Maintenance & Repairs - August 2007

my cleanning girls marked the dishwasher and stove stainless steel with some cleanning product and it is stained with streaks. any suggestions?

2007-08-21 07:21:37 · 3 answers · asked by Francesca 5

Why don't they just put a material that will last indefinitely on buildings/homes?

2007-08-21 06:51:47 · 8 answers · asked by It's the hair 5

2007-08-21 06:48:05 · 6 answers · asked by jim d 1

2007-08-21 06:27:25 · 4 answers · asked by JUAN 2

The house is only 10 years old. I need to have my water heater replaced in a house we just bought. When the home warrenty assigned plumber showed up, He told me that I needed to pay $600 for grounding of the electical system to bring it up to code.
I dont know if there is a 'Code' problem or not. The reason for my question is that i thought if you were doing a replacement of an appliance, there was not a need to bring up to code. I thought the code check was only for new install or upgrade.
Can anyone confirm or correct my thinking?

Thanks,Joe

2007-08-21 06:14:31 · 12 answers · asked by Joedal98 1

2007-08-21 06:02:42 · 9 answers · asked by Johnny 1

I have rented this house for 4yrs. I pay $1075.00 a month the A.C.dont work there are no screens in any windoes and my elec.dont work in the basebent and the in door pool they said they would fill in, is now a swamp.Now they want me to pay and dig the hole to have the ceptec tank clean and cut down all the trees around the propan tank so it can be painted.what should I do?

2007-08-21 05:01:50 · 14 answers · asked by mary ann 6

Can someone make sense of this for me? I have had to cancle multiple appointments with contractors for work we want done on our house, just because my wife cant be there for there sales pitch, for one reason or another. And the funny thing is - she has told the contractors on the phone, herself, she doesnt care to be there and that the decision for home improvements is mine. It is beyond incoveinent and just doesnt make sense.

2007-08-21 04:51:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Our fridge is leaking water. We have an ice maker inside and we think water is coming from there and it is ending up in the refrigerater part. Because the last couple of days we have had to clean up water out of the vegetable crisp. Do you know what might be wrong? How much it would cost to replace whatever it is? Anything would be so much appreciated! thankyou

2007-08-21 04:37:07 · 5 answers · asked by Sarah 6

2007-08-21 04:33:19 · 2 answers · asked by yellowrose4texas2 1

It is a Whirlpool top-mount, model no. ET8MTKXKQ00 it may have been stored in a shed for the past few months, and temps have been reaching around 110 degrees in GA. Read online that fridges shouldn't be stored in hot rooms like that. Now that we set the fridge up, it turns on (air blows, light comes on) but no cooling. Do you know of anyway to troubleshoot things it may be?

2007-08-21 04:26:31 · 8 answers · asked by bluenile127 1

and the fan has 3 wires one of which is a groundwire but nowhere to attach it. I have heard smewhere you can tape a penny to the ground wire and and this will suffice?
The fan will not work without the ground attached,,,,any help

2007-08-21 04:17:34 · 4 answers · asked by ideame 3

2007-08-21 03:43:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Trying to figure out how long I should allot for painting my interior.

2007-08-21 03:43:53 · 4 answers · asked by nate w 1

2007-08-21 03:36:21 · 8 answers · asked by moleah64d 1

I have a central air conditioner that cools fine. When I raise the temperature setting I can hear the unit outside click off yet when I place my hand in front of an inside vent I can still feel some air blowing. When I look outside the unit is silent and the fan on top is not spinning so I feel that the unit is off. Why does it seem air is still coming from my vents inside? Can it be a draft from them or is another fan perhaps still running even if the compressor is not? Even when I manually turn the until "off" on the thermostat I can still feel air blowing. Thanks!

2007-08-21 03:25:30 · 8 answers · asked by AaronJones434 1

The grill sits in mud right now and I would really like to place pavers in the back of the grill as well as have the grill sit on the pavers, and then have a standing area in front of the gril. Someone said I should use sand to make sure the pavers stay in place. Do I need to level the ground as it is quite wavy? Thanks!

