Homeowner Forum / Repair / February 2008

I am buying a house that sits about 200 feet from a train track.  The
track is on an elevated embankment.  They like to do a bit of
switching with all the banging and clanging, then they power up the
locomotive and shove it all away.  I get a combination of noise from

I have a question about a single pole single throw switch.  On a "normal"
Leviton 15 amp switch there are "secondary" attachments for power on the
back via a "push in port" (for lack of a better term).  So the line side has
both screw terminals and this additional port (I presume ...

i have an old furnasman gas furnace.
It has AC
there is a honeywell transformer screwed on to the electrical connection
enclosure i suspect it was installed when the ac was installed.

A friend posted this question on another message board and I thought I'd ask
here as well...Thanks for any help...
Clothes Dryer "make-up-air"
After reading about it, I have come to realize that a clothes dryer will

I'm having a hydronic wall unit installed in my bathroom. The bathroom
is connected to the bedroom, has a NuHeat floor and a ceiling forced
air heater. So I''m learning that the bathroom is pretty warm as it is
an may not always need the hydronic wall unit.

My thoughts on the pros and cons of back priming T-111 siding that will
go over Tyvek house wrap and cover a small stud framed cottage.
Back prime, pros, moisture from house will stay out of siding and reduce
paint peeling. Cons, extra paint and time. Moisture may be trapped in

WANTED: used/defective Sharp microwave control panels (R15## & R140#
models preferred)
While I will consider MOST ANY Sharp model, I am most interested in
these part & model numbers:

I'm switching from a 100 to a 200 amp service. I'm going to lay new cable
from the meter, 185 feet, underground, to the entrance of the house. I have
a retired city electrical inspector (I'm out in the county where no
inspections are required) that is going to do the connections ...

Who is this person??
This is Mohammad
http://mohammad.islamway.com//

I have a trench about 4; wide and 10' long in my slab that was opened up for
plumbing drain relocation and now I am ready to close it up.  I will put the
sand back in and compact it real well, then termicide, then moisture
barrier, then I plan to add dowels to both sides of the ...

I havent' read every day for about 6 months, but until then we had a
lot of posts about timers that don't work on fluorscent fixtures.  My
apologize if someone else has already posted an update.
I was in Walmart today to buy something I can't find anywhere else***.

I went to visit my friend Kath, in a nursing home. She was out and bout, in
her power wheel chair. We went to a common room, with a television and
blackboard. Anyhow, Someone had written in big letters "Primary season 08,
Hillery you have our support".

Has anyone used this product? Does it work? Nice if I could remove concrete
splatter from my tools, concrete mixer and truck.
http://www.koverkrete.com/manual/cleaners/poof.php

An unusual snow load this year took out the vent pipe off my steep metal
roof.  Since we rarely get big snow and the roof normally sheds it quickly,
I hadn't seriously considered a snow dam or similar device until now.
I checked at the local building supply store, and the "dam" ...

Helping a friend replace a  water heater in a mobile home.
( standard dimensions, 30 gal.  natural gas )
Everyone I've spoken to insists
that ONLY a mobile water heater