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Is it a violation of the Canadian Electrical Code to re-label circuits in my electrical panel?
I have an old house, and some of the labels for the circuit breakers are incorrect or extremely vague.
I have mapped out where the breakers actually go. I would like to use a label maker to print ...
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Connecting toilet vertically to a horizontal T with a 45
I always see toilets connected to an elbow then drain to Y with a short horizontal pipe. Is there an issue with connecting a toilet flange directly to the 45 deg pipe inserted in a Y directly under ...
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Does this basement HVAC register/vent plan make sense?
Located in Ontario Canada, so winter tend to be cold and summer mild.
We are finishing basement, the finished area is about 900 square feet.
We have came up with the following locations and numbers ...
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Grounding cable TV coax near cable entrance: can I run a ground wire into a breaker panel? or defer grounding to 50 feet inside the house?
My new cable TV coax will enter my house at the far corner relative the location of all my other utilities (main electrical panel, water, gas, telephone, and a wire to an existing buried ground plate) ...
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Can you wire a 120 volt receptacle off a 240 volt plug?
I want an over-the-range microwave, but my circuit panel is maxed out, so it can't be on its own circuit, and it would be a headache to run a new wire there anyways.
My stove has two 120 volt plugs on ...
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15A receptacle in kitchen in Canada
We have a 15A circuit in the kitchen. Right now there it runs to to a single gang box where it connects to wires that go to the fume hood. I think the the box was put there to accommodate a switch ...
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Attic “floor” insulation
I have a cabin soon to be my house. Recently added on to it.
I reinsulated the attic of the original house and insulated the addition. Both should be insulated to r40-r60.
We turn the heat down during ...
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House build in late 1960s- Western gypsum drywall-asbestos
Wondering if Western Gypsum dryall products contained asbestos. Am planning to take for testing, just looking for a quick answer or link to a list of Canadian products that contained asbestos.
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What is this open pipe below the basement floor?
We are doing our basement floor, and when we removed the old carpet I found the box depicted in the picture. The main pipe is clearly the main drain going to the sewer, so no worries there. But there ...
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