Homeowner Forum / General / June 2004

Our water pressure was low yesterday and this morning we had none at
all (yes, I kinda smell from not having a shower).  My wife called a
plumber/well guy out to look into the problem and it seems our pump is
gone.  He's quoting us a price of $2200 to replace it.  We live in

Last fall, I planted a Japanese Tree Lilac in my front lawn...it is
currently 7 feet high and is supposed to get between 15-25 feet.  However
being a total newbie, I didn't consider where my sewer line is and I think I
may have planted the tree nearly on top of it.

I am building a new home. We are done with foundation and we found out
that the builder reversed house paln by accident. I don't want Garage
to be the other side. What can I do? What kind of rights do I have? Do
I need a lawyer?

[Ed. I'm jealous of the rates that these seniors have to pay in this
housing economy.]
independent and full service senior apartment homes, and provide a
place to socialize, meet new friends or even start a new romance.

I have done some research for top-down/bottom-up wood blinds, but it
seems like that option is only available on the cellular type blinds.
Why is that? Is there some sort of technical impossiblity which
prevents them from ever being made? If anyone knows where I can

can someone direct me to a reference that has descriptions of house
styles?
thanks,
rosie

hopefully this will add onto the thread I started awhile ago-
I bought - er, rather, my husband bought the Sanyo I mentioned.  My 3
yo loves it.  It works ok, but the Miele is definetly better.  It has
better suction, I think.   It works better on hard floors than the

I have a fair amount of moss growing where I'd rather have grass!  I
live in NY.  I have a lot of trees and I guess this is the major
contributing factor in why I have moss instead of grass.
I went to my local garden center and they said I should apply

Hello -
I recently purchased a house. I have 2 dogs and would like to put up a
fence in the backyard to keep the dogs in my own yard and out of
trouble. I do not want to put a privacy fence because I would like to

I have a brand new house approx 2000 sq feet the home builder had a 3
1/2 ton carrier weathermate system installed.I live in houston high
humidty and gets pretty hot here.During the winter the system seemed
to heat good enough,but now that summer is here its cooling is

I'm buying a house.  My broker offers a home protection plan which is
actually the American Home Shield warranty.   The plan is for coverage of
appliances and systems such as the furnace, AC, etc.  The cost of the plan
is around $400 for one year of coverage, plus they charge $95 ...

I was hoping that someone could help me with a descision. I want to
hang a new ceiling fan in my living room. I bought a fan box with the
brace which is attached to ceiling joist. When I was up in my attic I
noticed that the existing box seems to have a piece of metal running

What's the deal with not using compact fluorescent lights (CFL) and with
'control devices'?
I see this on the packaging at Wal-Mart and online at http://www.bulbs.com/
The only thing that I can think of which would be bad to use with CFLs would

I want to replace the mortise entry set in our front door. The cutouts
appear to conform to ANSI A115.1, so modern products should fit.
Google searches produce many hits on "Emtek" and "Baldwin". Their online
catalogs suggest they have products that ->look OK.

I have a house where the water pump would cycle on and off every 5
seconds or so during moderate water use. Today, the water delivery
shut down completely. The holding tank and pressure switch is in the
crawl space under my house so I checked the voltage on the breaker