Homeowner Forum / Repair / November 2004

Anyone know of a web site that shows a diagram of an ordinary house lock.
The kind you have in a house  with no key.  I want to re-assemble a lock
that is in pieces.I have all the pieces but not sure what goes where. Have
searched and searched re google etc and can find no pictures.

I need to repair the finish on an area of wall which has the textured
(stucco like) finish on it.  Basically, the finish flacked off in an
area after we had a few windows replaced and I need to repair the
finish before I paint the room.

I have a piece of furniture I want flush against the drywall.  However, I
have 3/4" trim along the floor which prevents it from being flush.  I want
to notch-out an existing piece of trim.
How can I cut trim nicely that's already glued/nailed to the wall?

Found this while reading alt.home.repair - poor guy is getting divorced and
needs to sell.
http://www.densarco.org/home/

I have a home that was built in 1977. My plan is to replace the wallpaper in
my daughter's bathroom with paint. After taking the wallpaper off I noticed
that there was no green board lining the shower/tub. Thinking I could
replace the tub/shower and sheetrock I went to Home Dept and ...

DK> .....in the bathroom. I can just get a fingernail underneath the edges. I'm
DK> enforcing the "fan during showers rule" with an iron fist, but I still need
DK> to deal with this, since I'm not in a financial position to redo the whole
DK> bathroom. Is there a way to re-glue ...

I can not really afford to replace the patio door, it is about twenty years
old..one of the screws on the door handle will not tighten down after many
years of usage....anyway, someone suggested I just use glue, not sure that
is a good idea.....can someone advise me on what to do ...

Hi.I'm looking for 48 inch wide roll of 150 lb light cardboard to use
for making large templet.I'm in California Any ideas? Thanks. Tinker

Hey folks,
I'm working on installing a laundry sink.  I tied a couple lengths of
galvanized pipe into the existing stubs for the washer hoses.  There are
2 new vertical lengths that run a couple feet down, 90 degree elbows,

I got a new electric water heater.  This one allows the element wattage for
the bottom element to be set to two ranges.  3800 watts for both upper and
lower elements and a 5000 watt for the lower element.
What would be the benefit of setting the lower element to the higher

The problem appliance is a GE Profile 30" double wall oven.
    model #JT950S0A1SS
    serial #FV6 72054Q
The closes matching model number at repairclinic.com is JT950SA1SS,

I need an answer fairly quickly on this: I am having a new roof put on my
house in NW Fla., thanks to Hurricane Ivan. The crew boss suggested I have
them install 2 turbines  on the roof instead of putting the ridge vents back
on.  Crew boss is from Texas and says nobody has ridge ...

We have an old Ranch style house in South Texas that's been extended several
times. Can't keep the house cool or warm without the central units running
all the time.
1) The old part of the house has fiberglass insulation that the paper has

Been told that to insulate between the joists under a metal roof, the metal
must first be covered with foam either sprayed on or in sheets and then
fiberglass insulation under that. Another person told me that there must be
minimum one inch air space between metal and fiberglass ...

I recently had roof work done.  We had an electric roof vent installed.  It
has both a temperature and humidity thermostat/humidistat.
Temperature is set okay.
My question is humidity.  The dial has numbers 1 thru 9.  Where should it