Homeowner Forum / Repair / February 2008

I did the usual CFM calculation for my bathroom and came up with 68 CFM.  So
anything rated 68 CFM and above would work.  I've been looking at 80 CFM
fans and also 100 CFM fans.  If I go with a 100 CFM fan (or even 110) would
that be too powerful for my small bathroom or it ...

Several of us have been looking over the grounding requirements for a house.
Can not find in the code if the ground wire from the house to the ground rod
has to be solid or can it be stranded.  Also insulated or not insulated.
The standard practice seems to be solid, uninsulated ...

Anyone care to help BETA-33 get his hallway light working.
Here is what he says he has with no power on anything.
(Knob & Tube)
Light with 2 wires

Don't have one in the shower and after a hot experience or two, my wife insists
that I replace the old style with a pressure balanced model.
I can cut and solder copper pipe pretty well, but is replacing the valve inside
a shower wall a job for a plumber?

Darn birds are waking me every morning. I have an older colonial style type
house two stories. With the tall peek & the extended soffets, sorta like
perches in the front. It seems that they had gotten in at one time. So I had
put up some chimeney flashing lead with some Liquid ...

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Can you tell me what I have here!
Upstairs I have the main power box coming in from the street. The
main
shut off has 60 on it on the right side. The left side has 60

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I live in an apartment and my bedroom wall is shared by my neighbor.
He rightfully plays his music, video games, watches his television.
Unfortunately, all of this audio is right on the other side of my wall
and the wall is so thin I can make out every sound.  Now, I have done

What can be done to hide, rub out, or poilsh some minor scratches on my
wooden dining room set?
There's a nice glossy/shiney surface that I don't want to ruin.
Advice?

This is a weird one -
When it's raining if affects our hot water.   House is on a slab so
guess ground water is somehow impacting?   Is that common?

I have a 5 year old house that has an unfinished bathroom.  It has a drain
for the toilet and a drain for what looks like a bathtub.  The shower drain
is very close to the wall and the shower base that I purchased does not fit.
What are my options?  It is a plastic base with a ...

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