Maintenance & Repairs - February 2007

We have multizone oil heat (hot water baseboards) and the downstairs zone isn't working. I got a new thermostat, and I know I wired it correctly, but it still doesn't work. I don't know if this is helpful or not, but it sometimes usually worked in the morning. Now it doesn't turn on at all! Could there be something wrong with the zone valve?

2007-02-06 08:02:31 · 3 answers · asked by David 1

Do any of you know of any reputable skylight companies in the bay area? And by any chance do you know how much it will cost just to have someone come take a look?

2007-02-06 07:58:05 · 4 answers · asked by Need answers 1

2007-02-06 07:56:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-06 07:50:18 · 15 answers · asked by Lisa A 4

We have had below freezing temps for about a week or so. The drain in my tub has been freezing periodically, but usually opens up if I put a bit of table salt down the drain. However, it's been extremely cold the last couple of days, and the drain is now frozen and nothing seems to help. My fiance thought it would be a great idea to fill the tub with hot water to get it to melt but that didn't work. Now we have a tub full of cold water, with a frozen drain. How do I getthe drain opened?? HELP!!

2007-02-06 07:43:38 · 10 answers · asked by Marlietta 3

2007-02-06 07:38:43 · 20 answers · asked by Mandy F 1

2007-02-06 07:36:01 · 6 answers · asked by Ryan W 1

So far the dryer is running but there is no heat and i just got the dryer so i know that it works. So i thought mabey i needed to run a jumper wire and then it would run and the heat would work.

2007-02-06 07:25:11 · 5 answers · asked by SaChiE 3

it is zero weather outside for last week

2007-02-06 07:08:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

And what are the likely causes of a leak in the first place?

2007-02-06 07:04:58 · 12 answers · asked by teary chocolate 3

My Kirby vacuum just went out like someone turning the light switch off, I have current in the house. This vacuum cost me a pretty pennie.

2007-02-06 06:54:35 · 5 answers · asked by u2 1

Is this linked to more air in the system, and if so, is it cause or effect? Is there anything to be done about it?
Thanks

2007-02-06 06:54:17 · 13 answers · asked by teary chocolate 3

2007-02-06 06:47:39 · 16 answers · asked by rachel 1

2007-02-06 06:46:26 · 9 answers · asked by accomuk 1

I have an old one but someone didn't rinse it off when they got done with it and now it has dried grout on it. I need to find out what is is called so I can see if lowe's or home depot sell them. It looks like what you would put in a mixer in the house except it is really big.

2007-02-06 06:30:00 · 2 answers · asked by just me 2

I just bought a gas cooktop and it comes with a "Maxitrol appliance pressure regulator". How ever the instruction did not state very clear. It only said that what do you need to do with it if you want to convert the cooktop to use LP gas(I guess it is propane gas). It did not say whether I need the pressure regulator if I am using the nature gas. My old one when I removed, it did not have the regulator. Now, my question is do I need the regulator or not? If yes, I am having the problem to fit my pipe from the nature gas to the regulator since the opening of the regulator is samller then the pipe from the gas. IF I don't use the regulator then it fits perfectly. Please help. my cooktop is Jeann-air JGD8345.
Thanks

2007-02-06 06:29:42 · 2 answers · asked by jj Y 1

My garage door has several problems...it's totally off kilter from 'adjustments' a well-meaning relative did (he almost killed himself in the process!) ....about a third of the door is rotten or has water damage and termite damage (termites are taken care of, now!)...based on this information, is it best to have the rotted sections replaced and the balance reset, or just to go ahead and get a new garage door installed and what would that cost in general?

2007-02-06 06:17:33 · 5 answers · asked by darligraphy 4

2007-02-06 06:08:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-06 06:06:47 · 1 answers · asked by mrsgoldie4u 1

Ive got a Buffalo tools 2000 watt generator, it is having trouble running and it wont generate power, would it be worth to have it repaired or just get another generator? Thanks

2007-02-06 06:03:10 · 3 answers · asked by MajesticMountain 2

2007-02-06 05:52:45 · 6 answers · asked by rachel 1

I have a roof space conversion bedroom. Over the past few weeks the two radiators in the room have been making bubbling noises, now they are warm only at the very base.
Firstly i tried bleeding - no air, no water after 5 minutes.
Then i tried bleeding again, this time with all other radiators in the house turned off. This has helped and the radiators are now just under half full. The situation however does not improve even after 5 minutes with the bleed screw completely out.

I'm not sure what the system is, but i have a cold water tank in the bedroom, a header tank in the bathroom underneath which is the hot water tank. The hot water is provided by a boiler downstairs in the utility room.

A pipe coming out of the hot water tank has a small metal 'box' attached, which i believe to be the central heating pump (?). On the side of this box is a sliding lever (perhaps to increase the speed of the pump?).

I would be grateful for any suggestions, my bedroom is like an ice box!!

2007-02-06 05:50:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-06 05:45:53 · 4 answers · asked by peteuk 1

2007-02-06 05:45:17 · 6 answers · asked by Judy Lee W 1

2007-02-06 05:39:09 · 6 answers · asked by nachoman452002 1

I purchased my new home last spring and wanted to know how much insulation it should have. It, currenly, has roughly 6 inches. The insulation was blown in and not laid like carpet.

2007-02-06 05:36:29 · 3 answers · asked by Jrob 2

My new house doesn't have a "grounded" power outlet in the room that I want to use for my PC. I remember hearing about using a grounded power outlet for PC's, do you know of an easy way to "ground" an outlet? does it depend on the wiring of the house, or is it just the receptacle type? Or, is there any other "safe" way to hook up a PC to an ungrounded outlet?

2007-02-06 05:26:50 · 7 answers · asked by TheFabster 1

circulating pumps that circulate the water. We alternate the pumps monthly. Would is be of any benefit to run them both at the same time? Or would it harm the pumps? The problem we are having is the apartments at either ends of the building are not getting enough hot water to heat the apartments. The temperature here has been record breaking low (110 degrees at night and only getting to 4 above in the day). What else can we do?

2007-02-06 05:05:13 · 3 answers · asked by Melissa :) 2

I live in a mobile home and my ciruit breaker to the dryer keeps clicking when i turn it on i want to replace it is a hard task to do?

2007-02-06 04:49:45 · 10 answers · asked by misvirgo1 1

how much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

2007-02-06 04:11:54 · 1 answers · asked by Bad Boy 2