to battery operated? If I find a hardwired model, should I do this change myself or let a handyman with electrical experience install a hardwired detector?

2007-02-18 17:43:50 · 4 answers · asked by Belle 6

I am trying to figure out how i am going to create a simple gravity fed sink or a maybe a manually pressurized sink using a foot pedal pump. Does anyone know of a good way to do this. i need one in the kitchen and bathroom. please be specific if you can. thanks.

2007-02-18 17:40:04 · 2 answers · asked by zanesinbox 1

if so then you better catch it

2007-02-18 17:17:59 · 7 answers · asked by bigtacos 2

I have been renting in a home for 11 years.The furnace has never been serviced.Well lately, on ever hour.I keep hearing a loud boom, sometimes it shakes the whole first floor.Please anyone out their can tell me, what that is> Should my family worry about this house we live in? Also we all smell smoke coming out of the vents.Also the chimmey has never been checked? Please only serious inquires answer.After all, my husband and children live here, plus my pets!

2007-02-18 16:55:10 · 10 answers · asked by Marna S 4

2007-02-18 16:49:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

They build their nests inside the pipes and get stuck inside the fans in my bathrooms and hallway. Occasionally, some get out and fly around my house. My husband is highly allergic so he has to leave the room while I chase them and kill them. They are going in through the tops of the pipes on my roof and building their nests, and this happens every year. What can I do to keep them form getting in the pipes? I want to cover the pipes with breathable material but I need some ideas. Anyone recommend anything? Thanks!

2007-02-18 16:05:41 · 5 answers · asked by sweet_and_fabulous_female 3

For some reason we have to turn our thermostat all the up on 80 just to have the heat pop on in our house and for any hot air to come out of the vents. It is like 30 degrees outside so it should be able to pop on at a lower temp. Something has got to be wrong but we aren't sure where to start. Could it be the thermostat that is broken or the heating unit itself.

2007-02-18 16:04:52 · 7 answers · asked by Karen 1

I ran a 6/3 wire from my breaker box to my garage, for a welder.
I first check the voltage on each leg of the plug and it reads 123volts on each leg so this should be the 240v that the welder needs to run. It's a 225lincoln. When I plug it in and hit the switch i get nothing. The welder is brand new out of the box.
thanks for you help I have 123v on each leg, red and black,white on nuetralt, the bare gound is connected in the breakerbox but not at the plug because I couldn't find a place for it to go

2007-02-18 16:04:03 · 7 answers · asked by draymond31 1

ok someone told me that i could level my floor by offsetting the sister joist up to a half. meaning the original joist are not level and the new sister joist could be the joist holding the subfloor if i offset them by half inch or less and level them. they would more than likely be setting higher than the original towards the middle of room/house to make level with the joist on the backside and the front side of the house which are setting about an 1/8 to a 1/2 inch higher than toward the middle because of settling. do you think this is a good idea ? will it work ? will it hold ? im using 2x8 inch joist which were the original in the house and i have already purchased. one other question is would i lose any strength or stability for which i want to lay tile over it ?

2007-02-18 15:59:53 · 4 answers · asked by marylandterpnnebraska 2

I ran a 6/3 wire from my breaker box to my garage, for a welder.
I first check the voltage on each leg of the plug and it reads 123volts on each leg so this should be the 240v that the welder needs to run. It's a 225lincoln. When I plug it in and hit the switch i get nothing. The welder is brand new out of the box.
thanks for you help

2007-02-18 14:59:46 · 4 answers · asked by draymond31 1

The water coming out of heater smells very bad. And the water comes out black. I have flushed the tank a couple times, and within a couple days is back to the same thing. Water is 80 gal. and is only 4 years old, has been doing this for a couple years.

2007-02-18 14:41:54 · 5 answers · asked by Larry B 2

2007-02-18 14:17:04 · 4 answers · asked by Stan the man 7

porch is lower told front door when it rains it go to basement

2007-02-18 14:04:10 · 3 answers · asked by TURPIN H 1