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We have an 8' sliding glass door that is very stiff in the 40*-50*F range of temps. I've had 3 door companies look at it and other than spray lube on the track, say that nothing could be done. To me, it looks as though the track is bowed outward in the middle and the ends are butted up tight...

I have a 4' wide slider in my new-to-me house that probably hasn't seen lubrication since it was installed 20 yrs ago. It was stiff along its entire length so we cleaned the track and then, lubed and cleaned the rollers, as best I could, with Kroil. I sure cleaned the rollers all right. Now I...

We have a Fridgidaire dishwasher whose door spring is making a creaking noise when closing the door. Not opening the door although, that has changed pitch as well. Due to a disability I am unable to get down on the floor to inspect the offending helix but I sprayed so silicone back in there a...

I've never seen a good way to remove a broken bulb from its socket. I have such a situation in our fridg and with a disabled back I can't spend a lot of time messing with the socket which is in the front of the box and faces the rear. I've never found the potato trick to work so that leaves me...

Truthfully, I expected to see this when I used the "search" tool but, I didn't. I've noticed that every couple of years my 3-way socket switches get a little hinky - switching off, on, up one level or down one level. I usually replace the socket but I can't help think that I'm throwing out a...

Hi folks, long time lurker and no time poster, here. We just brought our 20 year old, covered deck up into the no maintenance phase, now that our lives have switched to the constant maintenance phase.;) We had everything wrapped in vinyl or aluminum and composite deck boards. We put up some...

Hi folks, I have a '70s rancher with the bathroom at the end of the hallway and the builder decided to plaster the room after the cast iron tub was installed. Well, I hope that he didn't pay for the plaster job because it doesn't look like the finish coat was ever applied. I've had to use...

I have a double wide that I use as a cabin. It's only three years old but it has developed an internal leak in the skylight in the bathroom. I'm guessing that it's condensation but if it's not then I'm afraid that it will rot out the plywood decking. Questions: 1) If I protect it by...

Thanks for the forum. I'm a south-central, 56 year old and retired - well, forced to retire by health issues. I have come to share but to harvest some ideas on home ownership. Later, Chiz

I have a plastic (resin) tub in the laundry room and after about 8 years of use it's pretty well stained. In fact, the only thing that got to the stains was 0000 steel wool. Now, how do I keep the tub from staining that badly again (yea, I hear ya with the, 'rinse it out and do periodic...

It's time to vent the crawl space and have done the appropriate info gathering from the governmental sites and have a couple of questions that I don't find addressed in those sites (which I can't believe since they seem like pretty basic requirements for this). I am to lay what essentially...

I have a Stanley, French door with an Arrow (?!) lockset and deadbolt. The deadbolt (DB) is loose and the bezel will turn but not tighten. On the interior side of the DB are two steel pins which are below the level of the brass colored bezel. I tried prying the interior side bezel as...