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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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Sewer gas in the living room [15 articles]
I need some advice, on drain repair skills. Live in a three bedrom "mobile home". When I run a lot of water in the kitchen, I get sewer gas smell in the living room. Ideas? I mean, other than "d...
Breaker box clicks when Well Pump kicks in [20 articles]
2012-02-02 10:07:00 [In: Bathrooms | Bedrooms | Electrical & Wiring | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Landscaping & Gardening | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
What happens is that when it's quiet in the house, I can hear a click in
the house breaker box (which is located in my bedroom), whenever the
well pump kicks in. The pump is on the same electrical ...OT Brit humour. [5 articles]
Some people here may not get it as it's in English. Stolen from another group ESSEX HURRICANE APPEAL A major hurricane (Hurricane Shazza) and earthquake measuring 5.8 o...estimating for a handy man special type house [2 articles]
Doug - 2012-02-06 08:10:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bedrooms | Foundations & Excavation | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Kitchens | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Roofing & Gutters | Windows & Doors | ]
Ok, this home is almost 2400 sq feet, one story (no basement) located
just outside of Houston, Texas. Any idea what a roof job might cost
if it's shingle and complete tearoff of old? Assume that ...Question regarding plumbing [42 articles]
83LowRider - 2012-02-16 10:35:00 [In: Appliances | Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bathrooms | Bedrooms | Contracting | Kitchens | Plumbing & Water Supply | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
We live at the peak of a small mountain.
We replaced our well water with city water
about 9 years ago.
City water was overall fine for first few years, low
pressure at first, due to our altitu...Keep light switch ON! All the time? [38 articles]
tim birr - 2012-03-01 00:33:00 [In: Bedrooms | Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Walls & Ceilings | ]
A "light switch" in a guest bedroom controls my attic fan.
The fan operates on a thermostat. So, it only goes on in the warmer
months. However, I am getting tired of guests continually flipping i...I got a problem:( [60 articles]
I got at least one RAT in my house. Right now its eating my dogs food. Its a well fed healthy looking rat running between my bedroom and the kitchen with the dogs food and water....... my dogs ...Hanging sliding closet door(s) help? [5 articles]
I recently removed the sliding closet doors in all the bedrooms of a house I'm repainting. Because the doors were painted as well I removed the hanging rollers from the top of each door. Now I c...Falling US home prices drag new buyers under water [12 articles]
Home Guy - 2012-04-28 23:47:00 [In: Bathrooms | Bedrooms | Home Buying & Selling | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
And you're still going down the toilet.
We never had crazy "interest-only" mortgages or next-to-nothing
down-payment options in Canada.
And the way your mortgages are structured is crazy. This...Hardwood floor install questions [33 articles]
TomR - 2012-05-01 13:15:00 [In: Bedrooms | Contracting | Flooring | Roofing & Gutters | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
I am about to install new 3/4-inch solid hardwood flooring in a 2nd floor
apartment -- a living room, 2 bedrooms, and 2 closets. The new hardwood
will be prefinished and probably will be Bruce so...Smoke Testing My New Ridge Vent [25 articles]
DerbyDad03 - 2012-05-06 09:15:00 [In: Bedrooms | Contracting | Insulation & Weatherproofing | Roofing & Gutters | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I'm looking for opinions about what I'm seeing when I smoke test my new
ridge and soffit vents.
I had my roof replaced and a ridge vent was installed. I also had full
soffits vents cut and then...How to remove side slide mount drawers from heavy dresser? [6 articles]
My friends are helping me move in a few weeks. And we're gonna have to go up 4 flights of stairs with a 210lb behemoth dresser. So figuring out how to remove the drawers would make it easier. Here is...