Homeowner Forum / Repair / January 2008

I just burned up 2 good quality blade type wood bits in this old house I
am rehabbing (very hard wood and nails)trying to drill holes for running
my electrical.  My guess is to just get a 5/8 metal bit.  Any
recommendations on what would work better?  Thanks.

I am looking around for cabinets to make a vanity in my bathroom.There
are a lot more avaliable options useing kitchen cabinets instead of
bathroom cabinets.The only differance I can see are kitchen cabinets
are 3 inches deeper.3 inches doesnt seem to be a big deal--but maybe I

Had a guy come by and give me a quote for a fancy metal roof by Gerard.
I drove by 5 of the completed roof addresses he gave me and they do look great,
but they are very pricey. About twice my last roof.
He says lifetime warranty, parts & labor, not pro-rated or 50 years from date ...

Since I installed a hot water heater 10 years ago I had occasional
problems getting hot water for a bath. It would come out hot for the
first few gallons, then slowly gets cooler until it is so cool I
needed to turn it off to keep the water I have, comfortably warm. Only

Hopefully someone here can give me some ideas on what might be wrong
with my Day and Night heater (about 10 years old). Every few days it
fails to come completely on and it flashes a Ignition Proving Failure
warning message. But the other 98% of the time it works perfectly.

I have a pocket door between th MBR and MBath.
Its in the wall, i.e. in the full open position.  Hasn't really worked
since I bought the house in 1978. Doesn't clear the rug side of the
passageway between he bedroom and the bathroom.

I was just thinking about electric ranges and wondering how the
controls for the heating elements actually work. Does anyone know?
They can't be variable resistors because they would dissipate too much
power. They obviously aren't variable autotransformers. They can't be

Mr. Koutaba Jean.
The Account / Audit Manager,
Banque De Habitat Au Burkina Faso(BHBF).
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

I looked for an appliance repair NG. The only one I found is pretty
inactive.
We have a Kitchen Aid KUDS01FL SS0 dishwasher. About 6 yrs old with
original cost of 1k-1200. It had two problems and now has one. Wasn't

Can you help me troubleshoot my Amana Air Command 80 gas-fired furnace?
1. Today it stopped heating the house; three red blinks were visible.
The instructions say this means the "pressure switch is stuck open".
2. I could see the "top" (smaller" motor wasn't spinning) but the bottom

I need to install a swipe card lock for the front door of my house. I
do not know of any good models or much about these locks period. I was
wondering if anyone could tell me of any reliable models. I need one
that is reliable, would look good on a front door, and could handle

I have a oil furnace and have recently replaced the older dial
thermostat with a digital thermostat. The problem I am having is that
at times the furnace will not turn off when the desired temp is
rached, ie, the thermostat is set at 68 but the furnace will run until

I am doing some extensive remodeling and the ceiling sheet rock is
beginning to look like a battlefield.
Holes cut out for ceiling fans.
Holes cut out to investigate where some mysterious wires/pipes run to.

Hi all;
I just discovered a leak in my water service lateral between the meter
and the shut-0ff valve where the pipe enters the house.  It looks like
the buried pipe makes a straight shot from the meter to the valve, as

I bought a double pole switch for my router table.  It says it can handle
20a/240v or 35a/120v.
Why would each pole be able to handle only 20a on 240v (with 120v on each
pole) but 35a on 120v?  Or does it assume you are connecting the 120v to