Homeowner Forum / General / February 2004

Here is the situation, please let me know your thoughts.  This is a
particularly frustrating situation as buying a home in the Bay Area is
so tough, expensive, and competetive to begin with.  If you are making
a judgement, please also let me know what sort of experience/expertise

How do I add our house numbers to a steel door?  Does anyone sell
magnetized numbers or something. Our old door was wood so it was easy
to hammer the numbers and the knocker on there.

I bought a house last summer, mostly because I had the extra money and
knew I had another house (owned by my father who just passed away last
year) that i was going to sell, and I wanted to do something right
with the money I had rather then blow it.

I will be remodeling two 30+ year old  bathrooms and would be interested in the
opinions of others who have or had either product.  Will have two American
Standard cast iron tubs removed for the remodel.  Those two tubs held up very
well all these years, but I understand American ...

Greetings;
We would like to put travertine tiles on our bathroom floor, and we
have the following questions:
-  How strong is it?  (It is, after all, full of holes....)

I have a potential buyer for my home who is willing to pay the price I
want, and I'm not really wanting to use an agent.
Has anyone had experience of selling a house themselves, or can anyone
recommend a book or resource that tells you how to proceed from now

I recently started having a problem with my Bosch 2-year old
dishwasher (SHU5315). When the time left indicator LED gets to 1
minute left, it just keeps going and going and never stops until I
manually cancel the cycle. It does this on all wash settings except

In the US northern interior, depending on weather conditions,
ice buildup in gutters can lead to fascia and/or roof damage.
This year ice has been overflowing the gutters and refreezing
on the brick of my chimney and the cut stone front wall of the

Im thinking of buying a lot here in town and having a duplex built.
Id like to use structurally insulated panels.... SIP.  Ive read up on
them and think they are a good thing.
Having said that.... where do I begin?  Can a duplex even be built

I am having a problem with my garage door opener opening randomly that
is driving me crazy.  I have a sears 139.53615SR (chamberlain 700whc i
believe) opener.  It has recently started opening all by itself.
About 2 months ago...i bought a keyless entry for my house which

I have an 16 year old fridge.  It is a standard refrigerator with
freezer on top and the main compartment at the bottom.
About a month ago, the fridge began to make series of knocking noises
at the end of the cooling cycle.

I have an air purifier which uses a HEPA filter to cycle air and remove
particles. I replace the filter after 1000 hours of operation (as stated in
the manual). I know that HEPA filters are manufactured with fibreglass and I
would like to be sure that no fibres are released into the ...

Can someone point me in the direction of a good place to get some help
with my mortgage. I'm new to the internet and I've heard both good and
bad things about it and I don't want to get ripped off.
Thanks,

I own a townhouse, and am considering remodeling and redecorating it.  I
have no idea where to start.  I'd like to have a profesisonal take a look
at it and give me some ideas about what COULD be done with the interior
spaces.  I have some vague ideas about what I'd like, but I ...

My husband recently installed radiant heat in our 10 yr old southern
NJ home. He installed it under the OSB sub floor via the basement
ceiling.  It has a 3 thermostat system, one thermostat for the hot
water heater which is set at 140 degrees, one for the inside of the