Try acrylic paint on fiberglass garage door
Q. I have an old--30-plus years--garage door that is fiberglass and is the faux woodgrain look. The finish is faded but the door is very durable and I don't need...
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Concrete solutions for water problem
Q. We have an older garage with a poured concrete floor. At some point, an addition was added that also has a poured concrete floor. When it is very humid...
Get info before you hit the roof
Q. Could you tell me if one can use roofing felt in place of Tyvek before putting cedar siding on? Is there any advantage/disadvantage to doing this? Sue Chande A....
Windows don’t want to stay up
Q. My home is 43 years old. I have two windows in the kitchen that drop when opened. Also, the same situation exists with one window in the living room....
Would a tankless water heater pay off?
Q. I need to replace my water heater at my second home and was wondering if I should buy a tankless one to save energy. I recently had the anode...
Coming clean about stove range hood vents
Q. Any suggestions on companies that clean stove range hood vents? I looked in the Yellow Pages but had no luck. I live in a town home and would love...
Drafty fireplace sparks concern
Q. Help! We get a constant breeze from our fireplace into the family room. It's like having an open window. We did put in a gas insert, but it was...
Overactive sump pump may need a checkup
Q. Is there a solution or something that can be done for this sump pump that runs off and on continuously? I've heard of something called a stand pipe to...
No cool cures for deteriorating heating ducts
Q. We live in a '50s-era home built on a concrete slab foundation. There's no crawl space or basement. The metal heating/cooling ducts are deteriorating. In several of the vents,...
Plaster particles are an annoying presence in the house
Q. Instead of a traditional furnace and ducts, I have hot water heat and baseboard registers; my air conditioner is in the attic. There are 13 registers in my ceilings,...