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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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Strange Lever Door Knob [25 articles]
The old knob on the side entry door has been sticking so I decided to replace it with a lever style doorknob, which would make it easier for my wife to open the door when she's carrying seed trays f...
What's the best floodlight with motion detector. [11 articles]
mm - 2009-09-01 20:29:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
I live in the last house in a line of townhouse. The HOA wanted me or
the guy whose building is at right angles to mine to put up a
motion-detector controlled floodlight. I volunteered so that I c...bullet hole in siding [207 articles]
J Burns - 2010-11-13 11:02:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Siding & Exterior Covering | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
Home alone, the nine-year-old next door discharged his father's deer
rifle in the house. The bullet went through the wall of the house and
the Masonite siding of my garage. A plank a couple of i...Repair damaged garage door [8 articles]
2009-09-08 06:43:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Windows & Doors | ]
Any ideas how to repair a garage door pannel?
It is an old, but standard garage door each of the five
pannels is the same basic wide plank shap and appears to have been
made with a thin skin ...Sears Garage Door Opener Model 139-653000 stopped [5 articles]
leeman88 - 2009-08-29 13:03:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Windows & Doors | ]
My Sears Garage Door Opener Model 139-653000 suddenly stopped working. At
first, I heard the usual "click" but the motor made a humming sound
instead of moving the door. I removed the cover and gave...Non slippery stones [6 articles]
Aaron Fude - 2009-09-05 14:50:00 [In: Driveways & Walkways | Windows & Doors | ]
Hi,
I have a path made of (what I'm guessing is) keystone slats that goes
from the sidewalk to my house door. When it rains the stones become
*very* slick.
Is that the property of all stones...Frameless sliding shower door, width = 50 1/4 " [2 articles]
The standard widthes are below 48" and above 56". The custom-made ones are relatively expensive, and adding 1" metal expanders makes not a pretty door. I found a pivot one (Dreamline brand) tha...can't tell where window leak's coming from [7 articles]
Lobo - 2009-09-21 13:52:00 [In: Plumbing & Water Supply | Roofing & Gutters | Siding & Exterior Covering | Windows & Doors | ]
We have a big window that leaks at the lower right hand corner when it
rains. Nothing appears to be open anywhere inside or outside. We have
steel siding and our builder came out and looked and ...Can't remove this [35 articles]
desgnr - 2010-04-10 17:48:00 [In: Windows & Doors | ]
I have some screws that are rounded heads & have 3 groves in them.
What kind of screw is this & how can i remove them ?
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Dell Inspiron
Pentium dual-core 2.2 GHz
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Windows Vist...High Efficiency Furnace Problems [35 articles]
Bultaco - 2010-11-05 08:16:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Electrical & Wiring | Energy Efficiency | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Windows & Doors | ]
We have a 5 year old Keeprite, high efficiency heating furnace that
incorporates a Honeywell SV9541 Smartvalve 'under the hood'.
For three or four days now, we've awakened to under-65 degree tempe...Garage door hard to open/close [5 articles]
Higgs Boson - 2009-08-31 11:23:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Plumbing & Water Supply | Windows & Doors | ]
Fopr [censored] years I have struggled with garage door that
is not "off its trolley" (overhead carrier), but has subsided,
(or the earth has subsided; it's on concrete) such that the
door scrapes ...air leak test question [4 articles]
Jim - 2009-08-31 08:16:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Energy Efficiency | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
Hello,
I have a 2600 sq ft four level split home. I had a representative
from energuide do a household energy efficient rating on our home. ... He
shut up the entire house and then i..."Wonder putty" for window repair: epoxy? [9 articles]
David Nebenzahl - 2009-09-02 09:11:00 [In: Cleaning & Sanitizing | Windows & Doors | ]
Don't mind that name--that's just what I'm calling the stuff. The stuff
being what a guy would want to use to fix a rotted window frame.
I've seen this stuff, both on the tube and in the flesh: a...New Garage Foundation [25 articles]
Pat - 2009-09-05 07:36:00 [In: Foundations & Excavation | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Windows & Doors | ]
Can anyone tell me why the footing has to be poured across the garage door?
This mean I need to pump the concrete instead of driving the truck inside.
I am thinking of failing my inspection so I c...Cheap way to put up a wall to divide a three car garage [20 articles]
My sister-in-law has a tri-plex that has a three car garage with three single garage doors. However there are no dividing walls to separate the garage into separate garages. I need to put up a wal...