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In my garage there was 240V L6-20R, 20Amps Locking Receptacle. The 1-gang electrical box is not anchored to any stud, and the wall is all covered with pegboard panels (there seems to be some black panels behind the pegboard panels). The 1-gang box looks different, maybe a type that does not need...

Hello Folks, Recently got a new house. The garden came with some trees and plants that I am not sure about. One, at first, looks like a northern white cedar. The following: Another one. Is that one ornamental grass? And, last but not least, three large pine trees. I heard that some...

Firstly, I don't consider birds pest, but in many cases a problem; so, I digress... my new place there is a small deck adjacent to the house, in the deck’s “roof” there is a light fixture and right above the light fixture (between the fixture and the ceiling/roof panels) there is a bird nest...

Hello Folks, My house came with an old 200amps Cutler-Hammer circuit breaker panel. The breakers are of the tan variety. Amongst the breakers there is a 15amp GFCI breaker with a red test button, and upon pressing the test button nothing happened; so, I went ahead and tested the outlets...

Hello Folks, Recently I bought a house whose garages ceiling is populated by old t12 fluorescent light – about 12 40watts bulbs. Was in the process of replacing them with t12 led equivalent (type a) bulbs which a plug and play (no need to worry about shunt, no shunt, or bypass the ballast)...

Hello Folks, I purchased a house in Fort Wayne, IN, that happens to come with an in-ground pool. Pool was not really a requirement for me to buy the house, and I am not even into pools. Unnecessary to say, I know close to nothing about pools; but that it requires lots of attention and...

Hello Folks, Recently, I replaced the water valves for my washing machine supply lines with hose bibs (the type that most people use outside for a garden hose). The thread is a perfect match and the bib’s angle is a good fit for my situation. Also, instead of a brass “90deg ear cup x F elbow”...

Hello Folks, I am looking into buying a house. Among the inspections performed, was a scope of the sewer line. The scope inspection found quite a few issues: 1) “displaced pipe joist” which I believe is a typo and should be “displaced pipe joint”; 2) “possible displacement of pipes”; 3) a...

Hello Folks, I got 13 years old very basic Admiral washing machine (ATW4475VQ1). In spite of its age, the washer hasn't seen much use. Recently, the washer started to shake at lot and be very noise during the spin cycle. It stays in the basement, so unless I am present at the time during the...

Hello Folks, My water heater went south, and both the upper and lower heat element went bad (led indicator shows that both are broken). The water heater is a Rheem "Performance Plus", model xe50t09el55u1, and it is a 5500 watts water heater. I wen to Rheem website and search engines, but could...

Hello Folks, Few months ago, the drain in my bathtub seemed to have come loose without me noticing it; so, water leaked from the bathroom upstairs down to the kitchen ceiling. It was not too bad, and the sheetrock was intact but had water stain. The kitchen walls have some tone of beige and the...

Hello, I have a 90+ efficiency furnace in my condo unit. Recently, I had the gas company coming over in order to turn the natural gas onto my condo. A small gas leak was detected on the small aluminum tube coming from the gas valve (I would associate this to the tube that would send gas to the...

Hello Folks, The house has a partial basement with a low ceiling clearance, and on top of that there is some metal "enclosure" covering part of ceiling as shown below (arrow pointing to it): At first it seems related to return aid ducts, but I can not identify anything above it...

Hello Folks, Recently, I started fixing and assembling ductwork inside the wall for the hvac. Some of the ductwork was simply missing, so I had to assemble entire rectangular ductwork out of 3.25"x10"x3ft half sections rectangular stack duct, s cleats, drive cleats, rectangular head (where the...

Whenever possible I am using emt conduits and thnn wires instead off nm-b/romex cabling; that is mostly true when I have to remove the drywalls anyways thus creating an ideal situation for rough-in the new installation. But, the use of emt conduit is not without its quirks (for me at least)...

Initially the new panel was installed in a wall cavity where the old 60amps panels was installed (between two studs, but not screwed to any of the studs) and was simply screwed to the 1/2 plywood board, but I understand that proper support would likely require it to be screwed to studs as well...

The house I purchased is mostly a duplex, and the other part of the duplex has not seem much comsteic work. This part is on a slab that is below grade, and the floor is a nightmare of layers upon layers of flooring and different types of adhesives: some redish adhesive, and the black alphaltic...

Above is a simplified sketch of a layout of a f small bedroom. The 3D box at the lower level are outlet/receptacles, the one 3d box at the upper level near a door is a light switch (which currently does not exist). Two of the walls of this room face the exterior (concrete walls) as labeled. One...

Hello Folk, Some time ago I posted about reroofing a deck whose upper framing was not ideal for a roof, so I added some extra support (beam) and added metal brackets and deck screws, etc.. Back then I was planing on using half inch plywood sheathing for the roof + epdm membrane, but due to...

Hello Folks, There is a concrete walkway in front of the main house that is in ok shape. But it ends with a patch work of small (12x12) and thin concrete blocks. So I decided to excavate with a shovel and pour some concrete (about 5” thick). Firstly, measured, cut and laied some 2x6 small...