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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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cast iron radiators [29 articles]

Joe - 2010-11-01 23:03:00 [In: Contracting | Energy Efficiency | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
I have those old, vintage cast iron radiators in my house on a wood boiler. They are not marked for direction of flow as far as I can see but I always assumed the hot should come in the bottom and a...cast iron radiators

Ask This Old House - A/C Zoning [10 articles]

Edge - 2010-06-16 07:44:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
Anyone see the recent Ask This Old House show which featured a new product for creating zones for forced air systems? It creates room by room zones by inflating and deflating balloons in the duct wo...Ask This Old House - A/C Zoning

Central AC UV filter [33 articles]

RBM - 2009-05-16 14:48:00 [In: Carpentry | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
A customer of mine inquired about a UV filter to install in or on a central AC air handler to kill mold growing inside the cabinet and duct. Is anyone familiar with these, that can give me any det...Central AC UV filter

Micro-biocide furnace filters. [8 articles]

shareyourknowledge@hotmail.com - 2009-05-10 12:14:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
The guy who repaired my parents furnance suggested micro-biocide filters. I usually buy the pleated type for them at Lowes or Depot for about $15.00 a pop, but I don't know if they are treated or ...Micro-biocide furnace filters.

new a/c refrigerant? [12 articles]

Jean - 2009-05-10 02:07:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
I'm in the market to replace my split-system heat pump A/C. An installer = came by today and said that there is a "new r22" that eliminates the = need for the expensive puron (r410). I googled and c...new a/c refrigerant?

Cleaning vents [7 articles]

My lovely wife wants the vents in our house cleaned. Removing the register covers is not a problem. The stackhead or register box in the walls have an adjustable slide door to control the flow. ...Cleaning vents

MERV?

Doug - 2010-01-01 18:02:00 [In: Cleaning & Sanitizing | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
I have a newly installed Lennox HVAC system that uses one of those several inch-thick -- HCF 20-16, to be precise. The filter that was installed with it was a MERV 16. I see that these filters, whic...MERV?

Heater Thermostat wiring questions. [7 articles]

I have a gas-fired baseboard hot water heating system with an old mercury thermostat. There is a 3-wire conductor running from the heater to the mercury thermostat, but only two wires are conne...Heater Thermostat wiring questions.

GE Profile Fridge not cooling [6 articles]

Steve Kraus - 2009-05-21 22:53:00 [In: Appliances | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Kitchens | ]
We have a GE Profile side by side (TPX24BIY or maybe TPX24SIY) which is plenty cold in the freezer side but barely cooling on the fridge side. It's running continuously. I know from past exper...GE Profile Fridge not cooling

Air Conditioner problem - do I need a run capacitor ? [7 articles]

Passerby - 2009-05-22 21:47:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
I have an older a/c unit. Last year it was functioning just fine. This year, as it's running, the lights in the house dim on and off, just slightly. This didn't happen while the furnace was runni...Air Conditioner problem - do I need a run capacitor ?

Dehumidifier Problem??? [3 articles]

jimmy - 2009-05-21 17:05:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Home Electronics | ]
My Dehumidifier is 2 years old and has been working just fine till now. It will only operate for about 2 minutes, and only if I disconnect the power chord from the outlet. It will start whenever I...Dehumidifier Problem???

Iron with brown gunk [9 articles]

The Ranger - 2009-06-11 12:45:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
I have an 18-yo variable temperature, steaming iron by Black and Decker. It's been a workhorse! Unfortunately for me, one of my daughter-units have taken to ironing almost every stitch of cloth...Iron with brown gunk

OT: Stinking up the house [55 articles]

Smitty Two - 2009-05-28 18:30:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Laundry Rooms | Pest Control | ]
So the g.f. says my bachelor pad smells a mite unpleasant, not real strong, but maybe sort of musty and stale, like perhaps a dead mouse inside a dirty sock down behind the dryer. Unable to source...OT: Stinking up the house

Refrigerator problem: Insufficient cooling [10 articles]

question: failing compressor or plugged drier? Kenmore model 106.77292 top freezer, almost 12 years old, R134a system, diagnostics so far: 1. lowest refrigerator temp about 50 degrees F 2. low...Refrigerator problem: Insufficient cooling

A/C lines freeze up b/c no air is circulating [28 articles]

Hello, I'm hoping this is the correct group to use for my problem. I couldn't find a more suitable one from the list of available groups. My problem is that my A/C is basically broken right no...A/C lines freeze up b/c no air is circulating
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