Maintenance & Repairs - June 2007

I'm trying to decide which is the best way to go, a new tub or a tub liner. Thanks for your input.

2007-06-05 12:25:56 · 5 answers · asked by Mrs. Fuzzy Bottoms 7

My husband used to apply some kind of sealer around it almost yearly. Is there a product that will hold up longer than that. Thanks for you help.

2007-06-05 12:01:24 · 3 answers · asked by Mrs. Fuzzy Bottoms 7

I got this house 2 yrs ago N it came w/ an above ground pool. The last owner of the house throw all kinds of trash and everything the pool The pool has not been open for 7 years. I got all the trash out and skimmed a foamy layer of the algae off the bottom of the pool.
The Water is now very Cloudy and I am still skimming out a clearish/white color algae. I also still got small piece of the green foam algae at the bottom.
I tried 3 different kind of Algae cleaner and Shocked it about 5 times in 2 week. I am not getting any results! Please Help! Please!

2007-06-05 11:18:40 · 3 answers · asked by Michele d 2

While assembling a newly-purchased window air conditioner, a small object (A friend's toe) accidentally impacted against the back of the unit (The end that sticks outside and exhausts the hot air), bending the tiny and exceedingly fragile cooling fins, creating a circular dent approximately two inches in diameter. The tubing within is not bent or dented, just the fins, and the whole dent is at most 1/8" deep. Is there a way to straighten these fins back to normal? I realize it is impossible to make them appear perfect like they did when it was brought home from the store, but at least enough to allow air to flow between them again. Perhaps a fine-tooth plastic comb or something similar would work?

2007-06-05 10:53:42 · 5 answers · asked by Torin Darkflight 2

It's summer time and my room gets extremely hot and the fan that I have in there now is just not working. I was thinking about buying one of those a/c units and my question is if it is possible to not have to do any work to my windows since my manager wont let me and instead to just put the a/c unit next to the window having the back of it towards the window so that the hot air will blow outside but not having the actual unit sticking out the window. I'm not sure if this would work and would it cause problems??

2007-06-05 10:21:00 · 7 answers · asked by xxpsykoticxx 1

I color-coded the wires so I'd remember which ones go where. But there are two black wires I must have missed and now I can't figure where they go. Can anyone help with detail as to what wires/colors go where on the solenoid posts? I'm not good at wiring diagrams. Thank you.

2007-06-05 09:42:20 · 1 answers · asked by dwellnear 2

Well, I went with on the inspection for the closing of our house we are buying and found that the electrical wiring going to the air conditioner unit had been removed, as has the electric cord going to the fixed in place microwave.
The copper tubing coming from the a/c condensation collection pan was also missing as was the copper tubing going from the cold water to the water heater.
Pretty messed up way to get an extra couple bucks if you ask me.
But anyway, anyone have any idea of the cheapest way to fix this up, such as buying the parts first so I only have to pay for labor, etc.
Any advice on the situation?
Any ideas of who is cheap in dallas?
Anything at all?
I have electric/ soldering experince...but not on this kinda stuff.

-oh, and to the people who have nothing to say but, 'I dunno, call a plumber and electrician' ... duh! I am just wondering if anyone has any price-cutting ideas or shortcuts, or has experienced similar.

2007-06-05 09:28:55 · 10 answers · asked by dtk@ 2

Water is coming out of the secondary drain as think the primary drain is clogged. I want to unclog the drain but i am not sure if the probmlem is with the AC unit or in the actual PVC drain pipe. Is it advisable to open the unit and check the primary drain pan for cloggs or is usually a problem with in the pipes?

2007-06-05 08:49:54 · 2 answers · asked by Hugo N 1

I find this hard to believe because my house has an energy meter outside of it. It measures the kilowatts per hour. At the end of each month, the meter man reads the meter and I get my bill based on my kilowatts usage. How can the energy meter possibly tell the difference from when kilowatts are used in the day as opposed to nights? Cell phones have peak and off peak hours that the carrier can track but thats only because the carrier knows when you are making a call. How in the world does the electric company know when you're using electric? They only know the usage by coming once a month to read your kwh usage. Is there any truth to this?

2007-06-05 07:47:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Which is more cost effective? Should I just leave the a/c on all day at 75 or leave it off and when I come home from work, turn it on. Which one saves energy? When I leave it on all day, it cycles on and off. When I leave it off, the house reaches 78 deg and it has to cool back down to 75 or 74

2007-06-05 07:33:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

We have a smoke alram that is connected into the electricity. Now it keeps chirping constantly all day (this started at 7:00am) Help! I feel like i'm stuck in a 24 episode!

2007-06-05 05:35:00 · 12 answers · asked by joseygirl 4

I can't figure out how to give a thumbs up or down on questions, even on questions I've asked.

2007-06-05 05:07:02 · 8 answers · asked by DC 2

If I have a leak somewhere in my front yard...I think...how do I find it? My water usage skyrocketed this past month and I have nothing to explain it. Also I can see the water draining from my front yard and running down the street. We have had a ton of rain so I thought it was just runoff, but now I cannot explain the water usage....How can I identify where the leak is? Is there a tool I can get to help narrow the leak in my front yard?

