Homeowner Forum / Repair / December 2007

This should be a no-brainer, but like so many home repair tasks, it's
turning into an exercise in futility. A few weeks ago a dark spot started
appearing on the kitchen ceiling. It continued to get darker, larger and
turning black. It wasn't hard to figure out the problem. ...

I have a closet that houses my furnace and water heater.  I has large
louvered doors that covers a space that is 8ft tall and 6ft wide.  I've
checked a home center and found that new louvered doors are at a max of 80"
tall.   My guess is that I could order custom sized door but ...

electrical question
i recently installed a tankless water heater.  it works okay but not
great - i think installing two in series would be the way to go -
however here is the problem

I bought a new gasoline-power generator from Grainger last year, filled it up and tried it - worked fine.  Then I covered it up for winter (on an outside patio).  This week I unwrapped it to check it out and could not get it started.  Plenty of gas, still looks like new, ...

My neighbor had a new roof installed. There were two rows of asphalt
shingles on the roof, which is maximum allowed in our area (Upstate
N.Y.)
Rather than have a complete tear off, the workers removed the top layer

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Today's project: replace the sink strainer in the kitchen sink (it was
of unknown - probably geriatric - age, stopper didn't seal, couldn't
find a replacement stopper to fit) along with the P-trap (was PVC, one
fitting was cracked and leaking) ended up having to get a new ...

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I have one room in my house where I have 3 different phone lines and numbers
which also are in 3 different jacks (a home phone and 2 business lines). All
3 of them when you pick up the phone and hit a number to stop the dial tone
or during a phone call, seem to pick up music or a ...

I want to drill a hole in a Tapered brass base.
How can i drill it straight down without a drill press ?
I don't think i can make a dimple in it with a hammer & punch because it
might crack.

My wife and I have two lines in our house. Line 1 is the "home" line,
and Line 2 is her "office" line. Our DSL service also comes in with
Line 2.
Line 1 has 3 phones coming off two jacks. One jack is in the office,

Forced air heater.  Electric pilot light glows and the i hear a click
below, but no gas and no flame.
Just had the heater cleaned and looked at and they said the sensor was
dirty.  Now, only 2 weeks later, same problem.

1,000 sf floor space.  Basically living room, bedroom, bathroom.  Price
agreed upon to furnish materials and labor ...... $3800.  New construction.
Nothing fancy.  No mazes.  Bull nose.  All cubical, no angles.  Am I
unrealistic in my expectation for someone to come in and do a ...

Yesterday, a team of aliens (Martian, I believe) came and started to
sheetrock my new addition.  They worked 1.5 hours, since they had trouble
locating my house and didn't get there until 3.
After they left, I noticed that they had sheetrocked over outlet boxes, and

My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the
cement floor.  Which is the better, more durable, method?  Opinions please.
Jackie