Homeowner Forum / Repair / December 2003

Can anyone tell me where I can purchase In-ceiling speakers for a bathroom?
I live in Southern Ontario and am looking for a store where I can check out
a few options. THANKS

I am finishing my basement and plan on adding a wet bar, shower, sink
and toilet. I am going to have to dig into the basement floor to add
the drains and I am have figured out how to do that. I know I need to
vent all 4 of them. I cannot use a Air Admittance Valve because of

The chain on my 35+ year old Yard Man Snowblower broke yesterday (luckily
when I was almost done getting rid of 14" of snow!).   I went to the local
hardware store and they were clueless.   I'm thinking that I should probably
just replace the chain, but can't find anyplace locally ...

I have a brand new home with a Majestic direct vent fireplace.
THe problem is that the flame is all blue (like a stove) and I have
seen gas fireplaces with almost all YELLOW flame which I certainly do
prefer.

I have a shower head that Drips in my tub shower even when the shower lever
is not pulled.  I am told that this is a pressure problem since there is
nothing wrong with the spout and there are no plugged lines.  I have heard
that a "double ell" will solve this problem.  I have never ...

I am replacing a 1974 counter top and looked in the cabinets to see if the
existing counter top is screwed from the bottom. It is not. Therefore it
must be screwed from the top. It appears to be plywood on top of the
cabinets with the laminate top glued on. Is hammer and chisel the ...

Our kitchen is 12 feet long, 9.5 feet wide. Dead center in the ceiling is a
10-inch round incandescent light fixture with two 60-watt bulbs. We want to
replace this fixture with a fluorescent fixture (square or rectangular).
What length tubes and how many tubes should the fixture ...

I'm ceramic tiling the floor in my house and I'm trying to find an
affordable 'Skillsaw' type of machine to trim the bottoms off the door jams.
Do any of you good people have a link to such a machine?
TIA

i recently acquired a hot tub from a friend who had a divorce and had to get
rid of it.  I can't seem to figure out what brand of tub it is as there is
no markings/labels on it anywhere.  does this matter?
i don't know anything about it in terms of capacity, etc.  how can i ID this

Went outside to add another electrical circuit at the BBQ and
discovered that all of my nice wire-tagging had faded to non-readable.
So I couldn't figure out which common went with which hot.
Then it dawned on me to simply trip the GFCIs which releases *both*

Can anyone tell me a company in the Boston area that does IR surveys to find
out where the heat is escaping?  Or is it as simple as getting one of the
Sony video cameras that is sensitive to IR?   Thanks.

Re: Location for new sump pit, etc
Greetings,
I inhabit a small brick bungalow, built in 1954, poured-concrete
foundation, about 800 square feet. Perhaps twice a year we

I've developed a problem with igniting propane devices.  When I try to light
an insect  fogger (which is fueled by a small propane bottle)  the thing
flickers for awhile then goes out.  Same problem with a large outdoor space
heater with propane tank.    I light the pilot, wait ...

Can someone tell me what an electrical box in a house is? Is it the
central location where all the fuses are located?
Thanks

I recently moved into a 6 year old house and one of toilets wobbles.  I have
tried tightening the two screws but I'm getting so much resistance now I'm
afraid if I tighten further, I'll crack the toilet.
I bought a new wax ring and was going to remove the whole thing and start