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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 610 threads in our archives.

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Plumbing Parts Availability Question .. .. .. [11 articles]

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22=3C=3C=3C=5F=5F_B=F8b_=5F=5F=3E=3E=3E=22?= - 2009-08-01 19:26:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Home Electronics | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000608080504050308070502 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The other night, w...Plumbing Parts Availability Question .. .. ..

Sump Pump Costs [10 articles]

------------------------------------- When houses were built in my neighborhood 25 years ago in upstate NY, no codes for sump discharge existed. Builders just connected sump discharge to was...Sump Pump Costs

Ceramic tile over painted basement floor [21 articles]

Frank from Deeeetroit - 2009-08-08 20:44:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Flooring | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | ]
My wife wants our basement floor tiled. The current floor is 40 year old cement with a coat of gray paint. The paint is older than when we moved-in, 7 years ago. I do not know what kind of paint,...Ceramic tile over painted basement floor

Poly on copper [12 articles]

Aaron Fude - 2009-08-09 21:49:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Hi, I have installed new copper pipes between the basement ceiling joists. I do not intend to drop a ceiling and cover up the joists. Is there a good way of preventing the shiny copper pipes...Poly on copper

Can I use Air Exchanger installation pipes for Air Condition?

Hi all, My new house has an Air Exchanger installation which is using during the cold season. I do not have yet an Air Condition. But I did put a window Air Condition on my basement and blow the ...Can I use Air Exchanger installation pipes for Air Condition?

Avoiding washer/dryer down stairs [17 articles]

Serious questions: Can you take out a dishwasher from a kitchen and replace with a small (stackable?) clothes washer (and dryer)? Could a plumber easily do that? Even sillier question: Clothes c...Avoiding washer/dryer down stairs

fire rated drywall req's? [7 articles]

Joe - 2009-08-06 09:03:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Pest Control | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Is fire rated drywall required on a basement ceiling? I'm checking local codes as well, but any input is appreciated. tia, j ...fire rated drywall req's?

ID this gas pipe fitting? [24 articles]

I have a gas line coming into my house through the basement wall. The line coming looks like it is about a 1-1/4 inch pipe. The pipe comes in, then there is a silver steel color knurled fitting...ID this gas pipe fitting?

Need advice on purchasing a home with no basement [48 articles]

Is it a good idea to purchse a home with NO basement ? The reason i ask is because it needs a new Kitchen & i am wondering how would i go about relocating the Electric line for the Range & to move ...Need advice on purchasing a home with no basement

How would my neighbors french drain affect my house? [8 articles]

Mikepier - 2010-11-11 10:04:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Windows & Doors | ]
Where I live we usually do not get water in the basement unless it rains constantly over a period of time. Its happened twice in the last 5 years, but fortunately I only got a inch of water in the c...How would my neighbors french drain affect my house?

Sewer blockage. [10 articles]

Yesterday we had to free the approx 100 foot main sewer pipe out to the connection to the municipal sewer in the street. Our connecting pipe is four inch inside diameter plastic. It is about 8 feet...Sewer blockage.

new fridge really *is* more energy efficient. [19 articles]

just an update... bought a shiny new GE fridge a couple months back. have had it plugged into a kill-a-watt just to see if it really lived up to the energy-saving hype. It's been running for abou...new fridge really *is* more energy efficient.

Unclogging drain in walkout basement [13 articles]

Hi, We recently purchased a house with a walkout basement. After some heavy rain, we discovered that the drain in the walkout does not drain properly. Water pooled during the rain (fortunately, n...Unclogging drain in walkout basement

Spray Foam insulation in the attic [19 articles]

My old house needs some insulating, and I've been looking at the companies that do spray foam. I'm in the Midwest, in Chicago, where winters can get very cold. I have an unfinished attic space over...Spray Foam insulation in the attic

Identifying mold [10 articles]

Simon - 2009-08-13 17:15:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Our basement flooded twice in the past month. The last flood was about two weeks ago. A few days ago a dark green fur appeared along the bottom of our walls in the basement. Also there was a greyish...Identifying mold
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