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As the title says I switched out my old patio door handle/lock for a new one as the locking switch broke off on the old one. I bought the new handle from the window mfger that made the door. It was identical to the old one as far as holes and placement, but after putting it in and testing it the...

I have a small portion of eastrough that goes around the corner of the roof and just stops at about 3 or 4 feet. It has come out of the wall 3 times now. I don't think it really is all that important as the roof is pitched in two directions and this portion of the eaves really does not collect...

This is exterior paint. The house originally had oil based paint from new, and up until 3 years ago I would always repaint with oil based. I hired a contractor to switch over to latex and everywhere he painted is fine except these 2 areas that also gave me issues for the last 15 years or so...

I have 2 blue spruce and a red maple tree on the front lawn...For the longest time I thought it was thre blue spruces killing the grass, but now have figured it is the root system of the maple tree that is causing this. Every year I reseed the areas and by mid July it is all dead again. I can...

I have lived in my current house for 30 years and bought it new. It came with quite a large cold cellar ( 8' x 20') One issue we have had with the cold cellar is that it stunk...Find out after watching a holmes on holmes that all the wood framing I have in there should have been removed before...

Is it just simply replacing the bulbs like you would for ordinary fixtures? or do you need special recepticles and new pots installed?

The house is about 30 years old and I started noticing in 2 rooms on the second floor this crack just about an inch from where the ceiling meets the wall. In the winter it gets larger as the cold weather seems to pull the roof up a bit.... I thought I would go up on a ladder and slip some...