Homeowner Forum / General / April 2004

I have a Sears/Craftsman riding lawn mower that will not go in gear.
The mower will start but will not into any gear.

Here is my wkend project. I'm gonna work on the flower bed around the
utility boxes on my front yard. Currently, that bed is totally lack of
care from the previous owner. It has weeds, some dead short plants,
and some wild flowers which I have no clue at all.

Dear experts,
My latest project is refinishing the kitchen.
I've decided to keep the existing cabinets, and
have painted them.  But I'm thinking of changing

    I've been getting a lot of these offers in the mail to where you can
refinance an existing loan, with no closing cost.  Is this really true where you
as a home-owner, would have absolutely no out of pocket costs from refinancing?
Or would you still have to pay title, appraisal, etc ...

I need to replace those evergreen shrub in the flower beds of front
yard. They simply grow crawling on the ground. They look very
unhealthy and grow out of shape.  I hope I could find something also
evergreen, but a little modern looking type of plants. Any suggestion?

The economy has been kinda bad for a few years now.
Right before the recession, a lot of people were either buying bigger
homes or rebuilding their current homes.
So I assumed they took out big loans, but after 2-3 years I thought

I am strongly considering purchasing a Husqvarna 2148 or a Craftsman
DYT4000, which I understand are essentially the same tractor.  Does anyone
have any experience with these brands as far as reliability is concerned.
My feeling and from what I've read on the web is that these ...

I will be starting a new lawn in the next few weeks (in the Western
New York area), and am wondering about the apparent wide variation of
grass seed prices.  All of the blends I have looked at are
theoretically designed for our area, from large companies (Scotts,

Is it possible to use a window air conditioner to dehumidify only?
Pardon my ignorance, but we just moved from a land of swamp coolers
(evaporative coolers) to a very very humid climate.
It seems to me that there must be a way to at least convert an A/C to

I own a piece of land in Las Vegas and am looking to possibly build a house.
My question is, when doing a construction loan, am I paying interest on the
entire loan or just on what has been drawn? For example, if it takes 6
months to build the house, will I be paying interest on ...

I know nothing abt lawn mowing tractors.
However the guys who mow our lawn here at work use Dixie Chopper ZTR
mowers...and man are those things neat!!  Fast and can turn on a dime.
Question.... if one was going to buy a mower.... would it be wise to

Anyone know how much per 100 sq ft a roof replacement should cost?
Alex
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I am pouring a patio and would like to wire a remote recepticle and
lighting into an existing exterior outlet box.  The existing box is in
a stucco wall.  New concrete will be poured directly below the
existing box, and I plan to bring conduit out of the new concrete

I have a couple questions regarding an iron/sulfur filtering system.
Our water has high iron and has the "rotten egg" smell to it (we
already have a softener installed which is doing its thing). I am
looking for a good system to take care of the iron and "rotten egg"

I have just purchased a new house. I am looking for an inspector. Is
there a rating of how good a certified inspector is, basically some
credentials? Also,how is the process performed? When i hire an
inpsector, does he/she start inspecting the foundation of house when