Founded in 1934 as a commercial walk-in cooler manufacturer, Amana began manufacturing home refrigerators in the 1940s and has been a popular manufacturer of home appliances since. Amana refrigerators use a defrost timer in the freezer portion of the appliance.
The defrost timer helps control the temperature inside the freezer, alternating between freezing and defrost cycles. If the timer breaks it will stick on either a freeze or defrost cycle, meaning your freezer will either not cool or you will have excessive frost build-up.
Open any toilet tank lid, and you’ll see a collection of parts integral to the operation of the toilet. One such part, the flapper, comes in various models to suit different designs of toilet, but each model satisfies the same basic purpose -- allowing water to flow in and out of the tank.
A flapper allows water in and out of the toilet tank. A little primer on the workings of the flapper can help the homeowner in maintaining and replacing, if necessary, this essential part.
Bar stools, also sometimes called counter stools, are prone to becoming dirty and stained, because that's where people often sit to eat or drink, especially if you are entertaining in your home. Accidentally dropping one greasy appetizer or spilling a little red wine can create a permanent mark that disfigures the entire stool. However, recovering your high-backed counter stools is not a difficult project, and can make your seats look almost new again.
A barbecue not only can cook your meat to perfection, it can add a unique smokey flavor to fish, beef, chicken, pork and even vegetables. The portable BBQ Grillware by Lowe's provides a barbecue experience anywhere you have a flat surface. You can easily turn a park table into a gourmet cook-top. The BBQ Grillware portable table comes pre-assembled and the only thing you need to do is connect it to your gas regulator.
Have a covered outdoor porch or screened patio and would like to have a bit more privacy but don't have the money to buy new blinds? How about making your own? They are easy to make and not as expensive as store-bought blinds.
Make Outdoor Blinds In this article you will learn how to make your own outdoor tie-up shades that will not only add privacy but will give your patio the look of an outdoor room.
Forklifts are categorized according to the space in which they work. There are a number of different aisle types in common use. Due to a number of factors, standard forklifts can only work in some of these environments.
Forklift in a warehouse. Aisle Types Lift trucks are designated according to the aisle type in which they are designed to work. There are three aisle width types in common use – wide aisles (greater than 11 feet), narrow aisles (8 to 10 feet), and very narrow aisles (smaller than 6 feet).
Cities often require cardboard to be bundled in a specific way in order to be collected for recycling. Check with your city for the specific requirements on shape and size. There are often slightly different requirements for business and residential recycling.
Cardboard can be bundled easily to recycle or transport it. Things You Will Need + Box cutter Twine Cardboard can also be bundled for easy storage, transportation or disposal.
An outdoor heat pump unit processes the hot and cold air pumped into a home, depending on the indoor thermostat setting. The unit may eventually wear out--typically due to age--and require replacement. Disconnecting the unit takes less than an hour using basic tools. You will also need to recruit one or more assistants to help move the heat pump unit off of its concrete or cement base.
Disconnect the heat pump electrical conduit and condenser hose to remove the unit.
When you're busy falling in love with a dining set, or a one-off rustic table or antique, keep in mind that chair height has to coordinate with the table.
A typical dining room chair is about 18 inches high at the seat. That means you have a 12-inch space between the standard 30-inch dining table and seat, to accommodate your lap, napkin, formal or informal attire and any random bits of food that go astray.
If your daughter's top-bunk mattress seems to be heading south, it's time to bring in reinforcements. Whether yours is a twin or king, shoring up a sagging mattress is practically child's play. You simply reinforce the frame with a few well-cut wood pieces.
Things You Will Need + Pencil Tape Measure Two 1-by-4 wood pieces, 6 or 8 feet (1.8 or 2.4 m) long Carpenter's handsaw Tip Most beds need just two reinforcements.