Homeowner Forum / Repair / October 2008

Anyone have one of these or have some info to share? It is selling for
$1499.00 at Costco (Canada).  See it here:
http://tinyurl.com/3pu2dc
It's the Poulan Pro with:

My current window openings still have the 2x6's that were used as
forms.
I have some vinyl windows with nailing tabs.
It looks like I need to remove the 2x6's from the forms and replace

The inside knob on my front door will not "bite" into the opposing
thread.  Result: the knob comes loose and people have a lot of trouble
opening the door from inside.
I don't want to redo the whole installation because the outside is a

I hired the AC tech to replace my AC system which included a new condenser
unit outside and a new handler up in the attic along with new drain line and
drain pan etc...The old air handler had to be removed and disposed of.
The AC tech told me the new air handler will fit in the ...

I have a 100W globe style bulb attached to a simple 2-way dimmer.  The thing
(the bulb) buzzes like crazy on anything other than full on and full off.
You can even see the filament flapping in the inert breeze.
Is there no way to fully remove this buzzing?  I know a little about ...

I recently added some new, heavier-duty equipment to my garage
woodshop and am now finding that I'm tripping the breakers more often.
There are two circuits in the garage, both 15 amps. The new tools are
rated as high as 20 amps and trip the breakers under loads (no

Oh boy, there's plumbers under the house as I speak, with a jackhammer,
tearing up a collapsed vintage sewer line and replacing it.  One of those
jobs where the final cost only goes up, never down.  They just found a
66-year-old code violation, I wonder who I should complain to ...

Reading the Atlanta paper about the guy who painted his house garishly,
among other things, when the city refused his zoning variance reminded me of
an instance in Phoenix about 18-20 years ago.
An over the road truck driver was repainting his home located just off of

LAKEVILLE, Minn. - The anger is getting raw at Republican rallies and
John McCain is acting to tamp it down. McCain was booed by his own
supporters Friday when, in an abrupt switch from raising questions
about Barack Obama's character, he described the Democrat as a "decent

I have a bench vise that I really like and am hoping to be able to
find another one of the same type:-
http://s211.photobucket.com/albums/bb103/limeylew/?action=view&curren...
It has initials on the side but I have no idea what they stand for:-

I have a 15 year old self defrost  avanti small chest freezer.
lately it leaks from the front bottom.
I see no tube or visible drain plug except for a quarter size area
which seems to have some kind of insulation plug and I didn't know if

I've got to order some gravel to expand my turnaround by the garage mostly
to have more space to push snow (Maine) and I'm not sure what to order. A
friend said gravel is sold by the size of the rocks in it and that I should
order 2 inch...Is this true??? Thanks for any help.....

For reasons of esthetics, I'd like to pass a 14gage Romex via a switch box
on a wall. This is a surface mounted box. This new cable is on separate ckt
breaker.   Is this allowed by NEC code?  Can't find that case anywhere.
Thanks...RichK

Over the years I have acquired fancy furniture that has this form fitting
glass surface. This 1/4" glass presents a tremendously hard and useful
surface.
But brittle.

I have a large diameter PVC pipe which exits my basement for the
septic.
When it rains it leaks around the pipe.
The pipe looks like it was sealed with concrete.