Homeowner Forum / Repair / July 2008

Send the jerks to jail.  What a bunch of ingrates.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/the-home-front/2008/07/29/extreme-makeover-
home-in-foreclosure.html

Moved into our row home in November and the previous owners finished
the basement but left the metal garage door in place, so it gets cold
down there during the winter (not sure how they put up with that).
Also, the original entrance door (no storm door) has light coming

Just got a new dishwasher (Kenmore model 665.13834) and I'm having
trouble with the water hookup. I bought the required elbow that goes
between the water supply line and the water inlet valve. I just CANNOT
get it to not leak. I think I've finally gotten it to stop dripping

I decided to do some touch-up painting on my car where the road
pebbles had dinged the paint on the hood in the front near the
headlight. I ordered the correct touch-up paint based on the paint
color number. I guess I got a little overzealous in my usage, because

Periodically, about 2-3 times a year, I notice an error code on our
thermostat, E2, which indicates a problem with the 24 v. power to it.
But before I can even do anything, within an hour or so, it's always
resolved itself. It's out again now, but this time I noticed that it

Tenent in rental house left bathroom sinks with burn marks from
cigarettes on bathroom sink. They wont wash off.... how can they be
removed?

I'm planning on installing aluminum soffit and fascia on my garage. The
garage is ~20 years old, with existing wood soffit and fascia which hangs
1.25" below the soffit. In other words, the soffit is countersunk approx
1.25". The soffit and fascia look similar to this:

I am trying to repair my home.  Everytime I get my tools out, these
Paparazzis start taking pictures and getting in the way.  I cant get
any work done with them around.  I asked them why they want pictures
and they just said it's interesting what I do, and they are hoping to

I have Toro 6.5 Self propelled lawn mover.  The mover cuts off when I
move it backwards.  I replaced the air filter and the spark plug but
it still seems to be doing the same thing.  No problems when i depress
the leveler to move it forward or keep it running in one position.

I just finished reassembling my pool table after months of having it sit
waiting for new flooring.  I got the base reconstructed, put the slate on
the base, shimmed, and put the screws in the slate to hold it to the base.
I can sit a ball anywhere on the table, and it doesn't ...

Moved into house that has many problems with loose screws in the
drywall. Clueless previous owners were using regular screw directly
onto drywall. Toilet paper and towel holders are all barely hanging
there. In some places the holes are now bigger than drywall inserts.

Here is the situation.  We hired a professional painting contractor.  We
have a 1920's stucco bungalow in CA.  The painter gave us an estimate.  We
accepted his bid.  Not the cheapest, but not the highest.  Some background
information:  we bought the house 4 years ago from flippers. ...

I looked for a bookcase headboard locally and online. The only ones I
found were online and a couple of grand.
So, I lifted the measurements from one I liked and built it. After
letting everything dry and settle down after it was stained and sealed,

I'm thinking about moving to Florida's gulf coast, where nearly all
the homes have a stucco exterior. I've heard that stucco requires
"treatment" or painting about every 5-7 years. Is this true? Would
appreciate responses from group members with personal knowledge -

Have a hole cut in a drywall wall in bathroom that was cut to get at a
leaking pipe.
It's about 12" x 8" or so.
I guess the best thing would be to cut a new piece of drywall of approx. the