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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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bulb burnt out with heat damage. Why? [11 articles]
dchou4u@hotmail.com - 2011-08-20 20:01:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | Energy Efficiency | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Hi, we have one of those energy saving bulbs installed in a room. The
bulb is installed on the ceiling light fixture, facing downwards.
Recently it burnt out and when we were replacing it, we found ...
Who has a ATV Sprayer? [20 articles]
Jack Valance - 2012-04-11 18:27:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | ]
I bought a 15gal one today. I have some bermuda/fescu.
What is best to spray, give me any tips ideals on spraying my yard.
Jack
Tennessee
...Adding an overflow to a bathtub without one. [14 articles]
A friend asked me if he can add an overflow to a bathtub in a trailer home. Many of these trailer bathtubs never had an overflow, which I am aware. His elderly mother has memory loss and is consta...More defective Chinese products! [17 articles]
HeyBub - 2011-09-05 00:13:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | ]
"[TEHRAN, Iran] Iranian publishers are complaining that cost-saving plans to
print Qurans in China are yielding embarrassing results: A slew of typos."
http://news.yahoo.com/iran-irked-errors-qur...OT: Groupon offer - Car Tires [28 articles]
Higgs Boson - 2011-09-03 20:56:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | Health & Safety | Security & Surveillance | ]
Amigos, have you any experience with/opinion about, the following tire
brands that I never heard of. They are featured on a GroupOn 60% off
deal ($40 toward $100/tire). This would be for a '99 Niss...Saving a Vinyl Window? [8 articles]
WandererFan - 2011-09-06 20:33:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Budget & Money Saving Tips | Contracting | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
I have a problem with a vinyl horizontal slider window set in a
basement wall. Neither sash will slide more than an inch or two.
There is a definite hump in the lower frame rail that binds the
sas...Repair/Remove vinyl siding [12 articles]
Puddin' Man - 2011-09-23 19:32:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Siding & Exterior Covering | ]
Anybody got some tips on removing vinyl siding?
Detached 2-car garage with Ga. Pacific vinyl siding from the 90's. I need
to replace an outside corner post and some j-channel.
Got the Kobalt ...Where is all the money? The Wageless, Profitable Recovery [18 articles]
Home Guy - 2011-10-03 10:00:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | ]
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/the-wageless-profitable-recovery/
The Wageless, Profitable Recovery
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Economists at Northeastern University have found that the c...10 cheapest BEST cities to live.... and to run a mfr'g bidniss?? [254 articles]
Existential Angst - 2011-11-08 02:50:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | Pest Control | ]
http://money.msn.com/saving-money/10-best-places-to-live-cheaply-forbes.aspx?cp-documentid=6855877>1=33026
The first listing, Sandusky, Ohio, gives the articles sources.
Michigan, Ohio, Indian...Ventless Propane Stoves [28 articles]
Country - 2011-11-04 18:06:00 [In: Appliances | Budget & Money Saving Tips | Chimneys & Fireplaces | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Energy Efficiency | Kitchens | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I'm seriously considering replacing my pellet stove that I use to heat
the downstairs of my house with a ventless propane stove.
The pellet stove is to problematic and when it gets to the point it...Z-Medica QuikClot Emergency Blood Loss Stopper [13 articles]
Stormin Mormon - 2011-11-05 22:53:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | Health & Safety | Security & Surveillance | ]
Z-Medica QuikClot Emergency Blood Loss Stopper
http://tinyurl.com/lbz72e (sorry about the bad link,
last send.)
QuikClot is in use with the Marines and Army as a major
component of
their ...Follow-up on gluing neoptrene to glass
micky - 2011-11-05 17:01:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | Windows & Doors | ]
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:55:32 -0700, chaniarts
> wrote:
>
> > On 10/24/2011 10:42 PM, micky wrote:
> > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:13:58 -0700, chaniarts
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On...M inimizing dust during floor tile replacement ? [15 articles]
AngryOldWhiteGuy - 2011-11-21 14:33:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Kitchens | ]
Any tips on minimizing the dust that can be generated during a kitchen floor
tile job? We currently have tile on the floor, installed before we bought
the house, but it's chipped and not what we ...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...Cutting padlocks [130 articles]
Robert Green - 2011-12-03 19:09:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Insulation & Weatherproofing | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
I've got a padlock that's been outside too long. The key won't turn
(although after copious amounts of WD40 it does, finally, enter the lock)
and it's in a rather hard to reach spot. I'm heading o...