Maintenance & Repairs - May 2007

the chimney on my house was struck by lightning, the charge traveled down the chimney and caused the tile around the fireplace to explode. a few electronic devices in the house as well as the air conditioning unit and the phone lines were damaged. if my home was properly grounded, would it have prevented the damage from the lightning strike.

2007-05-22 09:51:04 · 6 answers · asked by stonewme 1

lately i've been doing this and still get hot water. should i stop doing this. or continue until there is no more hot water.

2007-05-22 09:48:26 · 2 answers · asked by ponypuffgirl 2

2007-05-22 09:08:46 · 6 answers · asked by Travelin Patrick 1

Our home waranty company said they will not install a new water heater unless one of THEIR vendors brings it up to code, which I think is a bunch of bull...Their plumber quoted us $530 JUST TO BRING IT UP TO CODE.....how difficult is it to bring it up to code? They say it needs a drain system installed.

2007-05-22 08:48:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

The roof is currently 8 x 6 tiles not including the differrent tiles down the side elevation. The back appears to have no tiles currently.
Need to know what i need to replace the roof completely.
Tiles , Felt , etc

2007-05-22 06:39:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 06:08:44 · 3 answers · asked by vballdrummer 2

Only one year old the carb is not that dirty.

2007-05-22 06:06:14 · 4 answers · asked by Jason S 1

2007-05-22 05:51:34 · 3 answers · asked by trey 1

2007-05-22 05:36:11 · 1 answers · asked by diddy 2

2007-05-22 05:31:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I tried everything to get rid of the smell, but it seems it's getting worse each day.

2007-05-22 05:18:01 · 6 answers · asked by daisy_wardani 1

Couldn't they just leave it as one slab. I mean why do they put the cracks in there, shouldn't it be just like the streets and be one constant slab.

2007-05-22 05:09:43 · 6 answers · asked by The_Big_Bear_2001 1

What do I use to add texture to my walls. I am living in a very old house (temp... for about 3 years while building a new one) and the walls look horrible. The house was not made to look pretty that is for sure. You can see every seem of each piece of drywall plus its just so old there are imperfections everywhere. Some of the rooms I think I can just use a painting technique to make it look textured but a couple of the rooms I really need to add something on top of the drywall before painting. Any Ideas on what I would use?

2007-05-22 05:08:02 · 3 answers · asked by lilbobo1980 2

2007-05-22 05:05:57 · 3 answers · asked by ify a 1

How many coasts of stain or stain and a sealer? What would you recommend as a sealer?

2007-05-22 04:58:39 · 4 answers · asked by Bluesky 1

I have oil based paint on my bathroom baseboards & trim. I accidently used water based to repaint. I didn't realize that it was oil based until it started peeling off. Is there an "easy" way to fix it?

2007-05-22 04:44:19 · 5 answers · asked by Hollyann 2

I heard about this type of pest-control. Is it true; and if it is, why?

2007-05-22 04:00:05 · 8 answers · asked by Equinox 5

air or leave the hot on the boiler.

2007-05-22 03:59:08 · 4 answers · asked by Nila 1

2007-05-22 03:55:27 · 10 answers · asked by Corona 5

york, bradley, goodman, carrier, lennox they are similar efficiency rating within 4 pts anyways and similar cost within 300 dollars, which ones last the longest as a general idea which are to be avoided etc. hvac installers would be the most helpful I think

2007-05-22 03:35:32 · 3 answers · asked by mommy to be of 3 3

My washing machine was installed about six months ago (a Zanussi, in case that's important). Recently, it's started discharging water into the waste pipe faster than the waste pipe can drain it. I have (I think) a p bend between the vertical waste pipe and the sloping horizontal one that takes the water away. Has anyone else had this problem? I've taken the three pipes apart and checked for blockage but no joy. Help!

2007-05-22 03:34:32 · 9 answers · asked by tommyrogers1979 1

The repair shop wants to charge me $100 because they claim I put the wrong type of oil in my lawn mower. The mower would not start before I added a little oil, so I don't know if this will fix the problem anyway. I don't think it was the wrong type, but am not 100% sure. The mower is under warranty another year.

2007-05-22 03:31:29 · 9 answers · asked by william f 2

Is it against code in Texas to have your electric panel inside a bedroom closet in Texas? We are told it has been "grandfathered", but it looks new. Anyone know the electric codes in Texas?

2007-05-22 02:33:44 · 5 answers · asked by orkneylove1 1

2007-05-22 02:22:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any good way to get depressions out of a rug? I think I'll try ironing them out but if anyone knows of any other means, please let me know. I recently have some old furniture removed from a carpeted room, which left deep depressions in the carpet.

2007-05-22 02:00:47 · 4 answers · asked by miracollins 1

I have lived around different places around the UK and have never experienced anything like this before.

2007-05-22 01:40:05 · 19 answers · asked by LEONARD W 4

2007-05-22 01:22:20 · 4 answers · asked by Roger G 1

I work for a property maintenance company and i have a job in to stitch two window and don;t have a clue what it means???

please help me out:))

2007-05-21 23:24:19 · 5 answers · asked by stepho 1

Im buying a place and it needs a new furnace/AC it a condo and the units are in a utility closet the evaporator is on the top of the furnace with the compressor and condensor on another wall it is heating and cooling about 1000 sq ft and all the ducts and vents are allready in place.I was just wondering if someone could give me a rough estimate how much these units would cost to buy and install rough estimate I cant have someone go in and price the job because I dont own it yet but I need a rough estimate of what this will set me back

2007-05-21 19:46:09 · 7 answers · asked by JOHN D 6

2007-05-21 18:19:13 · 5 answers · asked by obee1 1