Maintenance & Repairs - February 2007

It still has the hot water. No one has turned off the cold water spigot. I really can't figure it out and I need to wash clothes. Please help!

2007-02-11 12:10:23 · 9 answers · asked by Painter Lady 3

2007-02-11 12:03:52 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Every winter cold weather causing washing machine water spin cycle water drain outside pipes to freeze. White PVP pipes 1/4" from cement block wall.

2007-02-11 12:03:15 · 4 answers · asked by Theresa H 1

2007-02-11 11:55:28 · 9 answers · asked by De A 1

I suspect that there are brackets behind the bath panel fixed to the bath framework. Is this normal? How do I manoeuvre the panel out? Any suggestions welcomed urgently as I have a leak from under the bath !

2007-02-11 11:33:02 · 2 answers · asked by alaneng1@yahoo.com 1

It looks eazy but never done it befor,,how do you change the element in an electric water heater?

2007-02-11 11:26:45 · 6 answers · asked by hal g 2

it's a reddy heater 55 000 BTU

2007-02-11 11:22:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-11 11:10:30 · 8 answers · asked by moon_chef 1

inside the motor there is a very small electrical piece. it may be a capacitor?it is only 1/4" x 3/8"? it is in series with the motor winding? there is no mfd nos. on the device. the name "elsen" is printed on the little piece. the motor ran when i jumpered it out???/ thank you in advance.

2007-02-11 11:01:16 · 4 answers · asked by john t 1

No numbers, no lights. The breakers in the electrical box are fine, the power in the house is okay. The AC/heater doesn't turn on.

2007-02-11 11:00:14 · 2 answers · asked by carobygirl 6

2007-02-11 10:58:39 · 6 answers · asked by fountainhead 1

My window frame outside my house has had masking tape around it for about 6 months. (had a massive fire ant problem, whole 'nother story!) I tried to remove it but it is REALLY stuck on there. And the actual paper is leaving the glue on the surface of the window frame. Any ideas?

2007-02-11 10:50:43 · 6 answers · asked by Sloth for President 2012 3

2007-02-11 10:48:14 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought I had pushed the timer button. The display doesn't even light up. No time, no exhaust fan...nothing. We can't find my manual nor can we find a reset button. It's a Kenmore Elite microhood and I loved it til I killed it! Please help!

2007-02-11 10:43:10 · 6 answers · asked by LINDA C 2

I have a fairly new Frigidaire refrigerator / freezer combo (about 6 years old). Since this summer, the referigator has been going into over drive and often times freezing stuff. I suspect it might've started after we lost power for about 6-9 hours after a storm.

The referigator's and freezer's temperatures are set to the minimum, yet the non-freezer part consistently ruins / freezes stuff. Otherwise the refigerator / freezer has no other oddities.

Is this a job for a repairman or is there an adjustment I can make on my own? I am a complete n00b when it comes to appliance repairs.

Thanks

2007-02-11 10:42:52 · 6 answers · asked by mchenryeddie 5

2007-02-11 10:36:24 · 9 answers · asked by mpejakovich 1

the weather has been below freezing for 2 weeks. The main city sewer line is 20 ft. from my house. Whenever I walk into my laundry room, I smell sewer fumes coming from wash drain. Never had this problem before. Is it the cold weather, plus the closeness of the city sewer to my house? Is something frozen somewhere?

2007-02-11 10:23:54 · 3 answers · asked by Patti S 1

The seal is old and comes out at the front door. So, it leaks. I want to know what I may use until I can afford to fix it, to do the same job? Tin foil pushed into the slot at the door?

2007-02-11 10:16:34 · 4 answers · asked by laurel g 6

It is a master bath with a garden tub, floor and part of the wall covered in 4" nonglossy white tile, presumably porcelein. It is 10 years old so some of it is cracked or crazed and in some places the grout and caulk have failed. We are trying to decided whether to have it repaired by replacing only broken tiles and having failed grout and caulk professionally fixed followed by professional steam cleaning or whether we should have brand new and more up to date tile installed. I want the former because this bath with continue to match the other baths in the house and I think a good result can be accomplished and with a nice new shade of paint on the dry wall (I'm thinking Behr Baked Scone) it can look great. Our neighborhood is established and in high demand and many of our neighbor's homes have the same tile. What do you think?

2007-02-11 10:10:10 · 2 answers · asked by Brenda P 5

If so, is there any scientific evidence that it does?

2007-02-11 10:05:37 · 2 answers · asked by Laterm341 2

The door is one of those sliding ones with three sections of reinforced plastic or something similar. can I take it to a glass merchant?

2007-02-11 10:04:08 · 2 answers · asked by Chelle 2

2007-02-11 09:50:46 · 2 answers · asked by davidrbennett@rogers.com 1

bolth thermoststs and elements are good

2007-02-11 09:35:39 · 8 answers · asked by scottnliana 1

How importnant is that to fix?

2007-02-11 09:28:18 · 6 answers · asked by Tracy L 1

We have old Quarry tiles on the kitchen floor..we would like to lay ceramic or slate tiles over the top ..we are hoping this will be ok...do you think we will have problems later on?

2007-02-11 09:17:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

without hurting it, of course

2007-02-11 09:17:13 · 2 answers · asked by nassim420 3

i have to special order my filters because they are a weird size. i'm currently waiting on them to come in. right now though, my filter is filthy. does anyone know of anything i can do until they come in (could take about a week)? could i take the filter out?

2007-02-11 09:15:02 · 4 answers · asked by portuguese_tease 2

I need to know what the powder to water ratio is can any help I need to know right away

2007-02-11 09:12:14 · 6 answers · asked by lorneandtee 2

i need help is the heating pump is faulty .

Yes or No

2007-02-11 08:51:13 · 10 answers · asked by keridorrington30 1

My Plumber has just done a job for me. This was dis-connecting a radiator in the bathroom and replacing it with plastic Pipe Connectors (No soldering). The original pipework is the gravity feed pipes which supply the how water from the boiler which is downstairs. The advantage of this is to keep the towels dry when the central heating is switched off.
However, these pipe connectors are chunky and I have reservations about their reliabilty being "push-on" and not soldered on. I therefore went into Wickes Store and bought one of this type of connector to try and understand how it worked.

On the packet instructions it states inter alia that they are not suitable for gas, oil, compressed air or connection to back boilers and "gravity circulating heating pipes".
So could someone out there who is knowledgeable in this field explain to me 'why not' and again will I have water seepage/leaking in the time ahead at some point ???

2007-02-11 08:42:36 · 5 answers · asked by greatbrickhill 3