Maintenance & Repairs - October 2007

I was in an office and all the electric outlets and light switches were red. What does that mean? It was not for decoration.

2007-10-16 09:26:42 · 6 answers · asked by David B 2

The freezer is part of a refrigerator/freezer combo (upright/separate doors) Subzero brand about 15 yrs old.

2007-10-16 08:31:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi, I live in the Los Angeles area (Culver City) to be more precise. I am looking for someone (like a contractor / handyman/ plumber ) to install a new bathroom sink, faucet and mirror. Does anyone have any advice on where to hire someone for this job? I was thinking about going to the local hardware store and asking the workers for suggestion; but I like to know what you all out there think.

thanks in advance for your responses.

2007-10-16 08:11:11 · 4 answers · asked by guyincognito2 1

singer 5528

2007-10-16 08:05:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

It worked fine until last night...suddenly all suction is from the hose only (up by the handle)...very little suction with the floor brush. Normally this happens when it is completely upright (suction automatically goes to hose) but suction at floor brush all other times....Now..none at floor any time.

2007-10-16 07:01:14 · 3 answers · asked by Greg M 3

I have done all the adj th manual tells me too someone said it could be that it is set up for natural gas and not propan how do I tell and how do I fix I use propan gas

2007-10-16 06:53:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

HELP, my water is black and it smells like rotten eggs??? What is this???

2007-10-16 06:49:11 · 5 answers · asked by lost2day 6

I have a small one I got at Sears about 12 years ago and it works fine and I defrost it about once a year but wondering if it will go bad and I will lose the food. I've heard of keeping big bags of ice in them for that. Is that the best thing to do if you don't think it will last much longer?

2007-10-16 05:28:02 · 4 answers · asked by friendlyneighborhoodstockman 2

Our neighbors sewer line goes under our house. This dates back to the 50s when the developer of both lots took a shortcut with the sewer line. One of our toilets, and old unremodeled bathroom, is on that particular sewer line. They are constantly plugging the toilet (we never use that bathroom). Now they are telling us that we have to pay for the line to be cleared.

I was wondering if it was their responsibility to have their sewer line updated and run to the street, instead of under our property. Seems to me that their poop is trespassing on our property.

2007-10-16 05:18:21 · 7 answers · asked by CHH 2

I have a partition wall which is joined to a brick chimney flue. Along the join some movement has occured and caused a large crack which protrudes out. I've taken some of the loose plaster off and the lathes seem fine. My question is do I fill the crack and try to make good with it or board and replaster it? I'd prefer to be able to do it cheap but I don't want the crack to reappear.

2007-10-16 04:47:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is the pronounced noise of water running that seems to be coming from behind the same wall where the faucet and head are located in my shower stall. I've removed the faceplate of the faucet and all seems dry within the limited area I could examine. There are no visible leaks. The noise runs all the time whether or not any of the home's faucets are on.
Thanks for any advice.

2007-10-16 04:39:10 · 8 answers · asked by Duh 7

2007-10-16 03:12:37 · 5 answers · asked by Poppy 2

my kenmore washer model :110 92598400. Drawings from sears dont give much clue and dont give any tech support. i know the problem with actuator system that it does not spin.

2007-10-16 03:06:44 · 4 answers · asked by rlverma34 1

how do plumbers cope with that foul smell

2007-10-16 02:53:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

This home sits on a foundation with a 3' gap between the floor joists and ground. Should i foam the cinder blocks (foundation) and insulate the floor joists or is there another suggestion!!! I also need to insulate some plastic plumbing while im under there, if i just wrap it in the pipe insulation and then do the 2 steps above, is that too much and a waste of time or should i do both anyway? Please help me!!!! or it is going to be a long winter!!!!

2007-10-16 02:29:27 · 7 answers · asked by Nizzle 1

2007-10-16 02:26:25 · 3 answers · asked by Todd S 2

The room is approx 12' x 10'. It has 4 cement walls and floor.It has no doors just a window sized hole on the inside near the roof, one square hole from the outside lower than the inside hole and one small round hole from the outside lower than both. It is directly below a bathroom. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

2007-10-16 02:18:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

The light itself is colour coded Blue, Brown & Green.

