Homeowner Forum / General / February 2004

Hello. I'm currently having a new home built and was just looking for ideas
on what type of shades to use for windows. I work nights so I was looking
for something that would blackout the bedroom. it doesnt have to be complete
darkness but close to it.

We are redoing a bathroom and one of the changes is  to replace a
shower curtain with a shower door for the tub.  The problem is that
the shower curtain rod is drilled into the ceramic tiles such that
four 4" tiles are damaged on each wall.  The shower door end pieces

Hello All,
We have a porch with a outdoor flush-mount ceiling fixture and I would
like to make it motion sensing. I have looked, but I cannot find any
motion sensing lights that can be mounted onto the ceiling. I can only

We are about to spend at least $1200 on re-carpeting our finished
basement (25x25 feet).  The existing carpet is a cheap Home Depot Berber
with the pad incorporated into the carpet.  It is glued down.  The carpet
smells like dog urine from the previous owner.  When we first moved in ...

I really like Bissell products, their deeper cleaners are great but
.....
Something that really, really irks me is their "BISSELL Message Board
Discussion". They will edit out ANY comment about another product,

We are going to have some replacment windows put in.  We can pay a
little extra for aluminium screens instead of the default fiberglass.
I am curious about people's opinions.  The case for and against
aluminium:

Is this the outfit that used to be called "Northern Hydraulics"?
Yeah I know, get what you pay for.  $6,000 mail order tractor.  3 Cyl
diesel, 20HP, 4WD, PTOs, 3pt hitch.
But does anyone know what make tractor this actually is, and, well,

Hi every one.
I have a question,
We are trying to buy a house and everything was good enough so far but
recently we found that house has an older foundation then structure

I've noticed dampness in the front 5' of my 20x24 detached garage a few
times when it rained in the past month or two (didn't really have any
considerable rain last fall).  Yesterday I had enough water in the front
that I had to mop it out.   After getting the standing water out, on ...

We have a mid-50s ranch house with a lot of knotty pine in the
kitchen.  We are getting ready to tear down the dated floral wallpaper
and replace the countertop, which is white with the gold specks.
We're looking for a nice color to paint the walls, something that will

My husband and I find ourselves in an extremely sticky situation where
our downpayment in the form of escrow is in jeopardy. Here are some
quick facts. Would really appreciate any help/info/advice on this.
*. We are first time home buyers. We found this property FSBO and made

I'm thinking of getting a pressure washer.  I want it for 2 things. . .to clean
up the years of dirt and grime on the concrete that a hose just isn't cleaning
up.  And to get the creeping brown line dissapating that is starting up the
stucco on the house.

I moved into a house in June and since that time have notice a water
puddle that forms in the middle of my basement on occasion.  I have
tried to find a trend with when the water forms and cannot find any.
The water has formed in the summer, the fall, and now the winter

Hello. I've got a bathroom in which, during remodelling, I discovered
the original builder had taken a lot of shortcuts in building and had
hidden several large holes behind things I was removing. Due to the
size of the holes in the drywall, I cut out a piece big enough to

We are in the process of remodeling our bathroom, taking out recessed
lights over the mirror. Our planned setup is 4-light bracket (4 x 15W
CFL or 60W incandescent) over a 48"W x 30"H x 4.5"D tri-view medicine
cabinet. The bracket is 32.5"H x 8.5"H x 7.25"D, we'd probably mount