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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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Substitute for outdoor garbage can lid [29 articles]
For once I was went out just an hour after my garbage was collected, and no one was out there, and yet this was the day my lid disappeared. I've waited a week for it to return, but I don't think i...
Help With Transformer Install [7 articles]
I have a question that relates to a doorbell install that you folks have been helping me with, along with another transformer install that I have to do for a AC system. The transformer that had be...Concrete Steps are Done - Thanks Everyone [26 articles]
I posted a few weeks back. I had a redwood deck/steps leading to my front door and I was tired of having to treat it every summer. It was all ripped out, and new concrete was poured and the job...substitute for curtains during the daytime [19 articles]
john royce - 2009-09-15 05:52:00 [In: Windows & Doors | ]
A friends flat is overlooked by other flats and they want to put up some
japanese type opaque paper and also some reflective film ( the type you can
look out of, but people looking in only see a s...fridge door seal
It's finally subsuming after the renters damage. The seal around the fridge door looks like it just 'glues in place' with stickyback. Is there any special think I need to know other than no gap ...Should I attempt to remove about 1/3 of a roof rafter myself? [4 articles]
I just bought a foreclosed house and need to do some work in the back part of the house and to do so I'd sure like to have access to that part of the attic of which there is no access now. The ba...Peerless vs Burnham [2 articles]
Jordan - 2009-09-15 22:34:00 [In: Budget & Money Saving Tips | Electrical & Wiring | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
I have a 24 year old Burnham boiler that I need to replace in my 1700
sqft home. The home is heated with forced hot water base board heat.
Currently the old Burnham does not produce enough hot wate...When to remove painter's tape? [17 articles]
Surfingbull - 2009-09-18 00:02:00 [In: Bathrooms | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Windows & Doors | ]
Hi All, I'm about to start painting my bathroom. I covered the door
trim and baseboard with the blue painter's tape. Last time, I pulled
up the blue tape minutes after the second coat of paint. I...Electric connection [39 articles]
Mark - 2009-09-19 18:04:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Electrical & Wiring | Windows & Doors | ]
Kind of hard to describe what I'm looking for here. I think on RVs and 5th
wheels, and I know on the 'beer wagon' get from the distributor for our
church festival, there is a 'reverse' receptacl...Mortising hinges [2 articles]
gpsman - 2009-09-16 00:54:00 [In: Contracting | Windows & Doors | ]
Commercial project, slab door swap.
Before- http://tinypic.com/r/14waxco/3
After- http://tinypic.com/r/2gyahab/3
Shim it... or not...?
http://tinypic.com/r/2m3snj4/3
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- gpsman
...Steps [14 articles]
Van Chocstraw - 2009-09-19 02:46:00 [In: Windows & Doors | ]
I need new steps for the front door. Why can't I make them with cement
blocks. Seems easy enough to just stack them to form steps. The first
layer the full length of the steps, the second layer ou...Compressor oil [14 articles]
Stormin Mormon - 2009-09-20 20:26:00 [In: Windows & Doors | ]
One place I work, has a huge compressor. Three phase, from
what I can tell. Crankcase, and sight glass. I don't see an
oil level in the crankcase. The fill plug (big knurled
thing) didn't want t...Lighting puzzle [6 articles]
I have a 4' Florescent fixture with 2 F40cw tubes. The tubes look like there half lit, sometimes they will fully light & other times there very low. I don't know if it is the fixture or tubes that...Harbor Freight vs. Home depot [67 articles]
How does Harbor Freight tools rate compared to Home depot tools ? I am currently looking for a coordless drill driver capable of driving a 3" screw into a 2" x 4" stud. Any recomendations apprecia...Installing threshold
gcotterl - 2009-09-25 22:08:00 [In: Windows & Doors | ]
The saddle threshold -- http://images.orgill.com/200x200/0039560.jpg
-- has a gradual slope and a steeper slope. Which slope should my
front door contact?
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