Maintenance & Repairs - March 2007

they are the round screw in kind

2007-03-27 15:29:22 · 10 answers · asked by darlinnurse 1

2007-03-27 15:26:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does it depend on the model type, or is there actually a price I should be expecting? And yes, I know it's below the minimum standard for units, but I don't want to get a new unit, just replace the compressor.

2007-03-27 15:20:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are two switches by the front door. One controls the outside light, and we're not sure what the other one controls. I've tried all of the outlets in the room. I don't have a garage.

2007-03-27 15:00:03 · 7 answers · asked by danchan22 2

I am only getting warm water from my hot water tank, does not matter how long I wait. If an element what element would it be the top or bottom one?

2007-03-27 14:49:13 · 9 answers · asked by Ed T 4

2007-03-27 14:43:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

We bought a nice Grill (the one with the rottiserie and side burner) and we also bought the propane gas, but I think it's empty because it 's not working yet, do they sell those tanks empty? where does one go to refill it or exchange it for a full one? do you know how much it costs?

2007-03-27 14:31:45 · 8 answers · asked by Alexandrarc 3

I have a gable roof with the following deminsions and i was wondering what the "unit line length, Overhang, Line length, Total line length, total rise, #of common rafters, # sheets of plywood (4x8), common difference gables, and collar tie length"?
Cut = 14/12
span = 19'
building length = 24'
projection = 13"
rake = 13"
rafters = 20"oc
gable studs = 22"oc
collar tie = 4' up

2007-03-27 14:18:05 · 1 answers · asked by rise_against2005 2

We have a forced air gas funace. with floor vents for heat. we also have 2 wall vents with are not connected to the heat ducts and seem to blow cold air. My only guess is that the air is comming from the attic in the roof. Is this normal and if not what do I need to do?

2007-03-27 13:37:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

It was installed right before I moved into my house not to long ago and im just curious as to how effiecient it is.

2007-03-27 13:37:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

How water proof is that foam boardinsulation for houses, or is there any insulation that is waterproof that i could use or some type of coating to make the insulation waterproof any ideas out there no matter how wacky lemme know

2007-03-27 13:33:13 · 3 answers · asked by sportster 1

2007-03-27 13:32:52 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I took the wires out of the old switch and tried to install them in the same places on the new switch. There were 3 wires; one connected to the top screw, one looped around the bottom screw and one in the hole on the back of the switch. I can't get the last wire in the hole on the back of the new switch. I tried grounding that wire but it didn't work when I flipped the breaker back on and now the dishwasher (which drains through the disposal and is on the same breaker) doesn't work either. I don't want to have to pay to hire an electrician if I'm just missing something small. I rewired all of the outlets in the kitchen and I assumed the switches would be just as easy. Help!

2007-03-27 13:27:12 · 6 answers · asked by Matt and Diane 2

In Texas..........we have found dirt packed inside the walls of our house all around the tub and shower. We are pretty sure it was fire ants that brought it in. There are no fire ants in there now, but quite some time ago we had trouble with fire ants coming into the tub.

We had a leak in the plumbing going into the tub is how we found the dirt. We removed a section of sheetrock to get to the leak.

My question is, is all of this dirt harmful to the house or us? There is so much dirt, we would literally have to remove walls and maybe even the tub and shower to get it all out.

Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with this? What should we do?

2007-03-27 13:20:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

How thick should a concrete slab be for 10x20 foot dog pen. What type of rock? How thick? and how much of rock then concrete? thanks for the feedback

2007-03-27 13:09:44 · 2 answers · asked by chad R 1

2007-03-27 13:09:39 · 3 answers · asked by Barry M 1

PC AND DirecTV clocks automatically changed?!?!?
I have a DirecTv receiver & desktop in the same room, plugged into seperate outlets. This morning I noticed that the clock on my PC had gone back an hour. I thought it was strange, but manually changed it to the correct time.

Tonite, I turned on the TV (DirecTV Tivo) & was looking through the guide. That's when I noticed that the time on my guide was off by an hour as well!

I am completely dumbfounded, as everything else in the house is fine. Just the electronics in this room. I tried to do a search, but no such luck. What could possibly be going on with the electric in this room to cause this?

