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This is the situation I have with the bathroom silicone caulking. The last time I did it was 8 years ago. Is it safe to conclude both a and b need to be removed b/c of bonding issues, as well as the caulking is likely done in one piece when done correctly? Thanks in advance for the feedback!

What happened: water leaked through the basement walls after 27+ inches of snow followed by 6 inches of rain. I have already hired a drainage contractor to run a camera through the storm drainage system with limited success of finding the issue. I'm thinking of running 3 garden hoses at the...

A neighbor is demolishing his property. Right now, they are treating the asbestos within the property. Even though the risk of asbestos leaking and landing onto my family's vegetable garden is low given that they are dealing with it, the risk is still there. Hence I'm writing here to ask for...

or any faucet in general. I have a kitchen faucet with a leaky cartridge and impossible to disassemble assembly such that I find myself having to buy a replacement faucet. The key factor to the purchase would be the potential durability but I have no idea of how to accomplish this. Hence posting...

There's a lot of guidelines of how to regrout tile floors. However, I can't seem to find out how to gauge whether to regrout tile floors. Are there specific signs to watch out for (like darkening grout, chipped grout, etc.), or is this something you'd advise doing every few years regardless...

I don't know what kind of window this is, except for this being a window that slides open side to side rather than up and down. I have no idea whether this pool of water is leaking from the outside into the window, or whether this is condensation coming from somewhere else. That said, I...

Please see the attached photo. In addition, once a gutter system is installed, is it even possible to change it entirely if it's proven to be lousy, or is it a matter of whether such renovation decisions are too cost prohibitive? Thanks in advance for your input.

See attached photos for what I'm trying to patch up (the gaps appears to be too big to be fixed by a crack sealant economically). The selection is quite overwhelming. Which of the following product would you recommend using? (1)...

Relevant images: View from the outside: http://imgur.com/a/08xgP View from the inside: http://imgur.com/a/em7jQ Not sure if it's 1 or 2 that's the source of the problem of the leaks. I know the setup looks a bit weird but this is inherited from the previous owner, so... I would like to...

Thought it would be appropriate to ask this question here. My family bought this broom 15 years ago: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4087880.html However, this broom is no longer in stock where we bought it. Hence having a hard time replacing it. It's a household broom with...

My family noticed there's a crack in the house's exterior stucco. A contractor filled it up with a concrete paste, smudged the region (in an attempt to make the new surface even), and then painted it. However, there's now a noticeable mark as shown in the photo. Is there anything that can be...

Found out that I can't control the heat intensity of the element with the rheostat. Is there a way to find out whether it's the stove element that's broken or rheostat that's broken? Also, how tough is it typically to fix this problem?

My family recently installed laminate flooring to replace acrylic carpet last year. However, after reading some resources on the Internet, we have concerns about its side effects on the health, mainly the synthetic laminate material possibly causing cancer. I'm inquiring about hardwood flooring...

I have some questions about these two paint job cases around my home, and I have already read some information online about temperature and humidity. Case 1: Garage Door (external). It has been filled with graffiti, and I'm aiming to buy paint (of the same color of the aluminum door) to cover...

I have previously posted a question here on how to replace the contacts for the stove heads. However, the contacts malfunction quite frequently b/c of the quality of the stove (or lack off), and I'm thinking of replacing them. I have noticed that a lot of the stoves these days include...

The water well shown in CIMG1074.jpg contains a Hydromatic SW33 submersible sump pump. I have yet tested to see if it's still capable of pumping water out when the water level gets too high. Right now, I'm planning on using a Diamond 1/3 hp submersible sump pump as shown in CIMG1069.jpg and...

I want to fill the dent on the deck as shown in the picture (http:// imagebin.org/27673) before painting over it. I'm not sure what the material is called in English. What is the material that is used to fill the dent called? Is it plaster (a guess)?

I have pulled off the ac plug off the wall and the battery from the alarm system to stop the alarm from ringing b/c the battery ran out of juice. I have replaced a new SLA battery but didn't plug the plug into the wall, and the alarm starts ringing again. I wonder if there's something that I...

I have an electric stove unit with model number CFEF312AS that has the problem with not only the surface element not heating up, but also with the receptacle broken as well. As I tried to replace the receptacle, I also found out that I would have to pretty much take apart the entire stove, which...

I have been hearing irregular clicking and water dripping sounds with my furnace at home lately. I am having trouble finding out the exact model of the furnace system, but I do know that the type of furnace is steam + water system based on the fact that the house is built in 1992. I'm not sure...