Homeowner Forum / General / January 2005

Hi, we have recently moved to CO and are looking at a new tract house
that will be ready around July. 2 items in the contract caught my
attention:
1. the builder was asking for no less than 3% of earnest money deposit.

I need to get some sort of heating source for a room (diner/kitchen) to
give me some warmth when the central heating is not on.
I live in the UK and haven't a clue about products like this. The oil
filled heaters seem efficient  and cheaper to run, but how long

i use these and just wanted to say they work very well
CSL Chimney Sweeping Log
www.rkdm.com

The backup pump currently will run, but not pump any water out of the
drainage hole.  The pump's instruction says that if this occurs to
drill a small hole in the drainage pipe about 3 inches above the hole.
Can someone explain to me why this should work, before I start drilling

We have a bath tub that has one of those stoppers that has 'push' printed on
it. I push it to fill the tub, push it again it pops up and drains the tub.
How one earth can I remove this stopper completely from the tub? I need to
unclog the drain plus I would rather use some other ...

Need your help - saw in recent magazine a mention about a company tha
makes metal drawers in all sizes to fit any wooden toolbox cabinet yo
make yourself.  Cannot remember if it was an ad or a product mention
thought it was Fine Homebuilding or something like that but canno

We're restoring/renovating a c.1890s house in an historic district in
San Antonio Texas.
We're just starting to look at heating and cooling systems (it has
neither, tho does have gas lines which were used for wall heaters).

Is there anyone out there who knows something about George Washington
Smith, who created the architectural style of Santa Barbara & built the
Jackling House in California which Steve Jobs plans to tear down?
I've written a blog post about this (

We saw a Kohler stainless steel kitchen sink (model # 3732) in
Home Depot and wanted to compare prices at other stores, but I
can't see that model # anywhere else.
Is it possible this model # is specific to Home Depot, and that

I am trying to repair a tub faucet that drips, a 3-handle Gerber from
the early 70's. I have removed the handle and trim ring, but am unable
to remove the chrome trim (at least I think it's trim) that is around
the stem. As a result, I cannot get to the bonnet nut to remove the

Hi, grouplings,
I am looking for buying a condo/townhouse/co-op in
Newton/Wellesley/Natick area, that is west to Metro Boston. I do not
know how to start, e.g. where to find the listings, etc. Can you

I want to build a small garage at a vacation cabin in the mountains.
Several years ago, I had a spot cleared at a spot that I intended as a level
parking spot. I  had some rock delivered, so that the spot was level.   So,
I have an area  of about  25 feet by 35 feet, where the rock  ...

As natural gas prices have soared and my civil service paycheck has not,
I'm staggered by the winter heating bills for my very-well-insulated house
(despite fairly mild winters... for Minnesota).  Because I like to sleep
in a cold bedroom, I've been heating the house to only 60 ...

I have the replacement piece but I cant figure out how to get the old
piece out. If you look at the diagram at
http://www.porcher-us.com/pdfs/porcher/parts/Parts_815.pdf
I have parts 4 & 5 removed, but I cant seem to get part "6" unscrewed

We are in the process of moving from Miami, FL to North VA and need to
select a moving company.  I would greatly appreciate recommendations
and experiences with companies operating out of Miami.  Also -
truckers - who are the really professional companies that are best to