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There is rot in a few spots under my living room floor. It seems kind of not possible, but I honestly don't believe this problem is worsening. I've been looking at this damaged area ever since I moved here 10 years ago. If I had seen negative progress, I would have said to myself, "Must...

Did anyone listen to the running water? I am wondering if anyone has a best guess on whether or not it is the sound of a leak. I'm considering putting the water heater myself................. I'm two days with cold showers. It isn't so bad. I'm fairly sure my dishwasher (Bosch) will work...

This water heater is very old and electric. I woke up this morning and smelled something kind of like gas in the house. I thought "Someone has mowed my yard?" That would have been great. This happened some time between 3:00 AM and 11:00 AM. I did some work on this water heater...

I feel very lucky. I put down a few lines of Henry Wet Patch, reinforced with fiberglass, and it worked. I've had several hard rains and I somehow fixed this problem. I bought 75 feet of the fiber glass reinforcement, and I ran out. I got all sacked up to go to HD to buy more and then I...

Just by chance I got a little more information on my problem. It rained overnight, not heavily, and I did not get a leak into the living room or create more wet spots on the living room ceiling. In the picture near the big puddle is a magnifying glass and a syringe I used for sucking up...

There isn't any attic space. If I thought I could locate the problem by chipping out the ceiling drywall I would do it. I've repaired drywall in the past, never 100% bit I'm OK with how those repairs have turned out. I don't know how many layers of materials there are between me and the...

Thanks for all comments, I will be re-reading in the next few days I"m sure. This forum is always a great starting point for me for bigger projects. I generally start saying, "I should definitely hire this out, right??" I have watched a few youtube videos, and decided to take a crack at...

Thanks for the replies. An honest seeming guy gave me a quote on sealing the entire flat area of the roof. It was just under $5,000. He really surprised me by encouraging me to just do the work myself since I'm physically able. The problem though, is that he said that if a sealant has...

I have water dripping into my living room, and the ceiling is dark from moisture in two places. Directly above the leak the roof is flat. I'm looking for a temporary fix. Putting on a new roof is not financially possible right now. I need advice on what to do in the very short...

Agree. If you start a thread it's best to document what happens, whether the problem is solved or you end up hiring a pro.

Problem is fixed and I will update just in case anyone has the same problem and comes across this thread. The cold pipe was not blocked, and the one thing I know for sure is that I do not understand how a shower valve works. Anyhow, luckily you can fix something without understanding it. I...

Thanks for the reply. Just to clarify, you had a blocked pipe and changing the valve fixed it? I've searched youtube for video on how to fix a blocked pipe, and I'm not coming up with much.

I'd just be guessing to help you out, but it might help if you posted some pictures of this.

I'm hoping to get some advice about a shower that has stopped working completely. The shower was not used hardly at all for three years, except for maybe filling up a bucket of water every once in a while, or washing down a large item of some sort. Some guests came recently and it was used...

Thanks to all who weighed in. I have found and fixed this problem. The deceased rodent was not the problem, and neither were these very bad looking wires leading to the TV room phone jack. I did cut out this bad part shown below and replaced it with some better phone line with yellow jelly...

Thinking about it different ways, the rat may not even be the problem, although it is a likely suspect. ctviggen, you suggested some very affordable equipment which can probably answer what I'm wondering about now. I'm now wondering if the connections among the jacks are sequential, or if they...

Thanks for all suggestions and replies. It's 4 AM and I'll keep this short. Dead rat on wire.

Blue Jay, I don't mean to frustrate, but I could not follow your most recent response. But I will propose an experiment, so please read this post. I have my multimeter operational, and took some measurements. Shown below is 48 volts dc at Jack 1. Also 48 volts DC in the switchbox attached to...

afjes_2016 - I'm not sure which photo you are looking at. I have examined the thick white wire going up into the attic, and it is a CAT 3 - which has been out of date for computers since 2000, but which apparently works fine for a phone call. I have researched the term "RJ45" and see that I...

Hi Blue Jay, I know nothing about what I'm doing so all I can do is post more pictures. Here is one picture from a different angle. Does this change your opinion? There are two wires attached to the phone connector, blue and blue white. On the lower connector, where there used to be a fax...