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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.

There are 468 threads in our archives.

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Re: Hot Water Heater And Temp. Setting ?

"Bob" wrote in message news:im8mk7$l27$1@news.eternal-september.org... > Hello, > > Have the typical vertical cylinder gas fired house hot water heater. > > The thermostat on the gas ...Re: Hot Water Heater And Temp. Setting ?

Deterring wood peckers [14 articles]

Thanks for the suggestions about my hardwood floors. I've put protection on my furniture and looking at products to keep them in good shape. I really appreciate the replies. I wanted to find tha...Deterring wood peckers

Complete Recall of All U.S. Vehicles [5 articles]

2012-04-03 18:13:00 [In: Security & Surveillance | ]
April 1, 2012 Effective Immediately, If you drive on public roads and highways, this concerns you. This notice is to notify all drivers in the United States that your vehicle is being recall...Complete Recall of All U.S. Vehicles

What's up with Canada and horizontal electric panels? [45 articles]

Watching Holmes do his thing on TV, I've noticed that most of the electric service panels are installed horizontally instead of vertically. Must be some Canada thing? What's up with that? It loo...What's up with Canada and horizontal electric panels?

Re: Nuclear Crisis in Japan

Rod Speed - 2011-03-26 17:43:00 [In: Health & Safety | Security & Surveillance | ]
Robert Green wrote > Rod Speed rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com wrote > > Robert Green wrote > > > > > but it's also no guarantee of not getting the M9.0 > > > > > hell shaken out of you no matter wh...Re: Nuclear Crisis in Japan

Low cost home security monitoring? [17 articles]

trader4@optonline.net - 2011-03-28 09:32:00 [In: Home Electronics | Security & Surveillance | ]
Anyone have experience using one of the lower cost security monitoring services that charge $10 to $15 a month for alarm monitoring, versus $35 from ADT? There are a bunch of them available that e...Low cost home security monitoring?

Safe Products [28 articles]

Higgs Boson - 2011-04-02 01:03:00 [In: Health & Safety | Security & Surveillance | ]
To report an unsafe product, go to This is a user-friendly way to report a product that could injure or kill a consumer. There are never enough inspectors to check on everything, so citizens h...Safe Products

Re: Safe Products

Stormin Mormon - 2011-03-30 22:05:00 [In: Health & Safety | Security & Surveillance | ]
I wonder where, in the Constitution of the United States, that it assigns the Fed the power to regulate the safety of consumer products? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www...Re: Safe Products

anyone using rollup security shutters on door & windows? [6 articles]

Chuck - 2011-03-31 20:29:00 [In: Security & Surveillance | Windows & Doors | ]
Sure could use your advice. What's been your experience? Who makes the best products? ...anyone using rollup security shutters on door & windows?

Security lights, revisited [23 articles]

A while back I posted asking for recommendations for security lights. I did that because the reflectors on my Heath-Zenith lights were badly rusted and I was thinking of replacing the lights rath...Security lights, revisited

Security Dialer not tied to Phone Lines [6 articles]

frank1492 - 2011-04-06 09:15:00 [In: Home Electronics | Security & Surveillance | ]
Basically looking for a cell phone that can be tied into a security system for those who are concerned lines might be cut during a break-in. Anybody ever see one? Thanks ...Security Dialer not tied to Phone Lines

Security System Question: Creating a Wireless Link to Old Panel [3 articles]

frank1492 - 2011-04-08 07:46:00 [In: Security & Surveillance | ]
I have an old Ademco panel with dry closure contacts that is part of a hardwired system. I would like to be able to add a couple of wireless devices to this panel. What I am looking for is a wireles...Security System Question: Creating a Wireless Link to Old Panel

"There's nothing the duct tape can't fix...except stupid." [15 articles]

Oren - 2011-04-10 22:46:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Security & Surveillance | ]
"...As Cunningham held the gun threateningly on a couple of women, a man snuck up behind him and whacked him on the head, Boatman said. Several other patrons then joined in to subdue the armed man. ...

OT: Voltage Converter for France [48 articles]

DerbyDad03 - 2011-04-10 19:00:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Home Electronics | Pest Control | Security & Surveillance | ]
My daughter is going to France as part of an HS school exchange program. Here's what I know: Her camera has a charger that can be used abroad without a voltage converter, just a plug adapter. ...OT: Voltage Converter for France

Cleaning Electric Baseboard Heat Registers [2 articles]

Does anyone know if it\'s safe to use multi-surface cleaning chemicals on heat registers? I\'m talking about the top/deflector part, where dust builds up, not the actual heating elements. I was worr...Cleaning Electric Baseboard Heat Registers
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