Naturally now that I've gone out on a limb and invested in a nice new range my water heater is beginning to die. It takes all night to heat up a tank now. I had a good experience with buying my range online from Lowes so I went back to look at their water heaters. I was surprised to see a special ca...

JD and DaveyB - I am so grateful to both of you for your input. I never would have thought about the pet door compromising the sturdiness of the door itself. Everything make sense to me about preventing the screws of the pet door from squeezing the flimsy metal skins of the house door. We get hurric...

I want to install a cat flap in my back door to allow my cat to go out on the screened in porch whenever she wants to. The door is a typical low-end flush metal mobile home door that is about 1.5" thick. I've installed these things a few times in the past but never very neatly for lack of the r...

Buying online from Lowes so I won't actually be speaking to anyone. They will deliver it and set it up so I better be certain I order the right cord. Like an idiot I gave the first cord away with the original range. I know, I'll go to my local Ace and buy the cord there instead of from Lowes. The Ac...

Does this sound like the right cord - Utilitech 6' 6/2 & 8/2 SRDT, 3-Pole 4-Wire Range Cord

It says that it fits most homes built after 1996. Does 4-wire mean three plug slots plus one ground slot?

With flashlight, eyeglasses, and magnifier (it's hell getting old) I am able to determine that 50A and also 125/250 V is stamped into the black plastic receptacle. It seems to be coming up from the floor and has three vertical slots and an upside-down U-shaped ground slot. I took a picture, how do I...

Okay! Going to check these things out right now. THANK YOU GREG!!!!!!!!!

My home is a 2001 Fleetwood and it came with an electric range - thirty inch, free standing. I decided years ago to give the range away and put a storage cabinet in its place and use a countertop oven. Now I want to go back to having a normal range and wanted to ask if there is anything I need to be...

Oh. Yikes.

Thank you Groo, I'll look into that stuff. Turns out the set of noise dampening pads I saw on Amazon, and then for less money on Ebay, are actually stick-on weights and are meant to weigh down the sink to reduce vibration. I think a spray-on foam would be better.

To JD - you gave me the best info by simply calling them by their correct names. Using "sound dampening pads kitchen sink" as a search term I have located a set for sale on Amazon.com!! Thanks!!

The tape - Stick n' Repair right?

I'm going to check out the stick-it-and-forget-it tape. Thank you very much!!

I use the metal racks inside the sink rather than the rubber mats because I can set hot pots on the metal ones, plus they give me a flat level surface instead of the sloping sink floors, and can be used somewhat as drying racks too. The square patches I was talking about are on the outside of the si...

I'm ashamed to admit that it has taken me many years to finally realize why there is always a square of thin foam stuck on the bottom of kitchen sinks. It has occurred to me this morning that it must be to help muffle the noise of the water falling from the faucet into the sink bowl. My patches are ...