I then have 3 cables coming out of the ceiling ( even though i only have 2 wall switches).

2 of these cables are colour coded Black, Red & Green.
The remaining cable is coded Blue, Red and Green.

I put reds together and connected them to the Brown wire on the light fitting.

Then put the green wires together and connected them to the green wire on the light fitting.

I then connected the 2 black wires to the blue wire and connected these to the blue wire on the light fitting.

Turned the light on and it blew the light bulb the trip switched.

What wires did i get wrong?

Cheers

Dug

2007-10-16 01:04:14 · 8 answers · asked by dug d 1

seem to be getting as hot as usual), but when the hot water tap is turned on it goes slightly warm then ice cold again. Help!

2007-10-15 21:23:13 · 7 answers · asked by Jessica M 1

I was just wondering if you could by knocking down a few walls in the middle.

2007-10-15 19:33:13 · 8 answers · asked by pfcblue438216 2

It's been sitting out and needs refinishing and some work. Any help would be appreciated!

2007-10-15 18:20:44 · 8 answers · asked by caromelheart 2

Have one room suddenly blowing fuses, and another i worked on had 4 breakers for one room, 3 shut down each of 3 differnt sets of things, 4th shut them all down. all single pole


How scarde should o be

2007-10-15 17:47:08 · 4 answers · asked by jean_has_cats 2

at least i think it is mold. My landlord has been over here and looked at it and said that it was fine, but there is obviously visible water damage to baseboards and other parts of the bathroom. The pics are of the baseboards in the bathroom and the floor in the kitchen where the water is coming under the wall. Are the walls gonna have to be torn out to fix this kind of problem???? I f so i don't really want to move in here.

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2007-10-15 16:29:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's a standard, wood burning fireplace with chimney / flue. I don't understand the purpose of the glass doors.

2007-10-15 16:07:15 · 18 answers · asked by Dave 1

i replaced a worn connecting rod and dident think about the timing until after i went to reasemble it its an older engine and i cant find any info on it the model type numbers are 320421-0134-01-7102161

2007-10-15 15:57:06 · 2 answers · asked by raddison82 1

2007-10-15 15:43:06 · 19 answers · asked by kaleasanders1027@sbcglobal.net 2

NEED TO DRILL A HOLE IN A BOTTLE. BOUGHT THE DIAMOND DRILL BITS, BUT I HAVE NEVER DRILLED GLASS, SAW A PHOTO, & THEY WERE DOING IT UNDER THE WATER WITH THE BOTTLE FULL OF WATER?? FAST, OR SLOW???

2007-10-15 15:39:40 · 2 answers · asked by Dude 1

I have two different tap lights and some times they come on by themselves. I have tried using and extension cord and a surge protector. Some times they wont come on for a long time, then all of a sudden in the middle of the night one will turn on. Why is it happening? How can I leave them plugged in and not have that happen?

2007-10-15 15:26:25 · 2 answers · asked by Gertie 1

stupid kids are rolling houses around here. its not legal to shoot them.

2007-10-15 15:16:00 · 11 answers · asked by Robert 1

If you get on Ebay and look up Task Force 12v battery packs, people are selling those 10-20 times CHEAPER than the Dewalts etc. Look, all of these have the same 'c' size Ni-Cad batteries in them. You simply take the case apart and remove the array of batteries. Then you can take a low wattage soldering iron and some solder (flux core is easier to get to stick). Just use nyour basic common sense to immitate the configuration of the pack you want to replace.
Another trick I came up with was to take a vacuum cleaner hose repair- heat shrink tubbing wrap ( Hesco inc. dot com) and put enough batteries in it to equal 9.6 volts and carefully attached a Male (-) / Female (+) connection plug. Now on my Dewalt battery charger I put the correspondingly opposite Male (+) / Female (-) plug. Then on the back of my 9.6 volt Dewalt drill I put a smaller vacuum cleaner belt looped where the normal ( and expensive) OEM battery would plug in. This loop of strong rubber is what holds the battery.

2007-10-15 14:40:15 · 2 answers · asked by paulj0557-vacuum cleaner expert 3