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Alt.Home.Repair is a worldwide Usenet news group that is used to discuss various aspects of Home Improvement.
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Sewer blockage. [10 articles]
terry - 2009-08-08 03:30:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Foundations & Excavation | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Yesterday we had to free the approx 100 foot main sewer pipe out to
the connection to the municipal sewer in the street. Our connecting
pipe is four inch inside diameter plastic.
It is about 8 feet...
Dealing with the concrete backer board/drywall butt joint [5 articles]
Hi all: Pretty soon I'll start putting up the concrete backer board for a tub surround, with the rest of the bathroom covered with drywall. The backer boards' edges aren't tapered and as I'll be...Quest Polybutylene pipe leaks [3 articles]
I was introduced to this infamous pipe 3 years ago when a supply line broke on my water heater. I learned the whole story about this pipe and subsequent law suits, all of which I have apparently mis...Spray Foam insulation in the attic [19 articles]
BARG - 2010-11-10 21:59:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Insulation & Weatherproofing | Roofing & Gutters | Walls & Ceilings | ]
My old house needs some insulating, and I've been looking at the
companies that do spray foam.
I'm in the Midwest, in Chicago, where winters can get very cold.
I have an unfinished attic space over...Painting Bedroom Closets [19 articles]
Tony Sivori - 2009-08-08 23:13:00 [In: Bedrooms | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Modest ranch home built in the mid 1950's, so we're talking about small
unlighted closets.
I can't decide whether to paint the closet walls the same color as the
room, or should I paint the close...Electrical current strength normal? [11 articles]
Darro - 2009-08-10 12:28:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
After disconnecting and reconnecting the wires in an electrical
circuit, my low-tech current tester seems to indicate (with low lamp
brightness) that the current in the reconnected wire circuit isn'...How to print & frame a roughly 5'x10' google satellite view on a wall [35 articles]
Dr Rig - 2010-11-22 08:24:00 [In: Walls & Ceilings | ]
I have a wall that I want to cover with roughly a 5 foot by 10 foot
"picture" frame of a google satellite view of the surrounding area.
Any idea how to accomplish the various technical parts?
- ...Grab bar in our shower stall [16 articles]
Walter R. - 2009-08-10 14:57:00 [In: Bathrooms | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Walls & Ceilings | ]
We are getting old and need a grab bar in the shower stall. The walls are
covered with 2x2 ceramic tiles, probably over sheetrock and standard studs
(standard construction).
How can I located t...Circuit went out - how much to fix? [19 articles]
Higgs Boson - 2009-08-14 14:53:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Siding & Exterior Covering | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I posted this already (I thought) but can't find. Here goes again.
One electrical circuit has gone out, comprising four outlets.
Typical So. Calif stucco house.
I checked the breaker covering ...I told you so: Taliban winning in Afghanistan [44 articles]
David Nebenzahl - 2009-08-14 08:18:00 [In: Walls & Ceilings | ]
This is aimed at one particular person here, who posts as
trader4@optonline.net, and who said in an earlier exchange about
Afghanistan, among other things:
We took the Taliban out of power a...Identifying mold [10 articles]
Simon - 2009-08-13 17:15:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Our basement flooded twice in the past month. The last flood was about
two weeks ago. A few days ago a dark green fur appeared along the
bottom of our walls in the basement. Also there was a greyish...Circuit Decoding? [13 articles]
CWLee - 2010-01-06 20:27:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I'm trying to determine which circuits are controlled by
which circuit breakers on a sub-division home built in
Southern California in 1980. I want to minimize the process
of shutting off one...A frustrating bathtub problem [20 articles]
jim - 2009-08-14 20:32:00 [In: Bathrooms | Walls & Ceilings | ]
1. I have no access to the tub taps from the rear. Outside wall :(
2. The previous owner never purchased extra tile for spares when they
tiled the entire bathroom - can't match them up.
3. The ...Installing a motion detector light to the outside wall [5 articles]
I apologize if I don't use the correct electical terms in the post. I recently purchased a Heath/Zenith motion detector (model SL-5511-BZ-B if that helps)light. The base of the light fixture th...is it safe to dim a receptacle? [15 articles]
I have some lights in a rough space that are plug-in lights. To power them, last year I wired up a duplex receptacle high up by the ceiling. Power to that outlet is controlled by a single pole swi...