Homeowner Forum / Repair / April 2008

Last night we had a thunderstorm and this morning, one entire circuit in  
our box is dead.
The breaker was not tripped. I even turned it off and on again but that  
did nothing.

We have a bi-level home on a hill; recently the garage, which is about
6' under ground, has been taking on water after a heavy storm. The
house is on a slope, and we know that hydrostatic pressure is the
culprit. We asked 4 contractors for ideas/bids and all suggested a

I am removing paint off the woodwork in my 80 year old house.. I tried
Soygel but it is such a freaking mess, espiecally when I am working on
the bannister with a curved surface on the handrail.. scraping is a
real PIA.. and a lot of stuff is left behind which I have to go back

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I have a 2 month old GE Profile french door bottom fridge that
recently I noticed light frost on the ceiling of the freezer. It's not
a lot, but enough that some got on the drawer tracks of the pull out
tray, making it a little harder to pull out. I also noticed some on

My news program crashed and I thought the firstone was lost as it did not
appear in my outbox so I wrote the message again.  Sorry!

I am putting new ceramic tile in my small bathroom.  I also need to
put one level of tiling on the wall above the floor tiling.  I will
use thinset mortar for my floor tiling.  Do I use thinset mortar also
for the wall tiles?  If not what do I use?

Can I get some quick trusty advice on a dripping gas 40 gallon hot-water
heater?
I noticed my hot-water heater leaking and my husband is out of town.
He says wait until he comes back (1 week) but I am afraid something bad

G'day folks:
I am interested in learning more about window inserts. We're thinking
of replacing our windows this year, my husband had someone come last
night to measure and provide a quote.

I saw that they finally have the DTV converters in the stores.  I
noticed last week a thread on here about them.  Someone said that they
could not get the analog signal now, at least not without some wiring
changes to the antenna connections.  I seem to have lost the thread on

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I'm looking for advice on removing an exterior chimney.  Currently it is
used for a woodburning fireplace, which I want to scrap.  The chimney runs
up the exterior wall, and is made of a soft brick that is crumbling away.
My plan is to eliminate it and have a gas fire instead, ...

I have a rental where the tenants have used kitchen knifes on the
countertop instead of a cutting board. I would like to install ceramic
tile.
Has anyone had success installing directly over counter laminate

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Thinking about replacing an old porch this summer.  Central Wisconsin.
What is recommended depth for footings of corner posts?