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This post originated last year around this time. In the Spring I replaced the toilet and have had no issues with the flush since then. Thank you ballenger for the advice. It turns out it was the...

No GFIs are tripped at any recepticles or at the panel. The switch is on the end. The middle receptacle plug is the one that is not working. The plug and switch on the ends are both working fine.

I have a 3-gang box in my kitchen with one paddle switch and two outlets. Worked fine for 3+ years. All of a sudden the middle outlet is not working. No problems with the switch or the other outlet. ...

Hello. The front of my stucco home needs painting. It's in pretty good shape. Some very small hairline cracks, but nothing that needs repair. How do I go about cleaning and then painting the home?
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I mis-spoke. It is at 24#, not 124#. I was switching the temp and pressure.

Thanks again for your responses.

After turning up the temp on the boiler to 200 degrees, the actual water temp is running at 125-135 depending on how long the boiler runs. All 12 radiators in the house are now warm, top to bottom....

As I was typing my last message I heard the boiler click off. I went down to check and the radiators are warm, the feed line was much warmer to the touch. The thermostat is set at 200, but the boiler...

Getting some warmth

Thank you for your help and advice.

The boiler temp gauge reads 80 degrees. I'm not sure what an air eliminator is, but I'm going to say the attic radiator does not have one of these. It looks the same as all the others in the house.
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I get steady blue flames on all three burner tubes. I had the burners cleaned out in the fall to prep for our winters here. Seemed to work OK at the beginning of the season. Cold radiators came on...

It burns natural gas. We actually have a 3 story house, one radiator in the attic. I've had the temp set at 180, but like I said I turned it up hoping to warm the house. Burner fires up well when...

Hello. I have a Utica Boiler, hot water system. It's pretty old but has run well before. I had a new expansion tank installed last season, no problems at all.

This year, with the cold weather in...

I want to build an outdoor chalkboard for my daughter to mount to our shed. We don't have a driveway for her to write on with sidewalk chalk. Two questions:

1. Will chalkboard paint survive...

I have a small pin-hole size gas leak in one of my lines. It is at a coupling joint where two pipes are connected. It seems as though the doping sealant is just old and dried out. Is there any kind...

You can buy crown made from fiber board rather than solid wood. It's a bit more flexible and easier to work with. Can be found at big box stores. Get a nail gun and compressor as well. You can push...

Obvious question, but is your wireless receiver turned on on the laptop? There should be a blue light someplace on the laptop, either along the keyboard or on the front of the computer. If there is...

With what do I cut a hole, for toilet, in cement board/hardiebacker board? Can I just use a jigsaw?

There is a special dry wall tape for corners that has metal edging embedded in it. It allows you to fold the tape down the middle and apply to your corners. It comes in a box, rolled up into itself....

I have a small (4x4) half-bath. Putting in new tile floor. The tiles are 6.5"x6.5". My wife wants them laid in a diamond pattern in the room.

Has anyone seen tile laid in this pattern in a small...

I have put up crown molding in a few rooms of my house using the composite material, paint-ready (white stuff). Not the plastic stuff. My ceilings are uneven, so I've found that the composite crown...

I meant to say the joists are on their end, not on the wide side. My mistake.

I'm not understanding what you mean about unsupported span of the joists, Jazman?

Not sure on the species of wood, nor how thick the 5" wide board is. The 5" board is nailed to the joists, which are the 2x10s turned on their side.

The bathroom is 4'x4', so the space is very...

Here are the layers of floor in the bathroom right now, from top to bottom (what I can see):

Tile, then 1/4" plywood, then boards that are nailed down to the joists 5 inches wide, look like they...

I am not a big reader, but want to read more. When I find a book I like I really get into it. I recently read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I loved it. I bought another of his novels, Blood Meridian....

I'm putting in a new porcelain floor in a 1/2 bath. Tiles will either be 13x13 or 6.5x6.5 (waiting for my wife to decide).

What kind of subfloor should I put underneath the tile? Can I use a...

Thank you! What do you mean "spot silicone"?

My daughter has a steel door which goes outside to a flat roof we don't use.

Is there anything I can do to insulate the door to prevent the cold air from penetrating into her closet, which in turn...

I am replacing a bathroom floor. Existing floor is small (2"x2") tile. The flooring and subfloor have to come up and be replaced.

What's the best way to pull up the floor? Just smash it with a...

While ballengerb1 will give you excellent advice, I can tell you that I had cellulose insulation blown into my home over the summer and it has helped with heat loss tremendously this year. Our house...

This is our second winter in our house. For this first time we have ice damming at two places on the roof. We had a slight thaw this past weekend (Feb. 1) and water leaked into our master bedroom...

Thanks for that advice. I will do as you suggest.

I did not rod the line before putting the toilet back in, and rodded it with the toilet in place.

I'll have to wait until better weather here in Buffalo before getting on the roof. Should be...

There's no hole in the bottom of the toilet. It's a gravity flush (learned that from speedball1) so there's only holes along the inside rim. I've cleaned those with a wire hanger and snake the...

Can a bottle of Main Line cleaner be poured down a first floor toilet to clean out the waste line? I read this online somewhere (not on this site), but after reading the bottle it didn't sound like...

I have a gravity flush toilet that has always been a little slow. Tonight I flushed and the water level in the bowl rose near to the top of the rim before slowly going back down. There is no swirling...

I have 2 laptops with wireless access to the Internet. When I first set up the router (long time ago) I never set up any security for it, so anyone can access my Internet signal.

How can I go...

I have Pergo laminate flooring in my kitchen/dining room bought at Lowe's and 2 75lb weimaraners. There is no damage to the floors. One of my dogs is afraid of it, though. It's a little slippery when...

I primed the walls with Kilz all around. They are plaster walls and I used fiberglass tape and joint compound (left over from another project) to repair the walls. I used a damp cloth to wipe down...

You can rent a small hand-held orbital sander and home depot. But you should probably price out the rental because you could probably buy one for not much more money than a rental would cost. I got a...

Thanks for your replies. Walls and floors will have to be ripped up and out whatever we do. Knowing that it's possible to move the plumbing gives us some other options to consider as we start to lay...

I have a very small master bath. We want to eventually knock through the closet and enlarge the bathroom. The best option for us would be to put the shower stall along the wall where there is...

I've made a bunch of repairs to plaster walls in a bedroom, taped, and mudded the repairs. What's the best way to clean/prep the walls for priming and painting to clean the walls of dust? Will a damp...

Not an expert here, but I'd use fiberglass tape over the cracks before any kind of joint compound. The fiberglass tape should provide a better seal against further cracks than just compound alone. If...

I have a wood front door. The inside is in near pristine condition. The exterior is a little beat up. The bottom of the door has some small chunks/rot damage, and it needs to be cleaned and freshened...

I was thinking about the sliced foot issue also. I think I might cut at it from the basement so it's below the floor surface.

The rod is pinched around the valve handle, so there's no removing it...

I have a metal bar that is used with a key as a shut-off for a gas line that goes into my fireplace. The bar sticks up from the floor about an inch. It is a tripping hazard for my daughter who walks...

USB 2.0. They'll be uploading video clips and editing them in MovieMaker. Our school used to have Macs, so we used iMovie which is great. MovieMaker is terrible, but the best I have.

The PC desktop computers in my school do not have a firewire port. I am having my students make digital video projects. I've used firewire with Macs, obviously can't with these PCs.

How will the...

I am looking into getting an outdoor play set for my kids. Does anyone have any experience with the sets at Walmart? They look nice and get good reviews and are affordable. The one thing I don't like...