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Household Hints
This category contains questions relating to all the odd or unusual problems that occur during everyday life. These are primarily how-to's or fix it issues pertaining to household tasks.
1,297 Questions
How much does emptying hot water tank cost?
I suspect you are talking about a 40 gallon water tank.
Is the tank an electric or Natural gas tank.
Are you asking how much for a plumber to do or are you asking about how much energy cost is to empty a water tank ?
I will assume you are talking about a professional coming in and empting your water heater tank, and also assuming you are doing this to get rid of the sediment in the tank.
A lot of assumptions here, probably why you have not recieved any replies.
So to empty a 40 gallon hot water tank and remove sediment takes about 2 hours. If the plumber is getting paid 80 per hour that is 160.
Cost of electric power to reheat that 40 gallons would depend on the cost of a KWh in your area but lets assume 8 cents per killowat. Lets say the Water heater is electric and has two 2500 watt elements and take about 1 hour to bring back up to temperature. Cost would be $4.00 to heat tank back up.
Cost of reheating if Natural Gas would probably be about 60% of the $4.00 which would be $2.40.
Improved Answer
Drain a H/W tank - The advantages and benefits of draining and cleaning your H/W tank far outweigh the minimal cost, believe me. This is an appliance you want to keep for years and to be efficient, so you must do maintenance. - You first turn OFF the power to tank, then attach a hose pipe to the bottom fitting, lead it outside or to any drain, turn on the valve by it, turn OFF your inlet valve and open the relief valve so air can enter the H/W tank. Let the whole tank empty -takes about 30 -40 minutes. Next, when empty turn ON the inlet valve and let cold water run through the tank and out the hose, now you will see the sludge coming out. Let this run 5-7 minutes or until water is coming through clean. Now you are done . Let it fill, then turn on power.
The ancient Romans, along with many other plumbing innovations.
How can you tell if the cameras on your house are working?
Wireless cameras will be broadcasting to a mac address, which you must acquire online and set up. wired systems either do that or are internal, and feed a monitor.
What to do if something gets flushed down the toilet that shouldn't?
You may have to remove the toilet from floor and look underneath. Things usually jam where toilet meets floor flange. Takes about an hour for a competent handy man to do.
this had happened to me. What you do is put in less cloths because the cloths will clump together and form a ball that wont break apart.
Is there a way to bleed the air from your sewer line Toilet whistles when flushed?
that's because the diaphragm in the fill valve is damaged change the fill valve and you might just have solved the problem
How do you use an internal pipe wrench?
It is basically the same as a regular pipe wrench except on the inside. It is sized for the pipe and has a toothed section that grabs when it is turned. You turn it with a wrench or socket. They will not take as much strain as a regular pipe wrench.
Why do sink faucets have aereators?
They mix air with the water so that it doesn't have as much force coming out of the faucet and splashes less.
What is the average water usage per household?
The average amount is 60 - 70 gallons per day per person for indoor water use only.
Why is it hard to paint using accent base paint?
Looking at user comments, it seems that the brand of paint you choose will make a difference as to how many coats of paint you will need to get the results (depth or evenness of color). The accent paint will be the lighter color of the two. Evermore or Valspar were recommended.
What happens to period blood when menopause starts?
Menopause means a stopping of having periods. There IS no period blood.
What paint to use to paint a yellowing refrigerator door handle?
It depends on what material the handle is comprised of.
What to do with air bubbles under newly painted interior walls?
Quick Fix:
If you only want to get rid of the look of the bubble you can use a needle to let the air out of the bubble and apply some kind of pressure on it to hopefully have it show a bit less... However this is really more of an aesthetic fix
How to properly fix a bubble:
There are 2 reasons why a bubble would show on a freshly painted wall.
1- If it's only the last layer of paint that's bubbling, the reason it's doing is because of a lack of adherence (grip). To properly fix this you need to scrape off the peeling paint, clean the surface (or sand), apply a bonding primer, apply a bit of drywall compound to repair the wall and repaint over.
2- It there are multiple layers forming the bubble (the way to find out is if you can see the bare wall once you remove the bubbling paint), this means that the original paint film did not properly adhere to the surface... and the more coats of paint you apply on top of it, the more it pulls on the original coat of paint. This happens more often on Plastered Walls either because it wasn't given enough drying time... or no primer was used. Either way, this is potentially a big problem and would be best to have a qualified painting contractor go over to asses.
Should you use a clothes dryer to dry freshly tie dyed clothing?
I can't think of any reason that you shouldn't
What kind of paint will work on house trailer cabinet?
use a semi gloss or high gloss enamel as the hold up to scrubbing very well
How do you take paint off fabric?
To remove paint on almost any thing. Use a Q-tip with nail polish remover on it. Dap,( not soak ) the paint spot, change the Q-tip as needed. Go slow at first, you should test an area to see the reaction to the remover. If you dap directly on the paint very little remover will get on the material. I have been able to get paint off of leather, car interiors, clothes that have been washed and dried, carpet, brass, wood, and vinyl.
Can you use peroxide instead of rubbing alcohol when painting?
No, because peroxide is not a solvent and would not mix with paint.
Do you need to wash your homemade tie dyed shirt in warm water or cold?
You use cold water to do this. First, soak the shirt in white vinegar to set the dye so it doesn't bleed.
How can you clean and whiten your Hampton Bay ceiling fan blade's due to yellowing without painting?
you can paint them, or, you can buy new ones for very little money, cleaning them is almost impossible as the paint on them is very cheap.
Have you thought of framing your posters. You can purchase many styles of moulding, some simple and inexpensive, priced by the length, at any home supply/home improvement store. Make the frame fit to sized and just glue the poster around the edges to the back of it. Or, mount the poster on cardboard; keep it plain or use some trim from a yard goods store as a 'frame'. Framed and/or supported by cardboard, you can hang like a regular picture. Both of these methods will add weight to the poster to make it more resistant to the ceiling fan.
A silt trap is a designated area where water that is contaminated with suspended sediment as a result of construction activity or water runoff is contained. While the water is in a silt trap, the sediment can settle to the bottom of the trap until it can be removed.
