Homeowner Forum / Repair / July 2009

Anyone have any recommendations on how to get scratches out of a stainless
steel sink?
Thanks for any help.
Jim

Later this year, the church is having a "deep cleaning"
project. I went to the one last year. Couple guys pushing a
vacuum cleaner, and several crews of people washing windows.
The carpets all got vacuumed several times, and the windows

See http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/business/22barry1.html 
(registration probably not required; if it is, use Bugmenot)
And to all those naysayers here (you know--"WD-40 is nothing but
crap!"), the article says:

In our last episode, I asked about sticky substances to adhere an
aluminum strip to the bottom of a glass shower door. Thanks to all who
gave good answers in that thread.
So just to report that I got some stuff from Loctite called "Glass Glue"

One of my low-end Home Depot Heath-Zenith Motion Security Lights just
went bad after about 5 years. The light sensor stopped working though
the motion sensor and lights themselves work fine (see below for my
troubleshooting). In any case, the light sensor circuit failure seems

One of my friends just finished a bathroom remodel where the contractor not
only finished ahead of schedule but undercost. My friend mentioned that he
always puts two clauses in any contracts; a deadline clause with associated
penalties and an ahead of schedule clause.

Would the normal load of a garage door opener, on the GDO receiver
relay, be more than the current it takes to close a simple relay?
Using 16 volts AC for the relay coil, through the normally open dry
relay contacts of the GDO receiver?

Best way to get spots out of a tan carpet?
From experience please.
TIA
Lou

Give me a chance of success here...(you garage door pros)
I have an Al door, 18+ ft?, 20 years old, that bows in the middle
(when the door is in the open position).  Because of it, the door
'bangs' when the door is shut.  The bang is caused by the drooping

Regarding the thread above about the C-H electric service panel, I'm now
convinced that the holddown screws on the main breakers are required and
should be there.
So this is for a new panel; what about older existing ones? F'rinstance,

I've got a house in Phoenix with the original Goetle AC package unit
on the roof, 3 ton.  The house was built in 1971 so the unit is 38
years old. The condenser fan was replaced 4 times and an external
crankcase heater was strapped to it 25 years ago when the internal one

I was just reading an article about the "importance" of a thermal
expansion tank to extend the lifetime of water heaters, T&P release
valves, hot water fixtures, etc.
On the other hand, we have never had one in our house or where I grew

Can one of you code book guys tell me if it is required by code to put
single wires in conduit? I am putting a sub panel in a building and want to
know if it is required to put the three #2 wires which will be feeding it in
conduit from the originating circuit breaker panel, ...

Actually got to use it today for a classic rot application - replace bottom
couple of feet of brick molding at garage. Personally, I'd just replace the
entire length but it was for someone el$queeke.
It worked awesome. Nice clean straight cut in no time. The fact that it's

Our basement flooded in January and we had to replace the sheet rock.
There was also an area of popcorn ceiling at the entry into the
basement.  We hired some one to resheet rock and remove popcorn ceiling
finish.  We had put some plastic up, but did not realize the devastation