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Good point about any changes I make may get destroyed when the county decides to lay some fiber optics or something. I could pump some out, I just dont have a place to pump it to. I think it would run right back into the ditch. Planting some wetland friendly plants may be an option, just...

Hello, We have a 3 acre lot that slopes down from about the middle of the property to a ditch that is out front by the road. The ditch obviously gets wet when it rains, but it stays wet sometimes for a week or so even with dry sunny weather. Normally I just dont mow this area because it is a...

Thanks for the responses. I have tried about everything I could think of with the chain, except for moving it on the lever. I will give it a try! Thanks!

Hey everyone, I am having trouble with the chain that goes from the lever to the flapper valve on my toilet. The problem is it always gets wrapped around itself and the flap stays open, thus water runs until I realize its running and fix the chain. I have tried taking all the slack out...

Thanks for the response. You are right it is adjustable......had to get a couple tiny screwdrivers in there and pry out on a couple of tabs while trying to pull on the latch. What a pain! But now it fits correctly. Thanks again! :)

Hi all. I bought some new door knobs and matching deadbolts for my mother-in-laws house she just moved in to. The doors are exterior steel doors and are standard size, but when I inserted the new latches into the door the amount of latch sticking out of the door was less than the old latches...

Thank you for the response. My multiswitch is a Spaun with 3 or 4 inputs and 8 outputs. Your right about the satellite receiver it has an antenna in on the back, but we have a dvr so there are 2 coax going in to the satellite inputs so I am not sure what plugs into the antenna input? I hate to...

Hello. I was wondering if it would be possible to hook up my vhf/uhf antenna to the multiswitch for my satellite? It has an antenna input connection on it, but I was wondering how it sends the antenna signal out? Does it just use the same coax that the satellite uses? How do you split the signal...

Thanks to everyone for the advise. I will go ahead and replace the thermocouple since they are not that expensive and see what happens from there. The water heater is in a closet with a louvered door on it so I think it has sufficient oxygen supply to it. The wind would be the only other factor...

Thanks for the responses everyone! That draft hood.....will that be on the top of the water heater around the flu pipe? Thanks again for the help!

Hello. My mother-in-laws pilot light on her hot water heater keeps going out. I have had to light the pilot three times in the last couple months. The heater is about 8 years old and looks really clean around the burner and thermocoupler. She states that it usually goes out only when it is...

Yeah I guess I will just pay a little extra to be comfortable. After all its only money right? :D Thanks again for all the comments and advise!

Thanks for the response. I had heard arguments both ways. Some saying that it actually takes more electricity to start the motor than it does to leave it run. To me it makes sense that if something is running it is using energy. One of my problems is that some rooms stay warmer than other...

Hi. Just wondering if it is ok to leave the blower on my furnace on all the time to keep the air circulated better. Does it actually use more electricity if it runs all the time? What about wear and tear on the motor? I have heard arguments both ways but just wanted some opinions here. Thanks in...

Thanks for the replies and the opinions. Like I said I am a complete novice when it comes to heat pumps and such, so all ideas are welcome. I had heard before that heat pumps are not very warm. Dont some of them have a gas backup? Thanks again.

I guess it would be the heat pump system, but I am pretty ignorant when it comes to any electric furnace. Good advise on determining the draw an electric furnace would have on the standby generator, I will have to do some research on that. Maybe someone here has an idea of how many watts an...

Hello. Just wondering what everyones opinion is on gas and electric furnaces. We have only had gas furnaces in the past so I am pretty inexperienced on electric furnaces. I know the gas come in handy when we had the ice storm in 2002, we were without power for five days. Still I had to buy a...

Glad I am not the only one that buys the wrong breaker the first time! :eek: Taking the old breaker along sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the help!

Thanks for the advise. Are those peanut breakers like half the size of a normal breaker? If so, sounds like a couple of those would do the trick. :)

Ok I just went and looked in the panel and it already has a couple dual breakers in there. ( Duh, should have looked in there to begin with :D ) So now I assume the panel accepts them since they are in there, is there a specific type or brand I should look for? Maybe just match what is already...