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<title>Home Repair &#x26; Improvement forum - dslreports.com community</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:38:42 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Finish woodwork - order of operations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[OK after seven years we're getting down to the wire here.  I need to get finish carpentry done:  Door casing, wood floor, baseboard. What is the best order in which to do them?

I'm thinking casing, floor, then baseboard.  Am I thinking wrong?

Casing is 4" wide with a mitered backband, about 180 linear feet.  Baseboard is 6" with a camelback on top and a shoe, about 165 feet linear.  Flooring will be, I think, 3/4" tongue & groove nail-down prefinished, probably 600 square feet.  
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<pubDate>2009-11-09 22:35:10</pubDate>
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<title>plastic box vs. metal box (electrical)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'll be doing a bit of wiring (i.e. adding 3 way switch and a some extra outlets) and would like to know when to use a metal box vs. a plastic box.

TIA
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<pubDate>2009-11-08 19:24:34</pubDate>
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<title>my fridge just died</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I just noticed this morning that it stopped working.   

I can hear that the fan turns on, runs for about 10 - 15 seconds, (blowing some room temp air) then stops. But I do not hear the compressor -- which used to be rather loud -- to start.   Does anyone know from this what it might be? 

Obviously, the compressor is not running, but why?  Relay, fuse, blown motor?   It's an older GE, probably around 15 years old.  

TIA
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<pubDate>2009-11-09 22:28:33</pubDate>
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<title>So I&#x27;m finishing up my back porch ...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Covered porch before Ice storm

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In winter of 2004 we had an ice storm that cause a pine tree to drop a limb on my 10&#146;x14&#146; porch covering and totally demolishing it. I had my mind made up on installing new handrails and leaving the porch uncovered &#133;. to pocket some of the insurance money. Well I never quite got around to getting those handrails up and since my wife and I didn&#146;t have kids, there was no urgency.

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Well about five years went by and I decided to pay someone to cover my porch again instead of me having to run home after work to work for 2-3 hours and drag the project on.  I basically told the guy I wanted the 10' x 14'  area covered, and also to frame it so I can do the trim work myself later and add a screen around it.

Well he talked me into covering my entire back deck, which I'm glad he did. Part will be screened in and the other part will be covered with handrails. The back deck has a split level, the upper level is 10' x 14' as mentioned earlier and the lower level is 10' x 16'

 I'll post photos of how the job progressed below ...
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<pubDate>2009-11-09 19:56:46</pubDate>
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<title>1/2 or 5/8 Drywall for Cathedral Ceiling</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Slope is about 10/12 with an overall run of just under 8' and with rafters 14 to 16 O/C (its an old house). I plan to use the standard on the walls, 1/2, and ceiling, 5/8, with screws, but am unsure what to use on the slope. 

I have been told 1/2 will be fine and would prefer to use it due to cost and weight but have no problem spending the extra coin to get the best results.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-09 09:42:11</pubDate>
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<title>Wood floor opinion...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Need an opinion on some flooring choices... Main floor of the house is about 800sqf, consist of kitchen, dinning room, hallway and living room. Cabinets are going to be a natural hickory. Going with a gray colored counter top and back splash. Stainless steel appliances. My first choice for flooring is a heart pine hardwood. But people say it will be too soft with dogs. There is some nice laminate in wide plank but I just think it lacks the color and look of the real thing. Hickory flooring is an option. I dunno... My budget is $3 to $5/sqf for product. What would you choose in the situation? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-09 16:42:25</pubDate>
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<title>Electric baseboard or infrared heater?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[First year in my split level house.  The house use to have electric baseboard heat and they replaced it with a gas furnace.  One of the rooms still had the baseboard heater.  I found that duct work can't be run to the room due to its location. The room is going to be a nursery/child's room.  I'm not a fan of using electric heat at all especially a baseboard heater (not able to turn off on its own, hot to the touch).  I was looking at options to heat the room and 1 heating company suggested using an EdenPure infrared heater. Does anyone have experience with these?  They look like a good choice (don't catch on fire, won't burn you if you touch it,built-in thermostat, low electric use).  Other ideas or recommend sticking with the baseboard heater?  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-09 20:40:41</pubDate>
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<title>Tripped Main Breaker</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning to my UPSs screaming that the power was out. I looked at my neighbors, they all had power. I checked the breaker box and the only breaker that was tripped was the 100 amp main. Before I reset it I checked for water around the box(off and on rain for 3 days or so) and also checked the meter and drop. I didn't see anything unusual so I turned it on and everything seems fine. The only thing I can think of is both furnaces and fridge kicked on at the same time. Other than that I'm stumped. Anyone have any other ideas as to what happened.

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I just purchased this house 2 weeks ago and have had no electric issues until now. This is a 105 yr old house but all wiring,breaker box and meter have been upgraded. I have 1 elec furnace(2 weeks old) for upstairs and gas(unknown age) for downstairs. The only other items on were a fridge, small lcd tv, computer and a few other small devices.  I'm thinking before summer comes I'll have to upgrade to 200amp service so I can run 2 ac units, fridge and everthing else.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-10-15 11:57:54</pubDate>
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<title>Blown out Ballasts</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I bought (25) 277 volt outside fixtures for my building. In 4 months 18 of the 25 fixtures have blown out the ballasts. 

PSEand G checked commercial power outside and all is good. 

I suspect my step up transformers did this but I have two of them. Half the lights on one half on the other. I have a hard time believing both xformers did the same thing to the fixtures. 

If I call a company to test the Step up transformers I have a feeling that at the time of the test they will test good. 
Any suggestions??]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-09 09:20:49</pubDate>
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<title>New electrical outlets. Jam in hole or wrap around screw</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ive been installing new outlets in my 1984 house. The new outlets from Lowes have a hole in the back that you can just jam the wire in and it holds. 

Ive mentioned this to a friend whos an electrician and he about flipped out saying those arent safe and that I need to go back and wrap the wire around the screws on the side.

I cant imagine that they make these things and then not be safe. Is there maybe more of a chance of a fire with it that way or some other reasoning that he may have to not use the jam in the hole method? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-03 13:25:24</pubDate>
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