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Welcome to the Home Help Man blog, a website initiated and maintained for you, my fellow home owners. Over the past couple months I have been receiving many calls from friends and family regarding home questions or concerns. This new site is for you. I will be updating this site weekly with home home maintenance tips and best practices. Throughout my educational and professional career I have amassed a plethora of knowledge regarding homes and all the small little maintenance tips that go along with home ownership.
A little about me, I have a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology with a Construction Management focus. I have worked as an estimator for paint and drywall, and worked as a construction manager for local Chicagoland home builders for the last 6 years. Through out my career as a construction manager I have managed 500+ home from start to finish, starting with the village permit process through the rough stage of construction and onto the finish process and final permits. There isn't much that I haven't seen or handled regarding homes. I have recently transitioned from the home construction industry into the insurance industry as a Property Claims Adjuster. I now have this knowledge to pass along as well.
This site is initially dedicated to my close friends and family who have questions or concerns regarding their home. I will be posting weekly home tips and best practice's for you home, and there will be an open forum box where you can post a question and have it answered by me. Just like you were told in school, there are no stupid questions and most likely someone else will either have the same question or benefit from the answer. I'm new to this whole blog thing and I am very open to any advice you may have on making the site even better.
With that said, I look forward to hearing from you soon with your questions or concerns and keep an eye open for the tips of the week.
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My wife and I recently noticed that our heater is making a different noise than usual. Once the heater kicks on, we've noticed a higher than normal pitched sound, that kicks off 20-30 seconds before the heater turns off.
ReplyDeleteDo I need to have my heater serviced or is there something on can do I my own to fix the problem? PLEASE don't tell me I need a new heater. I don't think I can fathom that expense now.
I just replaced my furnace and I can tell you it is not fun or cheap. Do you have a furnace or a boiler? Can you explain the sound in a little more detail? Does it sound like something is rubbing or sounds mechanical. Depending the type of furnace, you should be able to remove the cover and get a better look. Some furnaces have a kill switch on the door that prevents the furnace from operating when the door is off, but I would start there to see if you can narrow the sound down to a specific area of the furnace. From your description is sounds like something with the fan. Try to see if you can narrow the sound down to an area and let me know what you find.
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We have a furnace. It's hard for me to explain the sound b/c it's hard for me to pinpoint it. When I stand next to the furnace (when it kicks on), the sound is no louder there than upstairs. I did notice that the furnace used to be serviced once a year, or every year and a half, and hasn't been serviced since 2007. Every service call shows dates when it was Cleaned & Checked. Seeing as it's been so long, I think we are going to have someone come out to take a look at it. Fortunately, the guy who serviced it before we moved in, is now married to my wife's friend. I planned on giving him a call to take a look at it. I REALLY hope it's not a major problem. I wouldn't want to go through what you just did.
ReplyDeleteGood luck Mark. It probably is nothing, just needs to be serviced. Let me know if you need the names of a couple other people if you needs to compare quotes, I know a couple HVAC guys....
ReplyDeleteNo question at this time but I love this idea to help us all out. Thanks for all the future help!
ReplyDelete-Bill Lehnhardt
Ok, so I live with some fairly destructive boys who like to rip things out of the wall, especially anchor points for door stops and toliet paper holders. What is the best way to fix this? It seems quite a few number of items are looser than they should be as well. What is the best way to fix these problem areas? I fear if I just seal over the holes, it will still be not as secure as I would want. HELP!!
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ReplyDeleteHere is a link to an article that is what you need for the TP holders. http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/inffastener/infanchor/infanchor.html
You need to add a more bulky anchor that will support the weight of your small children! As far as the shelf that has fallen, you need to add a more bulky supportive brace under the shelf. Without specifically seeing it, it is hard to tell exactly what is needed. You also mentioned you are having a problem with a magnetic door stop. The solution is to remove that door stop and install what is called a hinge stop. It is a small metal and ruber door stop that actually mounts to the hinge; out of reach of little hands... I have many of these, so not go buy them! Here is a link to a picture of one.
http://hardware.hardwarestore.com/73-463-hinge-pin-door-stops.aspx
All 3 projects you and I can knock out one of these Saturdays