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Professional software developer, with several years working on industrial control and monitoring systems. Slowly remodeling parts of my house.

	14,611 reputation	bio	website	gregmaclellan.com	visits	member for	2 years, 11 months
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Mar 6	answered	What is the best way to install a shower curtain when one wall is sloped
Mar 5	answered	What are the pros and cons of engineered hardwood?
Mar 5	answered	How come the temperature is sometimes not maintained?
Mar 5	comment	How come the temperature is sometimes not maintained? @Alan: Apologies, I didn't see you said there are two air handlers. If each thermostat is just wired to its own air handler, then there is no need for a zone controller. Is that the case?
Mar 5	comment	How do I cut a channel and plaster television cable work in a brick chimney? What kind of cables are you running? Power? If you have a decent external receiver, you can probably get away with just running HDMI, and running any other signals to the receiver (which will do switching for you). Obviously only running two wires will make this job a lot easier than running a whole ton. FWIW, when I mounted my TV (not on brick) I ran a conduit and ran a couple HDMI, component, coax, etc. I have only ever used a single HDMI, as my receiver switches and up-converts every other signal. Lesson learned.
Mar 4	comment	How do I cut a channel and plaster television cable work in a brick chimney? I agree that drilling a hole would work, though the size depends on what is being run, exactly. Power is pretty easy, so long as you cut the wire and then put a new connector on it, though probably requires a 3/8" hole. You could also fit an RG6 cable in there, if you cut and put a new end on it as well. HDMI (which is a likely candidate) can't be spliced by hand though, so the whole connector needs to fit in the hole. Probably minimum of 3/4" and more likely 1" to fit both power and HDMI.
Mar 4	comment	How do I cut a channel and plaster television cable work in a brick chimney? Is the chimney in active use (eg, from in-use fireplace/furnace)? If not, can you run the cables inside the chimney, drilling holes instead of a channel?
Mar 4	awarded	Nice Answer
Mar 1	comment	Is having a window in a room that is below grade a requirement? I'm not sure of the "living space" requirement, but I believe in most jurisdictions (if not all) all rooms used as bedrooms must have an egress window (and I think there are minimum dimensions to qualify). There are also requirements for the exterior (think fire escapes, window wells). Bottom line, if someone wakes up and there's a fire, there needs to be at least two separate ways for them to get out.
Mar 1	comment	How do I lubricate plastic rollers for sliding closet doors? Ended up using "jig a loo" which is silicon-based (the box store I went to surprisingly didn't have a huge selection). Seems to have done the trick, hopefully stands the test of time.
Mar 1	accepted	How do I lubricate plastic rollers for sliding closet doors?
Feb 28	answered	Can I use a 6 foot long table as the base for a stand up desk?
Feb 28	comment	Is it generally safe to use a lower wattage bulb in a light fixture? (Specifically Halogen bulbs) To add, the rating is specifically for heat and current-rating purposes. It's there because that's the maximum heat the fixture is physically safe to handle, and the wiring is only approved at the associated current.
Feb 28	asked	How do I lubricate plastic rollers for sliding closet doors?
Feb 25	accepted	How do you paint touch-up spots on drywall?
Feb 25	comment	How can I stop a desk from vibrating when I type? Now that you've accepted an answer, it would be nice to see a pic of what you ended up doing, for anyone in the future that has a similar problem and finds this.
Feb 25	revised	Alarm turns on after power failure added images
Feb 24	answered	Alarm turns on after power failure
Feb 24	answered	Can a mix of receptacles and light fixtures be installed on a single circuit?
Feb 21	comment	Is it ok to wire light switches and lights with 12/2 cable? Not to mention, (at least today, at retail) 12/2 is about 50% more expensive than 14/2. If you have some 12/2 laying around that's one thing, but if you're just trying to buy one type of wire because you need some 12/2 anyways, I would buy what I needed of both, and save the cash and hassle of oversized wire.