2007-08-21 02:35:40 · 4 answers · asked by kesig 1

i went into the attic after the job was done......many of the 1x6 sheathing boards were beat up pretty good. it looks like they got broken up some when the shingle guys were putting nails through them. some of the boards have broken up parts as big as my hand that i can see right up through to the felt under the shingles. i feel like asking my roofer to redo this. i feel that these boards should have been replaced. it doesn't even look like i would be able to walk around up there without risking more damage .....roofer is coming to look at it today....what do you think? is this normal, or am i overreacting? thanks!!!!!

2007-08-21 02:10:30 · 3 answers · asked by ? 3

I am going to replace an existing A/C system. One of the estimates received specifies a single unit for 1st and 2nd floor.
My current A/C is 2 separate systems, a separate air handler and condenser for bottom floor and second floor.

2007-08-21 02:08:29 · 4 answers · asked by Renee R 1

2007-08-21 01:57:44 · 7 answers · asked by Mark C. 1

My lawn mower is left outside in the florida weather, really because i have no choice since i moved. I suppose i could cover it with a tarp,but anyways I went to use it and It starts, but revs way too high then almost conks out then revs real high again then a few seconds later almost conks out. it repeats this and does not cut the grass well. it more or less tears it. Any suggestions. I Cleaned out the gas tank,new plugs,oil change,filter change all that good stuff and still the same results. Im not real mechanically inclined so some details would help. Thanks

-Adam

2007-08-21 00:59:47 · 5 answers · asked by Adam 5

loft. However my builder has said that I do not need a NICC certificate. Is this true? and does anyone know where I can get more information aboutthis from.

2007-08-21 00:12:21 · 8 answers · asked by Catwoman 2

2007-08-20 21:53:58 · 1 answers · asked by amir_az40 1

Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on a stainless steel sink, can I just spend 20 at Target and buy a stainless steel bowl and drill a hole at the bottom and use that? Are there any disadvantages of this? Will it rust over time?
Thanks

2007-08-20 20:36:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Tiles are 18" long, 8 1/2" wide and taper to 7" wide at other end

2007-08-20 19:25:08 · 2 answers · asked by John B 1

my mini fridge started out cold on the sides and top....but now it's like warm cuz of the motor i guess but.......is that norm,al? its like my laptop where it heats up

2007-08-20 19:00:09 · 6 answers · asked by snailtrail 1

the foam seriously looked like some contagious uh mold or something,, it was bascailly all over the place in the back. the person who had it had left it in the garage for about 2 years..it was also filled with webs andstuff...but someone said it was just insulation BUT I SCRAPED IT OFF CUZ IT WAS TOO GROSSSSS I THOT IT WAS GONNA MAKE ME SICK..what now? maybe it wasnt insulation?

2007-08-20 18:48:43 · 3 answers · asked by snailtrail 1

Not sure I will get an answer here on yahoo, but won't know unless I try.

My geothermal system is not worth a crap in the summer, in the winter it is amazing. I have had it checked by two different techs. The first guy said everything was fine and that she was giving all she has. Neither one could tell the tonnage, so it may just be that it is not enough tonnage for my 2250 sf house.

The second tech seemed to have a theory that made a lot of sense. Since the temperature difference in the water leaving the unit and the water coming back in was only about 7 degrees, he thinks that the closed loop is too short. It was installed in 95, and he states that some of the early systems had design errors made by the engineers. In other words, he states that the loop is probably not long enough to appropratly transfer the heat. I think he is correct.

My question is this.

Is there anything I can add to the return line that would further cool the return water? a radiator? etc.

2007-08-20 17:04:00 · 4 answers · asked by Robert C 6

is the answer -108 or positive 108?

2007-08-20 15:11:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live in California. I stayed in a New York apartment for a few days. Every time I entered the apartment I smelled something bad. Eventually it turned out to be gas from the cooktop but I didn't recognize the smell as it was different from what I'm used to in California.

2007-08-20 14:56:58 · 3 answers · asked by Eyal B 1