Homeowner Forum / Repair / April 2008

I have a 6' tall evergreen tree i want to remove.
I used a circular saw to cut down the branches.
Right now it is about 2' high & i tried to dig the remaining part out.
I am getting nowhere because the roots look like 2" in diameter & the tree

Hey Everybody,
I have a problem that I am looking for an easy answer to. 75% of the
windows in my house are painted shut. The problem is that the prevoius
owners put up new storm windows. The windows are painted shut on the

I'm going to cut a fart.  What kind of saw should I use?

I recently moved into a new house that has a water tap behind the
refridgerator.  The tap looks like every tap I've ever seen behind
household toilets.  That is, it has an oval handle and it has a male
3/8" hookup.  There is a flexible hose coming out of the back of my

Hi, Looking for opinions about whether the resale value of a house would go up or down
after adding a bathroom. I know, sounds obvious, but read on.
I live in a 4 bedroom, ONE bath older house. The bathroom is 6'3" X 12'6". The way the
house is laid out, I could cut the existing ...

This may be off topic but here goes............
The price of home heating oil here in New Hampshire, USA just hit $3.799 a gallon, up $1.50 since
September.....  My question is, are we the only ones getting screwed here in the US or has the price
gone up as much in other countries ...

Previously had a tub spout (with diverter "gate"? in it) to make the
shower work.  It didn't divert all the water - and made a whistling
noise when showering.  Bought a new one and replaced.  These spouts go
straight onto just a straight piece of copper pipe (slip on type?).

As summer is approching (Hopefully it will fall over a weekend this
year in the UK) it is time to treat my deck.
We have just moved into the house (November) and the deck was a mess.
Black slimy mold covered it all. After much cleaning with deck cleaner

I've done a bit of research on the subject. They say don't connect copper to
galvanized. Some sites say to use a dielectric union between then. Some say
brass can be used instead. I've seen dielectric unions with a hard copper wire
connected to both pipes - seems like that would ...

I don't need cabinet makers grade.  I just want one that is a 10" and has a
fence that doesn't have to be dicked with every dam time to keep it square.
I have this POS rockwell I paid WAY too much for at an auction, and it just
has to go.  The fence is not worth the powder and shot ...

The one shaped like roof tiles. Epoxy granules on metal sheets.
Are they any good? Any one has it on his roof?
Comment?
TIA,

Looks fairly easy to install where I just took the old one out. But
the old one has two wires coming into it, one black, one white. The
instructions for the new one (hasn't arrived yet) shows three wires,
with the third one attaching to a screw on the dishwasher's electrical

I have a Kenmore Ultrawash III dishwasher.    
Approx. 15 yrs old.
SN: FD3334919
Model No. 1564990 (I think it's 99.  Those numbers are a little worn

Hi I was just removing a heater from the wall, had the right fuse out
and I got a big spark from the ground wire to the screwdriver when I
started to unsrew the ground. Is that normal? No juice in any of the
wires now including the ground.