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Hello, May be a stupid question, but my kitchen sits right above my laundry room which is in the basement. The kitchen sink drain line drops down and connects to a main that the laundry sink is connected to. The drain lines are galvanized and some of the fittings are rusty, we just semi...

I bought a 70 pint Dehumidifer for my 900SQF basement, only about 500 SQF is finished, I set it at 45% and I think it ran all night, and the bucket was almost full this morning. I have never had moisture problems in the past that I am aware of, but my question is...Do they run longer the first...

Hello, I have a portable DeLonghi PAC A110L A/C unit. I want to put this in my basement but I only want to use the dehumidifier function because I only have glass block windows and cant vent it to use the A/C function. But when I read the manual it says it has to be vented outside to use the...

Hello, here is my problem, These windows were installed in 2006, I did not have them put in so the only info I have is they are vinyl windows. I have had my whole house insulated in 2007. I thought I felt a small amount of air around my 2 bedroom windows so I hung small fleece blankets in them...

Thanks for your very detailed answer to my question! I want to update some things to make sure these are for that purpose. It rained yesterday kinda hard so I went and looked down the drain and I did not see any water come out of them. May not rained enough though. I can stick my pointer finger...

Its concrete. The cast Iron starts at the bottom where the water is sitting.

Hello, here I have a picture of my floor drain in my laundry room. It is concrete all the way down to where the water is standing and that is where the actual pipe is. I noticed that about mid way up there are 3 holes which I can stick my pointer finger in and feel mud. My questions are how did...

Hello, here I have a picture of my floor drain in my laundry room. It is concrete all the way down to where the water is standing and that is where the actual pipe is. I noticed that about mid way up there are 3 holes which I can stick my pointer finger in and feel mud. My questions are how did...

This stove is only a little over 2 years old, Tonight my wife was cooking and she heard a pop and the bottom element stoped working but the broil and the top burners were working fine. After it cooled down I unpluged it and took the back panel off and discovered the wire on the right connection...

Thanks Nestor, The concrete is 40 years old and im not sure what kind of paint it was but it was previously painted 2 months before we moved in and started bubbling and peeling about 7 months after that. I have the self priming bear masonary paint from home depot to use. What do you suggest...

I am going to paint my exterior foundation "poured concrete". I have bought self priming masonary paint but was wondering if I should still use a primer first? I have properly preped the surface for painting by scraping, power washing, and acid washing the surface but looks like its going to be...

Hello, I am preparing my exterior foundation so I can repaint it. It is poured concrete and I have a basment. I started by scraping it with a paint scraper and got off I could that way. Next I found some cracks while scraping. I then got a 2000PSI power washer to get the rest of the paint off...

Hello, I have a small 1000 sq foot house with a basment, hip roof, and cedar shake wood under my siding. I live in Ohio and this is only our second winter in the house, last winter was pretty mild. I had the roof re-sheeted with new wood and diminsional shingles installed. I also had new vinel...

Hello, I was wondering if it was safe to pour bleach in a cast iron basement floor drain? I have a floor drain in my basement and when I run my washer it raises up about 2 or 3", "still about 8 inches from the top of the drain" and kinda blurps while the laundry sink is draining, as soon as it...