Homeowner Forum / Repair / January 2010

... latest being a kitchen ventilator, installed above a range/oven
combo. Secured to cabinets above, correctly wired in but ... not vented.
What were they thinking?

I just almost finished installing our new GE dishwasher. When we ran it, the
drain leaked at the garbage disposer inlet. When I tightened the clamp (much
more than it seems it should need), the leak stopped. Then I removed the hose.
It seems to me that the hose coupler is too large ...

I am trying to chase down drafts in my house and would like to get
advice on the best way to detect air leaks. I have seen the following
suggestions and/or products on the net and would like to get feedback
from real world experience:

The upstairs at my home is always has infinitely more dust than the rest of the
house. Another post in this group gave me a thought. The attic fan is on a
thermostat, and it runs quite a lot in the summer. Could that fan be creating a
negative pressure situation in the upstairs area ...

The drain hose exiting the dishwasher has to make 90 degree turn to get to the
sink. The hose is not kinked, but it's definitely hitting the wall behind the
dishwasher. The hose is the right one because it came with the dishwasher. It is
possible to put a 90 degree elbow in a ...

Two, eight foot long 5/8" copper clad steel rods
   - plus -
One 1 1/2" Milwaukee rotary hammer drill (no bit)
   - equals -

My undersink garbage disposal motor wasn't used for a few months and now
just hums.
I reset the red button but it still just hums.
Is there a way to free it up? I seems stuck.

In all this rain, my heavy wood door or wood door jamb is swelling so much
it is causing the door to stick and groove at the far end from the hinges.
Should I sand it down (but then when it shrinks it will be too small,
righ?)

I have several pairs of rimless reading glasses similar to these:
http://tinyurl.com/ybbjy4z
There are 4 tiny bolts that hold the metal parts to the plastic
lenses. Invariably, one of the nuts works loose. I have been using

My sister called me the other day and said that my mom and dad were
feeling a slight tingle when they touched both the kitchen faucet and
the metal sink. (They live about 300 miles from me)
I mentioned that the only wires that should be under the sink would be

http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/dryers.html
Is it just my browser or has Google hijacked the web page?
The Google ad covers the chart that shows the information and I see no
way to close it.

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 ...

The Unit is a Sharp Carousel II
Well there are 3 pads or keys across the top, express defrost, clock
and minuit plus and they quit working. every so often they will work,
seems more like maybe after I have been running the oven.

Near a construction site, I found a few 3" pan head self-tapping sheet
metal screws--- but they were all bright red in color. What's that all
about?

"NOORVIK, Alaska (AP) - One down, more than 309 million to go.
U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves on Monday began the 2010
count of the nation's residents in a village in Alaska's arctic
hinterlands.