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I'm thinking of buying a house with a cistern. Never owned one, never lived in a house with one. I've heard a lot of pros and cons from workmates and friends, but it seems theres a lot of misunderstanding about them. What I need to know from those who have been there is the advantages, moreso...

I have an older 1 car garage with a non power door. One of the springs broke awhile ago.My question is are the se springs universal in length as to their size, meaning 1 car garage, or bigger for all 2 car garages, etc.?

Does anyone know of a good tutorial on replacing the element on an older whirlpool electric drier?

On the other hand, when I bought my house, I still had one circuit of knob and tube wiring active. I know now that it feeds several outlets in my living room and kitchen. Although the inspector was thorough and noted the wiring, he had no interest in seeing what it supplied. I have three...

I'm on my 2nd medium priced home entertainment center, the kind that comes in a box with the subwoofer, the surround speakers, and DVD player, as well as all the wiring. I've got all the wiring run carefully to avoid kinks, cuts beneath sharp edges, and so on. All the speakers are hooked up...

Lemme get this straight- if the main beam in my floor runs the same line as my roof ridge, then the walls that are parallel to those are load bearing? Or the walls that run at 90 degrees to that are load bearing? My roof ridge and my main beam run front to back, with the 2 biggest walls and the...

I likes Square eye's response. It focused on the aspect of supervicory work after awhile. The two differences I've seen in my 2 careers thus far in life, are A. the ability to do the "math", so to speak, and B. the ability to pay attention to the details that make any job a finished job. If...

Hey, inspectorD, that was taken last year, when my nieces butterfly house resulted in the larvae unfolding their wings and taking their first flight. That one landed on my nose. Really. No kidding! My two grown kids had them land on them too, and my 23 year old daughter totallt freaked!

I started a new thread for more advice. I really appreciate the advice given in the last thread. I recently replaced the faucet in my 50 year old unremodelled tub/shower. It's the type that goes thru the tub with the 2 faucets close together. Anyway, the other day as I was "leaving the building"...

Thanks fer the advice, fellas. I've got a self lighting torch with MAPP gas, good pipe scrubber thingy, good solder. I previously installed a new valv for the toilet, as well as replaced several old shut off valves with ball valves, and installed a double kitchen sink with disposal. I'm not new...

I'm planning on replacing the old pipes in my 90 year old house with copper this summer. My plan is to make all the pipe up in sections with the bends in the right place and prefab it into 2 or 3 large units. Once that's done, I was going to remove the old pipe and assemble the new stuff into a...

Is this true of all tankless heaters? If so, then here in the midwest where the winter tap temparature of cold water coming into the house goes below 70, then the water wouldn't even be hot enough for a shower, right?

I've got a question about the wall that faces my front entrance. My living room is really long. The wall opposite the front door was covered with panelling that someone painted before I bought the house. I'm on a REALLY limited budget, and was wondering whatg some alternatives were to ripping it...

I just wanted to say hi and thank you for the invitation to join this website. Hopefully, most of my questions will be answered here, in the spirit of people helping people. Some other sites I've been to lately have too many crybabies lamenting the fact that the few who constantly have questions...