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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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Lighting for dark stairs all over creepy house (gotta be a solution) [4 articles]
Pat Lyndon - 2010-01-18 11:49:00 [In: Lighting | Stairs & Railings | ]
Any lighting ideas to illuminate sunken room's stairs not near an outlet?
I visited a friend at her creepy house and almost broke my neck on the
miriad of onesey-twoseys stairs in the multi-level ...
Ping Don Klipstein re: $ store CFLs [11 articles]
David Nebenzahl - 2010-01-10 21:23:00 [In: Energy Efficiency | Lighting | ]
I know you (Don) have often called the CFLs one buys in dollar stores
"stool specimens". I just wanted to alert you to the fact that not *all*
dollar store CFLs are necessarily such. (I've certain...Simple generator transfer switch [12 articles]
Jordan - 2009-10-19 10:32:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Kitchens | Lighting | ]
I have been finding online $100 6-breaker transfer switches for the
inside (1 240v and 4 120v). The obvious drawback is that after the
well pump, fridge and heating I am limited to choosing only tw...Photo-cells and CFLs [16 articles]
nielloeb@hotmail.com - 2009-10-18 22:45:00 [In: Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I have an outdoor floodlight fixture with a photo-cell to turn it on
at dusk and off at dawn. I can buy a screw-in photo-cell that works
with CFLs for only $8. If I cover the regular eye so it think...Photo-cells and CFLs, Part II [11 articles]
nielloeb@hotmail.com - 2009-10-20 15:41:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
Let's try this again.
I have an outdoor floodlight fixture with a photo-cell to turn it on
at dusk and off at dawn. It is not compatible with CFLs. If I cover
the eye so it thinks it's always dark...Fluorescent Fixtures [9 articles]
Mortimer Schnerd - 2009-10-25 03:31:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
My dad has a fluorescent light fixture in his garage with tubes that
barely glow. I went to the Borg and bought a pair of replacement tubes
but no improvement. I do not smell anything near the f...DIY incubator? [5 articles]
james - 2009-10-25 23:00:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Lighting | Windows & Doors | ]
I keep my house temperature low to save money. However, fruits take longer
to ripen, so I'm going to make an incubator to put the fruits in.
It's really simple. I need these parts:
(1) line-vo...FYI: "Lights of America" LED bulbs -- Costco refunding purchase price [10 articles]
Percival P. Cassidy - 2009-11-12 23:46:00 [In: Lighting | ]
We got a letter from Costco today inviting us to return the "Lights of
America" LED bulbs we had purchased because they do not live up to the
claimed life of 20K hours. Four different SKUs are lis...Flourescent shop lights [8 articles]
ransley - 2009-11-02 20:00:00 [In: Lighting | ]
I have a few older T8 4ft shop lights that wont light up until I turn
the bulbs a bit, do I have a bad connection at the pins or am I doing
something inside the light, the bulbs are old but this hap...Paint matching (am I expecting too much...?) [50 articles]
Nate Nagel - 2009-11-08 11:11:00 [In: Carpentry | Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Kitchens | Lighting | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Plumbing & Water Supply | Stairs & Railings | Walls & Ceilings | ]
A while back I had to demo a kitchen cabinet to allow a new fridge to be
moved in... I was in a time crunch and didn't have time to go to a real
paint store that day so I went to That Orange-Colo...Dennis the cable guy [4 articles]
Stormin Mormon - 2009-11-05 07:23:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Lighting | ]
Sadly, wasn't Lary this time. Though, he must be a hoot in
real life, whoever it is that plays Larry the cable guy.
I had some trouble with my cable recentl. I called for a
tech to come out, an...Curtin Flush Valve Issues
frank1492 - 2009-11-06 21:56:00 [In: Bathrooms | Lighting | Maintenance & Repair | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I have just replaced one of these in an old American Standard toilet
circa 1937. Did a similar toilet several years ago. This one had no
instructions, don't think the earlier one did either.
I...Painting basement walls and floor [10 articles]
Bob - 2009-11-10 18:12:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Lighting | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I own an older(90+ years) home with a basement(completely unfinished
concrete floor- concrete walls-quite a bit of wooden areas such as interior
walls/posts/storage closets/etc)
I am going to...wiring code ? for a detached garage [23 articles]
jamesgangnc - 2009-11-11 09:51:00 [In: Decks & Patios | Electrical & Wiring | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Windows & Doors | ]
I'm building a detached garage with 2nd story living space that is
about 14 feet from the house. The two are connected by the deck that
also wraps around the house. Basically you go between the ho...Remote control lighting [13 articles]
rile - 2009-11-13 18:58:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Lighting | ]
My son has a shed for his dogs along with a fenced in area outside
it. He'd like to install a floodlight on the shed so he can check on
the dogs at night. Is there a remote control system that he ...