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Bringing the Office Home

More and more people are working from the comfort of their own homes. The space where you're going to be working every day should be functional and efficient as well as tailored to your needs. You might think that a little tweaking of the office design you have now will do the trick. But if you're like most people, what you have is a hodgepodge that is far from functional.

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Q. My refrigerator has been great, except for one habit it has developed in the last year or so. The water inlet for the icemaker freezes up. It just freezes right where the water comes out. I use a blow drier to thaw it every month or so, and it works for a while. But then it happens again. What would cause this?

A.Looks like a water supply problem, meaning either the water inlet valve in the back of the fridge is allowing water to seep past it even when it's turned off, or if you have one of those small saddle shut-off valves, it may be partially restricted and not allowing enough water pressure to get to the inlet valve. Both causes freeze ups at the fill tube. The saddle piercing shut-off valve is a common culprit when it comes to ice maker problems.

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When Burying Pipes

When plastic pipes are buried in the ground, lay the pipes on the bare trench bottom, not on soft fill. Fill could settle unevenly, making low spots. Dig out depressions for the couplings so that the pipe is fully bedded, not bridged. Rock free packed sand is a good initial backfill. Once the pipes are well covered, use ordinary backfill.


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