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So I checked the waste line again, It has a trap, and is not clogged. While I was in the basement my wife went on the computer and saw my post that I left on the screen. She laughs, and tells me my daughter had a poopie accident in her pants, which my wife had in the laundry basket.. for...

25 year old house, Washroom waste pipe (copper) is first ,(or last) connection on the waste line before the exit main (cast) to my septic system outside. I can smell that sewage smell in the room, and in the washer tub. I just had the cesspool drained/cleaned/inspected/ in August. What...

We closed on the house August 18, and moved in on the 20th so less than three months. I forgot how diesel gels in cold weather. That wouldn't work here in the Northeast.

I experienced my first power outage last week, lasted 17 hours.. I always knew I would eventually need one, and tried to convince my wife to spend big bucks to get one when we first bought the house. Needless to say she never agreed, until now. So.. I'd like to get a diesel generator that I...

We had Wasps in the sofits and in various locations around the house. In addition, we had carpenter ants in one of the bedrooms. You should wait till the evening when the wasps come back to the nest. Spray Wasp/Hornet spray in the nest, then you have to Seal the opening with silicone. You...

While I was house hunting this past summer, I came across this oil burner system. SIX zones. They had a stat in almost every room. I hadn't realized it until I went into the basement. I took this photo. Does anyone have a system like this? BTW, the house was only 1300Sq Ft.

I just replaced my old mercury stats with the same Honeywell P'gramable stat. My 24v system only has two wires. The Rh and W are the only ones you need to have it run, assuming its heat only and hot Heat/Cool. Check the transformer on your zone circulator and you should see only 2...

Ahhh.. Brooklyn! I just moved into this house from Park Slope. (President Street and 7th Ave.)

New to the forums, and hoping to get great advise from experienced DIY's. My house is only 25 years old, so it's in pretty good shape. Hope everyone has a happy Halloween.