Homeowner Forum / Repair / October 2008

In the followling picture, you are looking up at an overhead soffit
where I have to insert tees in the 1/2" copper lines running across
the picture.
http://freeboundaries.com/tight.jpg

My vinyl? some kind of not porcelain ?  bathtub has a nasty blackish
stain on the narrow front ledge just under the faucets.  I have
applied mildewcide several times.  Also applied bleach.  Also tried
SofScrub.  Nada.

Say I need to deliver 20 amps to a circuit.  Is is possible to use two
10 amp wires tied together to do this?

I pulled up the carpet in my bedroom to find that the previous
residents put the carpet down on top of plywood. I want to put some
vinyl down over the plywood, but need to fill in the cracks
between the plywood as well as fill in any small holes first.

I'm doing some structural work on an old addition.  A fair amount of the
wood I take off is in decent shape.  (No water damage, in particular.)
It's T&G sheathing, 2x6's, and (especially) clapboards.  It all seems to
nail OK.

I would like to tile the walls around my bathtub. Do I need a special
backing board or can I tile over the existing gyprock?  Is there a special
goo needed for showers?  Do I grout with the same stuff I stick the tiles on
with? Any tips or suggestions?  I have to tile around an ...

I'm replacing the bearings on my Maytag Neptune MAH4000AWW washing machine,
and wow, the whole rear bearing busted open and spilled its balls.  It cut
into the spacer, so now the spacer has a sawtooth edge.
Normally, I'm supposed to re-use the spacer, which now looks like this:

"Then his daughter drove him to jail. Grandpa had time to do. His crime? He
had disobeyed a court order that he sod the lawn..."
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article847365.ece

    I have an old (1950's I beleive) Wayne air compressor with a 20-25 gal
tank. I don't have a manual for it as it came in the garage when we bought
the house. It has a single cylinder and runs off 220 volt power. I see that
the oil level is down slightly so would like to top ...

I have a rheem classic super quiet 80 furnace that according to
manufacturer's literature, has adjustable air speed that a technician can
adjust. Does anyone know how I can adjust it myself?
http://www.rheemac.com/products/ProductInfo.aspx?XSL_File=rheemac_product_profile ...

Is there such a thing as a shower skylight WITH  powered ventilation?   I
was hoping find a combined unit for aesthetic reasons. Thanks,  Lar

I have an opportunity to burn B100 or 100% biofuel from a supplier for a
good price. Problem is they say it will take out my o-rings in the
burner fuel pump. How long will it take to do that? Beckett does not
sell parts for oil pumps as they do not rebuild them, only replace them

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i have 2x10 floor joist 16" on center that span 13', i have a large piece
of equiptment that is 30"x 26" that is very heavy, what load will these
joist hold the piece of equiptment will cover 2 of the joist

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