Homeowner Forum / General / August 2004

Greetings all,
The finished walk-out basement of the 1979 house I just bought is
pretty musty, so I'm covering the attached crawlspace (about 10'W x
20'L x 4'H) with 6mil clear plastic.  (It's never been covered, so I'm

I would love to replace my laminate kitchen countertops with slab
granite, but that's just not an option. I've been reading a little bit
about using granite tile on countertops, but I can only find enough
information to whet my appetite. More importantly, I can't find photos

We just bought a house and the smoke detector keeps beeping about once
a minute. It can't be that the battery is low because it's connected
to the wires of the house, not a battery. It has a test button, which
sounds the alarm when pressed, just as you would expect. Any ideas how

I am considering how to stain a front door.
Home is mission-style.  The wood is
natural pine or fir.
The outer door will be a medium dark wine

Hello, Everyone.
I am a first time home buyer seeking to buy a home in metropolitan  
Atlanta, GA.  (For local folks, I hope to live inside the (285)
Perimeter.) I am looking at both new construction and resale.

Looking at refrigerators, washers and dryers, anyone would like to
comment on which brand is superior than the others ?
Some salesman said that the top of the lines are Whirlpool. Maytag
seems to have a good reputations on washers and driers. Any

My wife and I would like to purchase a memory foam mattress but don't
know which brand.  We're considering a "Perfect Comfort" mattress from
AbsoluteConfortonSale.com.
Does anybody have personal experience with it, or similar mattresses,

Hi, I have a question about ducting my range hood in a new house.
the stove is on an interior wall, 2 story house. 9 foot ceiling with a
foot of open space above cabinets. no cabinet above stove. my plan
is to run duct work straight up to cabinet top and then 90 degrees

I replaced my heat pump with a new Carrier.
It is rated at 80 decibels.
My neighbors are complaining (I live in a condo complex, and the
neighbor's window is ~ 18' from my place).

I'm about to buy a house that has a very tall tree(60ft) with branches
hanging over the roof of my house. I asked the homebuilder to cut
those branches invading my airspace because some of the smaller
branches debris have fallen on the roof before i decide to close. Is

Would it be OK to occasionally pour some bleach into
the top holding tank of a toilet..... to kill germs and
mold and such?
Or will it eat up the workings inside the tank....