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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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Well pump pressure tank... [20 articles]
Tony - 2009-10-01 11:10:00 [In: Pest Control | ]
My bladder type water tank is rated 20 gallons.
With no water I have 26.5 lbs of air pressure in tank.
The pump cuts in at about 28lbs. and out at about 51lbs.
With the tank full I only get 6...
12 V. Inverter dont work in very cold weather [23 articles]
2010-11-29 19:33:00 [In: Home Electronics | Pest Control | ]
Last year I connected several strings of LED Christmas lights to a 12V
inverter in my car for Christmas. I quickly learned that the police
do not appreciate having Christmas lights turned on inside...OT - Bank of America [97 articles]
Stormin Mormon - 2009-09-27 20:01:00 [In: Pest Control | ]
Aparently, B of A is changing personality. Just got a
letter, that my promotional rate was going up as high
possibly as 27%. And that I needed to call the number, and
tell them to reject the rat...What the heck is this stuff?? [11 articles]
C & E - 2009-09-27 20:35:00 [In: Pest Control | ]
We have inherited my in-laws dining set and I have a question about the
seats. The cording on them is not rattan but rather a rolled paper. It
doesn't look like an easily performed craft because...Harbor Freight vs. Home depot [67 articles]
How does Harbor Freight tools rate compared to Home depot tools ? I am currently looking for a coordless drill driver capable of driving a 3" screw into a 2" x 4" stud. Any recomendations apprecia...Telephone Service [81 articles]
Walter R. - 2010-04-03 19:58:00 [In: Pest Control | ]
My telephone charges creep upwards, almost every month, mostly due to
increased government mandated charges. I pay AT&T now $ 26 a month for what
is essentially local service. Long Distance is on...Drilling an underground pathway for a pipe using a garden hose [16 articles]
MiamiCuse - 2009-10-04 23:41:00 [In: Bathrooms | Driveways & Walkways | Home Electronics | Kitchens | Landscaping & Gardening | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
I read that you can hook a PVC pipe to a garden hose then be able to
pass that PVC pipe under a driveway. I have done that a few times and
with the sandy soil in south Florida it does not take very...Slow running faucet [20 articles]
I recently replaced our kitchen sink and faucet. The faucet is a Kohler Coralais single faucet with a pull out sprayer Model K059149 GR. The wife picked it because it was white to match the new sin...Trucker question [11 articles]
Van Chocstraw - 2009-09-28 02:13:00 [In: Pest Control | ]
I'd like to know how much weight a 45 foot storage trailer will hold on
the front pads. Would it hold the total rated weight of the trailer? I
would imagine that totally loaded trailers must swap ...screen door problem [3 articles]
I recently replaced a beat up sliding screen door to my patio with a new one. Same size, and seemingly same dimensions, except that the new one is "adjustable-height". The problem I have is when I ...Lazy man's re-modeling project [7 articles]
hibb - 2009-09-30 17:16:00 [In: Bedrooms | Contracting | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Insulation & Weatherproofing | Pest Control | Roofing & Gutters | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Well, the big garage sale is over and I got rid of lots of stuff
including a big ole king size bed in the upstairs bed room. We don't
use that bedroom any more so I want to re-model the room and hav...Removing weeds within monkey (or mondo) grass [3 articles]
Jason Carlton - 2009-10-03 08:56:00 [In: Driveways & Walkways | Landscaping & Gardening | Pest Control | ]
I have a walkway that's bordered by clumps of either monkey or mondo
grass (I'm not sure which). The clumps usually do pretty well, but
this year several were pretty much taken over by weeds! The we...Spa Problem [7 articles]
bmick - 2009-10-04 15:48:00 [In: Landscaping & Gardening | Pest Control | ]
I have a Garden Leisure 8 person spa with jet control buttons # 1 and
2. #1 control works normally....push once for low and twice for
high. The second jet area has started coming on by itself. It...Floor insulation ==> frozen pipes??? [5 articles]
spamme0 - 2009-10-05 19:58:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Insulation & Weatherproofing | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
Floor insulation ==> frozen pipes???
I'm eligible for a low-income weatherization program.
They want to put insulation in my floors.
It's a ranch-style frame house 40 years old.
Crawl space i...Masked marauders maul matron [3 articles]
HeyBub - 2009-10-07 13:41:00 [In: Pest Control | Windows & Doors | ]
"[LAKELAND, Fla.] The search continues in Polk County for five raccoons that
viciously attacked a [75-year old] woman near the front door of her Lakeland
home Saturday."
Money quote:
"They'r...