Homeowner Forum / Repair / September 2008

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I'm trying to replace the defrost heater in a Whirlpool fridge/freezer.
The calrod heater delivered yesterday has no connectors on the wire
leads, and I don't know where to get them or what to call them.
Description -- These crimp-on connectors are similar to the familiar

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I have a two year old Sears Craftsman lawn tractor with the 42" mowing deck.
It works well with one annoying exception. Almost every time I want to mow,
the drive belt has slipped off of the power take off pulley and is hanging
slightly below it. I have to get off the tractor and ...

I have a kitchen wall with a window on top, below the window are 8" concrete
blocks.
I will be installing a kitchen sink and dish washer along that wall, so I
broke the wall on one side to run the 2" PVC pipe to a vent stack to the

Sears garage door operator won't close the door. Here are some
details:
- double wide metal door, no insulation so it is fairly light
- both torsion springs just professionally replaced (one had broken,

I'm re-routing the powerline to my electrically heated hot tub.  It
needs to cross walkway, so I'd like to bury it in concrete in a cut that
would also hold the RG-6 coax from my satellite dish.  They'd be
parallel about 4 ft.  Is this OK, or will it lead to interference?  Can

Whenever I patch and paint over nail holes I can always see a smooth
spot where the hole was.
Any good books or websites on doing a better job at patching drywall?

Last week I posted pictures of my dishwasher that was leaving a cloudy
haze on the glass. The very helpful suggestions were to try it with
less soap as it might be soap buildup. So I ran it with just vinegar
in the soap dispenser, rinse and a few cups in the tub. But still I

I have a cabin (20x24) with a full wood foundation basement in central
Wisconsin.  There's no heating system this winter and I need to
winterize.  I will drain pipes and toilet, pressure tank and water
heater, the last of which is in the basement, and put insulation around

I have a microwave that just died...the control board is dead.
I have had this microwave for a number of years and suspect I could
wire a substitute for the controller...likely a timer.
So is this microwave worth saving?

Here's the story:
Relative is considering purchase of a 3 bed main floor house; with a 2
bed apartment that occupies about 65% of the lower floor/basement. The
apartment has standard wooden joist floors above a 'crawl space'.

Our air conditioner unit is almost 20 years old now.  It is a Trane unit and
still works fine-SEER is 12.
The attic furnace, also a Trane, is natural gas and is about 13 years old.
It still works OK.

I'm considering converting two of my hot water radiators to an
underfloor heating system. A friend of mine, who is marginally more
knowledgeable than me when it comes to radiant heating, alerted me
that depending on volume of flow or rate of flow or the length of

I have a lighted sign on a commercial building that I need to meter so we
can determine the electric use and divide it between the three tenants on
the property. Are there any simple meters besides a typical meter and socket
used on most homes and business. Is there another way ...