Homeowner Forum / Repair / December 2003

Here's what I have.  I've got a family room downstairs with one Direct
TV satellite receiver, and another receiver in the upstairs family
room.  What I want to do is to run multiple lines from the receiver
downstairs to an additional 3 tv's (plus my wide-screen of which it's

I am looking for alternatives to UGLY vinyl siding.  I can not stand
the look of vinyl siding, and will not live in a house covered with
this garbage.  I considered brick, but its too costly.  I would not
mind aluminum siding, but it seems that few people use it anymore, and

I have tempered glass and there is some dirt (what it seams like)
inside. I removed the and opened the seal on the windows between two
glass paints there is some white stuff which won't come  off with
Windex or Fantastic, it seams that this is from the water

I have a shop at my house, built from a single car garage. I took old
cabinets from one of the houses I rehab'd and made a workbench out of them,
hung the walls above the bench and I thought I would go to town. Then the
shelves (swmbo)suggestion came, along with so much crap from ...

Had the local chimney sweeps out today.  They did their routine
inspection and came back with a few things "wrong" with the chimney that
they could take care of me.
The one that I need help with is the brick/mortar sealant.  According to

I sure could use some suggestions and help from you.
I have a double pane, sliding glass window that is in a one piece,
aluminum frame.
It is about 5 feet by twelve feet.  

Time to replace the plastic tub surround with ceramic tile, and the
experiences and information I've found here has been invaluable.
Thank you.
I'll have more questions about this job as I go along, but right now,

It's time to replace the old faithful Kitchen Aide in seasonal summer
cottage.  The worst job of draining the water and putting the house to
bed each fall is doing the dishwasher.  If I don't remove & completely
drain the intake solenoid it freezes and breaks.  Access is tight,

We were shopping for floor tile to re-do our kitchen floor. The style my
wife likes is a self-stick tile, the kind that you peel the backing paper
off and press it onto the floor. I've always used the plain tiles, the kind
that needs the tile adhesive and notched trowel.

I've got a couple of outlet holes in wood panelling that I'm planning to
patch, then paint over when I paint the paneling.
My plan is as follows: disconnect the electrical circuit from the outlet
(there is no way to remove the wood panel to remove the outlet or replace it

sony model : kv-32s12
transistors : Q601 and Q602
original transistor number(oem) : 2SC4834N
cross reference trans. number: NTE2582

I have a dimmer switch with  black, green &
red wires. I want to connect this switch to a
halogen lamp that has ground, black & white
wires. Any assistance concerning the above

Hi Everyone, I have a question.  I have a Honeywell Chronotherm III
with a heatpump and a gas furnace for backup.  The last couple of
nights we have had sub-freezing weather here so the furnace has been
active.  I normally place the fan in the "on" position so the

Has anyone ever hired an air duct cleaning service before?  We had one come
out to the house for a $75 dollar 'special'.  Well the guy goes into the
attic and says our vents are loaded with mold.  He shows me a flexible piece
of duct just off the furnace and says look at this, it's ...

I have 2 american standard wall mounted toliets mounted back to back.
One is cracked and I would like to find a used replacement.  the
toliet was made in the early 60s.  Any leads for a source would be
appreciated.