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I’m out of room for breakers in my main breaker box, so would like to add 6-breaker sub-panel to install mini-splits, an outdoor electrical outlet, lighting, etc. What’s the correct way to mount an exterior sub-panel on a house with lapped hardie-board siding?...
Geico is offering me an amazing deal on home insurance compared to my current insurance provider. They said I need a “4-point inspection” to get the policy. The guy I used for the purchase was through word-of-mouth, but he’s not doing them anymore. I’ve asked around, but no one I know has any recommendations. How do I...
I have a PTAC unit in the room above my garage (Amana PTH123A35AC) that I’m trying to connect a thermostat (Honeywell 50018270-001) to. These are my current connections:...
Hi all. Anybody have any tips or tricks on making a bathroom sink drain faster without going through the process of taking it apart, cleaning it, and putting it back together?...
I have recently moved to this place, and before winter I went to install trvs on the water circulated radiators in order to have some more control over the temp (there used to be manual valves)....
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I have a centrally located dual flue chimney that serves both two wood stoves and an oil furnace. In the basement there are galvanized steel clean out doors for each flue. When I run the kitchen exhaust, a bathroom exhaust, the dryer, or the central vacuum the basement starts to smell like creosote right around the clean out...
Recently had an addition put onto my house, new part has a basement which has a sump pump. But doesn’t have a battery backup....
My façade was old & cracking. Chunks looked like they were close to falling. I removed all the loose bits and re-rendered with new concrete. I did the proper bonding steps with polyvinylacetate (#PVA). That previously cracked part of the #façade seems relatively strong and water resistent now (i.e. the color remains light...
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Hi folks, I got a heat pump installed at my home and I’m looking to better understand when/how it switches over to backup fuel in the winter....
What kinds of tools or products do you know of that work well for moles? Not interested in trapping and releasing, or having dead and decaying animals underground. I’ve heard of the sonic spikes which may deter them but with mixed reviews
Our master bath doesn’t have an exhaust fan and I’d like to add one to help with the humidity. It’s the primary bathroom of use upstairs and the 2nd full bath is on the other side of the wall....
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Was replacing a vanity fixture as part of a light bathroom refresh, and discovered that there was no junction box behind the old fixture, just a hole in the wall the wires ran through. This is hardly the worst I’ve found (I still need to address the kitchen light that is just a lamp cord through a hole in the ceiling back to a...
Our old cheap toilet you can’t get parts for anymore (dual flush). I remember my dad fixing old singl-flush toilets with just standard parts from the hardware store. But these new dual-flush toilets are super proprietary. Are single-flush toilets more standardized to where I would be able to easily find parts? I am thinking...
Is whole-home surge protection a good idea to protect large appliances, a plug in hybrid car, etc from voltage spikes?...
There’s about a 15’-20’ gap in my fence that the previous owners never finished. It’s on both sides where the fence would meet up with the house. Normally it wouldn’t bother me but I’d like a safe enclosed space for my dog to run around in....
Moving into a new apartment that has drywall returns already installed around the windows, but does not have any window framing or sills (I understand they’re called stools when on the interior)....
I have 2 standard freestanding units in my basement and crawlspace running 24/7. I want to get something more energy efficient, will last a while, and that’s easy to maintain. I am considering an Aprileaire dehumidifier. Based on this www.energystar.gov/productfinder/…/results it would appear they have a high efficiency...
I was investigating why is one of the air vents so loud when AC is running. Turned out the air duct is not actually behind the vent, but to the side of it....