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Hi! I bought my first house a couple of months ago, and now that the heating season has begun, I need to have my chimneys swept. I have a wood burning fireplace ...
Hi! I bought my first house a couple of months ago, and now that the heating season has begun, I need to have my chimneys swept. I have a wood burning fireplace ...
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answersMy heat is off however, my baseboards in one section of the house remain warm. Lastnight one of the base had a small air like noise coming from it. Can someone te...
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answersNow that it's getting colder, my pipes & radiators are clanging. I have steam heat. I've tried draining the boiler; I've played around with the vents on each ...
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answersI recently moved into a 30 year old house. The house originally only had gas heat, and air conditioning was added about 8 years ago. I live in the NE US. The p...
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answersI am not getting any heat from the radiator in my upstairs bathroom. There are three others on the same floor around it that work fine. I tried to bleed it but ...
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answersI have a fireplace thats tiled a long time ago. i want to redo the tiling. where is a good place to get info about retiling this? do i need backerboard etc etc?th...
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answersWe have a GE Gas Range with electronic Ignition that Randomly Sparks when the burners are in the off position. Sometimes it lasts for 5-10 seconds, sometimes minu...
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answersI'm designing house plans for myself and I want to run a steel I-beam for the center support beam. The dimesions of the home is going to 32'x80' with a basement. ...
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answersI am going to tile my counter top and back splash. Do I start with the back splash 1st or the counter top? Plus how do I remove the small ledge of the counter top...
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answersIm looking for suggestions or plans to best design my new garage layout as far as workbench, storage, and even a Mezanie above this area. I have 12" walls so I ca...
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answersI am in the middle of remodeling my kitchen and have removed all of the switches because I am going to be adding a couple of new 3way switches at both enterances ...
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answersI'm planning to refinish my basement. Trouble is, I need to do it/have it done fast. I'm having a pool table delivered in 10 days and would like it to be leveled ...
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answersI am in the design stages of a cottage. The soil is clay and expands a lot when wet. How do I design the foundation to prevent cracking? Is this an issue if I ...
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answersI am renovating a 250 sq foot building that was previously used in summers only as a party/gathering space, and more recently as a storage space. I'm converting i...
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answersI am renovating a 250 sq foot building that was previously used in summers only as a party/gathering space, and more recently as a storage space. I'm converting i...
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answersI have an old home with linoleum sheets running around my very large kitchen. A half-hearted attempt to remove the wall covering convinced me that this would be a...
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answersCurrently being sued from a landlord to the tune of seventeen thousand dollars for what is claimed to be a bad paint job. The flat walls were washed down and a l...
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answersI too am in need of information regarding leveling floors. I recently purchased an 1885 home which has sagging floors. It is sagging approximately 2 inches. It...
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answersWe moved into a house a couple of years ago. I believe the previous owners went on a white paint rampage as all the walls upstairs are freshly painted white! I'm ...
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answersI have a dirt area in the back of my house that had concreat blocks that deterated. It is now cleaned out. I need to put some sort of padio there. Any idear wh...
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