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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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Tying in baseboard and sanitary casing [8 articles]
Sam Takoy - 2009-12-04 18:42:00 [In: Carpentry | Windows & Doors | ]
Hi,
All the doors in my house are dressed the same: 3/4 sanitary casing with
cabinet head. I also have 3/4 baseboard.
I'm replacing the casing on a couple of doors. The problem is that
sanit...
Interior wall wire issue (splice?) [20 articles]
Tomas - 2009-12-24 01:55:00 [In: Carpentry | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I'm attempting to add a recessed medicine cabinet. My understanding of
the NEC code is that any splices must be in an approved box and
accessible. The accessible part is what I'm having issue with. ...Bath vanity drain pipe - glued or screwed? [3 articles]
Tomas - 2009-12-26 14:21:00 [In: Carpentry | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I'm trying to remove my vanity cabinet but the center pipe (drain)
won't budge by hand. Is this glued? It has grips on it like it would
be screwed on. I can't get the vanity cabinet out with this on...Under Cabinet Fluorescent Light diffuser (cover) [13 articles]
After replacing my under cabinet flourescent tubes, I cracked the diffuser (plastic cover) when trying to snap it into place. I called Home Depot but they do not have a separate replacement part. I s...Kitchen Cabinet Hinges [3 articles]
mcp6453 - 2010-01-06 11:53:00 [In: Carpentry | Kitchens | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Windows & Doors | ]
So I made an interesting discovery tonight while working on the kitchen
cabinets. Most of the doors do not stay shut when they are closed. The "snap" to
lock them in place is gone. So, I took the tw...Need special hinges [26 articles]
Need some special hinges, possibly some Euro-style ones. Problem: Installed a kitchen cabinet that is behind a piece of door trim. (There was no other way to do it.) There's just enough room (~1"...Hanging frameless kitchen wall cabinets [27 articles]
What if i have a 12" wide cabinet in the run & there is no stud behind it ? -- Dell Inspiron Pentium dual-core 2.2 GHz 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 --- news://freenews.net...standard kitchen cabinet depth [17 articles]
I have made a lot of kitchen cabinets, but I have never decided for sure what standard 24 inch depth means--is it the overall depth of the carcase, or is it the overall depth of the cabinet with dra...Plaster over BB vs spackle [14 articles]
Sam Takoy - 2010-01-13 12:05:00 [In: Carpentry | ]
Hi,
I have hung BB so I can still choose b/w spackle and plaster.
My prospective cabinet maker told me that plaster is inherently uneven
and might require more scribing when installing.
Agr...cold microwave [45 articles]
badgolferman - 2010-01-22 15:56:00 [In: Appliances | Carpentry | ]
My GE microwave JEM31GA 002 does not heat. Everything seems to work
fine on it except for cooking. GE website does not offer any self-help
on microwave repair. This microwave fits in the cabinet ...New Dishwasher [27 articles]
Our 22 year old dishwasher is finally worn out, so we're going to replace it. When I removed it, I found several things that I didn't like. The copper tubing for the water inlet is kinked. That make...Do you have to know the exact lavatory fixture you will be using before you rough in? [8 articles]
I am going to rough in a lavatory sink. I know it needs to be 32" wide and I set the PVC drain stub out right in the middle and about 17" above the floor slab. Now I want to rough in the water...Leak Under Kitchen Sink [11 articles]
mcp6453 - 2010-01-23 17:50:00 [In: Carpentry | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Kitchens | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
There was a small leak over a long period of time under my kitchen sink. This
past weekend, I went under the house for other reasons. Out of curiosity, I
looked at the floor underneath the sink. It ...Resin for home repair [3 articles]
Christopher Nelson - 2010-02-12 21:23:00 [In: Carpentry | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Furniture | Kitchens | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Windows & Doors | ]
I have two repair jobs that I think are going to be facilitated by
some casting resin.
First, the surface molding on some kitchen cabinet doors is broken and
missing. I have no chance of matchin...Electrical wiring problem [26 articles]
hibb - 2010-02-22 10:49:00 [In: Bathrooms | Bedrooms | Carpentry | Electrical & Wiring | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I have this room gutted out and was taking a look at what I needed to
re-wire. This is a small room that is above the downstairs bedroom and
next to the upstairs restroom.
When I took the ceiling...