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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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Feds going after garage sales [26 articles]
HeyBub - 2009-08-25 14:52:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | ]
"[WASHINGTON] If you're planning a garage sale or organizing a church
bazaar, you'd best beware: You could be breaking a new federal law. As part
of a campaign called Resale Roundup, the federal g...
Fixing garage door opener? [7 articles]
We had a power outage yesterday so I had to use the manual disconnect on my Stanley garage door opener. When the power came back, I tried to reconnect it, but the part of the traveler connected to ...Concrete Garage Floor Question [25 articles]
Dave - 2009-08-27 19:02:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | ]
Hi folks,
I'm in a cold climate - eastern Canada.
The apron (for lack of a better term) of my 30 year-old concrete
garage floor is starting to chip rather badly. You can see the nature
of the ...Why I hate Norm Abrams [12 articles]
David Nebenzahl - 2009-08-30 16:07:00 [In: Appliances | Contracting | Furniture | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Well, I don't personally hate him. Don't even know the guy. (Certainly
no fan of his, though.)
But that's the title of the latest piece by one of my favorite
columnists in the /Berkeley Daily Pl...Liftmaster garage door opener [7 articles]
E Z Peaces - 2009-08-24 18:30:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
A few days ago, my aunt had to use the wall button to lower her garage
door. Both remotes would raise it but not lower it. Now, after a few
days of using the wall button, she finds that the remo...Garage door opener won't close [20 articles]
Andy - 2009-09-09 12:19:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Windows & Doors | ]
The garage door at my mother's house has an intermittent problem.
Sometimes it won't close. If I hold the button down, the door will go
down but when I let go of the bottom it starts going back up...Is this Roofing error pretty common? [29 articles]
DerbyDad03 - 2009-08-29 11:52:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Roofing & Gutters | ]
I put the roof on my half-price shed kit last yesterday and I noticed
that the roofing instructions in the plans were wrong. I did a little
internet research and found some indications that a lot of...bullet hole in siding [207 articles]
J Burns - 2010-11-13 11:02:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Siding & Exterior Covering | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
Home alone, the nine-year-old next door discharged his father's deer
rifle in the house. The bullet went through the wall of the house and
the Masonite siding of my garage. A plank a couple of i...Repair damaged garage door [8 articles]
2009-09-08 06:43:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Windows & Doors | ]
Any ideas how to repair a garage door pannel?
It is an old, but standard garage door each of the five
pannels is the same basic wide plank shap and appears to have been
made with a thin skin ...Sears Garage Door Opener Model 139-653000 stopped [5 articles]
leeman88 - 2009-08-29 13:03:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Windows & Doors | ]
My Sears Garage Door Opener Model 139-653000 suddenly stopped working. At
first, I heard the usual "click" but the motor made a humming sound
instead of moving the door. I removed the cover and gave...Garage door hard to open/close [5 articles]
Higgs Boson - 2009-08-31 11:23:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Plumbing & Water Supply | Windows & Doors | ]
Fopr [censored] years I have struggled with garage door that
is not "off its trolley" (overhead carrier), but has subsided,
(or the earth has subsided; it's on concrete) such that the
door scrapes ...Installing bead board over laminate [2 articles]
Alex - 2009-09-01 14:42:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Hello ...
We've recently replaced our counter tops and want to refresh our
backsplash with bead board . We currently have plastic laminate now,
which being 25 years old completely shows its age ...New Garage Foundation [25 articles]
Pat - 2009-09-05 07:36:00 [In: Foundations & Excavation | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Windows & Doors | ]
Can anyone tell me why the footing has to be poured across the garage door?
This mean I need to pump the concrete instead of driving the truck inside.
I am thinking of failing my inspection so I c...Cheap way to put up a wall to divide a three car garage [20 articles]
My sister-in-law has a tri-plex that has a three car garage with three single garage doors. However there are no dividing walls to separate the garage into separate garages. I need to put up a wal...crawlspace outlets [18 articles]
james - 2009-09-06 10:40:00 [In: Contracting | Electrical & Wiring | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I need some electrical outlets in my crawlspace so I can later install sump
pumps, ventilation fan, and lights.
I assume a code compliant installation would create a new circuit breaker
and put...