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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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Sears Service & Repair Center [6 articles]
I went to my local Sears Service & Repair Center today. I needed a part for an appliance. Before I went I found the part at http://www.searspartsdirect.com/. For a few seconds I hesitated. Should ...
mini fridge [18 articles]
cj - 2009-12-06 12:44:00 [In: Kitchens | ]
i am planning on buying a mini fridge for my daughters dorm room and i
am wondering if it's okay to transport one whilst lying down(sideways)
so as to fit in my backseat. will this damage the unit...Fan Logic: Air flow, blades, venting.... [7 articles]
Existential Angst - 2009-12-06 11:40:00 [In: Appliances | Electrical & Wiring | Energy Efficiency | Furniture | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Kitchens | Pest Control | Roofing & Gutters | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
Awl --
Curious as to "fan logic".
I notice that in, say, kitchen hoods, central A/C air handlers, squirrel
cage blowers are almost always used.
btw, does "blower" imply the squirrel cage co...Gas Stove Problem [4 articles]
Michael Dobony - 2009-12-02 11:53:00 [In: Appliances | Kitchens | ]
I have a commercial natural gas stove that is acting weird. There are 6
burners and 2 of them will not light by themselves. I have to use a lighter
for them (pilot is on and the matching burners lig...Must I gut the bathroom? [45 articles]
dgk - 2009-12-11 01:01:00 [In: Bathrooms | Kitchens | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
The house is around 70 years old, an 18' rowhouse. The bathroom is 5'
x 11'. They built it with a stall shower and bathtub and the plan is
to get rid of the shower and use the tub for both. That fre...dead oven [18 articles]
Denise in NH - 2009-12-02 15:41:00 [In: Appliances | Kitchens | ]
Hi folks, this is my first time to ask a question. I have a 5 year old
Amana natural gas stove. It worked perfectly on Thanksgiving. Today,
although the burners work, and the broiler works, the o...How to repair darkened granite in the kitchen [7 articles]
ivk - 2010-01-01 17:10:00 [In: Kitchens | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
3 years ago I installed granite countertops in our kitchen. The
granite was bright yellow ("Madura gold"). Since then, the granite
became visibly darker in the areas with a lot of water (eg around t...Current of central heat fans [14 articles]
C & E - 2009-12-05 23:15:00 [In: Appliances | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Kitchens | Pest Control | ]
Can anyone tell me the general draw of a squirrel cage fan in the plenum of
a heating/ cooling system in one or both speeds? I'm trying to decide if
this fan is cost effective (I'll do the math) ...CostCo has nicely priced CFL floods including dimable [3 articles]
Made a trip to CostCo and found they have outside 120W equivalent and inside 65W equivalent CFL floodlights. The inside ones are "dimable". I thought the price was very good, $17 bucks for a 4 pa...Kitchen Renovation - Now Pipes Shudder [12 articles]
Fleemo - 2009-12-06 20:18:00 [In: Contracting | Kitchens | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
We just had some kitchen renovation done, adding lighting cans to the
ceiling. The contractor had to reroute some of the waterlines that
were run up there to make room for the lighting fixtures. Onl...Microwave question [11 articles]
I went to use my microwave this morning, and it was dead. I checked the breaker box, and the breaker for the kitchen is fine. Flipped it off, then on again. All the other things work in the kit...Dishwasher acting up [8 articles]
Hi all: I have a Maytag Jetclean dishwasher that's about 13-15 years old and has been lightly used during that time. Recently, the machine has started making light rattling noises during the dry...Laundry Floor Replacement [4 articles]
Our laundry rooom floor has that 1-inch square ceramic tile glued to plywood. It's over a crawlspace, if that matters. The little squares are coming lose in a couple of the high-traffic areas but th...Antifreeze - not just for cars [182 articles]
Stormin Mormon - 2009-12-13 09:41:00 [In: Appliances | Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bathrooms | Kitchens | ]
Friend of mine, is acting as caretaker for a family member's
house. The power got shut off, and the house is cold inside.
Down to 37, last he checked. Four burneers on the stove for
an hour rais...Spontaneous oily rag combustion, hood grease fires [44 articles]
Existential Angst - 2009-12-11 18:52:00 [In: Kitchens | ]
Awl --
Any thoughts on this, esp. on how likely this all is? Anyone with personal
experience?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_combustion says Yea on the
possibility, for *uncove...