Any help would be appreciated.

Tim

2007-06-05 04:23:53 · 7 answers · asked by Win the West!!!! 4

i have a montgomery wards 2000 elite model 3100002 it runs great as long as i jump it i replaced the solenoid and did not solve my problem if i bypass the safety switches will i have to still jump it?

2007-06-05 04:08:55 · 5 answers · asked by blkdmd16 1

i went out for an hour and left my house completly empty...when i returned i could hear running water...I went upstairs where the noise was coming from thinking i had left a tap running only to find it was the toilet cistern filling with water...there was nobody in the house and the plumbing is fine....can any plumbers answer this?

2007-06-05 04:07:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am getting ready to put up one of those pools that holds about 5,000 gallons of water. It is 16ft by 4ft deep. The place where I want to put the pull I believe is where the fill lines from the septic tank run from. Will this crush or damage the lines if I place the pool on top of it?

2007-06-05 03:56:52 · 4 answers · asked by Tenn_Tazz26 2

Lovely intro right?

When I flush it, it will continue to fill up and flush like 7 or 8 times before it finally shuts off,

It isn't like it has LOADS of stuff to flush down or anything.....simple pee.....8 flushes.

Is my toilet possessed or is there a simple way to fix this problem?

2007-06-05 03:05:48 · 5 answers · asked by inzbrkqt 4

I am downstairs in a townhouse complex. there is one person above my unit. when they shower or use water, I can hear the water from the drain as if its from my unit. its driving me crazy. is there anything I can do? thank you...

2007-06-05 00:46:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

We also have a septic tank, which was emptied. We had the septic tank company, 3 plumbers, the gas company and the air vent cleaning people come over but NO ONE can find the issue.

I can't have people over on cold and hot days!! Someone help!

2007-06-04 21:26:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-04 18:27:37 · 9 answers · asked by Jane D 1

front ot back....is this ridiculous or what??? What is the best way to get rid of them? I pull them out...and a week later my yard is full again. How can I keep up...I live in the dessert...and tumbleweeds love my yard...Please help!!!

2007-06-04 17:39:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an older Wizard riding mower, 30 inch cut, rear engine. I need to order a pulley that goes on the mower deck but I can't make out the model no. Any ideas what I can do?

2007-06-04 17:38:04 · 3 answers · asked by Mrs. Fuzzy Bottoms 7

My heat pump which is used to both heat and cool my home is 15 years old and will soon need replacement. I would like to know the most reliable and reputable heat pumps brands that are available. I am told that since my system uses freon, that both the outside heat pump, as well as the inside furnace unit which partially uses the heat pump for heating in winter, will need to be completely replaced because it uses freon which already is, or will soon will be, banned for environmental reasons. The inside furnace unit runs on an electric coil strip to add the extra heat which the heat pump cannot supply when it gets too cold outside in the winter. Will the entire set up need to be replaced? And what would be the approximate cost of this total replacement? Thanks...

2007-06-04 16:35:47 · 3 answers · asked by Guy E 3

The swamp cooler went POP when we tried to turn it on last Sunday. The breaker popped off, and we have replaced the cooler switch and the breaker switch. Still NO power. What else should we check?

2007-06-04 16:19:34 · 3 answers · asked by Robertegg 1

It started to freeze over. The line that goes from the outside fan to the unit in the attic, to a solid block inside the unit where the radiator looking deal is. It takes all night to cool the house down to 80! It was ice cold last month. I want to have an idea before I call a repair man so he won't try to cheat me.

2007-06-04 15:22:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I heard that Pace's III Patio furniture repair is pretty. Also they usually have exactly what you need. I wanna make sure that this is simply not just another rumor is true.

2007-06-04 15:19:04 · 1 answers · asked by jessicapace90 3

If you can get carbon monoxide poisoning from a furnace or gas dryer, can you also get it from a gas stove? Because the burners on a gas stove aren't vented, so what's the difference? Just curious about this. Shouldn;t it be just as dangerous?

2007-06-04 14:47:33 · 8 answers · asked by lillith6662000 3

I have a 2 yr old IG pool. It has always had great pressure and circulation and I have never had to skim it. Since I opened it, the pressure is extremely low. I have really noticed it because I now skim several times daily and the center of the pool seems stagnant no matter how I direct the flows. The DE filter reads 10psi which is normal. I have taken apart the filter and cleaned it twice and had the pool company come to look at it. They claim that it is running at normal pressure but it is definately only about 1/3 of what it was previous years. The suction going into the 2 skimmer baskets seems to be strong, its just the return that seems to be the problem. Could it be that something happened to the motor and it is not pushing the water out as fast as it previously was? Or something else? The pool is definately not losing water so I have ruled out leaks in the return lines.

2007-06-04 14:24:16 · 7 answers · asked by Rob S 1

2007-06-04 13:53:34 · 3 answers · asked by granprixgranny 1

2007-06-04 13:12:56 · 6 answers · asked by tomdorsett@yahoo.com 1