Homeowner Forum / Repair / February 2008

Can one open a combination lock without knowing the combination?
I'm helping to clear out a building which is about to be torn down,
and in the office is a sheet metal cabinet, with a door on the left
side and two shelves inside, and on the right side is a larger door

I have a spa outside my home.  It was installed by a certified
electrician, etc.  It used to trip the breaker on occasion (60amp, 2
pole), like if we left the high power jets on for 20 minutes or so.  No
big deal.

I have wall to wall carpeting in my basement on a concrete floor.
Water comes up through the concrete about once or twice a year when we have
steady rain.
Is there any solution for this problem,since i don't see any cracks in the

Here is a pic sent to me by a fellow electrician.
http://i27.tinypic.com/2w3dt3s.jpg
I sure hope they are using a GFCI

We had a new fence and two gates installed last fall and despite the spiel
about 4' holes and two bags of cement per 6" post they have moved. This
means that the gates no longer latch on any given day, as the peg won't
allow the catch to close. The frost ripped the screws out of ...

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Long story short, I have a 16 sq ft area of toxic black mold on both inside
surfaces of a sheetrock wall, with no evidence of mold on the exterior
surface.  The moisture source has been eliminated and the mold is now
dormant.  If I ignore it and seal the wall, do I have anything ...

Mesothelioma was a recent addition to the family of malignant cancers.
The origins of the disease lay in certain asbestos-related industries
especially asbestos-mining industry. Additionally, there were
shipyards, insulation factories and construction companies where the

I have this 1940's era house. It has a cellar drain in the cement floor
that goes all around the basement and out to a banking across the
driveway. There is another pipe about a foot off the floor coming in the
north wall that is draining water into my cellar drain and it goes ...

Bought one five plus years ago, $3,000.  Made out of rubber tubing.  Rotted
out.  A new one with the latest greatest mat style collectors coming Monday
week.  $3700.
GRRRRRRRRRRR

I have this unit. It works fine, but the settings on it are 50, 60, 70% and
continuous. I read a review on this unit a while back where a person plugged
the unit into an external dehumidistat and put the dehumidifier on
continuous setting. He said the external dehumidistat ...

I have a 14 year old Magic Chef gas range with the modern iginition
system.
When I attempt to turn the oven on, the top burners always spark and
sometimes they even turn on.  Any ideas what may be wrong?  The oven

My basement has three small wood windows, rectangle shape. They are all very
crappy, after 40-years taking sun heat and rain/snow moisture. I wonder how
people normally do in the replacement? The wood frame is built into concrete
wall, it seems not possible to get removed. If we ...

4 years ago or so we decided to hook up to municipal water.
My house is a split level with a walk out basement.  The water pipe
ran under the front lawn on the side of the house with the walk out
basement.

I don't typically ready this newsgroup, but due to a recent fiasco, I've
subscribed for the time-being.  My clothes washing machine malfunction
and caused an interior flood in my home, I'd like to learn as much as I
can.  Luckily, homeowner's insurance will cover the damage except ...