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Not mine, but my friends kenmore electric dryer is taking forever to dry clothes. It still produces heat but just takes a long time. Could the heating element be going out? Do they fail somewhat and not produce as much heat or is it all or nothing? What else could be the problem?

So long story short, due to illness, my former mother in law can no longer afford the 2nd home she owns. The place is dilapidated and should have been torn down years ago, but she found someone to rent it from her. She was mentioning selling it to a developer, I figured why can't the developer...

Hello. My dishwasher doesn't work. It's a 3 year old Frigidaire. Everything seems to work, I hit start and I hear the pump turn on but no water comes out. It's bone dry in there. I had a tech come out while I was at work and my teenagers were hoke. They report he was here for about 15 minutes...

Hi, I am planning on going over my beat up wood floor with LVT. I have a wood stove insert and I will need to extend the hearth so it doesn't ruin the LVT. The current clearance from the front of the stove to the wood floor is only about a foot so that's no good either, though I have used the...

I bought a digital radon meter. I put the detector in the basement and it says 4.07(which is too high) I then placed the meter on the ground floor and it says 4.35. I'm confused why the radon level is higher on the ground floor. The basement has no ventilation. The upper floors I have all the...

My driveway is big, about 1600sqft I was told by a cement company it will take 2 trucks of cement. Anyways I got a quote for 14k for cement and a quote for 11,500 for asphault (3 inches) Are these fair prices? I thought asphault was about half what cement costs.

Is it just me or does this happen to everyone. Virtually every company I contact for home repairs tries to rip me off. Have to call 10 companies to get a decent price on something. Had a quote for 2 windows for 5 grand. Paid 4k for tile that the crumbled a couple years later then another...

So last fall I git hooked up to city water after my well quit. It looked ok until the snow melted and the excavation site partially caved in. It's a trench about 60 feet long and 4 feet wide that has a depression running the length and width that is anywhere from a couple inches to a foot in...

Hi. I have a small rook on the back of my house that is essentially a dead space. It's 5x20. I believe it was once a sunroof that was enclosed. It has 4 sets of windows. My house has no access to the backyard except by walking out the front door and walking around. That's no good, it makes it a...

I had a flanged electric outlet rip through the drywall in my bathroom. I removed the drywall so I cam install 2 new non flanged outlets and rewire them. Anyways I'm a bit confused. It appears to me that there are 2 hot lines going into the outlet on the left, a white romex and a larger black...

A few years ago I paid a professional to tile my kitchen floor. It's literally falling apart. Broken tiles, missing grout, I can take some of the tiles out by hand. Anyways the guy won't stand by his work, said it's only a 1 year warranty. Wondering if I can go over it with vynyl plank or if...

So a few years ago I removed my countertops and tiles them...with black marble. Bad idea. The installation itself looks good but the tiles are terribly discolored, stained, and scratched. I don't want to tear the tiles out. I know it's possible to tile over tile but I'm concerned about the...

I recently had to hook up to city water. The guy that did the excavation also hooked up the plumbing and softener. It's now set at 40 grains but still leaving residue on dishes....the city water is still well water fyi. Anyway I noticed that it looks like the main feed is able to bypass the...

So i ripped the last of the carpet out of my house, the staircase. Everywhere else in my home there was either hardwood floors or asbestos tile which I covered. The staircase is unfinished construction grade wood. Its solid but its ugly and as u can see there are gaps between the wall and stair...

Hello. I want a bit more juice to my garage workshop. I have a 40 amp circuit from an unused electric stove/oven. The stove is located on the back wall of my house and it would be simple enough drill through the wall, bury the wire in PVC pipe or conduit, and use it to feed a subpanel in my...

So my energy star rated dehu purchased from home depot removes 70ppd and consumer 7amps at 120v. My friend has a large industrial dehu in his basement that isnt energy star rated, it removes 160ppd yet consumes about the same power, around 7 amps at 120v. How is it that commericial units are so...

After years of low water pressure I am finally pulling the trigger and getting hooked up to city water. My well point is clogged and the city won't allow underground well repair because I'm within so many feet of the water main. Sooo....I've gotten 2 estimates, one guy quoted me 1800 to use an...

19,800 for full replacement windows. That is 2 picture windows with 2 sliders on each window, 1 is 154" long the other is 120". 4 double hung windows. 1 garden/plant window about 4'x3' 1 octagon window about 18" 2 sliding windows 2 windows that open from the bottom up(the kind that u prop...

My floor is beyond fixing so I had an estimate of removing it and replacing with wide plank pre finished 3/4 inch hickory. The room is about 500 square feet. I got a quite of 5600, that includes ripping out the old floor, putting in the new floor and installing new molding. Not sure if that's a...

Hello, so I gutted a spare room to turn into a bedroom. Was gonna put down pergo. Pulled the carpet and trim. Realized that the wood at the bottom of the wall framing is rotted pretty bad. What do I do?