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Well, bought a house that has a finished, three-season room, about 20x26, two exterior doors, seven windows, western exposure here in sw Ohio...floor will be laminate or wood. The wife says, "Make it...

thanks to everyone with the replies and advice. After looking at the motor on the compressor and calling around, I think that replacing the motor is just not the best option here.
Soooo, looks like...

thanks for all the great replies ! If the motor could be converted to 110v, is that something I (average DIY) could do? And if it could be done, would the normal 110 circuit to the garage (15 or 20...

Just moved to a new place...moved my fairly large Sears upright 60 gal air compressor to the new garage and just noticed that there is no 220 in the garage, only 110 outlets. Checked my panel for the...

Thinking about replacing my old well tank. Which seems to be better, bladder type or diaphragm type?

Going to move my dryer duct outlet over a few inches, it passes thru the interior wall and thru the brick exterior to a standard dryer vent/flange. Was thinking about sealing up the gap around the 4"...

Wife and I are getting closer to closing on house with this system in the mechanical closet. I did not get a chance to get any info off of the control heads, but was wondering if you experts might be...

Have started looking into the possibility of having a portable generator available to run a few circuits in the house in case of power outage. I understand the need for the manual transfer switch,...

I have a brick ranch on a slab foundation with 2 rows of concrete blocks exposed all around the house at the base of the walls. Am trying to decide on an easy, inexpensive way to treat these concrete...

The geniuses that built my house connected the exhaust fans in both of my bathrooms to the cold air return tubes in my attic space. Is it ok to do that? Does not seem right to me.

I would like to...

I am wondering about the best method to route the drain line attached to the temp&press relief valve in my water heater. My current heater is in the middle of the house, in a laundry closet that has...

I have a strange location for my water heater that requires a maximum size drip pan of 21 inches square or 21 inches diameter. That's all I got. Anyone know if there is something that size out there?...

OK, I would like to run some pex inside an interior 2x4 stud wall, I need to turn two corners. I wonder, can 1/2" pex be safely snaked around the corner inside the drywall (assuming the holes in the...

noob question....why does the box on a new water heater say NOT to lay the heater on its side? is it constructed in such a way inside the tank that something could get broken if it was laid over?
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I was kind of planning on just butting the tiles up together and not using any kind of grout. just clean it with some glass cleaner or kitchen cleaner that is safe for your appliances.

Was wondering if anyone has any experience, good or bad, with the stainless steel tiles I have been seeing. Have been overhauling the kitchen, was going to go with a custom cut size single piece of...

I am currently overhauling my water heater/wash room area and am in the market for a new water heater. Granted, i have had no problems with my "insert some 15 year old no-name water heater brand...

Was wondering if anyone has seen a square water heater drip pan, instread of the round ones? Most of the round drip pans I have seen are like 24" in diameter. This does not work for where my old...

I have never owned or used any of the pneumatic tools for carpentry, just the air tools that you would use on cars...

I would like to buy an air powered finish nailer, something to use on base and...

Setup...currently have a washer outlet box with center supply and two drains, one on each side of the center supply. However, builder only hooked up left side drain down to p-trap and into drain/vent...

Sooo, plumbers putty instead of silicone? I think the instructions with the basket says plumbers putty, but I thought it tended to dry out and crack?

Ok, here is a newbie question for you, be gentle !

Am installing a Kohler cast iron sink, replacing an old stainless sink. Currently, I have an In-sink-erator garbage disposal on one side, regular...

When I was stripping the insulation off the Romex wires to connect to the oven, I noticed that the each wire (red, black, white) was stranded wire, not solid.
Also, the insulation had a clear layer...

Here is my compromise !

Strip off the jacket, use the black, white and red wire, and go buy 30ft of green wire to replace the un-insulated ground in the Romex. hahahaha

I think I like this...

Well, It hink you guys are right, after handling the 8-3 Romex for a little while, I think it will be about impossible to pull it through the 3/4 PVC conduit. But here is my problem, I already bought...