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I have a number of Ryobi One+ tools that have enough power and quality for me in most cases. They all share the same 18V battery form factor which means that I can invest in 2-3 batteries and use them ...

Full disclaimer, I don’t know anything construction really and this is not a project I am working on. Our rental unit is having the balcony redone right now, the flooring is pebbles embedded in cement/...

A plumber recently installed a new pressure reduction valve and expansion tank in my house (which previously had neither) because the water pressure was unusually high. About a week after the install, ...

As part of a kitchen renovation, the designer would like us to install sconce lights above the window over the sink. This is a load bearing exterior wall and there is a solid header across the top of ...

When we remodeled our basement, we wanted to move a switch that controls 4 lights. Here is what I think happened: The electrician spliced in a single piece of romex, so that the black wire runs to the ...

I want to replace a light switch in my home with a dimmer. Each switch has one wire going into the wall and the other pigtailed with the corresponding wire from the other switch. I am testing with the ...

The city was opening fire hydrants around the neighborhood resulting in no water coming to the house. This happened while I was at work. When I came home I had to turn the faucets and showers on to ...

I have a panoramic picture I’d like to hang in a bathroom. It’s across from the stool. It’s 3’ wide and 1’ tall. Do I center it on the midline of the wall, or on the midline of the HVAC vent?

I've replaced a bunch of light bulbs with LED bulbs (specifically, these: https://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-75-Watt-Equivalent-BR20-Dimmable-Energy-Star-LED-Light-Bulb-Bright-White-3-Pack-...

I've been researching portable generators, and I have learned that models with a floating neutral need to be grounded. Some people say you can bypass this requirement by plugging a "bonding plug&...

I have a lamp I want to connect to my wiring, but I can't figure out how the wires should be attached. Below you can see the only page in the instruction manual following the lamp which deals with ...

I have a smart home automated shutoff valve that I want to install in my water main. The shutoff valve is a motorized ball valve on a stainless steel fitting. My water main is copper. I am aware of ...

I have a pretty standard to North America wooden carcass home - two floors above ground, and a sub-basement below, plus an attached garage, sitting on top of it's own foundation. Over the summer I had ...

I have a 240 V dryer which when measured with an ammeter has 24 amps on one leg and 22.7 amps on the other. If the ammeter is kept in place, one leg drops to 13 amps, and the other leg drops to 4.5 ...

Pools of water have started to appear next to the base of my toilet. There are two screws near the base of the toilet. One of them is totally loose (see photo) - it just spins and I can waggle it ...

I have a situation where the P trap to the washing machine is in the crawl space instead of in the wall. There is no vent. I thought about adding an Air Admittance Vent in the wall (see diagram--...

I have an older house with lots of pinhole leaks in the copper pipes. From what I have been told, you have to replace the pipes, copper or PEX or maybe something else. I am trying to avoid the ~$10k ...

I have a number of 2x12’s that have been exposed to Florida weather for about 8 years. Because they have not warped, I wonder if I can expect them to remain relatively straight as deck boards? I do ...

Several raw eggs (and other assorted garbage) spilled on my townhouse indoor staircase. After carefully cleaning the surfaces, a day later there is still a smell of raw egg (not yet rotten egg smell, ...

I recently had carpet and asbestos tile tested and removed from my basement, and now am left with concrete covered with black mastic (non-asbestos per testing). I would like to cover the floor with ...

GE Zigbee Smart Dimmer I can't get it to turn on I have tried 2 different ones and neither will turn on The only way we can get them to turn on is by putting both wires in the same hole, but then it ...

I have an HRV (heat recovery ventilator) which has a bathroom booster switch input. The HRV supplier specified a SPDT momentary switch for the bathroom booster switch. 18/2 shielded wiring is ...

We have bought 7 pairs x Dale lever handles with screw on rosette covers. I’ve fitted 2 doors with their handles with no problems but now found the remaining 5 screw on covers as supplied are too ...

So, I screwed up. Big Time. I demoed my bathroom and paid someone to rebuild it. I bought new shower to go in. The old one was direct to stud. The new one was not, the best way I can describe it is ...

