water filter
is the town water treated with that nasty clorine? then you can get simple filters with a carbon cartridge to remove taste and odor (rain fre...
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over 8 years by theeagle
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dsl filter
phone company may be able to answer this one.as i think they have a full house filter for in the box. as the standard 'filter' will than have to fi...
over 8 years by theeagle
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pine floors
well the pine in the attic should be the same age and is weathered to the inside of your house(for the most part). but depending on how it's nailed...
over 8 years by theeagle
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whole house water filter
is it a screen type filter or a perforation like stryrofoam. pump can not start sucking trough a perforated filter. is designed to push through fi...
over 8 years by theeagle
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patio
are you in a freezing area. do you have clay soils that will heave up and down with every winter. treated beams dug into the ground are okay but w...
over 8 years by theeagle
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crawlspace humidistat settings
try 50% to start as a generic number depending on your area of climate.and see if it shuts down quickly over the hours or continues for many hours ...
over 8 years by theeagle
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bathroom fixture
its the taps that should be a concern. there are cheap ones that will leak in a couple of years and better ones that will last many years.possibly ...
over 8 years by theeagle
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furnace problem
could be you have developed a flat spot on the motor, meaning if the furnace motor stops on it it will not want to start. but temperature can also ...
over 8 years by theeagle
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mold
put a bleach/water solution of 10 parts water and one part bleach into a spray bottle. don't forget to wear disposable clothes due to your crawlin...
over 8 years by theeagle
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bath risers
running the water pipes in the ceiling (no third floor above)in a cold climate could freeze, even with insulation on top.unless you are changing th...
over 8 years by theeagle
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fill
gravel, but also if it is serious sinkage, like 1 foot over the year then get a soil engineer. could just be your ground water levels from over ...
over 8 years by theeagle
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what is it?
phosforesence or salts in the concrete. but usually should not show up like that but according to your description it is. scrub with some muriatic...
over 8 years by theeagle
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mold!!!!!
best way is to gut the room. and spray dilluted bleach on the framing. the framing could be worse with mold.
over 8 years by theeagle
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metal roof snafu
after a few years it will leak. put tar or excellent flexible caulking on the screws as added protection. unless the workers will come back and rep...
over 8 years by theeagle
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leak
it vents out the top of the roof and has no rain cap ,just like a plumbing vent pipe. so water will get in it. no real problem, but fix the leak j...
over 8 years by theeagle
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humming
loose washer in one tap. either shup off one or the tap. sometimes this will get to a rattle.
over 8 years by theeagle
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tile floor
are your subfloors particle board or plywood? with either one it is better to put a layer of half inch plywood on top ,glued and screwed down, to a...
over 8 years by theeagle
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grey pipe
it is a cheap version of flexable water line. the modern ,safe choice is 'pex' pipe. it can withstand heating,freezing, and flexing, and still not...
over 8 years by theeagle
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cleaning
try something like oxy clean, but it is how they age. and too much scrubbing can remove patterns. not allways caused by smoking.
over 8 years by theeagle
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