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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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what size fitting for sink toilet connection [6 articles]
I am changing bath sink faucet and toilet. I am confused what I need for connection hose. The old faucet has two copper tubings 6" coming down, seems to be 1/4", with two male fittings ( cannot de...
Light Fixture ? [12 articles]
Virtual Voyager - 2009-09-23 12:05:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | Porches & Sunrooms | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I bought an inexpensive light fixture for back porch ceiling and it
has a tag on the wiring that says:
Caution: Risk of fire, most dwellings built before 1985 have supply
wire rated 60 degrees...How to open this cleanout? [27 articles]
MiamiCuse - 2009-07-27 21:05:00 [In: Cleaning & Sanitizing | Driveways & Walkways | Plumbing & Water Supply | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
I have a 40 year old cast iron sewer line and there is a cleanout in the
middle of my concrete driveway.
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I believe it is a two ...Power vents for a gas tank water heater [6 articles]
Phisherman - 2009-07-30 00:12:00 [In: Chimneys & Fireplaces | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
Are all the power vent kits about the same for a gas tank water
heater? Can anyone comment on the installation? Currently I have a
"gravity feed" double tube vents to the side of the house (no
...11 yo top loading Sears washing machine prob [6 articles]
washing machine has started to apparently leak small amounts of grease or oil on laundry. Is it time for a new one? Last year spent $99 on its first repair (leak). ...CFL won't fit in porch light. [10 articles]
terry - 2009-07-28 21:44:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Porches & Sunrooms | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Our outside porch light is fitted with an incandescent long-life 130
volt bulb (50 watts IIRC); currently we are using the second of two
such bulbs we bought some 10 to 15 years ago. The bulb is typ...New Rules for Plumbing [37 articles]
I needed to install a new, outside faucet this weekend and I had my teenage son helping. I told him he had to learn to solder plumbing because you just never know when you'll need that skill. So...Can't keep faucet aerator from leaking. What's the secret? [12 articles]
Hi all: I've got a Price Pfister kitchen faucet and the chrome screw-on aerator set up has always been something of a problem. Each time I'd remove it for cleaning there would be a very slight l...what to do with cracked grout on ceiling in shower [12 articles]
Hello, I had a new shower with tiled walls and ceiling put in about 5 years ago. This year the grout in one specific row of tiles on the ceiling is really starting to crack. This started last yea...Energy Star natural gas direct vent water heater [6 articles]
Phisherman - 2009-07-29 18:02:00 [In: Energy Efficiency | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I need to purchase a new water heater. I found 4 direct-vent gas
water heaters in my area, only two would fit. None of these water
heaters are Energy Star. Do Energy Star gas water heaters exist?...Tankless water heater [21 articles]
JIMMIE - 2009-08-01 11:19:00 [In: Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I was thinking of replacing my NG water heater with one of the new
tankless ones until I saw the price, about 2K bucks installed. I took
a look at my gas bill for the summer months and figure my cur...Plumbing Parts Availability Question .. .. .. [11 articles]
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22=3C=3C=3C=5F=5F_B=F8b_=5F=5F=3E=3E=3E=22?= - 2009-08-01 19:26:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Home Electronics | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
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The other night, w...Sump Pump Costs [10 articles]
cweddie96 - 2009-08-01 08:29:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Foundations & Excavation | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
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When houses were built in my neighborhood 25 years ago in upstate NY, no
codes for sump discharge existed. Builders just connected sump discharge
to was...Solar water heater life [11 articles]
JIMMIE - 2009-07-31 09:06:00 [In: Go Green | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
From the info I have gathered the life expectancy of a solar water
heate is comparable to a run of the mill non solar water heater. I
would think they should last just about forever. What goes out o...Non-Plumbing PVC Projects---What have you used it for? [19 articles]
SMS - 2009-07-31 10:21:00 [In: Driveways & Walkways | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Swimming Pools & Hot Tubs | ]
Yesterday I was struggling with a pool maintenance task that I have to
do 2-3 times a year, and I decided to build a PVC fixture to make the
task less of a hassle. It made the job way easier. Gues...