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Hello Everyone, We have a drain in our basement that has "regurgitate" couple times now. We do nto know what caused it and rain is noe to be blame as we have not had rain for several days. The water that comes up has some sort of dirt, but it is not sewage. We called the city and they inspected...

Hi everyone, My basement got some water after the recent storms in our area. We had vinyl planks flooring and had to pull all of it out, damaging most of it in the process. We are certainly not looking into putting flooring down again, and we are considering epoxy flooring. I want to ask here...

Hello, Our lawn beds are in desperate need of edging and new mulch. We have already gotten new mulch, but before we can put it down we need to do some serious clean up on the beds. I want to rent/purchase an edger that will clean both the inside and the outside of the beds, but we do have black...

Greetings, We are considering installing a whole house filtration with a water softner and uv. We spoke to a plumber and his view were not exactly cheerful, so I figure I would ask here what people know about it and if anyone here has such a device. We looked couple brands and as usual there...

Hello everyone, happy new year. A bit odd sounding thread, but that is what I need to accomplish. I have a pantry that is above the staircase that goes to the basement. I have only a small square flat area and then 2 boxes to cover the incline from the ceiling for the staircase below it. Does...

Hello, I know that this is for refrigerator posts, and if not appropriate, please let me know if there is a better place to put this post. My frigidaire upright freezer decided that it has had enough. However, it is all too strange. As of friday it was working and this morning we found...

Hello, I live in a house that is a little over 40 yo and have been here for about 8 years now. The house is fine and extensive remodeling/update has been made by the previous owner. There are some dust that perhaps is left over from the remodeling, but that is not my major concern. I...

Hello, My water softener is misbehaving. A salt bridge formed and my husband was able to break it, but the water is still completely hard - but not solid! We added salt, but nothing. I have the manual, but this is one complicated appliance. Can anyone educate me a bit? Since a bridge was...

Hi all, I just purchased the above mentioned dishwasher and had it install about 15 days ago. It was all fine until yesterday when we noticed the dishes still dirty after running the cycle. Upon trying again we realized that the machine was able to get water and also drain, but it will not...

Hello, We are in the process of redoing our back porch. The old structure was wood and most of it was all but rotten. As we removed most of it, we quickly learned that the gutter that was against the roof of the house is going to be difficult to remove. Our roof was redone 4 years ago, so...

Greetings, We completed our basement repairs and are now looking for options for a dehumidifier. The plumber that worked with us mentioned the built-in Aprilaire 1710a dehumidifier as we have an opening that will probably work perfectly for that. so, I want to know if anyone here has such...

Greetings, We just recently installed a vanity in our children's bathroom that came with a marble top and backsplash. We applied a bead of caulk, which is not curing at all. It has been about a week and a half and it is still nor cured. So, is there a certain type of caulk for that...

Greetings, We are going to give a lift on the children's bathroom, which has a popcorn ceiling. So, we want to remove it and give a textured finish to it. It is a small bathroom, but nonetheless we imagine the job is going to be messy. So, I know that there is a possibility that this may...

Greetings, We are replacing the pedestal sink on the children's bathroom, so we decided to go ahead and change the vinyl flooring, add radiant heat, put natural stone, and also replace the old toilet. We will not mess with the shower area, other than replacing the shower itself, and add a...

Greetings, I am unable to find if there is a regulation that dictate how long a person is supposed to wait for an inspector to perform is work. I had an electrical inspector come and he said he was going to talk to the building inspector to take a look, despite the fact that there is no...

Greetings, As we continue with our basement, we want to replace the damaged cedar OSB panels, however we are not able to find a place that sells them so far. Does anyone here know where those things can be found? It is for the closets and it is not very thick or anything, we just like the scent...

Greetings, Our AC unit decided it was time to act up as well. Last week we noticed that the unit was running all the time but the temperature hardly changed. We investigate a bit and upon checking the furnace/ac unit we found the outside with condensation and bulging. We turned off the ac and...

Greetings, We are gutting our bathroom in the basement due to a flood that occurred. The bathroom was old, moldy, and in great need of an update. Now we are trying to gather ideas as to what is the best options for the new bathroom. I am considering one of those corner showers. I like tiles...

Greetings, As my flooded basement saga continues, we encountered some off smell yesterday. We are gutting the bathroom and as I moved to start removing dry wall from the wall next to the door, and as we cut the bottom part of it a sewer smell appeared. Behind that wall, is a steel post. It is...

Hello, We are still dealing with the flood we had in our basement. For most part things are look good, and we are now removed most of the damaged materials. A co-worker today mentioned to my husband the idea of getting a air scrubber to help clean up mold spores and stuff. This is something I...