Homeowner Forum / General / December 2003

I am ready to paint my newly finished basement.
The ceilings are smooth drywall and are only about 7 1/2 feet high.
As in typical basements, I have built soffits around the I-beams and
the hvac ducting.  The ceiling will be white and the walls will be a

My dishwasher has suddenly stopped working and I MAY need to replace
it.
My dishwasher budget is between $250 to $350. From whatever little I
have read, the following brands are good in the following order-

I have 2 fully enclosed recessed ceiling can lights in my new home, in
the master bath. Code requires them to have full covers and gaskets.
With standard 60 watt incandescent bulbs they overheat in 10 minutes
and go out as the thermal protection kicks in.

We went to Lowe's yesterday to check out the garage door openers
available. The store employee who's showing us the models said that we
also need to buy steel angled brackets (sold separately) that have pre
drilled holes in them. He said we need to fix two of these to the

I want to install a programmable thermostat and did some poking
around on the net to determine which one to get.  I liked the
feature set of the White Rogers Comfort Set 90 models and called
up a heating contractor to talk about installation.  He told me

Hi, can anyone recommend window locks?  Thank you.

I bought a new house and closed on it December 10th of this year
(2003). The mortgage agent has told me that I should apply for the
homestead exemption in January 2004 but that it won't show up in my
escrow untill December of 2004, so I'll be forced to pay out the full

The builder of house we are building (cookie cutter variety - end loan
based) hooked us up with a kitchen & bath shop. They are charging an
incredible $30 per linear foot extra for bevelled edge laminate over
standard edge which we don't like. They are asking us to go for corian

Hi all...
Last year we had a heavy snow winter here and I had ice damming and roof
leaking problems that I would prefer not to have repeat this time
around. I had planned on shoveling the snow off the bottom part of my

Is it normal for a forclosure company to specify clauses such as a
"$100/Diem" clause?  The counter offer is 64K, pending financing and
the $100/day clause if it doesn't close by January 26, 2004.  They lay
it out pretty good in the addendum, but seems to me if any thing goes

* Setup Boxes at your church, work place, etc. to put Christmas or
other cards to each other instead of mailing them.
* Most super markets that let you pay with debit cards will give you
at least $50 cash in addition to your order at no charge—save on ATM

What are good newsgroup(s) to ask x-10 questions?
Probably not this one.

I posted this elsewhere, and wondered if anyone here could offer
suggestions too...
i've strip mined usenet and found some excellent suggestions, and found
<http://www.calarts.edu/~dk/flooring.html>  an esp. helpful jumping off.

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