Homeowner Forum / General / March 2005

I live about 8 miles from 4 local tv stations, and 25 miles from a much
desired UHF  station.  Luckily, they are all in the same general direction.
I plan to buy a medium size vhf/uhf  antenna.  My coax run will be  50 feet.
Although I don't really need  "gain" for the vhf stations, ...

Our refrigerator (GE model number GSS25KGMD-WW) failed on or before
January 21, 2005.  To this day GE has failed to repair the unit
successfully; all diagnostics and repair work point to the in-warranty
sealed system.  Since the initial failure we had scheduled eight

I'm looking at a house that has a few acres of oland, almost all grass.
How long does it take to mow ?  Never had that much grass before.
Let's say I'm using a typical riding mower, riding at the fastest safe
speed, on dry level ground, and I don't care about it being perfect.

I would like to get some opinions about selling a home.
Brief Background:
I am a male, 50's, inexperienced with real estate issues. My
mother died last June and during her final days I had the

Hello again,
Now I am looking up title search issues. I know we have two policies to buy
the lenders policy - which protects the lender in case there is some
problem and the owners policy.

When I move, I want to make sure I get one of those beautiful, deep,
double-bowled, colored ceramic kitchen sinks as shown on those home
makeover shows.
Can anyone give me advice on where to find these. Any links?

Can the seller of a house, that is in escrow, cancel the sale for no good
reason?
All contingencies have been met. 5 days away from closing.

any idea what vinyl siding should cost ball park for  a two storey
2,000 sq.ft. house in the northeast?

I recently won a bid for a HUD home.  HUD appraisel was 150K.  The
cheapest proeprty I actually found on the market in the same
neighborhood was 184K.  I won the bid for 137K so I have room to spare.
(House needs paint, carpet, appliances, light fixtures)

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I have a motion sensor switch in my laundry room to activate the lights.
(Very handy when you walk in with arms full of laundry...)  I recently
changed from my incandescent fixture to a fluorescent one, to provide better
lighting.

I just bought a fixer-upper for about 1/3 the price of a 'good' house
in the same neighborhood.  I plan on living in it while I fix it up and
then sell it, evaluate the pro's and con's and decide whether to repeat
the process.

I know Fluidmaster warns that using the typical bleach toilet cleaning
tablets harm the parts to their various toilet hardware, but is this
true? Does vinyl tubing and plastic break down in the presence of a
bleach-water solution? I ask because I installed Fluidmaster's own

I am having my 1977 house resided this spring. The hardboard siding has not
held up the the conditions of  Upstate New York. From what I have read this
siding has a history of failing . My contractor is using Mastic Quest  vinyl
siding with 1/2"  Dow  styrofoam insulation board ...

Info only! A roof heater system is not practical as no one is in house
to
switch the heaters on & off!
I wanted to tell you about my experiment. I have now 4 salt bags on my