Homeowner Forum / Repair / May 2006

After my breaker work, I'm doing plumbing. I have to solder a drain line
that is 2" Cu. I seem to remember the last time I worked on Cu this large
I had a hard time getting it hot enough with my propane torch. What is the
recommended heat source for 2" Cu?

My 84 year-old Mom lives in an apartment with the Den window facing the
west, which gets really hot in TX. She has the darkened curtains but they
don't block heat or enough light. Can someone recommend a
blind/curtain/covering? Its 84W by 66 tall. Each window is actually two

Can any one help me with a problem that I am having at my aunts home. My
aunt had many, many cats before she passed away and it took over 3 months to
find new homes for them. The question that I have involves cat urine odor in
the house. The house requires a lot of work but I cant ...

We have an older Sears natural gas stove/oven. In the past few months,
when you light the oven, by turning the gas on (it has a pilot light),
it doesn't light right away. It might take up to 30 seconds and then it
comes on with a BOOM!! Sometimes it causes the door to fly open a

I have three old plastic "bubble" skylights on my roof that I would
like to replace with  new Velux glass ones. The old skylights are
curb-mounted and, since the interior size of the opening is 21.5 x 45
1/4 inches and the  "hole" underneath the bubble itself seems a

Hi.  I'm interested in purchasing an alarm to put in the utility room
with my water heater.  The room does not have a floor drain, and I
recently had some damage from a leaking water heater.  I have found a
few sources on the net that sell water alarms, but would like a

S/N 007045154
Model 775R
I keep finding disconnected links. This can't be that old.
Also, would my attachments fit the new gas trimmers at Lowe's, the

I have a 70 yr. old home; brick and stucco. I currently have one of
those driveways that have concrete "lanes" with a grassy area in
between the concrete. It goes all the way to the back of the house to a
little-used garage and up to my back door. I am going to have it

we live on the ground floor of a two storey apartment block.
The apartment is brick and render on the outside.
Recently, in one corner of the floor I have discovered some dark dusty
particles appearing along the skirting board.

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I have a springhouse sitting atop a mostly buried, 14' X 14' open-top
concrete cistern. The plywood flooring is rotted and needs to be
replaced.  Though the cistern has some vents below the floor level,
the underside of the floor is essentially a high-humidity environment.

I live in a brick home that is 75 years old. I have had to replace  masonry
several times due to deteration. None of the repairs has matched the
original masonry.
I thought maybe painting the house would help seal the old masonry and cover

I am about to shingle a shed I just put up and I have a question about
the starter strip.  I am using Timerline Ultra 30 shingles and I have
read that I should create a starter strip by cutting the tabs off the
shingle. I don't really see a tab it just has a raised part to give it

I have a bathroom vent in my masterbath that is approx 15 feet away
from the shower.  Was wanting to know if this is adequate enough to
vent that warm moist air to the outside?
Thanks in advance,

I am attempting to install a garage door opener in a new garage.  The
instruction manual states that the header bracket must be installed
with 2" clearance from the max height of the garage door.
When i measure the header for the 2" distance it ends up being exactly