Homeowner Forum / General / November 2003

I am hoping someone is familiar with this.
We are starting drawing up plans with an architect for a home remodel.
He has told us that we need to do a land survey before we get too far
into it to understand setbacks, height restrictions etc.

Looked in the crawl space of a new home under construction and it had floor
joists consisting of a 2x4 top and bottom, horizontal with a sheet of OSB
(vertical) in between.
What is this system called and exactly how good of a building product is it?

My run from the Dishwasher to the hookup is about 9 feet!  I need to run
extra long drain hose and water supply.  Here is what I was planning and
tell me if I am wrong.  I was going to use soft flexible copper for the
water supply and flare it at each end and connect a flare nut to ...

I'm looking for a way to open my electric gate from 250 meters away.
My gate is some distance from my house which is higher up on the
mountain. I need a way to open the gate when we have visitors. The
line to the gate from the house is almost line of site but has some

Ariens 8524 at Home Depot vs. Troy Bilt 8526 at Lowe's.  Both $999.
Both 8.5 HP
Ariens 24", Troy Bilt 26" clearing path
Ariens steel chute, Troy Bilt plastic chute

hello,
I have just received an old hoover logic 1300 washing/drying machine.
Unfortunately the manual is missing.
Could somebody please provide me with short descriptions of programmes

I have heating ducts that come into one of my rooms, and they are
coming away from the wood frame that they are connected to.
As a result, bad smells from the crawl space below are getting into the
room.

I have water well in my house and it is sucking in black sand-like
sediment and it is clogging my shower heads, facuets etc...  I know I
could put in the whole house filter, but filter would be clogged in no
time.  I believe the best thing to solve this problem is to fix the

Okay this is a strange posting, I am sure.  We recently bought new
furniture, (like three days ago) after shopping around many many
places.  We went to Meier and Frank and found a wonderful set of three
pieces, sofa, loveseat, big chair and ottoman for about 1200.00, a

If you leave a bag on concrete mix in a damp place, you will have a
hunk of concrete in the shape of the bag. right?
so, why not pour the bag right into forms and water it?  And it will
eventually draw moisture from the surrounding soil to set up. This would

I have a 10 year old Craftsman air compressor (919.153131) that won't
shut off.  I had a problem with it not starting with pressure in the
tank and I replaced the check valve and fixed the problem.
It ran good for a short period of time.  Now it will not shut off when

I want to remove a carpet in my bedroom and replace it with something
more healthy. So I want to use laminated floors which required no glue
- from IKEA. The major reason is - possible health hazard. I don't
much care how it looks, whether it will add resale value etc. Does

I am looking for general contractor (or I can be general contractor
myself) to build a very simple 4 wall, single room building with
truss/roof.  The interior size will be 51' 2" length, 21' 2" width and
21' height.  The 10' will be the "lobby" area and the actual

I am buying a new home 1900 Sq Ft single level the builder offers an option
of a Whole House Fan for $1400 or a Smart Vent for $1500. I have a Whole
house fan in a 2 level house and leave the upstairs windows open all night
and it is wonderful. On a single level we would have to ...

I've heard horrible stories about the big home builders (i.e Pulte).
Can anyone comment on their personal experience? Any advice for a new
home buyer?