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Thanks all for the help. I pulled the central white button out using a flat blade of a screwdriver, and the entire assembly popped out exposing the screwed in black plate.

Thanks. Followed your advice. Using an utility knife, I was able to slowly (but slightly) pull back the central metal plate from the black border and see the screws. But I cannot remove the metal...

Not sure if this is the correct forum so apologies if this goes against reposting rules.

Hi:

I am requesting help to replace my old doorbell but cannot find the screws. Attaching pictures so...

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My house has its own Septic tank. Since Saturday, my guests started using the basement bathroom that has a Saniflo system - the toilet, shower and the sink gets the macerator pumping. Two days...

My apologies for returning to this very old thread. The problem (described in my OP) did not go away despite cleaning the stop valve. But a few days later, the left-hand side hot water faucet started...

Thanks John and Harold for the explanation. Appreciate it.

Holy Mackerel! hkstroud, you nailed it! That was the problem. The refill tube was inserted all the way down. I pulled it up as you suggested and the leak has completely stopped. If you don't mind,...

My toilet (American Standard 4078) has been acting weird last month or so. Every 2 minutes or so, a little amount of water slips from the tank into the bowl and the tank makes the gushing/hissing...

Harold:

Tried the flushing/back flushing but this did not solve the problem. Do you think the problem is with the hardware itself?

That is, if it was a piece of crud blocking the passage, why...

Thanks. I will try this out.

Hi:

I have a Moen Monticello faucet in my bathroom. The right-hand side handle that delivers cold water works fine. When I turn the left-hand side handle slowly fom 0 to 45 degrees, hot water...

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Update! I tried replacing the burner socket and the heating element, but no luck! I went to HD and bought the following for my Sears/Kenmore electric stovetop:
Burner socket

Heating...

Thank you very much for the replies. I will defintely replace the burner and the socket.

Hi:

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum so please excuse me.

I replaced the burner infinite switch (from Sears) on my Kenmore electric stovetop two months ago since turning it on was not...

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I was working on replacing a burner switch on my electric stove top. After I replaced the switch, plugged in the unit, and turned the knob to Low, there were lots of sparks! So I quickly...

Thank you very much. I shall check out the video.

Regards,
K

Yes, that could very well be my 6-yr old! How do I check the connections or replace the socket, if needed?

Thanks!

Another room.

tkrussell:

Thanks for your detailed post. Do you mean replace the entire Recessed Lighting Housing and Trim for that particular failing light bulb? If not, is there a instructions-link you can...

Lamps: GE's 65-Watt Equivalent Indoor Compact Fluorescent Dimmable Flood Light Bulbs

Dimmer: Lutron 3-way dimmer [This was also from Lowe's but I am not sure if the packaging said if it was...

Anyone?

Thanks.

I have 8 recessed lights in my family room with a dimmer switch. These light bulbs that are supposed to last seven years or something! Anyway, I installed them last August, and noticed that one bulb...

Thanks. That's a lot of troubleshooting to do. I think I will call a licensed electrician and ask him/her to take a look.

Regards,
K

stanfortyman, hkstroud and donf:

I opened every switch outlet servicing the tripped circuit breaker but I did not see any burnt smell/stuff or loose connections or any wire touching the box. I...

stanfortyman and hkstroud:

Thanks for your prompt replies. I shall switch off the main and start opening the outlets and see if I see anything obvious. The house was built in 1980 so I don't know...

hkstroud:

Sorry for the confusion. I shall try to answer your questions.

1. "You tell us you had recessed light installed. Then you say the bedroom and bath tripped the circuit breaker. Are the...

Hi stanfortyman:

Thanks for your reply. I am not trying to fix anything. All the recessed lights on the lower level are working fine; it's just the lighting on the second level (where I did not...

Hi:

I got recessed lights installed in my living room, family room and kitchen (all on the first level). I used them successfully every night. However, on the fourth day, the lights in my two...

For some reason I cannot read your last post. It shows up on the Summary page, but not on the thread-specific page. Can you try posting again?

Thanks for your replies. What tools and materials would I need to refinish?

The rest of the door is immaculate. It is just the bottom that is peeling. Less than 5% of the entire door.

The bottom of my main door is showing signs of peeling because of water flowing through the spave between my gutters and roof. I am fixing the gutters, but I wanted to see what could I do to fix the...

The bottom of my main door is showing signs of peeling because of water flowing through the spave between my gutters and roof. I am fixing the gutters, but I wanted to see what could I do to fix the...

My Toro snow blower needs a 2-cycle oil engine oil to be mixed with gasoline. As per their manual, "Use Toro 50:1 2-Cycle Oil (Fuel Stabilizer Added) or an equivalent high-grade, NMMA TCW 3-certified...

Please excuse the multiple postings, but I wasn't sure of the correct forum for posting.

The louvers or vanes for the vertical blinds are not rotating even when I pull the chain that hangs on the...

My A/C fan has stopped turning again after the capacitor was replaced in June of this year. The only work that I did related to my HVAC system was that I replaced the union with a coupling for the...

Hi hvac1000:

Thanks for all your help. I managed to replace the union with the coupling. However, its installation was not as you explained since I guess I got a different coupling. Home Depot had...

hvac1000:

Can you please reply to my earlier post?

Thanks,
K

hvac1000:

Thanks. Given the novice DIY-er that I am, here's what I am going to do. Please correct me if I am wrong.
...

hvac1000:

Thanks. So is this something even I could do by myself? If yes, here are some questions:

1. What tools would I require?
2. Do I just need to measure the diameter of the pipes and get...

Thanks, KBC, for your quick reply.

My HVAC guy told me that I need to move the union (shown in the marked red rectangle below) to the marked blue rectangle outside the furnace box. He said having a union inside the furnace box...

I did some additional research after Missouri's post and I found out that the fungus is called Fuligo septica aka the dog vomit slime mold. It is harmless to humans, animals and plants. For details,...

Hi Missouri Bond:

Thanks for your reply. It is on a couple of plants and the yellow spores were on the mulch as well on the trunk and branches. Is there anything that I can do to prevent this...

Hi:

I noticed a yellow discharge on some of my plants on Friday. This yellow discharge was as if some animal/insect had sprayed tiny yellow grains on the stem and leaves. Two days later, this...

Hvac, any thoughts on my previous post?

Interesting! That's the report he said he was going to file with my Home Warranty company. He also said he picked up some freon leak, but it was probably very small since he couldn't identify the...

Just a FYI... problem was fixed by the technician. It was a bad capacitor.

Yup, the happiness was short-lived. A/C is back to giving problems. But here's the trend I noticed...

The A/C will work fine during the day when I set the thermostat at 73 (the ouside temp has...

I changed my filter, and it appears the house is cooling. I use Filtrete filters that I change once in three months. Would a dirty filter be the cause for the A/C not cooling the house?

Thanks,
K