Homeowner Forum / Repair / July 2008

How are new Aluminum Seamless gutters attached?
Does the nail go vertically through the top piece of the gutter that sits
under the paper and shingles?  Or does the nail go horizontally through the
inside gutter into the rafter.  Or can they attach either way?

My house has been connected to the sewer for many years. I would like to
put an above ground pool in the back yard, but there is an old septic
tank there and I'm concerned that it could collapse under the weight.
What is the proper way to decommission the tank and about how much ...

Has anyone used a Skilsaw to cut Marble?
Have a Risso Wetsaw but someone stole the sliding table.
Only have ~20 cuts and 150.00 for a new table seems ridiculous.
thanks -

Found a leak in a water pipe from our upstairs bathroom.
Leaking down to ceiling below.
Just a relatively small leak, but did damage the ceiling below a little.
Questions:

Help! My garage door has become electrified. Touching the door is just
like touching a live wire. I have no idea how this is even possible,
especially considering the opener still works. The garage door opener
plugs into an outlet on the cieling of the garage. I have tried

Every summer I lose at least one modem from lightning (on dialup).  I
try to shut off the computer during storms, but then I can not view
the weather radar and watch for alerts.  I try to stay online until
the storm gets quite close before shutting down, but I have lost a few

We're about to start installing new kitchen cabinets and at one end on
one wall we're going to be building a built-in pantry, about 38" wide
and 28" deep, framed in with sheet rock walls as part of the kitchen
itself.  I know there are a bazillion different way to do the shelves,

After hunting for a decent bookcase headboard, I decided to build my
own. The decent ones (I found) were  expensive.
I was able to do a decent job given I only used a router, a circular saw
and a drill. I've still got some finishing touches to put on it.

I am new to google and generators so please bear with me.
I borrowed a 20+ year old Honda generator and successfully used it at
a remote camp when all of a sudden the motor continued to run but
power to the shop vac stopped.  I let it sit for awhile and while the

Some of the telephone poles in my neighborghood have these gray
painted beer kegs on them.  The only problem is they got wires going
to them and no tapper.  We got one in our yard so after getting drunk
I got out my aluminum extensium ladder yesterday and went up there to

I don't expect to get any new answers for my problem, but you never know, so
here I go.
I have a small section of roof that I need to put a gutter on.  The
roof is a gable over the front porch.  The edge where the gutter would

Is it up or down?
My door: What's it for? Is this how I get outside?
Am I supposed to walk on the floor?

I have a brick house and need to repair some mortar around the windows
that has fallen out of the top corners.  Does anybody have a good idea
how to match the color of new mortar with mortar that has been
weathering for 40 years?  I don't want the repair job to be glaringly

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