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Expert Profile: Carolyn

Expertise: I have worked in Electrical Engineering for 27 years in power distribution, but I am a handy homeowner more than anything else and have a lot of skills when it comes to home repairs. Bathroom remodeling, flooring, painting, reconditioning old wood items, plumbing, car repairs and troubleshooting most problems. I think of myself more of a teacher than someone that is going to tell you exactly what you have to do, but I will share as much info as I have to help get your problem fixed, so if you are not interested in learning then don't ask me a question or rate me if you don't like my answers. To me, it is all about the journey so lets share the trail for a short ride and see where it takes us!
My greatest accomplishment was finishing my first bathroom upgrades in my first home which helped me to sell my home is less than 3 days by myself with a For Sale By Owner sign and no more. Plus I got $10,000 more for it in just 4 years of owning it, now that is great equity.

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What do you like about this subject? What I like most about home repairs is saving money and upgrading my home at the same time. When you do it yourself you can do more than twice as much. I really like stretching my all mighty dollar as far as I can.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? I hope to be smarter when it comes to shopping around better for contractors when the job gets to large for me to handle. I have had some real jerks and have been taken a time or two and I hope for the last time. I want to be an educated consumers and one thing I have learned is don't ever do anything in haste. Don't jump at the first estimate.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject Don't always believe what some try to tell you to be true, be educated and look into things for yourself first and you will come out much better in the long run having done a little research in the beginning. Think first, Act last.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: How proud it makes you when you can say that you did it yourself!

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 9090
Knowledge	9.82 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.89 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.92 Best of the best
Politeness	9.98 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		2
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		2
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		1821

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	10/11/08
10	6	10	10	10/10/08
10	10	10	10	10/07/08
10	10	10	10	10/05/08
10	10	10	10	09/23/08

User Comments

Pointed me to other on-line info on it.
(Tracey on 10/10/08)

Thank you Carolyn for your knowledgeable and quick response!
(Kathy on 10/07/08)

Hi Caroolyn (I like that). thanks so much for your help,which was a big HELP!Also,the Forum website you put me in touch with cracked me up!I
(Gregg on 10/05/08)

THANK YOU!
(Mark on 09/23/08)

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Recent Answers from Carolyn

2008-10-11 Tub Drain follow up: Kirk, Dope doesn't harden and I would not use it here. Nor would I try to cut anything out since there is no room and there is no way to know if even then it would not leak again. But what I would do...

2008-10-11 Vibrating Pipes: Hey Cole, What you are describing sounds like water hammer and it is caused by several things and I will try my best to educate you on them with several sites that I have found to be great at explaining...

2008-10-10 toilet flushes on it's own: Hey Tracey, Check these site's and see if any of this seems to work for you? If not, give me another shout back and we can go from there, OK! http://www.acmehowto.com/howto/homemaintenance/plumbing/diagnostic/diagtoilet...

2008-10-08 noisy pipes: Hey KoKo, Well, before you call them let me share a few sites with you so you can check a few things out first and become educated. And if that doesn't fix things then call him out, OK! First, it sounds...

2008-10-07 water coming up between tiles in kitchen: Hey Rhonda, This means that something is definitely leaking and you need to call someone and have it inspected, it is really hard to tell you what is going on from here and not being able to see it first...