Maintenance & Repairs - August 2007

I have recently moved to a new house and the heating gadget on the wall is the above make. We have a gas boiler (Ideal Turbo 2) how can i just have hot water without have the radiators on all day, albeit turned down. I have an instruction manual but only talks about the heating and not the hot water independantly. The plumber and heating engineer have'nt a clue, it is a German make that's all we know. Please help before our heating bill goes through the roof.

2007-08-16 09:44:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was given a Laundry Center with a dryer that turns on, gets hot, but doesnt blow air. I have a feeling that it could be a belt or gear somewhere, but I want to look at a manual before I tear into it.

2007-08-16 09:39:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 09:30:16 · 8 answers · asked by vacationtime2000 1

I had 4 quotes 2 months ago to get a supporting wall removed. No one told me to get building regs. The builder I chose was the cheapest, but he was the most intellegant to talk to, the most comprehensive with the quote and the one who gave me the most confidence.

I booked him last week but have been waiting for him to confirm since last Thurs. I called him 3 times but hew didn't return calls. I decided he was unreliable...

I have now got 3 new builders coming round to give me new quotes. They have said to get building regs done, but tonight the origional builder phoned to confirm the date.

I mentioned building regs and he was very helpful, giving me numbers for the council etc and saying it was up to me. He, again, was very articulate and now I don't know whether to just use him, but to get regs done.
The trouble is, I need it done by the 2nd week of Sept as I'll be going back to uni, but no new builder will fit me in so soon...

2007-08-16 08:53:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was taught that you should use mineral oil, not vegetable oil, on a cutting board because vegetable oil could go rancid. I wouldn't want that smell in my dishwasher, either, but the repairman said to use vegetable oil, not mineral oil. Any experience with either?

2007-08-16 08:47:05 · 7 answers · asked by homemom 1

Only thing I can guess is that most public means rooms have urinals, so you shouldn't normally be peeing standing up into a public toilet, so there is no need to lift the seat, so it doesn't need to complete ring shape to be able to lift up.

2007-08-16 08:31:37 · 4 answers · asked by Dizazter 3

I have an outlet that suddenly failed. I tested it with my multimeter and I got a reading of about 18-20 volts, where it should be about 120. Why would this happen? (nothing else "strange" has occured, all the outlets near it are fine etc.) Where is the best place to start fixing this? I have no idea!

2007-08-16 08:17:57 · 7 answers · asked by Sparky 2

I was plugging in my TV and game systems into an electrical outlet that worked fine last year, when suddenly all of the power from that outlet stopped. I checked the breakers, and they are all fine, so then I decided to take the receptacle out. The receptacle was a three-hole one, with two brass screws on the right and two silver screws on the left. There is also a green screw on the bottom-left.

The only two wires that were wired to it were two black wires, one connected to the top-right brass screw and the other to the top-left silver screw. The other silver screw was connected to the green screw via a short wire. Looking at some diagrams online, I'm not sure if that receptacle was wired correctly, although it did work for quite a while. How should I go about re-wiring a new receptacle to it, seeing as I'm not sure if those two black wires are two hot wires, or just one hot and one neutral. Thanks!

2007-08-16 08:06:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

unless I can get this taken care of quickly.

Does anyone know the procedure for getting the federal government to fix damage done during an investigation?

This was done on Saturday, and it needs to be fixed by the 27th of August, when my wife returns from her Christian missions trip to Colombia. Otherwise I will have to explain to her that our fall budget will have to include fixing a door, and I suppose I'll have to tell her how it happened too.

Also, my fiancee is overweight.

Thanks!

2007-08-16 07:56:22 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

The wall which boundaries our back yard and our neighbours property has been damaged by them when they were moving their campervan.
The wall extends from the side of their house (so is basically an extention of the wall between our back yard and their kitchen!), the damage is from their side but the 'hole' means we can now see into their garden! - we have received a letter from the council about it!

2007-08-16 07:26:18 · 22 answers · asked by nesta 2

Should I use normal garden shears or the electric trimmer?

2007-08-16 07:06:31 · 40 answers · asked by cleocat 5

I have a Trimline treadmill with a 15A / 250 V fuse. A few weeks ago, the original fuse blew. I've tried to repair it by using new fuses, but each time the fuse has blown immediately after starting the treadmill. I'm using the same sized fuse as the original one. Is there anything I need to check for or anything like that?

