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This morning, in bright day light, that patch of carpet look yellowish from the same distance. But I examine the carpet fabric closely, they are still beige, not yellow, not dark, no dirty.

I have my room newly laid a very light beige color carpet in March this year. This evening, when the sun almost set, I walked in to my room without turning on the light, I saw the carpet has a large part of dark shadow (see photo 1). I immediately turned on the light, and the dark shadow has...

Eventually I replace the water softener with a new one.

Yes, will try the teflon dry lub first, if not working, will bring some pro to do the job. Thank you Jeff.

is it safe to nail? will nail crack the wood? or need a special nail to do the job?

Tomorrow will get the teflon Dry Lubricant spray. Thank you.

tried my best to put baby powder in between the riser and tread. I don't know whether they actually go in(?) as I cannot see any gap in between. Sound still there.

Try to get some baby powder and try, hope it works. Thank you.

Recently my hardwood stair has squeezing sound when stepped on. Since it is all finished/covered behind, so cannot reach the inside to check where went wrong. I just suspect that the sound is produced between the stepping wood board and the vertical wood board. What can I do to fix this problem?

I wonder, for those Single Ended LED tubes, if I connected them wrongly, Hot to Netural, and Netural to Hot, what will happen?

can I buy an electronic ballist to directly replace the regular ballist ? Are their wiring is the same?

I use regular flourescent tubes in my garage, they work well in summer, but in winter when temperation down to zero and below, it won't work. I understand that there are ballists for cold weather. Since "afjes_2016" mentioned LED, I wonder if I just replace the regular flourescent tubes with LED...

Hello, thank you for all the kind input. I have tried all different way. ...... and eventually gave up. Now, shopping for a compatible flush kit and to replace the whole thing. Thanks again.

Hi havasu, I understand what do you mean by black hose. Mine is white color, and its end just sit on top of over-flow drain tube. I also (just) found that there has no water coming out from my white tube (your is black tube) as well while filling tank. Something wrong inside the fill valve that...

I cannot see a black hose. Attached photo on the inside of the toilet.