2007-03-27 13:09:12 · 2 answers · asked by Heather G 2

2007-03-27 12:46:41 · 6 answers · asked by nhc156 1

I converted my garage into living space. There is both a string pull down light and an outlet in the ceiling. I would like to place a mounted light at both locations. Only problem is there will be no switch on the wall. Do they make wireless switches? I'm looking to mount a light at both locations, then mount a wireless home style switch on the wall, so I won't have to rip through all the sheetrock to wire the switch. Is there any such device?

2007-03-27 12:31:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What can I do at 52?
I am a 52 year old Man. I was in the printing Bus all my life and loved it. No I am doing handyman work. I have only a HS deploma But I am a smart guy. I seem now to be at the bottom of life. Peaple dont think of a handyman as a smart person I feel like s - - - about this. Here I am in my final working years and I ended up a handyman. Most peaple have a limit of what they pay a guy like me. I cant get a good job But on the inside I am way smarter. I am at wits end. HELP

2007-03-27 12:27:35 · 9 answers · asked by c t 1

I had an entry door and new storm door installed by someone and they charged me $300 to do it. I noticed at the very bottom right hand side that my door was not closing. I had another person look at it and he told me the guy that installed my door did not know what he was doing. For one thing he cut my z bars too short which lets light seep through the bottom of the door and he even hung my door handles upside down. I called the guy and let him know about this and he seemed shocked that something was wrong with the door. He really is a good guy but at the same time I think he owes me some money back. He said he would replace a piece of vinyl siding for me for free because I needed one replaced on the front side of my house but I am still highly upset about this.

2007-03-27 11:58:34 · 3 answers · asked by hokiedokie24 2

I can't believe our rotten luck! We have had berber carpet in our family room for many, many years and we had never snagged it. We liked the carpet so well that we replaced it yesterday with new ($1500). And the dog was rolling around on the carpet and got his collar caught on a thread, pulling out a loop of about three inches--right in the middle of the room where we walk. I know better than to cut the loop. Is it possible to pull the carpet back and use a tool (like a crochet hook) to re-weave the strand back into the carpet?

2007-03-27 11:44:33 · 3 answers · asked by HoneyBunny 7

My house is very old 80-90 yrs. I cannot replace the window with a modern replacement without changing all of my windows which is a bunch due to historical society restrictions. The window is second floor but in a shower and privacy would be nice. I have already tried the stick on vinyl stuff from Home Depot with no luck.

2007-03-27 11:43:28 · 5 answers · asked by Toolfan 1

2007-03-27 11:30:55 · 1 answers · asked by pr jazz squirm 2

Hi all,
I have an IKEA TV unit with 2 glass doors and have lost the key to lock it. The TV unit is 5-6 yrs old but they still sell it at IKEA. It's not a real key; I think it's a skeleton key that many IKEA glass cabinets use. I have 3 glass cabinets from them, and I think I either lost or threw away all of them (thinking I'd never have a baby).

I am babyproofing my home and my 9 mo. old is slamming the door shut and I am afraid of a big accident if I don't solve this soon. I contacted IKEA and they said they can't help me AT ALL, no replacement parts and a big 'sorry' - we're useless. I looked on ebay and just can't find it anywhere.

Can anyone give me a clue what to do? Besides by a new t.v. unit? I have to open the cabinet to access my dvd player etc..otherwise I'd keep it duct-taped or something ;)

Thanks!

2007-03-27 11:12:32 · 5 answers · asked by green27 2

2007-03-27 11:08:13 · 10 answers · asked by t d 1

My wife and I built a house in 2003,and our water heater for the plumbing is shared with the in floor heat that we had installed for the basement. The problem we have at this moment everytime the water heater turns on, there is a knocking sound something feirce inside the tank itself. I have drained it in the past, because we have extremly hard water without a water softner. Is this going to be expensive?
I have replaced water heaters before, but this one is one of those high effiency ones.

2007-03-27 11:05:01 · 3 answers · asked by HAGAR!!! 6

2007-03-27 10:48:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wiped coal dust on marble hearth with water. This has soaked into the marble as it dried and left a stain . Any ideas on shifting it without damaging the marble?

2007-03-27 10:43:30 · 1 answers · asked by a.simpleton 1

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remove it? I have already disasembled the toilet and the can is stuck in the U of the toilet. I can't get it out for the life of me.

2007-03-27 10:27:08 · 5 answers · asked by Annie Oakley 2