Homeowner Forum / Repair / February 2008

All,
I currently have problems giving the kids a warm bath, because our
bathtub draws more water than our tankless indirect water heater can
produce.  If I could just ask the tub to draw less water, that would

Naturally the only place I can add a new bath is the back of the house where we
want to add a 15x40 addition.
The house is on a concrete slab and has a gravity feed to the city sewer system.
Hooking into the current plumbing would mean a LOT of concrete busted up and in

I recently repaired a leak in my water service lateral (1" PVC to 3/4"
copper).  The fitting I replaced was hard to reach  without digging a
LOT more hole.  I got the copper-to-PVC adapter in well enough, but it
was damned hard to get the PVC pipes into the glued-up slip joint

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I've removed the cap from the top of the agitator (no comfort
dispenser) and can access the bolt, but when i try and loosen it, it
just spins anticlockwise with a slight grinding noise.  Basically i
can't get a purchase on the bolt to remove it, as it seems to be

Would like to use two motion sensors (the ones sold individually and
not connected to any lights) to turn on three flood lights.  The idea
would be if either motion sensor was tripped the three lights would go
on.

The Camelot Group,
Operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD.

I just bought a power strip at Home Depot.  It has six outlets on it.
The instructions said "plug the cord from the power strip into any
outlet, turn on the  switch, and when the switch lights red, the
device is ready to use."

I own a 2002 Volvo, the one that keeps your lights on whenever the car
runs. Problem is, in 5 years all factory lights have worked till last
year when I replaced one burnt out headlamp with a SilverStar. The
Silverstar has since been replaced with yet another silverstar, and

I'm trying to prepare for emegency situations, but I have no answer for this
one: if sewage backups out of my sink or toilet, what should I do? I live in
a 2 story house with crawl space, surrounded by dozens of similar houses all
built aound 20 to 30 years ago. This is not a ...

Can I add a second attic access scuttle in my garage ceiling?  Present
scuttle is in the MBR closet for mechanical access.
1758 sq ft, single story home.
Attic with plumbing for NG furnace, electrical, etc.

We have a rental house that sat empty for several months.  During that
time, I left the gas water heater on the "Vacation" setting, to keep the
 pilot lit, and keep some warmth in the pipes during what passes for
"cold" weather in the NW.  Now there is a strong sulphur odor from ...

I'm posting because I;m having a hard time finding any stories with the same
situation.
Our house was built in 1929.  It's in town (a little separated from "Main
Street", but still in town; we're on a little dead-end street with just 6

Thanks for all the help I have received from you all in the past... but
I now have another situation. In one of my bathrooms I have a plastic
type toilet bowl. It is porcelain on the outer part... but the inner
part of the bowl that the water touches is a plastic. I had been gone &