Maintenance & Repairs - April 2007

Hi - we renovated our bathroom and toilet recently and removed the doors. We filled,sanded and painted them, then added new hinges and door handles. The problem in now the doors won't close properly. My husband has removed them, planed wood off, chiselled new rebates and still no luck!
My thinking is either the hinge os new and stiff - does it need a lubricate? OR the new screws he put on are too long and the heads are causing the door not to close. Any help any of you woodworkeres or DIYERs can give will be most appreciated. Door is hung level, but simply won't swing enough to close. Thanks!

2007-04-28 16:38:43 · 6 answers · asked by bella 1

I have a land and I want to build a house from brick instead of wood or the other materials.. i am in San Diego. Is it legal in California? or has to be wood?

2007-04-28 15:51:57 · 3 answers · asked by kdvg2000 3

or does it need to be transparent and 40W

2007-04-28 15:13:22 · 14 answers · asked by fillyperes 2

2007-04-28 14:44:37 · 6 answers · asked by al 1

My shower's draining slow and I want to know what people use to drain their shower. I already used some drano-like liquid stuff but that didn't work. I don't want to buy an equipment like snakes and stuff, just like liquids or jets....by brand name please. Tell me what works! thanks.

2007-04-28 13:23:44 · 8 answers · asked by prince ali 2

I have taken the carb. off and fully cleaned it, everything that can be taken off and cleaned that is, and have put a new diaphragm in it but it didn't help. It does not have a fuel/air mix needle on it so I don't know what else to do. New gas, clean tank, new plug, air filter all to no avail. It does have a "jet- pilot" on the side that I think is open and clean, but it makes no difference if it is screwed all the way in or out. At times it acts like it is starving for fuel and other times seems to be flooding. I am at a loss. Sometimes loosening the gas cap will make it speed up and sound better, but the next time I try it, it makes it stall even worse. After 20-30 minutes, it seems to catch up with itself and run a little stronger, but the first 5-10 minutes it is a bear to get going! The motor does not have very many hours on it so it can't be a real big problem, but what is it?

2007-04-28 13:23:18 · 3 answers · asked by trent p 1

2007-04-28 13:10:07 · 7 answers · asked by susielynn_mo 1

the tub is over 50 years old

2007-04-28 11:10:43 · 5 answers · asked by tommartella1 1

My Christmas cactus did not bloom this past season and it is not growing and seems wilty all the time, what should I do any suggestions? It is planted in a old iron pot. I live in Ashland, KY.

2007-04-28 10:23:13 · 6 answers · asked by fes1974 2

2007-04-28 05:19:51 · 2 answers · asked by Zacks Nana 1

Hi i have tradional radiator heaters in my house and of the radiators makes loud gargling sounds ever few minutes. Its more of a rattling sound actually coming from inside the radiator. Any idea what it could be and how i can fix it?

Thanks in advance.

Any advise what

2007-04-27 20:45:51 · 13 answers · asked by irfan747 1

My husband & I are planning to buy our 1st home (3 bedrooms) in Mebane, NC. We're lining up the inspections and plan to get the septic tested. The home was built in 1961, and the septic was installed in 1964. All we know about it is that it is a 1,000 gallon tank. The last owners moved in in 2003 and moved out nearly one year ago. They said they never had it pumped and did not have any problems. Supposedly, that's all they know.

2007-04-27 19:03:56 · 4 answers · asked by mtnmama 1

We had a house inspection today on a beautiful 1920 house in a nice neighborhood. On the outside and liveable spaces, the house looked solid, well cared for, etc. However, the inspector gasped when poking his head into the attic. He reported that 90% of the truss boards where fully blackened. He estimated the char depth around 1/16 inch and said that it was possible that it was structurally OK but that he was not qualified to evaluate that. So the question is WHO IS qualified to evaluate that? Does it make any sense at all to buy a house with a past attic fire that has not been restored?
As a point of interest, the owner (who is selling the house himself) disclosed this to us the day before the inspection and claims that it was like this when he bought it and a framing contractor told him it was OK. There were scraping indications that someone had done this. Sketchy?
Anyone should feel free to answer this question, but please tell me your background or qualifications.

2007-04-27 18:50:33 · 5 answers · asked by fluvial_shell 2

I am thinking of painting the trim on my house. It is currently dark brown, and I want it to be a sage green. The brown is in good shape yet so can I just paint over that with the green or do I have to prime it?

2007-04-27 18:30:03 · 6 answers · asked by Veronica 2

The current electrical fuse box shows a 15A and a 20A fuse. The apartment is in a 50 unit buidling. If I want to increase the amperage in the apartment to 80 or 100 amps can I just replace the electrical box with more fuses (and rewire what's necessary in the apartment). Or, do I need to rewire everithing down to the basement electrical panel? What exactly is required to increase the amperage for the apartment?

