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Gas pipe behind gutter, causing water damage on facia
Add a custom flashing that goes under the starter course of shingles and protrudes further out and down into the gutter. You are correct saying that the roof edge is too short.
A local gutter guy and ...
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Is it safe to transport a gas water heater lying down?
So many people say to look for "this end up", but doesn't that simply tell you which end is the top? I would assume that unless the box states "keep upright", or something of that ...
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What is a safe procedure for removing natural gas pipe after full service disconnect (meter removed, house intake capped)?
When we replaced the gas furnace/appliances that came with our new home we had the contractor remove every single gas pipe from the house at the same time, but also were told if we didn't that a ...
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Nightly overwhelming sewer gas smell from shower drain only while in use
You’ve observed that sewer gas enters when water flows down the master bath shower drain or the laundry drain. It would make sense if debris had fallen down the stack vent and obstructs the venting ...
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Whirlpool oven gas shuts off one second after turning on
The igniter is the flame sensor replace igniter board if problem continues there was a service bulletin about running a ground wire
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How to measure gas usage by appliance
If your residence has a gas meter you can access, you can watch the usage of each device while all the other devices are off. Pilot lights can probably be disregarded, no need to put them out.
The ...
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How to measure gas usage by appliance
Stove usage will be peanuts. We had neighbours who had standard gas range (4 burners and oven) that they ran off a pair of 100 lb propane tanks. They would go weeks to months between tank trips.
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How to measure gas usage by appliance
Assuming you live in the house year-round and have well-defined seasons (e.g., at least 3 months where it would be very rare to use the furnace) then you can figure it out a rough approximation from ...
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Gas Oven Tripping GFCI
If you are like me and looking this up again...
The first time, my glow bar wiring was melted and needed replacing. At that point, the oven would turn on but never heat. It started with the oven ...
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Do I need to ground black gas pipe?
I don't see why some type of electrical grease at the point the pipe is bonded wouldn't prevent corrosion. There's multiple types of conductive greases made for the purpose of allowing current flow ...
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Wall switch doesn't work on fireplace
I have two gas fireplaces. One can be turned on and off from the wall switch. The other one does not have this feature. The wall switch only turns on/off the fan.
Some models have kits that can ...
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What to use to fill pipe gap behind cooking stove
The gas pipe area is just a sloppy/lazy/not done drywall job - patch with drywall, drywall tape, and drywall joint compound. Perhaps a touch of caulking when done right around the pipe.
The floor I'd ...
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Gas Line Static Pressure Loss in New Construction
Air is basically an ideal gas. Given fixed volume, then, your temperature change would have changed the pressure to
(15.0 psi)(52°F-(-460.°F)) / (92°F-(-460.°F)) = 13.9 psi.
The pressure test duration ...
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Is it safe to transport a gas water heater lying down?
Ok...this end up or this side up are the same they refer to how to stand the box when opening so you have item correctly oriented after cut box away from it...its not a fridge(which is why most are ...
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Gas Line Static Pressure Loss in New Construction
If this were temperature related, it wouldn't be slowly going down. It would be going down when it gets cooler, then up when it gets warmer. The reading it had at 52F last week overnight would be the ...
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