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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.

There are 610 threads in our archives.

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HVAC question [25 articles]

Hello, I have a 2600 sq ft 4 level split home in Canada. It was built in 1985. This past spring we replaced our very non-effecient furnace with a Tempstar 95% effecient gas furnace. It ...HVAC question

Concrete over old cast sewer pipe?? [8 articles]

Help.. My 19 year old Son bought a very old house (1890's), during renovations, he wanted to pour the very small basement (17' x 25') in order to install a new furnace, he removed the old oil tank a...Concrete over old cast sewer pipe??

No mud when water heater drained [14 articles]

hr(bob) hofmann@att.net - 2009-10-21 12:41:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Landscaping & Gardening | Maintenance & Repair | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I drained my 3 year-old gas water heater last night, for the first time. I drained it into a sump pump pit that is in the basement at a lower level than the water heater, through a piece of garden ...No mud when water heater drained

framing around ductwork: before/after pics [8 articles]

Mikepier - 2009-10-24 10:03:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Construction & Design | Remodeling & Renovation | ]
A few weeks ago I asked advice on framing around my ductwork in a room I am renovating in my basement. I originally was going to leave the ductwork as is, but after some thought I decided to tackle ...framing around ductwork: before/after pics

re-wiring house cable, stuck [21 articles]

Hi... Our house was wired for cable when it was built in the 70's with old rg59. On top of that, they horseshoe nailed the cable to the studs. I started re-wiring it with rg6 but ran into a snag...re-wiring house cable, stuck

Gas springs [9 articles]

Jim - 2009-10-28 12:30:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Windows & Doors | ]
My 16 year old steel basement entry door uses two gas springs to hold it open. SPD-2300-12 Time has come to replace the springs as they no longer do the job intended. My question is are gas s...Gas springs

plumbing reroute [17 articles]

I am trying to reroute my upstairs bathroom pipes away from the exterior wall (actually an enclosed space behind a kneewall). They currently run in an inside (room dividing) wall until they hit the...plumbing reroute

GFCI's required in a non-updated bathroom? (Two prong type) [57 articles]

(I'm clueless about electricity... actually it sort of scares me, so this is all Greek to me). Question - I'm in the process of selling an older(1950's) home. The home inspection was Friday, ...GFCI's required in a non-updated bathroom? (Two prong type)

Score one for top loading washers [31 articles]

How would you like to pay top dollar for a new washing machine - only to have it stink up your laundry room? It's happening to lots of people who have a front-loading washer. KOMO News Problem So...Score one for top loading washers

heater guy says replace furnace/AC [47 articles]

When can these things be repaired, versus being replaced? Forced-air gas heater didn't seem to be sending up any heat today, so I cycled it a bunch of times, then finally descended to the 10x10 b...heater guy says replace furnace/AC

Drum, flow-through or mist humidifier? [7 articles]

We're going to have a whole-house humidifier installed. We don't want to go through another winter with cracked skin and static electricity. We have a 1970's-era two story house of perhaps 2000 squ...Drum, flow-through or mist humidifier?

Weatherproofing tips [13 articles]

I have an old 1941 brick Cape Cod house that has never been insulated properly. I've replaced the incredibly drafty multi-pane lead sash weight windows with double-paned Andersens and have been gen...Weatherproofing tips

Dennis the cable guy [4 articles]

Stormin Mormon - 2009-11-05 07:23:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Lighting | ]
Sadly, wasn't Lary this time. Though, he must be a hoot in real life, whoever it is that plays Larry the cable guy. I had some trouble with my cable recentl. I called for a tech to come out, an...Dennis the cable guy

doublte walled flues [5 articles]

I'm reading another thread about furnaces, the long thread where the house won't heat up "furnace blowing all the heat up the chimney" and someone wrote that flues are double-walled. Is that always...doublte walled flues

Painting basement walls and floor [10 articles]

I own an older(90+ years) home with a basement(completely unfinished concrete floor- concrete walls-quite a bit of wooden areas such as interior walls/posts/storage closets/etc) I am going to...Painting basement walls and floor
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