2007-04-27 17:28:42 · 12 answers · asked by johnny's mombo 1

size is 32" & the door is rivited in place.

2007-04-27 15:10:41 · 3 answers · asked by frank 1

I'd like to trash it but wouldn't that be risking 7 years of bad if it breaks on the way to the garbage? How can I ensure that I don't get the bad luck and someone else does? Could I put it in my neighbors garbage? Come to think about it how would one remove 6 large mirror pieces glued to a wall without breaking them?

2007-04-27 13:13:18 · 5 answers · asked by lawofconstantcomposition 2

My toilet leaks so I replace the wax ring it lasted 3 days, I then installed a wax free flange that has a rubber gasket, the box says it lasts longer than the wax ring, this lasted 1 day and it still leaks, I checked the water supply, I checked the gasket that is between the tank and the bowl, what do I do.

2007-04-27 12:30:53 · 16 answers · asked by DUANE H 1

My heat pump has died after 16 years. I have been given 3 options for a replacement: a. another heat pump wilth a higher SEER; b. replace with gas; or c. a split system which would include a heat pump and a backup gas furnace. Has anyone ever used the split system? What is your opinion? Our neighborhood has only had gas installed during the past 2years. Therefore, only a few people have it, and no one that know. I could use your input. Thank you.

2007-04-27 12:15:53 · 5 answers · asked by winterpasture 1

Evening everyone,

I've lived in my apartment for 7yrs in that time didn't have any problems with roaches at all. Never seen them,until now. They started to show up in the kitchen,sometimes in the living room.
My landord for 2 months now,I had the apartment sprayed for bugs and within 5 days roaches show up. I need help with getting ride of roaches from the apartment. Please help me by telling,what to do get rid of them perminately.

2007-04-27 12:04:49 · 12 answers · asked by Gadget 2

I do a lot of cooking and baking and my stoveis electrical , any tips on saving energy on that my electricity bills often run high!

2007-04-27 11:05:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-27 10:36:42 · 10 answers · asked by JJ 1

i have a 100 amp breaker box would like to hardwire a few baseboard heaters for my house about 5 1500 watts heaters ,i know how to do that and i have 3 empty slots where to put 20 amp breakers, my question is can i replace the 100 amp breaker for a 200 amp or do i have to replace the breaker box or the feeder cable how much can it take. feeder cable looks like a 4/3 awg
thanks for any advice

2007-04-27 09:44:08 · 8 answers · asked by alex g 1

My dishwasher works, it washes, but for some reason the last bit of water wont drain... i know its clean water as theres no cloudiness, no food particles, no soap bubbles left. Why would it do this? And! how can i fix it?

2007-04-27 09:42:17 · 9 answers · asked by asailorsstar 4

I am wondering why my insurance company wants me to insure that there is no galvanized steel pipe in the plumbing system in the house I am trying to buy????Any idea??

2007-04-27 09:11:16 · 5 answers · asked by trev o 1

My wife and I purchased a copper kitchen sink that has no soundproofing. The metal is relatively thick, but we're concerned that the sound of the water running in it and pots banging in it will be magnified by the lack of soundproofing. Any suggestions on how to dampen the sounds?

2007-04-27 09:01:47 · 5 answers · asked by thomas g 1

Hi all

Can you tell me how quickly blackboard paint takes to dry and also how long paint such as the international matt black tudor beam effect paint in this hyperlink takes to dry.

http://www.nwepaints.co.uk/acatalog/PaintsFinishes.html

Also can anyone tell me how good brick acid is at a) bringing paint off bricks and b) bringing paint off tarmac - and would it damage the tarmac? And how good AG4 Gel is for the same things?

thanks!

2007-04-27 06:38:11 · 4 answers · asked by Joe 1

i am 20 years old and live in boston, lincolnshire.

2007-04-27 06:33:31 · 5 answers · asked by loulou 1

Hi all

I'm after quick drying flat matt black paint (spray if possible) to mask a blemish on tarmac. Failing that I'm after something that will remove dried gloss paint on tarmac and something to remove red dried hard tarmac stones which are on a black tarmac path (when red path was laid the cowboys poured the bubbling hot red stones onto the black tarmac path and when they were removed some stuck to the black path and now I can't get them off as its too difficult - this has created a red stain on the black tarmac path)

I've asked a few questions about this before and no one has really been able to give an outstanding answer. Can anyone help as I really need to get this sorted.

thanks alot.

2007-04-27 06:32:37 · 2 answers · asked by Joe 1

I live in Arizona where it can get to over 110 degrees F in the summer. AC is basically a must have. Bills can get to be over $300 a month easily for using the AC.

So, is it cheaper to run ceiling fans or does it use about the same amount of electricity as the AC. I would think the AC would cost more.

Which is cheaper and why? Thanks!

2007-04-27 05:59:04 · 8 answers · asked by Alli 7