Homeowner Forum / Repair / December 2007

I broke something on my snowplow.  I parked it in my garage and
started to weld.  No matter what I tried, my helmet glass kept fogging
up.  I even turned on a torpedo heater to no avail.  I finally had to
take it off and just weld with three pairs of sunglasses and avoid

The Timer on my Maytag A490 - Series 02 Washer (~25 Years Old) does
not advance. Moving the timer manually does allow the washer to
advance cycles. How can I determine if I need to replace the Timer
Motor, full Timer Assembly or take another action.

I have a thermostat/furnace combination that results in a hyper system --  
sometimes the furnace turns on for a minute or less, turns off for a minute
or less, etc. This gets annoying.
I would like to reduce the frequency of switching on and off. In other

I moved into a house and the glass doors on the wood burning fireplace
insert are too big. I've looked around and can't find replacements. Do I
need to replace the whole insert?

"[BAL HARBOUR, Fla.] A baby Jesus statue here is getting a Global
Positioning System for Christmas. The statue, part of a nativity scene, will
be equipped with the device after the previous statue went missing, even
though it had been bolted down."

Hello all, and happy holidays.
Got a question, since the weather in southern Ohio has warmed back up above
freezing, I've got these HUGE ants that are coming into the house. They all
seam to die as soon as they get about 6" or 8" from the walls. But the

The lights in my house have been dimming and brightening,at times the TV
will click off,then back on.Usually when this occurs I have noticed my
space heaters and microwave fail to function properly.Sometimes if I turn
on the dryer for a minute things return to normal awhile.Also ...

Hurray for mold.   0_o
I live in a somewhat unique house, in that much of it is built from
old recycled barn timbers.  There is old batting on the ceiling and 2
of the walls in the bathroom.  In one end of the room where the

Yesterday, I finished caulking toe plates in preparation for painting in a
new addition.  An amazing amount of air infiltration between toe plates and
slab.  So, I figured I'd get out the Graco XR7 just to make sure it was
running.  Not.  SWMBO was in a very serious mode, as we ...

Are you related to General Rancour in that Max Powers movie?
I've never seen anyone generate a single thread with so man people
disagreeing with you as I have here in this newgroup.

Just wondering if anyone has replaced their conventional furnace /
HVAC fan motor (PSC, single phase, etc) with one of the new ECM motors
to realize a reduction in your electricity bill.
Does anyone know what the "over-the-counter" cost is of these motors?

Have a forced hot water heating system, with metal kick-plate covers over
the radiating fins.
The standard stuff.
If I want to re-paint them, is an ordinary latex paint O.K., seeing the

I have a wall mounted A/C control box. It has a few whizbang
programming/scheduling features, which we do not use. We just set
temperature, because someone is always home anyway.
This control has two AA batteries inside and when the batteries run

I have a Kenmore Elite Dishwasher (which I believe is a rebadged
Bosch) that's about a year or 2 old and I noticed that the soap
dispenser now doesn't open until the drying cycle.  There is most of
the dishwasher gel still running down the inside of the door when I

hi there! i had a look inside my front loading washing machine to
inspect an intermittant tripping mcb problem and carefully removed the
motor to vacuum it from carbon dust.to make this easier i laid down
the machine on its side.