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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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Backflow check valve necessity? [13 articles]
Michael - 2010-11-23 12:12:00 [In: Bathrooms | Building Code & Best Practices | Contracting | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
Durring renovations of my home eight years ago, my contractor
installed a water backflow prevention valve on my water heater. I
think he told me it was required by code at the time, so I didn't
th...
Way OT: Loon Over MyYammy [19 articles]
HeyBub - 2010-11-25 11:35:00 [In: Contracting | Driveways & Walkways | Security & Surveillance | Windows & Doors | ]
I went to HEB [a local food market chain] tonight.
I got a cart from the outside cart collection.
I passed a mountain of yams - six for a dollar. "Hmm," said I, "that seems
reasonable." So I b...Get Property Management Software for Your Management Needs [2 articles]
rafael - 2010-11-15 12:28:00 [In: Contracting | ]
In need of the perfect solution to help in managing properties as well
as keep accurate records of them? As a property manager, this used to
be my situation. But now, it has all changed thanks to Re...ServiceMagic.com - Anybody use? [2 articles]
Vic Smith - 2010-11-15 14:05:00 [In: Contracting | Furniture | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Home Electronics | Windows & Doors | ]
I used them twice now, and unless I have a connection for what I want
done, I'll use them again.
First time was a furnace problem, and worked real good.
Second time an Anderson window pane replac...New Homeowner Woes - But they get a new kitchen! [4 articles]
DerbyDad03 - 2010-09-02 21:38:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bathrooms | Contracting | Driveways & Walkways | Flooring | Kitchens | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
A young couple recently bought the house across the street from me.
It's a 1940-ish colonial.
They moved back from another state and were living with Mom while they
did some work on the house. Th...Complexity of dyes in kitchen cabinets [105 articles]
Hi, We are getting kitchen cabinets made by a local custom cabinet maker. The total cost of the project is about $20k. We have just asked him whether the two island pieces can be stained with ...I'm in the wrong business (bedbugs) [66 articles]
David Nebenzahl - 2010-09-21 12:15:00 [In: Bedrooms | Contracting | Go Green | Pest Control | Windows & Doors | ]
As some of you may know, there seems to be a national infestation of
bedbugs, as has been noted recently in the NY Times and elsewhere.
Apparently it has nothing to do with cleanliness or the lack...CPVC/PVC plumbing questions [27 articles]
RogerT - 2010-09-29 11:29:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Contracting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I am running new plumbing lines in the basement of a 3-unit apartment
building that I own. The purpose of the re-plumbing is to separate out the
water service for each unit. All of the existing ...brace / bracket without pre-drilled holes - truck bed rail flag project [6 articles]
dilbert firestorm - 2011-02-15 21:15:00 [In: Bedrooms | Contracting | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Windows & Doors | ]
anyone know where I can get a corner brace (1"W x 1"W x 5" L x .125"
thick) and a T-brace or L-brace (1"W x 5"L x 5"L x .125" thick) or
without pre-drilled holes?
I've looked at Home Depot & Lo...curtains [5 articles]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcAGwD3e6tU I'm fishing for tips on installing curtains, which I have done serially in my life. This is my gossamer voyage into a curtain installation for myself...LOWES Kitchen installers [11 articles]
maha2010 - 2010-11-27 13:14:00 [In: Contracting | Kitchens | ]
I have a problem in which a LOWES installer convince me to eliminate LOWES
and he can help me do my repairs also I was advised my LOWES that a
licensed contractor was coming out to my house. At the ...LOWES INSTALLERS - Fraud [9 articles]
maha2010 - 2010-11-23 21:29:00 [In: Contracting | Kitchens | ]
Ha anybody ever had a lowes installer come out to their home to measure
their kitchen? And then convince them if they eliminate LOWES that they
will offer them a good price? If you had someone come ...Mythbusters, alt.home.repair edition: Pipe Slope [16 articles]
mike - 2010-10-31 15:35:00 [In: Contracting | Furniture | Health & Safety | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
Just because I'm sick of seeing the liquids-outrunning-solids-on-steep-
slopes myth on the net....
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"A few years later ...All toilets created equal? [15 articles]
Jim Beaver - 2010-09-25 22:16:00 [In: Appliances | Bathrooms | Contracting | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I've got 3 standard U.S. residential toilets in my house--all
different models but all bought at the same place a few years back.
Two of the three work just fine. But the third one stops up with sol...Multi-function tool victory [29 articles]
I posted earlier questioning how to cut cabinets cleanly for a dishwasher. As A trial project, I took a 36" cabinet I had removed to install a slide in 30" stove in place of a countertop burner an...