Recent content by lodgeskins

Thank you for the response. I figured it out; it was a really stupid mistake on my part. The candle stick receivers have height adjustment screws on both sides that I was attaching my wires to. The correct screws were hidden under a small cardboard sleeve at the tip of the socket, just below the...

Hi, I purchased a two arm sconce that had the wires removed, and I am having trouble wiring it correctly. I have tried wiring it two different ways. The first way I destroyed my dimmer switch (it made a loud pop and now doesn't work), and the second way there was a spark coming from the sconce...

Thank you everyone for the responses. I was relieved to find out from the gas company that there is no gas flowing past the meter at this time. When we bought the house there was an interruption in service, and we haven't had a chance to get it hooked up again. We have an appointment to have it...

Thanks for the responses. I'm not completely sure what was running; I think it was the pump that circulates water through the radiators. I could be wrong, as I was rushed into leaving and then asked my father-in-law go over to try to shut it off. I spoke to the gas company today and they told me...

I recently purchased an antique home, and currently live about an hour from it. It has an old gas boiler, and although I turned off the heat at the thermostats before leaving, the water circulating pump continued to run. My father in-law lives nearby the house, so I had him flip the emergency...