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Alt.Home.Repair - Home Improvement Usenet Group

Alt.Home.Repair is a worldwide Usenet news group that is used to discuss various aspects of Home Improvement.

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Fuel Oil Furnace keeps shutting off [6 articles]

We recently bought a old big house that had 2 fuel oil furnaces and a fuel oil hot water heater (48yrs old). The furnace was replaced with lp, so now we just have the water heater with fuel oil. F...Fuel Oil Furnace keeps shutting off

dehumidifiers revisited [23 articles]

OK... does anyone make a decent dehumidifier anymore? I bought two LG's last year, one for the basement and one for the garage, the one in the garage is already dead. Only other brand that I ...dehumidifiers revisited

Climatouch Thermostat / Furnace help [6 articles]

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I installed a Climatouch digital thermostat about 5 years ago, everything has worked great. This winter the furnace did not seem to be heating the ...Climatouch Thermostat / Furnace help

HEATING WATER [17 articles]

It SEEMS I can heat water faster in my microwave than I can on my stovetop. Is a microwave "more efficient" at heating water ? If so, can anyone see a time where the heat source for a home...HEATING WATER

How do I remove this Honeywell thermostat? [10 articles]

Painting a room at a friend's new/used house. The thermostat in the picture linked below will be replaced within 6-8 weeks, but needs to remain in use until then. Otherwise, I'd just wreck the thi...How do I remove this Honeywell thermostat?

Carrier central ac [5 articles]

Art - 2009-04-21 10:09:00 [In: BBQs & Grills | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
I have 3 central carrier hvac systems for my house. On the outside condenser for one of them the fan has gotten quite noisy. In fact it was initially frozen in the beginning of the season. I g...Carrier central ac

How do I know if I need a subfloor? [11 articles]

I'm planning to finish my basement. My house is only 4 years old, the basement is concrete walls & floor slabs. The previous owner framed & insulated most of the walls, two walls remain un-framed. ...How do I know if I need a subfloor?

Tankless Hot water syatem? [18 articles]

Jimi - 2009-04-24 11:05:00 [In: Energy Efficiency | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Pest Control | ]
Hello, I just had a person that rates houses for energy efficiency come and rate our house. One of his suggestions he made was to pull out my existing Gas fired hot water tank and install a...Tankless Hot water syatem?

How to insulate a room "inside" a basement [3 articles]

2 story house with crawlspace located in Portland, Oregon. Crawlspace is a "conditioned" crawlspace. Since the crawlspace is "conditioned", this means that there are no vents to the outside, th...How to insulate a room

Earth Day, April 22 [15 articles]

Stormin Mormon - 2009-04-27 15:51:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Energy Efficiency | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Home Electronics | ]
For Earth day, I drove around in a 1995 Chevrolet van, releasing carbon dioxide. I serviced coolers that contain freon. Didn't release any, I just did electrical work on them. I helped capitalis...Earth Day, April 22

Tankless Hot water system? [17 articles]

Jimi - 2009-05-06 08:24:00 [In: Energy Efficiency | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Pest Control | ]
Hello, I just had a person that rates houses for energy efficiency come and rate our house. One of his suggestions he made was to pull out my existing Gas fired hot water tank and install a T...Tankless Hot water system?

Power vent hot water heater recommendations? [5 articles]

I want to replace my current gas hot water tank with a power vent unit (about 50 gallon capacity). Years ago we installed a high efficiency furnace-- power vented out the side of the house instead ...Power vent hot water heater recommendations?

refrigerator not cooling, compressor too hot? [9 articles]

George - 2009-04-29 23:42:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Kitchens | ]
We have an old (c 1980) GE 'Frost Free' fridge (freezer-on-top). Both the freezer and the fresh-food areas cool down only to about 50F. The evaporator fan runs, and seems OK. The evaporator coils...refrigerator not cooling, compressor too hot?

Moisture coming out of window air conditioner's vents [16 articles]

We have a window air conditioning unit in one of our windows. It is mounted tilting downward, which is supposed to ensure that the moisture produced by the cooling process flows out the back of the ...Moisture coming out of window air conditioner's vents

Can I run gas pipe thru heating ducts? [8 articles]

I was told that pre-heating natural or LP gas will increase the BTUs and decrease the gas usage. I got to thinking that if I run the gas pipes thru the heating ducts the gas will be heated as it is...Can I run gas pipe thru heating ducts?
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