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When it has partially set, strike the joints with the end of a toothbrush hanâ€" dle to leave a slightly concave, even surâ€" face. Wipe down the hole area with a sponge after a few hours. upped saw. Brush the still sound ground clean and when you have mixed up a small batch of fresh grout, press it into the joints with your finger tip. grout tiles. called tipped If you don‘t achieve the shiny finish that was there when they were new, make up a paste of a powdered bleachâ€" ing cleanser mixed with water and leave it spread on the tiles overnight. Scrub off the next day with a plastic scouring pad and maybe a toothbrush to get at the grout between the tiles. e se ake The film on tiles should be tackled with a solution of oneâ€"quarter cup triâ€" sodium phosphate (TSP) per gallon of water. Scrub the tiles with a plastic scouring pad. (Con‘t from RE 29) sliding doors. To get fixtures to shine again, wrap them with a paper towel soaked in vinegar and leave for 10 minâ€" utes or so. Polish with a dry paper towel. "Ssuperâ€"safe" electrical outlets From the comfort of your home, we‘ll meet with you and show you the plans of the new development of West Oak Trails. fi 3600 sq. ft. RAVINE "Oxford" IPERSONAL SERVICE 'â€" mflw REAMIBX a/outzune NE f i es 3 BRANTHAVEN HOMES «][ Just rece application f mandated by pass it along "older" hom on everyone trical service As building codes and electric utility regulations changed to include more and more applications where they were mandatory in new construction, the supâ€" ply increased and the price came down. Even the original price of $40 or so was a sound investment, but at today‘s price of a little over $10 they should be on everyone‘s list when upgrading elecâ€" A year ago I wrote about GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters), those superâ€"safe electrical outlets. They have been around for some 20 years, but because of their initial high price they were slow to catch on. You may pick up some excess on your finger as you do this, but wipe it off on a rag if you do. Moisten your finâ€" ger again and finish up the one side before proceeding to caulk the next. The chances are very good that the caulking between the tub and the wall has cracked or started to loosen, and it should be removed so new, pliable 100 per cent silicone caulk can be applied. When applying the silicone caulking from the tube remember it will form a skin very quickly so do one side of the tub and they with your finger moistened in water, smooth it out so it is slightly concave. ‘=i > »&g " _?.i_é‘\“'â€"iz‘â€"l-i“: ‘\:- P "4 ntly I learned of another or them in addition to those the electrical utilities, and I to those of you who live in es, i.e. 15 vears or better. GFCI‘s ie ofe h Here is a scenario. In an old movie, the victim is taking a bath and listening to his favorite radio show. The villain comes in and throws the radio into the bath. Goodbye victim. Electrocution. If the radio had been plugged into a GFCI outlet, the victim would have been able to hear the splash and feel a slight shock and maybe overpower the villain. Now, back to the owners of older homes who are also victims when it comes to updating outlets in locations where it is very difficult to fish in a new threeâ€"wire cable to supply the power. Instead, they simply can turn off the power to the outlet. replace it with a basically a "leak" of any kind or an imbalance of flow of electricity that exceeds .005 amps. First a little refresher. GFCIs have a builtâ€"in failâ€"safe switch that cuts off the flow of current instantly when there is This revelation comes by way of The Family Handyman (October 1992 issue, full of great ideas and new products). When I read about it I checked with my friendly hydro inspector, who verified the information but with reservations, which I will discuss later. The other reason for using them is to replace an old outlet with only two slots (has no ground wire; won‘t take a threeâ€" pronged plug) and there are still a lot of those around. The local electrical utility, your fire chief and common sense all tell you they should be the only outlets in your kitchen, bathroom, laundry and all outâ€" side locations. CALLTODAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT CHRISTOPHER G. INVIDIATA Sales Representative The inspector also pointed out there is really little use for a threeâ€"slot outlet in bedrooms anyway, since lamps, radios and TVs have two prongs. If one is needed for some reason, they feel it is permissable to use a GFCI without a third grounded wire. They feel it would be unwise to use them, for example, where a freezer or a refrigerator is plugged in because if the current is cut off by the CFCI for any reason there would be no indication on the main panel that the power had been cut to that box and all the boxes that fed out of it. This could be a mishap costly in spoiled food. Furthermore, the ease of replacing the cable to boxes on the ground floor or in the basement should not be a real deterâ€" rent to upgrading the circuit in the conâ€" ventional manner with a grounded receptacle. I mentioned that Hydro has some reservations about the wholesale use of GFCIs to replace old, twoâ€"wire (ungrounded) twoâ€"slot receptacles. And it gets better. If there are outlets that are fed from that outlet farther down the line they too will be protected because the power has to go through the first box to get to them. Three slot receptacles in that situation can be used in place of the old twoâ€"slot receptacles, thus enabling threeâ€"prong plugs to be used. GFCI (a larger box may be required) and they have a threeâ€"slot outlet that has more protection than a standard groundâ€" ed outlet.