Homeowner Forum / Repair / September 2008

I have a house built in the early 1920's. Every wall in every room was
wallpapered with the paper applied over the bare plaster, multiple
layers no less. No paint, no primer just plaster. It was a major pain
to get all the paper off those walls, lots of scrapes and gouges left

My daughters roof is leaking, anyway to make a quick, fast temporary repair,
until she can afford to have the thing replaced..
Barry

Does anybody know whether/if/which Lowes or Home Depot usually has
better lumber?

since it's not possible to work outside today (thanks Hanna!) I gathered
up all the cable stuff I'd gathered in preparation to install a cable
outlet in the living room.  Before I got started I wanted to make sure
that I'd be able to terminate the cable.  Well, I can't - I'm ...

I have come across a strange problem. I have a house that has an
entertainment center that operates on a remote. It's been there for
years and works great.
Two months ago I had a new wall unit a/c installed with a remote

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is create websites for you that contain the two

The Wife and I have a contract on a house where the inspection just
showed a radon gas level of 13.1 picocuries/liter. Mind you, that's in
a house that has been unoccupied for a few months after a foreclosure,
but still, over three times the EPA's limit of acceptable risk tells

A couple of days ago , I asked for advice how to trim around a bath
vent i installed. Because my siding was not flat, I followed the
instructions and cut around the whole perimeter of the vent.
It turns out Lowes had a mounting block for this purpose. Although it

Well my AC has finally kicked the bucket.  I had an AC guy (Scott's AC)
come out and he is recommending an Amana 13 SEER unit.  Is Amana a good
brand?  This is just for the unit that sits outside of the house, not
any heater, air mover(?) that goes inside.  I'm getting a quote of ...

There is this one small bright yellow bird that is banging on my kitchen
window incessantly. This has been going on for 2 weeks now. I've gone outside
and drove him off, sprayed the hose at him, washed down the window but he
still comes back. If i drive him away he's back in a ...

I have consistently high humidity levels, never falling below 85% in
my new apartment. Today my dial reads 97%.
It's bothering me because I also dry my clothes inside and they take a
very long time to dry.

Hi.  I hope this is the right group to post this question.  I have a
weed whacker/trimmer and the fuel line goes from the carb into the
fuel tank via a hole in the fuel tank (instead of there being a
connector on the fuel tank).  Original fuel line was OK in that it was

I replaced an outlet today at a commercial site.  Now I admit I don't know
anything about commercial electrical, but around here grounds are required
to be crimped residentially; wirenutting isn't allowed.
I was surprised to see the ground was wirenutted.  I assume that if ...

Our house smells horrible.  I recently put out some rat poison (first
mistake) and now we have an overwhelming smell of a decaying dead animal in
our house.  I have narrowed it down to our inside AC unit.  It seems to be
directly below the blower behind the area that has all of ...

Looking for a set of engine filters (oil & air) specifically for the Guardian
OHIV engine model GH-220 made by Generac for their 4000exl portable generator.
When I search the web site it sends me to Briggs and Stratton. A search of local
generator dealers was unproductive. TIA