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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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Loose hose bib [8 articles]
Matt - 2009-09-05 10:55:00 [In: Appliances | Bathrooms | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Electrical & Wiring | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Landscaping & Gardening | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I have a hose bib in my garage that simply appears out of a hole in
the drywall. It has a 45 degree turn connector and a vacuum breaker
attached, and then the garden hose. The valve is always open...
Concrete Patio [8 articles]
Virtual Voyager - 2009-09-14 20:09:00 [In: Decks & Patios | Foundations & Excavation | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Hi all,
I have a 16' x 22' concrete patio that butts up against the
utilityroom exterior wall foundation. It was poured when the house
was built almost 40 yrs ago.
It has severe cracks that...Building new wall. [11 articles]
desgnr - 2010-06-27 18:36:00 [In: Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
Before i screw the studs together should i drill a pilot hole for the 3"
screws & if so how deep do i make the pilot hole ?
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Dell Inspiron
Pentium dual-core 2.2 GHz
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Window...Kitchen phone jack bad? [9 articles]
Higgs Boson - 2009-09-05 11:17:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Home Electronics | Kitchens | Security & Surveillance | Walls & Ceilings | ]
My kitchen phone was crackling horribly, so I bought a replacement
at Radio Shack. It worked fine for a month or so, then IT started
crackling just a week ago!
The phone AND the personal alarm...Sweating Cu pipe [23 articles]
I don't usually have a problem sweating Cu pipe but this is a little unusual. I need to put a coupling on a short pipe protruding from a wall covered with ceramic tile. When I place the coupling on ...Painting a concrete basement floor [23 articles]
JayTKR - 2009-09-11 15:43:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Plumbing & Water Supply | Porches & Sunrooms | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I have a house that I am going to be renting out that has a basement with
poured concrete walls and a concrete floor. The basement doesn't flood,
but it does have a sump pump, and the pump does pu...Refrigerator not Cooling Intermittently [4 articles]
SMS - 2009-09-06 08:03:00 [In: Appliances | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Kitchens | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I have a Maytag MTF2455DRW refrigerator that's a bit over 10 years old.
Twice in the past six months it suddenly decided that it wasn't going to
cool very much, even though the compressor and comp...help with 4 light fixtures, 3-way and 4-way light switch problem [7 articles]
dd - 2010-11-10 23:21:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Energy Efficiency | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Let me explain the situation.
There are 4 floors - base, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Each floor has a light
fixture. The previous owners used a timer to control all the lights.
To save energy my friend de...Wet Bathroom Wall [13 articles]
Nicola O. - 2009-09-09 00:05:00 [In: Bathrooms | Insulation & Weatherproofing | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I'm sure this has been covered before, but I didn't see it with a
quick search-- if you'll forgive a noob--
I've got a wet bathroom wall, tiled surround, outside wall. I've
pulled off some of th...Insulating basement walls, what is best method? [7 articles]
Mikepier - 2009-09-09 22:14:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Home Buying & Selling | Insulation & Weatherproofing | Walls & Ceilings | ]
A few days ago there was a topic of insulating basement walls. There
was discussion of what was best. Someone pointed out using 1" XPS foam
board directly on the concrete walls, then using R13. . So...Loose duplex socket [7 articles]
Charlie - 2009-09-09 19:35:00 [In: Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Spouse complained of a loose outlet. It turns out that holes in the box for
mounting the outlet are broken out. The box is a gray plastic one and the
6-32 screws do not have anything to bite into ...support underneath old brick load bearing wall [6 articles]
ashroyer - 2009-09-10 11:13:00 [In: Foundations & Excavation | Siding & Exterior Covering | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I have a brick loadbearing wall that runs down the center of my house in
the crawlspace. The bottom of the wall sits on the dirt crawlspace
floor (no footer). I have dug out the dirt under a small ...Gasoline in the walls... [43 articles]
Jason Carlton - 2009-09-13 13:09:00 [In: Contracting | Decks & Patios | Electrical & Wiring | Pest Control | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I've made a few threads about having my deck rebuilt, and the issues
that have come along with the contractor. I have to admit, though,
that at this point, the work is looking pretty darn good... as...NM cable in garage? [59 articles]
stryped - 2009-09-15 12:15:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Can type NM cable be used in a detached garage with no interior walls?
...Older house wiring puzzle [108 articles]
David Nebenzahl - 2009-10-30 14:20:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Electrical & Wiring | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Have a client with a house built in the '20s, originally knob and tube
wired but (partly) converted to more modren wiring methods. Basement
ceiling is exposed and where the majority of the house w...