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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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Ceiling fan/light wiring options [16 articles]
From an earlier post, I have a top floor (second floor) apartment where the ceilings in the living room, 2 bedrooms, and a small hallway have now been removed. This was after the last tenant move...
Wood stove questions [18 articles]
Steve B - 2011-09-28 06:58:00 [In: Appliances | Bedrooms | Kitchens | Plumbing & Water Supply | Roofing & Gutters | Walls & Ceilings | ]
We want to add a wood burning stove to our bedroom/house wing. My wife
thinks it best to go up from the stove, 90 through the wall, and 90 through
the metal awning. I say a straight shot through...Which is better insulation [12 articles]
---MIKE--- - 2011-10-15 09:54:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bathrooms | Bedrooms | Insulation & Weatherproofing | Windows & Doors | ]
I just put up my storm windows in the basement (full length windows in
the bathroom and bedroom). Past years I put styrofoam between the upper
half of the three windows. Would bubble wrap provide ...Switched outlet bypass for lamp [10 articles]
Art Todesco - 2011-10-31 07:05:00 [In: Bedrooms | Electrical & Wiring | ]
My bedroom has half of every duplex outlet switched. I have 3 lamps
plugged into various outlets on the switched side around the room, so
when the switch is turned on, all 3 lamps light. One lam...Well problems [18 articles]
noname87 - 2011-11-03 22:17:00 [In: Appliances | Bathrooms | Bedrooms | Kitchens | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I am having issues with my well. It is a two inch well that is
approximately 35 feet deep and has a jet pump. The well was drilled in
1965. The well head is buried. I have been told by the previous ...Behr Paint [17 articles]
Purchased Behr paint for bathroom and bedroom. Bath done, looks fine. Painter came in for an estimate for the bedroom and sneered at Behr paint saying painters did not think it of good quality in...Are all roofers ripoffs? [22 articles]
dgk - 2011-11-09 15:13:00 [In: Bedrooms | Decks & Patios | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Roofing & Gutters | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
I have an rowhouse in the middle of 12 attached homes. I noticed that
the A_One Roofing company was working on a house a few doors down and
asked them to take a look at mine. Since I've had water da...Lowes Black Friday sale [48 articles]
Things that caught my eye: * Skil 10" table saw - $69 * 2-gallon air compressor combo - $59 * 30 AA alkaline batteries - $4 * 6' fiberglass stepladder - $19 * 1500 psi pressure washer - $69 * Be...Thief Aware! [5 articles]
HeyBub - 2011-11-17 16:33:00 [In: Bedrooms | Security & Surveillance | ]
HeyBub wrote:
Ran across this freeware program that might fit in with earlier
discussions regarding security cameras.
It uses a video capture device to monitor a target area. When the program
...Good Qualtiy Kin-sized Mattress [15 articles]
Dwight - 2011-11-23 10:59:00 [In: Bedrooms | ]
We spent a lot of money at Macy's for a Sealy mattress with a
form-fitting foam which was supposed to be the best thing since sliced
bread. It may have been called Sealy True Form.
We soon got ...Complete House Collapses (after roof falls in) [25 articles]
2012-03-24 04:33:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bathrooms | Bedrooms | Budget & Money Saving Tips | Foundations & Excavation | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Kitchens | Landscaping & Gardening | Roofing & Gutters | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
There is an old farm house on my property that has not been lived in for
many years. I have been living in the newer house on the same property,
but was planning to rebuild the old (original) house...Ah, the enjoyment of gun ownership and use... [145 articles]
Home Guy - 2011-12-05 21:19:00 [In: Bedrooms | ]
READSBORO — State police say a Vermont hunter shot a friend who was
tracking a deer and then killed himself after realizing his friend was
dead.
Sgt. Albert Abdelnour says three men were hunting ...Help, removing a wall mount TV [22 articles]
Bought this house and we included the wall mounted TV (~19") in the bedroom as part of the offer to purchase. I purchased a wireless headphone so my wife can watch TV while I sleep. I can't fi...Plumbing question [10 articles]
szeik@hotmail.com - 2011-12-25 10:01:00 [In: Bathrooms | Bedrooms | Contracting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Just when I thought our dream bathroom was looking so good I noticed a
problem with the height of the shower head.
The shower head is 3 inches shorter than it is supposed to be. The
contractor m...Is this how you wire the RJ45 female wall mount connectors? [20 articles]
Chuck Banshee - 2012-01-06 19:51:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bedrooms | Electrical & Wiring | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I recently did my very first cat5e wiring in my life (details elsewhere).
The tools for the male connectors weren't too hard to figure out but what
tools do YOU use for the female connectors?
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