Homeowner Forum / Repair / December 2007

I live in northern California and am planning to replace a set of old single
pane almunium patio doors with double-pane vinyl ones.
Option 1 is to go for the installation type that keeps the top, left and
right frames and only replaces the bottom frame. The advantage is that there ...

Will be going over to friends house tomorrow to try and help repair his
garage door.
Haven't seen it yet, but do have two questions even now.
It looks like a hinge bracket and roller will need to be replaced; the kind

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I bought a ceiling fan and light fixture for my bedroom and it has a single
candelabra fixture allowing a 60 watt incandescent. I had been planning to
put a higher equivalent fluorescent bulb in before the laws changed all the
fixtures to candelabra bases, so now I'm having ...

Utility power outage and the Generac 04390-2 (13kW NG) did not start
in 50F weather.  Assuming for now the problem is not with the
generator because when the 200-amp breaker installed between the
utility meter and the automatic transfer switch was moved to the off

I have a gas leaf blower that requires 40:1 oil:gas mixture. I have a 1
gallon gas tank premixed with this oil gas.
I'm thinking of buying a chainsaw (stihl) which requires 50:1 mixture. Do I
need another gas tank to premix with this ratio, or is it ok to just use the

I hope to convert the ignition on a Briggs and Stratton engine from
points to Magnetron (electronic). The instructions that I find at the
Briggs and Stratton Web site say that I must remove the flywheel, but
it's not clear to me why. The generator that uses the engine does not

I have an old (25++ years old) Canadiana 10 HP Snowblower with a
Tecumseh motor (HM1001590130). It runs ok for a while but after I have
used it for a while (20-30 minutes), it wants to stall out. I can keep
it running if I engage the choke before it stalls, but it mis-fires

I'm a die-hard charcoal fan myself, and wouldn't stoop to grilling on
anything else. But my evil twin was whining about all the time, effort,
and mess involved with charcoal, and actually used the g-word (gas) the
other day.

I have an old Ariens snowblower, Model # 92208 (5HP 20").  The belt
that drives the blower has broken.
Does anyone know what the spec on this belt is (so I can buy one at
the local auto parts supplier). More importantly, any advice on how to

just finished replacing my kitchen sink yesterday...  had to make a new
drain pipe for it, and also do some minor repair to the countertop (had
a hidden chip) anyway I got everything hooked up, turned on the water,
and...  what a mess!  my new faucet was leaking water everywhere. ...

I recently moved into a 11 year old house that has hot water radiation heat
and the hot water for the house comes from this source as well.  We've been
noticing small particles of dirt/rust only from the hot water, not the cold.
We are on a Artesian well and there is a filter on ...

Does anybody know of a good home video surveillance system?
I have a neighbor who has been periodically vandalizing our property
over the past 3 years. I want to set up a hidden camera system to
record him. The police said they can't do anything unless I catch him

Anyone know about these old GE Disposalls ?? The model number must
have fallen off. No number on it. The thing is broken.
The motor runs but the blades don't turn.
It looke to me like there was once a bolt head right in the center of

I feel like a dolt. My device is flashing to change the batteries, but
can't figure out how to open the case to get to them. Does it open fro
the bottom? from the top? from one side? I've tried using gentle forc
but nothing gives and I don't want to break the plastic. Thanks fo