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    Attic Baffles in a 1.75 home layout.

    Hello. Looking for help with what to do with installing baffles. See picture. Vents are only on the front and back of the house and I will put baffles on them (blowing insulation in this year). However, I need help with what to do with the area where I have a circle. It is another area where I...
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    Seal Inside of Bath Fan Housing?

    Hello All! I just installed a new bathroom fan. Everything is connected well and the fan is working. 4" duct work, 110cfm fan. Anyway, It does actually suck air up but I noticed air is shooting back down through gaps inside of the fan housing (NOT outside). My question is ... would it be ok to...
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    Velcro Window Covering?

    :banana::banana:Hello fine folks! I live in Chicago and my condo has a double sliding glass door off the back that goes onto a tiny patio. The winters are pretty rough and these two glass doors allow a ton of cold air in/hot air out. Anyways, I have this idea that I can create an outdoor...
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    Partial Polyeurethane/ Wood Floor

    Hello! I have wood floors with poly cover that were put in about 8 years ago. All of it is just dandy except for the wood around my front windows (sliding glass doors) where all the sun comes through in my condo. So figure a two foot patch from the window where the sun has beat through the poly...
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    Gas Water Heater Turns On & Off All Day!

    My gas water heater heats water just fine. It works as normal in terms of temperature. The pilot light stays on as well. The problem is that the unit turns on and off constantly ...24/7. It starts up with the noise (electric powering it up I assume), runs for several seconds, then shuts off...
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    Water Heater Leak In Floor?

    Water Heater Piping Noise I have a gas water heater and furnace in a condo unit. I have been hearing what I would call "clicking" noises when the furnace and water heater run. The noises almost sound like water hitting ducts. This could be it ...but ... The noise comes from below through the...
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    Furnace Smell

    Hello All. I recently put in a new inducer motor on my gas furnace (in a condo). The inducer is has a red rubber seal around the air opening ..which attaches to the vent above. The reason I mention this is ... I was walking down my hallway and I smelled something. I was scared for gas...
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    Redoing tiles around gas fireplace

    Hello. I have a gas fireplace in my condo and there are granite tiles around it. Well, some tiles just below the fireplace have come loose. They are still wedged in there, but I can pull them out a bit as the concrete (or whatever it is) is not longer sticking the granite tile to the fireplace...
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    Is it soundproofing? Or is it something more?

    I live in a one-level condo with a closet that holds both the gas furnace and water heater. 2 things. 1. When the gas furnace turns on, it sounds like the 4-horseman coming from the heavens for armageddon. It is the fan! What do I have to do quiet that fan? Would WD-40 sprayed into the...
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