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Update on the foul smell from my heat pump: it was a mouse on the heat coils, which was my original suspicion. Only annoying part is that I had to ...
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over 5 years by hokie88
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Thanks
I have the make, model, and year, so I will contact a company trained for that brand. Thanks for the input.
over 5 years by hokie88
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Heat Pump problems
I have a heat pump that started producing a very strong burning odor one morning, after having been in use for the past month or so. I know I need ...
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Thanks - it's the heat pump
Thank you, I did ask my neighbor who is a firefighter to check things out. He turned the heat back on last evening and within 10 minutes the smell ...
over 5 years by hokie88
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Help - bad smell
I woke up this morning to a bad smell in the upstairs of my split-entry house. It smelled like burned hair. It does not smell downstairs where the ...
over 5 years by hokie88
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Range/Breaker
Thank you. I will call an electrician. I was trying to avoid this but I guess I will need to call in the pros.
over 5 years by hokie88
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Range or Circuit Breaker?
My oven's lower heating element had a "flash" of flame in one section of it, and I replaced the element with a new one. When I plugged the range ba...
over 5 years by DanO
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Replace rusted iron railing
I have an old iron rail on my concrete stoop and stairs. It has rusted on three legs above where it is bolted in, and it is very loose. I would lik...
about 6 years by hokie88
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Attic insulation
I am looking to take out old insulation and put in new in my mother's attic. Can anyone give me a quick primer on the different types of insulation...
almost 7 years by hokie88
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Water Leak
OK, so sounds like a couple of problems here - 1) ice on indoor coil and 2) drainage problem. So, on #2 I should check the drain line again for a c...
about 7 years by hokie88
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Water leak - heat pump
Yes, it's a heat pump. Would ice collecting on the coils cause that much water? And, the ice would form why? Due to a problem with the unit? Or is ...
about 7 years by hokie88
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Water leaking from furnace....
My garage was awash yesterday with water that can only be coming from my electric furnace. I am baffled as to where it came from and why. This is m...
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Slope
It looks like the slope at the top of the porch is 2:12, and at the edge it is 1.5:12. No wonder the last roofer used rubber. Plus, at the valley w...
over 7 years by hokie88
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Elderly mother ripped off?
Thank you. I'll go over and measure that today. If the size of shingle is irrelevant, is there a particular method of putting them on that would ma...
over 7 years by hokie88
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Elderly mother ripped off?
Thank you. Can you tell me what you mean by a 3/12? How do I measure this? She had a completely new roof put on a few years ago, standard shing...
over 7 years by hokie88
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Elderly mother ripped off?
My mother just paid a roofing contractor to fix a leak in her roof. She has a small front porch (about 8x8) whose roof was covered with rubber shee...
over 7 years by hokie88
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Similar issue
I just removed a 4-bolt toilet from my mother's house, circa 1950. I had to rip out and replace the subfloor which had rotted due to long-term toil...
almost 8 years by hokie88
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Different adhesive on wallpaper border?
I am removing wallpaper and two layers of border from my bathroom. I rented a steamer and the paper came of easily, but the border is another story...
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Tripped breaker won't flip back
Somehow I tripped the circuit breaker for both of bathrooms' electrical outlets. They were not being used at the time, although I plugged in a spac...
over 8 years by Tom O
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Stair runner
OK, got it. Wasn't sure if the stair rods would be sufficient to hold it in place, but it sounds like they will, plus it will be easier to upgrade ...
almost 9 years by hokie88
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