Homeowner Forum / Repair / February 2008

When I was buying grout, the tile salesmen insisted that if the grout
lines are greater than 1/8" we must use sanded grout. (My grout lines
are irregular and in a few places are indeed greater than 1/8".) My
tile setters, on the other hand, tell me that they never use sanded

I am looking too install a roof-mounted attic exhaust fan. Is there a
good place for reviews? I am especially interested in a quiet fan as
it will be right above the bedroom. The space is small (450 sq ft)
with a low roof pitch, so I don't need a large one.

In my home bathroom, one of the light fixtures is on the ceiling. One
incandescent bulb screws in and hangs straight down and the cover is a
glass "bowl" that completely encases the bulb and fixture.
I have never seen a wattage rating on any of the bult in fixtures in

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My daughter is complaining about high heat bills.  i bet the elect
resistence elect coil is on a lot.   how do i tell when the coil comes
on?  and how do you turn it off?  what turns it on?  when temp is
below 32?   if compressor is ok, why would coil come on?   she had the

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Well, bathroom sink was running slow. Did the plunger, hot water,
baking soda/vinegar, Liquid plumbr. It was running slightly better,
but still slow. Keep running hot water down over a two-week period, no
better.

I have a small project, and going to cut a square piece of glass,
out of some stock spare glass.
    It will be about 14 inches x 14 inches.
     Question I have, is how to I slightly smooth the sides of the glass,

A while ago I picked up a cheap, no-name pneumatic brad nailer. The
instructions that came with it are pretty much useless. It's worked well the
few times I've used it.
I'm going to be installing some molding with this gun and don't want to

My snowblower, probably like a lot of them, has the muffler located
right smack in front of the operator.  I smell like a refinery after
30 minutes of snowblowing.
Has anyone heard or seen of anyone putting a black iron pipe extension

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Out of the blue, my <1 yo Kenmore Dishwasher (model #
665.16032401) is making a steady noise (not grinding or the
high-pitched whine associated with the water pump not pumping
water) but a middle-of-the-road steady noise. Right now the noise

Hi...
  We're having some remodeling done that involves pulling off some
drywall here and there.  The house is not very well insulated, and we
were thinking of re-insulating at least the parts that get exposed.