Maintenance & Repairs - February 2007

I tried toilet plunger, i tried dran-o, and I especially don't want to call a plumber cause it costs too expensive. Anyone have any other ideas?

2007-02-05 12:27:42 · 9 answers · asked by manny50ca 1

Our new home is 16 months old. In the 2 toilets we noticed a slight "dirt trail" into the bowl from the holes under the rim. It appears that the couple of areas in the bowl are getting "dirtier". We scrub the toilets 2x a week. There is no dirt in the bottom of the tank. Our faucet filters are clean. We can't see any sediment in our white tub either! We had a soft water system installed just after we moved in. Two doors away a new home has been under constuction the last 10 months. Could that have stirred up sediment in the water pipes? We live in a rural area and the water is supplied by the county. Wouldn't the water softener system filter the sediment? We live in Florida. Could it be mold inside the rim? We greatly appreciate any advice. Thank you. Jan

2007-02-05 12:15:20 · 7 answers · asked by ijrj4 1

My dryer has 4 wires going into the outlet but the cord that i have to attach the outlet to only has three can i take the 4 prong outlet off and put a three prong on it??

2007-02-05 12:13:51 · 8 answers · asked by SaChiE 3

2007-02-05 12:09:08 · 4 answers · asked by cj_dj1214 1

i'm trying to buy this house but the people who own it shut off all the utilities including the water and they won't turn them back on for me. so when i walk through the house what do i look for to see if their is a problem. the utilities have been off for about a month but it has been really cold. is there any other problems i should be looking for... please help

2007-02-05 12:05:11 · 9 answers · asked by misty 1

Tonight, I turned on one of the burners of my stove. It ignited and then it looked as if half of the burner was on. I only had 100 flame when I turned the gas to low. I checked all of my burners and they all did this.

This was the first time I turned my stove on today. Yesterday, everything worked fine. I had the oven heating while I was trying to turn on a burner.

It's been v. cold these last few days (highs of 4F, lows in the negatives)

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

2007-02-05 11:54:41 · 6 answers · asked by Amber Eyes 4

I kicked a hole in the wall (drywall, not near foundation) of my house and I was wondering how much this would cost to be repaired. I would not like to do this job by myself so I would rather not have help on "do-it-yourself" jobs. Thanks!

2007-02-05 11:37:24 · 4 answers · asked by seaking 2

it need to have 4 prongs connected to it also??

The oulet wire i have only has 3 cords going to it but the cord coming from the dryer has 4 is it ok to use?

2007-02-05 11:32:54 · 3 answers · asked by SaChiE 3

2007-02-05 11:26:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm hoping someone can help me, and it's not an emergency. I've got a smoke detector in my basement that is going off. It's near a dryer and near my oil furnace, but there is no visible fire. I know that a shower can make a smoke detector go off. Is there something that I'm overlooking that would cause this to happen?

2007-02-05 11:16:45 · 13 answers · asked by kdaddy_95 1

its an older washer with a dial you turn to set cycle.when i set cycle the machine starts filling then suddenly stops filling the dial immediatly turns to next part of cycle then it drains. even though dial is turnig through cycle the drum does not move HELP

2007-02-05 11:15:29 · 8 answers · asked by geordielisa34 1

its cold in the house. the thermostat temperature is very low but my boiler is not turning on. I only can start my boiler by pressing the red button on the burner. I have check the fuel flow and have maintenace the unit as required. what can be wrong?

2007-02-05 11:15:13 · 2 answers · asked by Carmen Z 1

I have a GE side by side refrigerator model # GSS22JEMC CC I need to locate the defrost timer so I can test it where is it at? Thanks

2007-02-05 11:00:46 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous

brand new oak effect laminate that cost a bomb! a friend has scratched the surface and although superficial, is still quite noticable. any tips? thanks in advance.

2007-02-05 10:51:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

We added an addition with the third zone, and the furnace was not heating the room - just ran constantly. So the plumbers adjusted the water temp to 170 degrees. Now the furnace runs most of the time, and we have consumed twice as much oil as this time last year. The room does heat well now.

