Homeowner Forum / Repair / May 2006

I have a dimmer switch installed for the bathroom light at my cottage.
The light fixture itself has 6 small 25W lightbulbs. For the past three
years, the dimmer has worked perfectly. Three weeks ago the dimmer
stopped dimming and could only be used to switch on and off. I replaced

Can anyone offer suggestions as to how I can get the upstairs cooler, the ac
works great on the first floor but it stays too darn hot in the bedrooms
upstairs. I have a 2,300 sq ft colonial.
Thanks for any help!

This GT 10 Goulds Irri-gator pump which is 2 1/2 years old recently
blow the pipe work out the top of the pump.
We called the guy that installed the pump, and a week later all the
pipe work was replaced. He also relocated the pressure tank to sit

Will different brands of remotes work if frequency is the same?
What latitude of frequency is tolerated?
My remote is a Overhead Door single button 360khz unit that needs to be
replaced.

I've actually used a *comb* on automotive radiators with marginal
results, but the fins on an a residential AC condenser are much closer
together.
They sell the combs for condesners, but do they work?

The AC unit in our house is probably 20 years old and it is weak both
in cooling and in blower volume.
I'm thinking of replacing it and wanted to get in the ballpark for what
I need.

First my apologies if this ends up as a multiple post.  My newsreader seems
to be flaky.
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A question for the electricians on this BB:

The deck will be 24` long by 12' wide.  What is the max slope on the
12'  before it would be noticable to people on the deck?

I live on the basement/first floor level and it turns out i have a
horizontally oriented window that i can slide open/shut.  I wanted to
get a window air conditioning unit like
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=205391-...

We are finishing our basement and have a problem with one of our window
wells.  If we cut it out to spec, then it protrudes directly into our
driveway (which is already narrow).  We have thought of a couple
solutions and would like to hear advice or opinions.

Hi, there.  I've a water stain on the ceiling.  There's a bathroom on
the floor above.  For the life of me I can't find any obvious source of
the leak.
I've a jetted bathtub.  I see the plastic cap (with a hole in the

Just installed a new ceiling fan.....the fan works fine but after it runs
for a while.....we are smelling a paint burning smell.  The fan is flush
mount so the motor is encased and it feels rather hot.
Is this anything to be concerned about?  We are hoping the paint burning

We recently had a granite countertop installed - unfortunately the island
slab had a gouge and 2 scratches.  I complained to the installer and they
have tried to repair these.  The surface of their repair is smooth but I
can see the impressions below the surface where the repair was ...

Yesterday I spent most of 3 hours hosing and picking out cottonwood
fuzz and other debris from the cooling fins of my 2 outdoor AC units. I
usually do this once a year after the cottonwood stops. I missed last
year. I was thinking of using screen door like mesh to wrap around the

Recently, we had a few double-pane windows replaced by the window
manufacturer.
They used double-sided tape to keep the windows in place within the
plastic frames.