Maintenance & Repairs - November 2007

Hell yes or hell no?

I've heard mixed oppinions about them. Just curious. We want to replace our exsisting one.

2007-11-30 23:29:07 · 5 answers · asked by The prophet of DOOM 5

I have a wood and glass style sliding patio door that we use to get into our upper apartment. When it gets cold out it gets close to imposible to get open! I tried to put WD-40 in the track to help lube it...no luck :( I think the wood is swelling with the temp change...what is the trick? Its only going to get worse the colder it gets.... :( HELP!!!!

2007-11-30 17:59:05 · 4 answers · asked by Slick Willy 2

My heater won't sstop running and Its really hot in here. How do I get it to stop?

2007-11-30 15:40:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-30 14:20:36 · 5 answers · asked by ww9394 1

i live in sacramento, CA .been with out hot water for one and half days and it is 6:34 here at night they are working on it right now!

2007-11-30 13:39:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

so my toilet isnt, TECHNICALLY clogged. i can tell the siphon isnt blocked becase i can flush it numerous times without it overflowing

but...

usually my toilet flushes extremely fast

but after use one day it slowly went down, water gurgled from the toilet, and the water did not fill back to its normal level in the toilet.


plunger wont do anything and i dont have an auger!!!


does anyone know whats wrong/whats going on in the toilet system?

2007-11-30 12:51:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone know approximately how much it would cost to have a dead tree (maybe about 20 ft tall) cut down and removed? I'm having handyman-type old guy do it for me and don't really know what to pay him?

2007-11-30 12:36:31 · 6 answers · asked by ? 4

This one has been on since the 2000 election! It's hard and tough as leather. Any suggestions? Goo-Gone isn't enough.

2007-11-30 12:18:42 · 9 answers · asked by Snow Globe 7

It is so cold out and I am curious to know if it costs more to run my (not gas) wall heater or to purchase a portable heater. I really want to purchase one of the electric fireplaces that home depot sells, just wondering if it would help save my power bill.
Thank you

2007-11-30 12:16:36 · 5 answers · asked by anonymity 2

i have seen plastic bags of water with a penny in it hanging fron the top of many doorways and windows at many restaurants and bars. where did this idea come from, does it work and why?

2007-11-30 10:26:50 · 9 answers · asked by susan b 2

2007-11-30 10:17:23 · 15 answers · asked by levi.herrick 1

2007-11-30 10:00:15 · 6 answers · asked by dave 1

2007-11-30 09:46:24 · 8 answers · asked by Sunshine 2

Made the mistake of linking together 3 exten cords (on outdoor GRCI) to use a wd whacker. Worked for 2 outings, - on the 3rd time, - no juice. Maybe a flash of power, and then nothing. Did troubleshooting: not an indiv cord problem, not a flipped breaker, not the whacker, not a GFCI button to reset. However one outside outlet appears ?? to be on a different circuit and it would give a flash of power and then nothing.

Another GFCI outlet (on the porch) which I had tried once with the 3 cords delivers NO juice. Appears that no other outlets (in a line) are affected. Is it at the end? Did I blow it out?

1) I was sold a 20amp breaker to replace the 15 in the box for the outside circuit ... Will this help? A breaker never has flipped....
2)If porch outlet has no juice, how do I know which breaker covers it?
3) how many GFCI outlets can be in one circuit line?
Help!! Thanxxx

2007-11-30 09:29:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I used the cleaning cycle (3 hrs) and now the display pad
reads- E1 F5- locked. How to complete cycle? or disable the lock control?

2007-11-30 08:50:22 · 3 answers · asked by rusty 3

The closer unit is in the top frame and the arm is mounted to the top of the door. The closer has a square peg that the arm is clamped to. The door has to be open to access the arm hardware, but I know that if I loosen the hardware, the peg will rotate to the closed position. How do I prevent this from happening? Right now the door will not close all the way which is an indication that the arm is worn out or the peg is stripped.

2007-11-30 06:30:05 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

The owners purchased the house about a year ago and did some improvements themselves (electrical, new flooring, paint, tile in kitchen, landscaping) and are now selling the house for $35,000 more than what they paid. We really like the house but we think that it is overpriced. Additionally, there seems to be a problem with the roof. In one spot it looks like the roof might be sagging slightly and it was not shingled correctly (shingles look like they could fly off in a wind storm). So what would you do?

