Homeowner Forum / Repair / November 2006

At risk of sounding like a total novice (which I am)....I would very much
appreciate guidance regarding tightening gas pipe and connections:
Specifically........if a run of gas pipe is put together, in this case
roughly 65 feet total, with about 15 fittings along the way, and the

My gas water heater started leaking out of the pressure releif valve.
I replaced the valve, in the process of trying to relight the water
heater, it will now not light.  The pilot button sticks down and you
have to pull it up to get it to come back up.  The manual says call the

I've gotten several quotes on replacing my air conditioner, it leaks
R22 after about 2 weeks is empty.  Several techs have suggested
replacing both the internal and external units.
I've gotten several quotes around 4000-5000 dollars to replace and

I have no idea how it happened. It's quite odd.  I changed the filter on
the PuR water purifier on the faucet today.  And the next thing I know,
I find (several hours later) that the filter wound up in the drain.  I
discovered that when I turned on the disposal anc it jammed.

Am buying a new dryer and have the ability to connect to propane gas or
electric. What would be the most efficient and less costly to operate?

The mice are always getting away with the cheese.
I set up a camera that was triggered by motion.
Here is what I captured.
http://i15.tinypic.com/453a3qp.jpg

I live in Missouri and am a first time home buyer.  The home we are
looking at buying has an ancient furnace and central air conditioner.
I'm having a lot of trouble just finding what a new furnace and air
conditioner might cost.  Can anyone give me a range for furnace and for

A repost of my earlier quest.
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:27:45 GMT, "Porgy Tirebiter" <biteme@gmail.com>
wrote:

Greetings all!
We have a pool with cantilevered coping, and the way it was constructed
involved some forms to create the basic edge, but then the edge of the
coping was "mudded" to produce a naturalistic rock-like edge to the

Hi we have a oil fired hot air system that when you turn up the
thermostat the heat blows thru the vents. What I would like to do is
replace the existing thermostat with one that has a fan only setting as
well.

I was wondering if there was any problem with putting fireplace ashes
in the garden? I doubt there is any nutrient value, but it is an
efficient way to get rid of them. Would there be any reasons not too?
thanks

I need to paint my garage door whose has a lot of it's paint taken off by
hurricane Wilma.  The neighbor across the street's shingle tiles were blown
off the roof and all of them came in out directions.  With the shingle
coming at high speed it basically acted like sand paper on ...

Can anyone recommend a good place to purchase electrical equipment
online?  I keep finding all these things I want to add as part of my
ongoing project to update my house's electrical system.  I've resorted
to eBay a couple times but I can't find one product I'm looking for.

I have a Jetstream countertop oven that expects 110V at 60Hz.  I have
been using it lately in 230V country courtesy of a pretty massive
stepdown transformer that is rated at 1500W but of course outputs 110V
at 50Hz.

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