2007-08-16 07:06:16 · 5 answers · asked by Just 3

2007-08-16 04:53:05 · 11 answers · asked by doylelee@sbcglobal.net 1

2007-08-16 03:37:07 · 6 answers · asked by Emily G 2

2007-08-16 03:26:21 · 8 answers · asked by james n 1

I work on commercial air conditioners for a living. I mostly answer questions on here about air conditioners. I have noticed that so many other people answer these questions too. These are people who know nothing about an air conditioning system and often answer the question by telling the person to call a qualified technician. Obviously the people are on here asking a question in hopes to avoid the hassle and $$$ involved with calling a service company. It's either that or some totally off the wall bull_**** answer that makes no sense at all. Why do people waste all of our time answering questions when they have no clue what they are talking about??

2007-08-16 01:53:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The leaks are giving off a bad stench. It's 10pm at night. My landlord is not answering his phone. What should I do?

2007-08-15 21:02:22 · 4 answers · asked by Eunicia_R20 1

2007-08-15 19:14:21 · 8 answers · asked by nick210 1

I just bought a used dryer about a week ago and now I'm having problems with it. For some reason the dryer takes a really, really long time to dry my clothes. I can't dry my clothes a load at a time because it takes like 10 hours for one load to dry. If I put a towel in by itself though it dries quicker in about 1 hour. I reset the circuit breaker but still no luck. It's a four prong Whirlpool. I installed the cord but have not grounded it yet. Would grounding it have anything to do with the heat not producing as well as it should? (I can't find a small enough tool to connect the green wire on the cord to ground it.) Please help, I'm so frustrated and it has a 6-month warranty but I've already called the store where I bought it because I thought it was fixed but now I see that it's not. Help..dryer experts!!!

2007-08-15 17:29:38 · 6 answers · asked by BeautifulOne 3

We renovated our kitchen and my husband installed a double sink, a new garbage disposal, a diswasher, and the drain pipes that remove all that waste water to the wall where the old pipes now begin. Why are we experiencing this super slow drainage? The drains worked with no problems before, so I don't believe I have clogged pipes.

2007-08-15 17:02:46 · 10 answers · asked by goodngrace 1

They each have a plug that one end goes to the blacklight and one end goes to the wall.I want to cut off the end that goes to the wall on 5 of them,and connect them positive to negative on all except 2.The last two I would connect 1 of them to a positive wire and 1 to a negative wire and plug it to the wall is this right.I mean connect them togehther like a ring the first one I would connect the postive to the wall and the negative to the positive on te next one until theyre all connected an the last one would go negative to the wall and positve from the other light.

2007-08-15 17:02:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

After the winter I've had pieces of brick coming off my chimney. Since this is a 2 story home is there a permanent fix? I can't do it myself and was wondering if it will an expensive fix? The chimney is for my furnace not fireplace, any ideas appreciated, thanks. I live in northern Michigan btw.

2007-08-15 15:02:41 · 6 answers · asked by Mrs. Fuzzy Bottoms 7

My 7hp briggs engine has a carb problem i think. when i start the engine it runs fine for about ten seconds and then stalls out. I think it is a gas problem because when i spray starter fluid into the carb when it starts to die it runs for a few seconds longer. I have already cleaned the gas line and taken the carb completely apart and checked for a plug of some kind. i have also checked the float and everything in the carb seems to be in working order. I don't know what to check at this point. any help fixing the problem would be much appreciated.

2007-08-15 14:47:52 · 7 answers · asked by nathanderycke 1

i bought this condo from folks who must have only done superficial cleaning and the showers and tiles are a mess -- shower door is really nice but the track is scuzzy --

2007-08-15 14:44:15 · 5 answers · asked by Debbie S 1

The outlets go through a transformer to run on 120, but the lights/switches are still 24 volt. Do I need to rewire?

2007-08-15 14:15:19 · 11 answers · asked by Chrissymoe 1

I'm thinking because of the condition they probably can't be fixed, but if they could and they ran into minimal trouble....how much would that be instead?

The plumber is coming over in the morning to give an estimate and if it's ok we can have the work done right away.....just want a ballpark figure.

thanks

2007-08-15 14:11:28 · 4 answers · asked by Mel 4

I don't think it is "sweat" as I don't see any moisture on the bowl itself, just at the very base, where the toilet meets the floor. Is it possible the seal is leaking? Would moisture appear here if this was the case? If so, is this a big project to fix the seal myself, or should I have a plumber do it? Thanks

2007-08-15 13:48:42 · 5 answers · asked by Penny P 5

average cost per sq. foot to install a vinyl floor and sub floor

2007-08-15 13:47:26 · 3 answers · asked by Jeanna C 1

2007-08-15 13:34:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was using my riding lawn mower and all a sudden a heard a loud crack! like I ran over a rock or something. I checked under my lawn mower *it was off don't worry* and the blade on the left side was gone. I know this for sure because it won't mow right on the left. The blade must have fallen off and hit the other blade cause it made one hell of a rattle. What should i do now. How much should damages like this cost? Help any one?

2007-08-15 13:00:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous