Maintenance & Repairs - April 2007

I bought a lighting kit to make videos but the light is so strong that smoke comes out of it. Is it dangerous? What happens if i leave it on for too long? Will it burn? I tested it 4 times and every time after about 1 minute the smoke started. I just bought it. The light is 1000 Watts. It's a professional kit.

2007-04-20 05:29:48 · 4 answers · asked by Hey 1

i heard tat dis kind of pumps r of new technology.They can pump water from sump to high level tanks without human intervention? They switch on pump by examining the water level in tanks? Is it?

2007-04-20 05:25:13 · 3 answers · asked by xxx 2

I was told that you do that to protect them and keep them shiny. What other products I can use for that?

2007-04-20 04:52:38 · 6 answers · asked by irina p 2

this month v noticed that our water bill is coming too much and consumption was very high as compare to previous months. so v thought it might be some leakage in the basement. then v checked the washroom bowl . as i flush it i found some water drops at the bottom , on the floor. and there is a continously sound from tank. do we need to replace it can anybody suggest plz?

2007-04-20 04:51:11 · 3 answers · asked by sara 1

we have sweating on our cement plaster wall because of which the wall paint is getting outand we have patches all over the wall. so gt me a solution fr this.......or some product .

2007-04-20 04:47:35 · 3 answers · asked by sandy 1

Sprinklers before main valve work fine. All inside faucets start out normal and then have very small flow within a few seconds. Same low amount of flow with both hot and cold water. Condition is same all day long.

2007-04-20 04:41:03 · 5 answers · asked by Almazgort 1

I bought a lamp from IKEA and assembled it, only to find it has some funky plug that does not fit into a standard electrical socket. Instructions say it is a polarized plug, and I need a polarized outlet. ??? So I assume I need to buy an adapter somewhere, but where do I get one, and what are they called?

2007-04-20 04:09:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a GE stove top and oven that are from around 1972. Will I be able to replace them with something more updated? I'm afraid of newer appliances not fitting in the spaces that were specifically made to fit the older ones.

2007-04-20 03:29:23 · 8 answers · asked by marilu 2

The freezer part of our fridge still works but the regular fridge part only seems to cool to 50 degrees. But overall really disspointed by the quality of this fridge its a Jenn Air stainless steel. But the so called "stainless steel" is rusting after a couple of years of normal use.

So, where can I find a cabinet depth/ counter depth stainless fridge that will last like my old fridge in the basement has for 20 years?

2007-04-20 03:19:07 · 4 answers · asked by shellsandscripts 2

high & about 5'x6'. It is solid concrete & the front was starting to crumble so we bought some concrete in a buchket type stuff to patch the front only to discover that there was a huge crack running through it and water , I guess, has been seeping in and destroying it. My husband wants to rip it all down & put up a wood porch. I want to re-do the concrete. Does anyone have any suggestions of effective yet inexpensive ways to fix my porch? Also there is a roof over it so I imagine it's important to have something to hold it up.

2007-04-20 03:07:47 · 4 answers · asked by autumn 5

can any one tell me how to fix this or what may be wrong. More often then not I am left sitting in my drive way clicking the remote to my garage door hoping on the next close that it will stay closed. For some reason when it hits the ground, it automatically reopens. i have checked the child saft sensors and their is nothing obstructing them. What might be wrong, hwo can i fix this?

This is a belt drive garage door opener. The doro and opener are about 6 moths old.

2007-04-20 03:03:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The swich is stuck in the on postion, meaning that the lights are always on, unless the main power to the lights is switched off.

2007-04-20 02:54:41 · 6 answers · asked by john86710 1

I live in N.H. where there was a lot of flooding. Our basement keeps letting water in. We keep wet vacing it, but the water keeps coming in. We have tried everything. I need some sort of answer of how to get the water to slow down or stop coming in as fast. How can I do this? Please help!!!1

2007-04-20 02:48:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I woke up this morning to find one of our windows broken. It faces into our very secluded back garden, which is virtually impossible to get into. I looked for a projectile to see if someone had thrown something at it but could find nothing. I don't think it could have been a burglar because of the difficulty of getting into the garden. What could cause a double glazed window to break all by itself?

2007-04-20 01:54:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Over the winter the door to my house has shifted and I am unable to lock it.

2007-04-20 01:51:43 · 4 answers · asked by Beryle 2

2007-04-19 20:42:24 · 12 answers · asked by wayne g 1

2007-04-19 14:37:26 · 4 answers · asked by el flaco from la 1

I am plumbing an addition to my house and would like to know the advantages/disadvantages of putting copper in the walls vs. pex. We are doing the rest with pex.

2007-04-19 14:19:02 · 10 answers · asked by sonoffm 2

2007-04-19 13:58:15 · 4 answers · asked by HAROLD MIKE S 1

I have a gas water heater (Reliance 606). It was put in just before we moved into the house, so it is about 2 years old. Within the last couple weeks, it has started making a noise. The best I can describe it, is similar to the clanging sound you sometimes hear from a hot water heat radiator. From what I can tell, it usually happens when the water heater is heating. Any ideas what this is? Should I do anything with it?

2007-04-19 13:21:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-19 12:51:15 · 5 answers · asked by downonherluck 1

A friend of mine says that she can hear what she says sounds like light or socket switches flicking on and off in the middle of the night. Her eldest son says that he's heard it too.

I'm convinced that it's something to do with the electrics, but am at a loss as to explain it.

She can't say for sure that it doesn't happen during the day, but she hasn't noticed it.

Does anyone have any idea what this mightbe because it's driving her nuts.

2007-04-19 12:01:08 · 16 answers · asked by kavsmate 2

2007-04-19 10:37:28 · 6 answers · asked by les 1

I have a gas hot water heater that is on the inside of a duplex unit & it is 18 years old. Do you have to bring it up to code or can you get a handy man to install it like it is? I had a plumber come out & to bring it up to code, the pipe would have to run through the small bedroom wall closet to bring it outside the unit. They said they could run it at the bottom along the back wall. I just can not see doing this in a rental unit where there will be kids in the future from other renters. To me this is dangerous to run a hot water pipe along the back wall of a closet on the floor next to the carpet. Plus the fact that it will get knocked around by items & small kids being in a closet at the floor level.

2007-04-19 10:35:19 · 6 answers · asked by J.J. 1

I have an area that fills with water just out side the door but have found the water comes up and in the foundation also...want to know if it would be wise to put in a sump pump below the surface/ out the drain? THANKS

2007-04-19 09:00:25 · 5 answers · asked by fords5 1

What kind of vacuum cleaners get around baseboards the best? Mine does ok with the floors but the edge cleaner is bad.

2007-04-19 08:53:38 · 6 answers · asked by bamakathy 3

2007-04-19 07:41:39 · 11 answers · asked by brett r 1

2007-04-19 06:27:47 · 4 answers · asked by lonely as a cloud 6

I am replacing a wall heat register in an old rowhome. When I remove the existing register, do I just pop the new one on? Or do I attach it to the duct that is behind it pushing out the hot air? Old city row home. Thanks.

2007-04-19 06:08:05 · 3 answers · asked by michellelangston2001 2

Last month I purchased a home in the country. This month a water inspector told me the leach bed had caused me to fail the inspection. The house had been inspected before I bought it. Is this going to fall entirely on me or is this something I should bring to my lawyers attention?

2007-04-19 05:05:52 · 4 answers · asked by lunas_4 2