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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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Whirlpool Dehumidifier Vibration Noise Ordeal [4 articles]
2009-09-29 10:18:00 [In: Appliances | Carpentry | Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Home Electronics | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
Hi,
Less than two years ago, I bought a Whirlpool dehumidifier model
AD50DSS2. This is a 50 pint, manual control unit. I wanted a manual
control type because I built my own controller whic...
Gas leak emergency instructions [35 articles]
Stormin Mormon - 2009-10-04 10:21:00 [In: Home Electronics | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
"Call the gas supplier from a neighbor's phone". Isn't that
totally dated? Now days we go outside, get upwind of the
building, and call from a cell phone. I mean, like, retro,
dude!
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Chri...Radon mitigation follow-up
Jack - 2009-10-01 14:46:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Home Electronics | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
Thanks to everyone for their input on my post from 9/29. Thought you might
like to know how the company visits went.
3 quotes
2 companies came to my house.
1 gave me a price over the phone. T...Smoke detectors for the elderly [112 articles]
Robert Green - 2009-11-09 14:30:00 [In: Appliances | Electrical & Wiring | Health & Safety | Home Electronics | Security & Surveillance | ]
I was at an elderly friend's house the other day when the smoke alarm went
off. It was quite loud and I reacted instantly to the noise. My friend, a
former Army marksman in his 70's, who's sufferi...What to use to paint metal black? [27 articles]
mm - 2009-10-06 09:26:00 [In: Home Electronics | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Security & Surveillance | ]
I don't know if this is home repair or not, but you are the best guys
to ask, and I park my car right next to my home. My apologies if this
is off topic.
If I "paint" metal with a black indelib...Good Choice of Wireless Infrared Camera ? [5 articles]
James - 2009-10-04 14:13:00 [In: Home Electronics | Security & Surveillance | ]
For security purposes, I need to select a good , reliable, Wireless
Infrared Camera. It needs to work well in the daytime, and decently at
night. It can only be wireless, and should send a signal...Removing part of one truss, temporarily [24 articles]
Removing part of one truss, temporarily. Even if the roof were to sag when one section is out, can't it be lifted up again and then the truss repaired, or some other method used to put the saggin...STOP SMOKING
Harriet LABELLA - 2010-11-07 04:36:00 [In: Appliances | Budget & Money Saving Tips | Cleaning & Sanitizing | Electrical & Wiring | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Health & Safety | Home Electronics | Landscaping & Gardening | Pest Control | ]
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...Maybe OT -- Computer test [8 articles]
Ed Pawlowski - 2009-10-17 13:29:00 [In: Home Electronics | ]
Not a home repair, but all of us here use computers. I've been using this a
least once a week and find it helpful and informative, most of all, very
accurate.
http://www.computerpowertest.com/...? on grounding TV antenna [24 articles]
Dave - 2009-10-17 20:52:00 [In: Home Electronics | ]
Was talking with someone the other day and mentioned that I had just
grounded the TV antenna (the mast, actually) to protect against lightning
strikes, and they said that was not such a good idea be...Furnaced controller problem [8 articles]
Ed Sievers - 2009-10-16 22:47:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Home Electronics | Roofing & Gutters | ]
My daughter's furnace (and her little Boze radio) received a bit of a jolt
from a secondary leg of a lightning strike which hit (and penetrated) the
roof across the street this past summer. I had...HVAC question [25 articles]
Jim - 2009-10-20 12:26:00 [In: Appliances | Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bathrooms | Energy Efficiency | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Home Electronics | Kitchens | Plumbing & Water Supply | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Windows & Doors | ]
Hello,
I have a 2600 sq ft 4 level split home in Canada. It was built in
1985. This past spring we replaced our very non-effecient furnace with a
Tempstar 95% effecient gas furnace. It ...Help with mounting wall phone [13 articles]
Daniel Carlson - 2009-10-20 15:20:00 [In: Home Electronics | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I have an antique wall phone which has been modified to work with
today's modular jacks. Problem is, the phone lacks the mounting
hardware on the back which slides over the two slightly protrudin...Web Enabled Time/Temp/Humidity and I/O Controller [66 articles]
Robert Green - 2010-02-15 18:41:00 [In: Appliances | Contracting | Electrical & Wiring | Health & Safety | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Home Electronics | Kitchens | Security & Surveillance | Swimming Pools & Hot Tubs | ]
There no doubt that houses are getting "smarter" all the time. More and
more new homes are coming with goodies like alarm systems, intelligent
controls for HVAC, pools and sprinklers and even devic...Battery Charger Questions [16 articles]
MiamiCuse - 2009-10-25 03:10:00 [In: Home Electronics | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
I have a cordless drill using NiCad bateries. They died a few weeks ago and
last week I got two new batteries.
I fully charged one, used it and waited till it was fully drained, and
started ch...