Homeowner Forum / General / January 2004

My forced air Gas heater makes a high-pitched whining noise but I'm
pretty sure that it's NOT the blower!  If anyone has heating a/c
savvy, please read on.
We are in a house in Chandler, AZ, that is about 4 years old.  It has

I imagine putting some find of a filter at the end of the vent house would
do the trick, and direct the vent into the laundry room.     Some one
mentioned that the added humidity in the room might actually make the drying
process take longer (it need dry air).   Although in my case ...

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We need to refinish the hardwood floors. The sanding has been done. I
am wondering  about using wax instead of polyurethane for the
following reasons.
One can redo a high traffic area and other problematic areas easily by

Bryant 517E inside and 661CJ024-B outside unit.
i have observed that;
when fan is blowing air down, there is frost on the outside.
when fan is blowing air up the coils have less frost. this lasted about 15

In my cold room is a 4 inch diameter hole which I assume is there only
to let in the (cold) air. Is that the only thing that differentiates
the cold room from the rest of the basement? I dont notice anything
else.

I found a nice little condo in Los Angeles (Miracle Mile to be exact)
and all seems nice, except the strong smell of methane (and hydrogen
sulfide) in the elevators.  You can't smell it inside the house, just
very strongly in the elevators and a little bit outside.  The entire

we are buying some property and the neighbor is balking at moving his
fence back to his property line. He is over about 8 feet. He doesn't
deny his is in the wrong.\
But we are the new kids on the block and don't want to start a war with

Hey everyone,
 I'm putting down hardwoods in my entrance way and my living room
(which attaches to my entrance way).  The boards will run one way in my
entrace way and the other way in my living room.  My question is, how do

I am planning for a fence for my back yard.  I really like the metal
fence post holders since this is new construction and despite rolling
the rock hound to get rid of rocks, there are still a lot of rocks
around. I also plan to incrementaly expand the fence toward the back

We have a 20x12 first-floor room with two-plus outside walls, an
unheated attic above and an unheated crawlspace below. The room is
consistently 3 to 4 degrees colder in winter than the rest of the
house.

I have been getting bitten by something when I sleep. I have a pet rabbit
that stays with me occasionally, but the biting started after he left 5
months prior.
It's been occuring for six weeks, it only happens when in bed. I pulled

I have a 9 foot by 17 foot fiberglass inground pool.  What would be the best
automatic pool cleaner - hayward, barracuda, kreepy krauley?
Would the Hayward Aquabug work?
Thanks

We just purchased a counter top from Lifestone.  It is 42 inch wide and a
matte like finish.  Niagra color.  It cost 500 dollars.
Did we get ripped off?
we got it at Consumers Kitchens and Baths in NY.

I value your opinion, my house and the neighbours house are only 6ft apart,
my sump pump empties into this space.  the neighbour doesn't use this area
to reach his backyard, nor do I.
The problem is this, in just 1.5yrs we are having allot of desertion of soil