2007-02-05 10:48:30 · 3 answers · asked by Pier 1

I have a piece of dark brown wood furniture but I prefer Cherry colored ones. If I use Restore-A-Finish in Cherry would that change the color of the furniture?

Thank you!

2007-02-05 10:26:09 · 2 answers · asked by M M 2

I have a leak in the roof and it is time to replace it anyway. Already have 3 layers of shingles on the roof, so I'm going to do a complete tear down first.

2007-02-05 10:10:21 · 6 answers · asked by Bill 1

2007-02-05 10:08:25 · 3 answers · asked by Laura W 1

It's attacking the sealent where the bath joins the wall tiles.

2007-02-05 10:03:15 · 18 answers · asked by Peace 2

I hate my boiler!! Its a biazi combi boiler, I already know that its a twobob make but i cant afford a new one. so any advice would be appreciated.Why have i got heating but no hot water? and it keeps losing the bar pressure?

2007-02-05 09:58:24 · 9 answers · asked by NIcole 1

the sink has been overflowing. The washer runs fine, we are completly lost and would rather not pay a ton.. thank you

2007-02-05 09:56:32 · 8 answers · asked by ImaLittlebitRock 2

It's a 1992 model.

2007-02-05 09:34:42 · 7 answers · asked by cubbygirl74 2

2007-02-05 09:32:35 · 4 answers · asked by bou45 1

can do to save my pipes? Are they going to clog up??? Sorry, I'm freaking out!

2007-02-05 09:29:09 · 14 answers · asked by Corona 5

The door will only go up a portion of the way. It looks like the track that it runs on is made of 3 metal pieces that are welded together. Where one piece meets the other it looks like they are out of alignment. This is where the opener stops going up. Is there anything that can be done to fix it temporarily? Duct tape?? Incidentally, it is very cold today (-5) so I'm not sure if that's part of the problem as well.

2007-02-05 09:15:43 · 11 answers · asked by Alysia B 2

2007-02-05 09:03:37 · 1 answers · asked by James R G 1

I'm trying to stick these blinds up, and the wall frame of the window seems to be made of some sort of steel!

I started with a black wood bit at first which obviously didn't work. Then I went to Bunnings Warehouse and they sold me a High Speed Steel bit.... it cut the first hole to 1mm depth.... now it doesn't do anything.

I then went back bunnings gave me a Cobalt Hige performance drill bit...... went back home..... nothin... I went slow just like they told me, but no joy.

What can i do??? the screws I'm preparing the hole for are 3mm gauge with a 2mm core.

2007-02-05 08:54:14 · 10 answers · asked by BouncingMolar 5

I have an Eureka Altima vacuum - its only about two months old. I've noticed that at the bottom, where it sucks up all the dirt it's expelling dust into the air (as I feel a vacuum should not do this it makes me a little upset). I clean my vacuum regularly and I have no idea what could be causing my vacuum to do this! It has excellent suction picking up things off the floor - I just do not want MORE dust in my house!

Did I just get a worthless vacuum?

2007-02-05 08:43:42 · 6 answers · asked by Marilynne 3

There's a toilet in our house that suddenly sprang a VERY SLIGHT leak. It's in the front of the bowl right where the bowl meets the tile floor. Basically, a segment of the caulk joining the bowl to the floor became gooey, and water VERY SLOWLY leaks out at a very slow rate.
It's very minor, but clearly something needs to be done (I'll probably have to take this apart.)
The bowl is still full though, and flushes fine.

Any guesses as to what the problem could be here?

2007-02-05 08:34:51 · 8 answers · asked by Rob 5

Going to repaint over lead paint (don't want to sand) and would like to fill in gaps, cracks, etc. Wood filler just cracks again and pushes out--right? Wanted to use something expandable to avoid this. (The floor is made of 6' wide somewhat knotty pine boards- not a nice enough floor to refinish.) Please help-- 1st time homebuyer--OLD OLD home. Thank you.

2007-02-05 08:30:21 · 5 answers · asked by kandt 1