2007-11-30 05:59:24 · 9 answers · asked by Fawntel R 2

The burners, for my stove, are rusted over. What is a safe but effective way to remove it?

2007-11-30 05:02:14 · 7 answers · asked by dan 1

I need to get to a door in the floor to get under my house, so i need to pull up the carpet to get to it. when i done i want to put it back. whats the easiest way to do this?

2007-11-30 04:44:27 · 5 answers · asked by medusa14489 1

What is meant by the phrase; " Earth resistance value of electrode system of a house.

2007-11-30 04:44:18 · 2 answers · asked by marrowcsi 1

When I moved into the house, all of the house paint was stored in the laundry room but I would rather keep it in the garage. I was wondering if I would mess up the paint if I did. I live in the southern ohio/western west virginia/eastern kentucky region.

2007-11-30 04:31:14 · 10 answers · asked by jillagig 2

I used dry graphite lubricant on all of the door hinges (it's a 4 panel 2-car garage door, fiberglass, attached to a 1/2 horse Craftsman opener that isn't brand new but isn't super old either), and I also increased the spring tension slightly to give the door-opener a little more help, but the door still stops going up about 1/4th the way up when it's cold outside.

If opening the door by hand (disconnecting the automatic opener) the door goes up and down fairly easily no matter how cold it is outside. The door opener also works fine if the temp is above about 25 degrees F. Any suggestions on a fix would be greatly appreciated because I'm out of ideas. Thanks.

2007-11-30 04:24:11 · 3 answers · asked by Ben Linus 6

The wall is already cut and the pipes are exposed so there wouldn't be any drywall to cut

2007-11-30 03:42:40 · 3 answers · asked by C L 1

2007-11-30 03:15:56 · 6 answers · asked by Msconcerned 2

We accidentally locked ourselves out of the house last night and had to call a locksmith. Only the bottom lock was locked (not the deadbolt) and he couldn't open it with pins so he used these pumps to move the door and the door frame apart until it popped open. But after he left and I got in the house and locked it I noticed that the space between the door and the frame seemed larger than before. It was close at top and bottom, but far apart in the middle (almost far enough that the bottom lock doesn't go all the way in the hole). Am I imagining things or can this way of opening the door do this? Will it eventually move back in place on its own or is there something I can do to inch it closer together? Thanks!

2007-11-30 03:15:36 · 3 answers · asked by MK 2

I'm planning a fancing for my house. which site should i visit so I can get various types?

2007-11-30 02:48:32 · 2 answers · asked by Lovella 1

I really stupidly left a wet steel can sitting on the wooden countertop last night and I woke up this morning to find that it has left a dark semi circular stain. I scrubbed the stain to see if I could remove any of it, but all I've really done is make things worse. The small area I scrubbed now appears white compared to the rest of the surface because I've clearly removed the finish.

Does anyone have any advice on how to treat this? I've read some information about using mineral oil, but I want to know whether I would have to sand the whole surface and then oil it, or whether I can just oil this small patch and make it blend back in with the rest of the surface.

Any advice would be gratefully received. I'm really stressing out about it because I'm just renting here, and my flatmate, who owns the place is coming back on Sunday. I feel terrible for having ruined the countertop.

2007-11-30 02:44:17 · 3 answers · asked by Claire W 1

My roper dryer will not heat. but it works. It worked before i moved and when we moved the dryer to the new house it will not heat now.any ideas on what could be wrong.

2007-11-30 02:41:46 · 10 answers · asked by Ashley D 1

So everywhere I've looked, it says to use an alan key to loosen the blades, and then to hit the reset button, etc. But mine (Sinkmaster, Bonecrusher 450) does not have the screw on the bottom. What can I do to unclog what's stopping the blades? It comes back on when I hit the reset button.

2007-11-30 02:30:19 · 5 answers · asked by punchy333 6

the water was draining from my washing machine downstairs and all of the sudden bubbles were coming out in my toilet upstairs. What does this mean and what should i do about it???

2007-11-30 01:38:26 · 6 answers · asked by M L 3