Homeowner Forum / Repair / February 2004

I'm replacing my thermostat wire and I noticed HD has a nice BX 18ga
non-UL (!) thermostat wire which would do very nicely for the exposed
portion but how do I go from the BX which would normally terminate in
a standard box to (say) the thermostat where the cable just comes in

I have a gas furnace. When I woke up this morning it was about 80F in the
house, even though the thermostat was set at 68F. After turning the
thermostat all the way down the heat was still blasting and I had to shut
the gas valve on the furnace to shut the thing down. Before I call ...

and dont pay attention to tony ransley

    I have a friend whose aluminum storm door hinges have worn
out.  The rest of the door is in good shape and she would rather not
replace it, but we're having no luck find the hinges.
    These three-inch butt hinges have one leaf narrower than the

I have a 13 year old heat pump (rheem) that was never properly taken care
before I bought this house.  Last summer the AC wouldn't start so I called the
service worker out and he got it working again and told me that he would be
very surprised if it lasted through the winter. ...

I have a patio door in our house.   It has two sliding glass doors
inside a larger frame.The doors (panels)  are removable.    It is an
older type made about 1960 ish.   There are no lock parts available at
the local Lowes.    

some one please speak of there experience with redoing kitchen cabinets. was
refacing a good choice? Thanks.

I know that most people tell me that none of them work but for the time
being I'm not going to jack hammer out the patio where I need to go
down to tar the hole from the outside. It's a small crack that leaks or
really leaches small amounts of water only when it's really teaming

I have a newer 40 gal natural gas hot water tank.  It puts out about
45 minutes of hot water for showers set at about 130 degrees
Farenheit.  That equals about 1 shower for teenage daughter and 1/2 a
shower for me--forget about anybody else in the house!  I have a low

Have moved into a new condo. The basement walls are cast concrete; the house
sits on very porous soil/dirt and the grade falls steeply all around. We
have had very heavy rains during the past few months. No evidence of wet or
damp basement except:-

Would someone please tell me how to remove the water flow restrictors
from my Price Pfister kitchen faucet model 533-50?

I am looking for something to keep my children, my wife, and all other
visitors from slamming my front door.  I found something called a door
damper - dictator.com makes them, but they only sell to OEMs.  This
device attaches to door frame and door and consists of a hydraulic cam

I have a new wood-core external door that was just put in (new
doorframe as well) - it has metal sheeting over the wood and a window
in the middle.  I am told that the white color on the door is primer,
not paint, and that I must paint the door to protect it from the

I noticed this question of wire gauge came up earlier but here is mine:
The lady next door asked me to install three prong (grounded) outlets for
her to replace the two prong outlets in her house.  Most of them were
installed in the late fifties but in each box there was bare copper ...

I'm moving an oven to a different wall in my kitchen, so I need to
extend the wiring to the new location.  Currently, the oven is hard
wired to a 3 wire service (40 amp breaker) located in a junction box
that is in turn connected to the service panel.  My question is, is it