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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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Gas Water Heater Leaking [7 articles]
Ken_W - 2009-12-24 12:42:00 [In: Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I had to turn the gas off temporarily, then turned it back on. Naturally I
forgot to re-light the water heater pilot and it was off for about 18hrs.
When I finally went to do that, I saw a puddle...
box fill calcs - am I doing this right? [10 articles]
Nate Nagel - 2009-12-28 11:30:00 [In: Bedrooms | Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Am trying to properly plan attack on wiring...
want to use fan rated boxes for ceiling boxes in 2 (eventually 3) bedrooms
from this site:
http://www.hubbellcatalog.com/raco/RACO_boxes.asp?FAM...CFL's revisited [16 articles]
Nate Nagel - 2010-01-06 22:12:00 [In: Appliances | Bathrooms | Energy Efficiency | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
rather than completely threadjack the ongoing thread about "best" CFLs...
I decided to take a systematic approach to attempting to find acceptable
CFL lighting for each room in my house. I have ...Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover) [13 articles]
After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I s...Fluorescent Light Fixture Question [4 articles]
I have a pair of recessed fluorescent light fixtures in the kitchen that I think the ballasts are going out. The lights do not come on sometimes and sometimes when it does come on it is very dim....programmable outlets [25 articles]
Limp Arbor - 2010-01-13 00:29:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Home Electronics | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
Where I used to work they had outlets and lights that could be
"programmed" to operate with a similarly programmed switch. They way
the switches and outlets where programmed was by two dials on eac...programmable outlets [3 articles]
Limp Arbor - 2010-01-08 14:58:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Home Electronics | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
Where I used to work they had outlets and lights that could be
"programmed" to operate with a similarly programmed switch. They way
the switches and outlets where programmed was by two dials on eac...Flooolight keeps turning on because of wind. [23 articles]
My outdoor motion-activate floodlight keeps turning on because of the wind. Every ten minutes sometimes. Every hour at other times. Is this likely to lessen when it gets warmer?? (It's about ...washer frozen [30 articles]
ant30dio@yahoo.com - 2010-01-12 09:45:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Insulation & Weatherproofing | Laundry Rooms | Lighting | Walls & Ceilings | ]
My washer is frozen again. 1st (last week) it was the rubber hose's
to the washer and the shut off valve's. Ran a kerosene heater a while,
but could not get watter to fill up.
Tonight I did get it...Fluorescent Bulbs Questions [8 articles]
Last couple of days I have been fixing various fluorescent fixtures in my kitchen and garage. I got them all done but struggled with one thing. Removing and installing the tubes (T12). Once I...indoor vs outdoor light fixtures [12 articles]
I would like to replace a couple of outdoor, wall-mounted light fixtures. The ones I have now are cheap jelly-jar types and I would like to put up something a little nicer. When I go to the home ...lights that lower [8 articles]
We are looking for lights that could be mounted between the ceiling joists in the basement, but that could also be pulled down so that the light bulb is below the joists for more light. Are there an...Do you have to know the exact lavatory fixture you will be using before you rough in? [8 articles]
I am going to rough in a lavatory sink. I know it needs to be 32" wide and I set the PVC drain stub out right in the middle and about 17" above the floor slab. Now I want to rough in the water...Hairbrained Lighting Idea [3 articles]
mcp6453 - 2010-01-22 19:10:00 [In: Lighting | ]
Our big hallway has a night light plugged into the outlet. While thinking about
the situation, I decided it might be neat to have a permanently installed light.
It seems that the type of light I wou...Hairbrained Lighting Idea [11 articles]
Our big hallway has a night light plugged into the outlet. While thinking about the situation, I decided it might be neat to have a permanently installed light. It seems that the type of light I wou...