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  1. CYUE

    Carpet has a dark shadow

    This morning, in bright day light, that patch of carpet look yellowish from the same distance. But I examine the carpet fabric closely, they are still beige, not yellow, not dark, no dirty.
  2. CYUE

    Carpet has a dark shadow

    I have my room newly laid a very light beige color carpet in March this year. This evening, when the sun almost set, I walked in to my room without turning on the light, I saw the carpet has a large part of dark shadow (see photo 1). I immediately turned on the light, and the dark shadow has...
  3. CYUE

    Low water pressure

    Eventually I replace the water softener with a new one.
  4. CYUE

    Hardwood stair squeezing sound

    Yes, will try the teflon dry lub first, if not working, will bring some pro to do the job. Thank you Jeff.
  5. CYUE

    Hardwood stair squeezing sound

    is it safe to nail? will nail crack the wood? or need a special nail to do the job?
  6. CYUE

    Hardwood stair squeezing sound

    Tomorrow will get the teflon Dry Lubricant spray. Thank you.
  7. CYUE

    Hardwood stair squeezing sound

    tried my best to put baby powder in between the riser and tread. I don't know whether they actually go in(?) as I cannot see any gap in between. Sound still there.
  8. CYUE

    Hardwood stair squeezing sound

    Try to get some baby powder and try, hope it works. Thank you.
  9. CYUE

    Hardwood stair squeezing sound

    Recently my hardwood stair has squeezing sound when stepped on. Since it is all finished/covered behind, so cannot reach the inside to check where went wrong. I just suspect that the sound is produced between the stepping wood board and the vertical wood board. What can I do to fix this problem?
  10. CYUE

    Lighting tube or ballast?

    I wonder, for those Single Ended LED tubes, if I connected them wrongly, Hot to Netural, and Netural to Hot, what will happen?
  11. CYUE

    Lighting tube or ballast?

    can I buy an electronic ballist to directly replace the regular ballist ? Are their wiring is the same?
  12. CYUE

    Lighting tube or ballast?

    I use regular flourescent tubes in my garage, they work well in summer, but in winter when temperation down to zero and below, it won't work. I understand that there are ballists for cold weather. Since "afjes_2016" mentioned LED, I wonder if I just replace the regular flourescent tubes with LED...
  13. CYUE

    Toilet tank won't fill

    Hello, thank you for all the kind input. I have tried all different way. ...... and eventually gave up. Now, shopping for a compatible flush kit and to replace the whole thing. Thanks again.
  14. CYUE

    Toilet tank won't fill

    Hi havasu, I understand what do you mean by black hose. Mine is white color, and its end just sit on top of over-flow drain tube. I also (just) found that there has no water coming out from my white tube (your is black tube) as well while filling tank. Something wrong inside the fill valve that...
  15. CYUE

    Toilet tank won't fill

    I cannot see a black hose. Attached photo on the inside of the toilet.
  16. CYUE

    Toilet tank won't fill

    I had used clean cloth to wipe clean the flush hole and surrounding, and also the flapper. They are clean.
  17. CYUE

    Toilet tank won't fill

    I have similar problem: My toilet is a 20 years old two pieces branded “Confidente”. Recently I found it’s tank keeps leaking water in to the bowl quick. I bought a new $6- universal flapper and installed, filled tank water full and marked with pencil at the water level, shut off water inlet...
  18. CYUE

    Waste water in Reverse Osmosis system

    Dear Water Treatment experts: I have a 10 years old Water Factory SQC-4 RO system. Two months ago, I replaced all four cartridges with Swift Green Filters. Recently friends talked about "Waste Water", so I tried to check this out with my system. Last night, before going to bed, I drawn 1 cup of...
  19. CYUE

    The wrong way to anchor fence posts in concrete

    See my photos attached, this is my situation. Two fence post are rotten at the base, need to be replaced. One attached to the wall, the other one will hang a gate. But these two posts are closed to the gas meter, and already located that gas pipe is under. Depth of post will be a problem for the...
  20. CYUE

    How to change cartridge in a UBERHAUS faucet ?

    Yes, I have both Metric and British hex keys, will make sure it is good fit. Thanks.
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