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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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Repainting semi-gloss? ? ? [4 articles]
Ray - 2009-10-25 10:01:00 [In: Bathrooms | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I painted bathroom walls six years ago, with a primer undercoat and
semi-gloss latex finish. It's beginning to need touching up.
My question is, do I need to use primer again, or do I just put ne...
Keystone/MAAX shower doors? [5 articles]
I'm looking at getting a shower door from this company (Keystone) through Home Despot. It's a frameless sliding (bypass) door, made with 6mm clear glass, and 71" tall. Anyone have any experien...Venting enclosed room ? [20 articles]
James - 2009-10-26 19:14:00 [In: Bathrooms | Bedrooms | Health & Safety | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Pest Control | Roofing & Gutters | Security & Surveillance | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
We have a vacation cabin in the remote mountains. This place was built
many years ago, and this county is so remote, not much attention is paid to
building codes, etc.
I have a very small bat...Access Panel [10 articles]
SBH - 2009-10-24 22:32:00 [In: Bathrooms | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
I am in the stage of painting a spare room, which, on one wall, has an
access panel to service the bathroom tub plumbing. Currently, the panel area
contains basic door trim molding with a 1/8" thi...Rug Backing on Bath Floor [7 articles]
rdoc - 2009-10-29 04:46:00 [In: Bathrooms | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Flooring | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | Windows & Doors | ]
I currently need to get a bath painted and freshened that had the bath rugs
stuck to the floor. The backing has come off crumbly and remained on the
linoleum (sp?). I might believe the folks who h...Particle Board Sealant? [5 articles]
The bottoms of my kitchen sink cabinet and those of two bathroom vanities are made or 3/4" particle board. They're relatively new and solid enough, but subject to staining and possible water dama...Power shower pressure fall (not electric) [6 articles]
My Grohe mixer is fed from a hot/cold pump. The cold is mains pressure and the hot is fed from a loft tank so the head is around 4 feet. The pressure at 38C temp was very acceptable when new 8 ...plumbing reroute [17 articles]
Joe - 2009-11-03 00:17:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bathrooms | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I am trying to reroute my upstairs bathroom pipes away from the
exterior wall (actually an enclosed space behind a kneewall).
They currently run in an inside (room dividing) wall until they hit
the...DO_IT_MY_SELF_GASKETS for shower with 4 foot arm [3 articles]
Dave_s - 2009-10-31 21:34:00 [In: Bathrooms | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I have a 50 year old Shower with the shower head at the end of movable
4 foot arm. There are two movable joints which are leaking and spraying
water everywhere except out the shower head.
Rep...Shower Base [3 articles]
RML - 2009-11-01 13:47:00 [In: Bathrooms | Flooring | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Will be tiling shower walls and am considering using either an acylic
(Amertech) base or a solid surface base such as Swanstone. Any other
ideas, or opinions on these? Will not use tiles on floor th...GFCI's required in a non-updated bathroom? (Two prong type) [57 articles]
Lee B - 2009-11-10 13:26:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bathrooms | Electrical & Wiring | Home Electronics | Laundry Rooms | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Walls & Ceilings | ]
(I'm clueless about electricity... actually it sort of scares me, so
this is all Greek to me).
Question - I'm in the process of selling an older(1950's) home. The home
inspection was Friday, ...Odd wiring in 20 year home (another wtf) - return/white grounded in switch box??? [10 articles]
Charlie - 2009-11-02 12:29:00 [In: Bathrooms | Electrical & Wiring | Health & Safety | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I'm in the process of replacing a bathroom vent with light. I mean,
how hard can it be? :) In so doing, I have encountered some wiring
that has me puzzled as to safety and function.
What caugh...Drain pipe lining [17 articles]
Robert Green - 2009-11-08 07:07:00 [In: Bathrooms | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
Just got a notice from the county that they will be "lining" old drain pipes
in the street rather than digging them up and replacing them.
Can anyone tell me the pros and cons? I assume this is a...shower stall bottom half inch crack [5 articles]
John Smith - 2009-11-03 23:21:00 [In: Bathrooms | Maintenance & Repair | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
My shower stall has a half inch crack. It is about 8 inches from
the drain. Lowe's and Home Depot has fiber glass repair kits but
those are for holes, I think, not for small cracks.
How do I repa...Mortar Under Acrylic Shower Base [6 articles]
red - 2009-11-06 09:37:00 [In: Bathrooms | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I'm re-doing a shower using an acrylic/fiberglass base. The
instructions say to put "mortar cement" under the base. Makes sense,
there were lumps of grey rock-like substance under the one I pulled...