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I'm not sure if I'm understanding the jargon correctly, but if this is a bathroom fan you want to vent through your attic out either a soffit or the roof, then make sure you use a well insulated duct. The humidity of the air inside the duct is going to be real high, and here in Canada, if we...

All the advice I've ever heard agrees that it's always best (if possible) to repair cracks in foundations from the outside. There are various hydraulic cements that you can supposedly pack into cracks to stop leaks in foundations, but the bottom line is that the best way to fix a leak in a...

Scrit: Good try. But if you scratch a pane of glass, why is the scratch also white in colour?

Well, let's see if dazzadwm's scratches are white first and if they're less noticable when they're wet before we celebrate with a great big HOOOOOAAHHHH, or whatever the Royal Marine's say when the occasion calls for it. Dazzadwm: Please provide more info. What is the counter top made of...

Probably. The question is: Do the scratches look white in color? Are the scratches less noticable when the counter top is still damp after wiping it down with a damp rag or damp sponge? If so, then the answer is: Yes, you could make the scratches much less noticable. What kind of...

I'm thinking it would be best if you were to tell us exactly what you're wanting to paint over with that emulsion, and what you're planning on painting over that emulsion with. That is, is the surface you're planning to paint already painted, and if so what kind of paint and how glossy is it...

Gcol: "Thinset mortar" is powdered cement based mortar used to set EITHER wall or floor tiles. It's a dark cementatious powder similar to brick mortar, but doesn't have nearly as much sand in it as regular brick mortar does. (And, I expect the sand it does have in it is pulverized so ithe...

I really don't understand what caused the primer or the peach paint to crack if the blue paint is adhering well to the wall and the primer and peach paint are both adhering well to the blue paint. However, use some nail polish remover to see if the blue paint is emulsion or oil based...

Chris: What I do is buy some straight wood MOLDING and fasten that to the wall around the tub enclosure first at the height I want my lowest grout line to be. If your tiles are 16 inches tall, I'd suggest your molding be about 15 inches above the tub, but CHECK all four corners...

Yes, that would certainly be worth a try, too. I've never removed wax from anything that way, but I have heard other people have with good success.

I'm having trouble understanding how the wax was still hot enough to "spill" on the way home in the car. OK, if leaving the car outside for the wax to become hard and brittle doesn't make it any easier to remove, then it could be because the leather is porous and the wax has gotten into it's...

I've never built one, but this is the way I understand they're done in North America: 1. You basically start by shaping a brick mortar (not concrete) base so that you have drainage toward a drain, and allow that to harden. (Don't ask me why they use brick mortar instead of concrete. I only...

1. Paint over the walls with a sticky primer like Zinsser's Bullseye 123 emulsion primer, and allow to dry. Zinsser's boasts that their primer will stick to hard-to-stick-to surfaces such as glazed ceramic wall tile, high gloss polyurethane floor finish, galvanized metal, etc...

Take some regular masking tape and stick it to that cracked paint in an inconspicuous spot, and then pull it off. See if the white emulsion paint pulls off the blue paint under it, or the blue paint pulls off of whatever is under the blue paint. You'll be able to tell by the color of the...

Srinivas: The problem is most likely that the drain pipe isn't high enough off the ground. The end of the drain hose off the back of the washing machine should be at or slightly higher than the elevation of the water inside the machine. If it isn't, then water will drain...

I expect that if there's any connection between: Winnie the Pooh Atilla the Hun William the Conqueror Rupert the Bear Erik the Viking, and Barney the Dinosaur it would have to be that they all share the same middle name with Henry the Eighth. (I don't expect that Winnie or Barney...

Matt: I just came across this web site. Apparantly, Maytag and Amana have merged. If you type in your washer's model number, you can see the exploded views of how your washing machine is assembled. (Which is helpful to have handy when disassembling it.)...

Moz: That was a typo. It should have been Floodway, not Flooday. At the time of it's completion in 1968, the Winnipeg Floodway was the 2nd largest earth moving project in the world, second only to the Panama Canal. However, it should be mentioned that the hardships associated with...

" if that fails, then we are in very deep do do." If it ever did fail, and I was a homeowner in the UK, I'd apply styrofoam insulation to the OUTSIDE of my house and install vinyl or metal siding over that. That would be the fastest, cheapest and easiest way to insulate a house well and in...

Wow. Wish I lived there. In the winter of 1996/1997 we fell short of setting a new local record for the longest cold spell by only a day or two. Officially a "cold spell" is where the temperature doesn't go above 20 degrees below F. If I remember right, the record was 50 or 51 days, and we...