Home Repair

  1. Home
  2. Home Repair
76562 Threads Posts
to

Worth reading in Home Repair

Electric paint sprayers

I saw an article on paint sprayers and wondered based on your experience, which are the best for home use and why? I kn...
8 comments posted 14yrs
posted by noemailaddress
8 comments posted 14yrs posted by noemailaddress

The History of the Broom

"Among the family of housekeeping implements, the broom?humble, deceptively simple in design, prone to leaning unobtrus...
4 comments posted 14yrs
posted by heybub
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by heybub

Erratic leaf blower

My 18 year old leaf blower, an ancient Sears model, ran great until recently. It starts fine, it runs at full power jus...
6 comments posted 14yrs
posted by someone
6 comments posted 14yrs posted by someone

bid for texturing ceiling

If you were gonna bid on and 8-1/2 foot ceiling project where it's just been firetaped, and they want it finished, text...
14 comments posted 14yrs
posted by cal
14 comments posted 14yrs posted by cal

Blackish blue copper pipes?

Hi All, I live in Northern Nevada. Had to take a trip under the house. I noticed that all my fresh water copper pipes a...
15 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Todd
15 comments posted 14yrs posted by Todd

coats of paint

I've got a couple of rooms that have a medium to dark color (I think brown and some navy blue stripe) and I want to pai...
5 comments posted 14yrs
posted by noemailaddress
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by noemailaddress

Old Style Entry Door

I need to replace our back door and want something like what I have now; a = solid door with one small square window ab...
7 comments posted 14yrs
posted by pintiha
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by pintiha

plaster of paris

Hello good usenetians, I bid you peace from the high desert of New Mexico. At lutherhaven, we have plaster of paris on...
15 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Twain
15 comments posted 14yrs posted by Twain

Can a "weed-and-feed" product save a weedy lawn?

Let's say a person has a lawn that is 75% grass, 20% a wide variety of weeds, mostly clover but also dandelions (mostly...
31 comments posted 14yrs
posted by teamarrows
31 comments posted 14yrs posted by teamarrows

Need some creative ideas

Remodeling kitchen, the sink faced an interior wall. Shortening up a window, then intend to place sink under it. Will h...
7 comments posted 14yrs
posted by none
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

AC Compressor not Starting

Carrier appx. 4 ton, 10 years old. Contactor pulls in, voltage ok on the load side, zero current. Didn't check at the m...
3 comments posted 14yrs
posted by google3
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by google3

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage

After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently lost the waterproof coating.
8 comments posted 14yrs
posted by galt_57
8 comments posted 14yrs posted by galt_57

Jewel Windows at the Homebuilding & Renovating Show

We are delighted to announce that Jewel Windows will be exhibiting at this years Southern Homebuilding & Renovating Sho...
0 comments posted 14yrs
posted by seo.manikeshpatel
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by seo.manikeshpatel

Air Conditioner Question

My air conditioner is a Trane. It was installed in August 2007 and we have had a routine maint. service call every year...
28 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Dorot29701
28 comments posted 14yrs posted by Dorot29701