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For those that know, I have that side on my house that was redone...but it was never completely finished to the top. It has one small section on top that wasn't finished and there's a small gap between the siding and the roof where the sparrows didn't waste any time making a home. The last guy...

Not sure if this is where I would put this, but late last month I had a fairy circle pop up in my yard and it was a little amusing how much excitement it stirred up around town. I had cars stopping and taking pictures, this group called the red hats came and had some fun with it, and even the...

I have a old stackable washer/dryer set...all considering, it's been holding it's own and I've had very little problems. With that, my friend has another set that's newer and I'm wondering if I should replace before that day comes where mine hits the dust [as it's going to happen...it's over 20...

I have an old portable whirlpool dishwasher that was given to me. Last week I heard it make a light pop, then it started spilling all the water on the floor from the back side. I can turn on the water with the hose connected and it doesn't leak. It's when I start the washer, it takes a huge...

My 16 y/o yorkie/pom passed on last week. It's been devastating and draining for me, as my dogs are very much family. However, I realize this isn't a pet forum so I'll try to get to the point. A friend came to be support and help me bury him. He saw this stump thing along the house, and came up...

I've had one case of ants in the 10 years living here and they were easily taken care of with a little Terro love. It's been a few years since then and guess who's back. The ones in the kitchen were taken care of with more Terro love, but I have these TINY red ones that just won't take a hint...

Ok so this is mostly hypothetical, as obviously anyone that knows my story...knows this isn't something that's going to happen any time soon, if at all. But this is second night, and despite breaking down and calling police first night....my new neighbor is a party person. Her driveway is...

I thought I heard something chewing on my hutch last night...made some noise, and haven't heard it since. Forgot about it until one of my traps went off tonight [set for the mice I was getting while the side was exposed-have not had a issue before that] and then a squeaking. I figured this...

Hopefully most are familiar with my house drama, as I am going to skip through to the point. Right about the same time the contractor and furnace guy did work on my house, a loud random snapping started. I assumed it was something the contractor did as he messed with a wire over on the one...

It was suggested I share these pictures on this thread [original thread http://www.houserepairtalk.com/showthread.php?t=18716]. I had a contractor that was suppose to have an electrician lined up to replace my fuseboxes [and flip the one in shower to the outside of the home], but he bolted...

I thought my next post would be a happy one, sharing my new and improved home. But all I have is this, as the contractor ran and destroyed my life. Please, don't talk down to me on what I *should* have done, I have enough people doing that and the depression is so bad...I don't think it's...

Contractor has come up with idea for putting a deck on my front door and then leading my fence from there. His idea was to put gates on the entries so that I could still just open the door to let my dogs out. My concern was the dogs getting ambitious and jumping the deck side, which I...

I have a nice wood hutch, which foolishly laid an empty air freshener [one you stick in wall] on some papers laying on it. Apparently it still had some in it and leaked onto the hutch. Of course, it took me awhile to find it and it did it's damage. I tried to clean it, but it seemed to only...

I am trying to decide on a color for my new siding and I am having a hard time 'visualizing.' I was looking at either a light brown/khaki, a light blue-gray or a slate blue. All probably with just a plain white trim. Some of my concerns are, I'm not sure what I should take in account when...

I am looking to do 98% of the house with laminate flooring, including the kitchen. The only room I'm not doing is the bathroom for obvious reasons. Before I finalize this decision, I wanted to ask if there is any pros or cons I should be thinking of. Or things I should be making sure are done...

When I moved into this house, there was this little box in the shower. I didn't think to open it, and honestly I was afraid to for years...it was a bit painted shut, so I didn't try real hard either. Finally doing some work in back room that causes a fuse to blow, and we are baffled as we...

I had a few estimates drawn up to replace my very old furnace [am told it is about 60% efficient, and will go to 95% with new]. I tinkered with the idea of going electric, but was told it would be better to go with a heat pump if that was the case. I know very little about heat pumps, and...

I am updating a lot of things in/on my home and one of them is siding. I've had a couple contractors come do estimates. First one was just going to lay the siding over the slate siding that is there now. I had a couple concerns with that, which the second contractor confirmed, stating that was a...