Trane 4dcy4060a in heat mode, after being idle for a while the thermostat calls for heat - the indoor fan starts but the compressor and outside fan do not. initially (a couple months ago) i could ...

The ceiling height in the basement is 78" (under the 7' requirement for bedrooms). I asked an inspector if it would be OK to add two rooms with closets and call them storage rooms when listing ...

Sorry for the weird question, but here goes. I am planning to install an electrical, tanked water heater. For the inlet, I will screw a pressure relief valve directly in the cold water pipe, and screw ...

Bubbles = bad ventilation, right? I've got a 1st story toilet which has air bubbles on every flush. It does not bubble after/before and water is not siphoned out/in when other plumbing is used. I'm ...

I just got this 100lb propane tank, and I also got this two stage regulator. I want to add a gauge so I can check the tank level, I only find gauges that convert POL LP Tank Valve to QCC1 and that's ...

Is this system considered a Dual Transformer system? According to Nest since there is a R and RC cable it must be a dual transformer. But they were unsure and I don't know what that means! I don't ...

In an addition in my house before I moved in, a second furnace was installed way up on crawl space. The furnace is a Carrier Weathermaker 9200 and it was installed sideways (really 90 degrees ...

We are are planing to replace our 3rd floor porch and I have a question about the orientation of the boards. What is the purpose of the board that is parallel to the siding and perpendicular to all ...

We want to remove the highlighted walls. Is there any way to tell from the blueprints if these walls are load-bearing?

I have a small, weird side door with a rotten frame that needs replacing. The rough openening is around 680 x 1830mm. The wall is brick. The door opens into a garage with a concrete floor. I was ...

Where does the vapor barrier go? I am currently using a formerly unheated basement room as home office. The room is not properly insulated and rather hard to keep warm. I am thinking about installing ...

I installed a new kitchen sink faucet into a kitchen with over 60 year old plumbing. I tightened the connections at the point where the rigid piping meets the flexible risers, and there was some ...

I need to replace two fluorescent lamps in my bathroom and neither of them would rotate in their sockets. I can twist them maybe 10 degrees or so but after that they completely stop moving. It's the ...

I need links diy video to fix it. I need a manual version also and images

I just replaced an old Aprilaire with a new 600 model. I wired up all the previous wires to the corresponding spots on the new controller, but there are still open spots and when I turned power back ...

I have a 90-degree "elbow" 1/2 (both sides) brass push-fitting installed by previous owner. I'm replacing the PEX pipe. I don't know the brand of the fitting but it is NOT SharkBite. Do all ...

I am asking myself if there is any way possible to lower the bathroom floor level without causing damage to the floor. So I am researching if it is any way possible to install a Japanese unit bath ...

Two lavatories in our house have American Standard Cadet centerset faucets, model 8115F. Both show the same issue: the setscrews holding the handle to the cartridge loosen. The setscrew and threads ...

I have an old oil furnace that is vented to a chimney flue, with a damper. I live in Maryland in a county where burning yard waste is legal. This can cause me to have an asthma attack when my furnace ...

My fireplace box is 21" x 29", 8" deep. This is what it looks like now: The previous owners bolted a sheet of metal to it and stuck a heater in front. I pulled out the heater after ...

Our >10-year old HVAC system (heat pump and 3-ton air handler) need to be replaced. The heat pump is need of new parts, but we were advised given the age of the entire system that it would be more ...

I am connecting a portable generator to my electric sub-panel in my garage. My generator is a 6kw running watt unit with a 30amp 220 volt output. I will be using this connection (L14-30) to a box ...

We had professionally installed kitchen exhaust vent, venting outside. We had 300cfm and we were having smell issue in the house even after venting outside. We replaced the fan with 900 cfm and ...

My basement is leaking in an area where I just had a sewer line installed. I had dug a square into the basement floor concrete, so that the plumber could run the new sewer line under the floor. The ...

I am having a whirlpool tub installed by a plumber. This is the tub. We purchased it with an upgraded pump, specifically this one. It came from the factory looking like this: The pump is mounted at ...

My house has peeling dated wall paint. I'd like it to be taken off and then some re-pointing as necessary. I am not the best DIY person but might attempt at least part on my own, like removing old ...