Homeowner Forum / General / April 2004

My wife had her house refurbished with a government grant. The outer
cladding was concrete. It has been replaced with Sto render and it is
really atrocious. The insulation was nailed to the wood and the render
applied by trowel afterwards. Now on a cold morning the house looks

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Hello,
I would love to hear from anyone living in Avon Lake, especially in
the Walker Road area near the Kopf development at Waterside Crossing.
Wife and I are considering a home there and wanted to verify a few

I'm installing the trim in my basement and am about to start the 3
piece crown moldings.  I'm pretty confident about being able to cope
the 90 degree inside corners where the walls meet the ceiling but am
not so sure the best way to deal with the 8 sided trays.  The trays

I am making around $112K and am in the process of closing on a $543K
house in few weeks. Do I sound crazy to you? I am taking 80-10-10
mortgage. I am putting 10% down and taking a $434400 jumbo loan based
on 10/1 ARM ( 5.25% interest) and home equity line ( %4.18)for the

I'm buying a new home. I have a few questions concerning if I should
do PMI or Piggyback. My mortgage person has been "unavailable" to
answer these questions for me. The house price is 257000. This is
considerably less then some of the other home prices in the

I came across a great deal ($50) for a used above ground pool.  It
appears to be a 24 foot round model with a thru the wall skimmer and
sand filter.  My back yard has a definite grade so as much as   2 foot
of  dirt will need to be moved.   I got a price of $850  for the  

I moved into a brand new house and the dishwasher dry cycle is very weak
compared to the dishwasher in the older home I used to live in.  I called
the manufacturer and they said try using rinse aid.  That helped a little,
but dishes still remain damp for hours after the cycle is ...

I'm considering replacing my rusting steel shed with a vinyl or
vinyl-covered steel shed.  I did a WWW search and came up with the Vinyl
Dallas shed and got only two hits for sheds the size I need (10x6):
http://www.abchomecenter.com/sku.cfm/sub_cat_id/145/ID/29/

In my house there is an octagon box attaced to which is a the type of
light you pull with a string. It suddenly stopped working, so I
removed the light completely and measured the voltage coming into the
octagon box. Strange thing is that the voltage is 37 volts AC, rather

Forgive me if I am using the incorrect terms. My question is in regards to
the grounding rod outside the house. The utilities enter the house from two
different locations. Power and telco are at the front of the house, with the
telco connected to the grounding rod. Cable is at the ...

Anyone have a creative idea to hide this ugly stuff?

I just got beautiful wood floors and now other things are bugging me. I
can't seem to come up with a way to hide those ugly pc wires, router, dsl
box thing, and huge surge protector/ outlet extender. Has anyone come up
with anything. I swear if someone invents a pc desk with a ...

I moved into my condo 2 years ago. I have been living in APT
before...as i have never owned home before. I got a letter from so cal
gas after my re-mortgage 3 months ago saying "welcome new customer"...
so.. i called and they are sticking me with 2 years of gas usage. I