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I have a garage (uninsulated) that at some point must have had a wood stove in it as there is a section of chimney pipe sticking through the metal (standing seam) roof. Unfortunately without the actual stove to anchor it the pipe has bent and the cap come off. I want to just remove it and patch...

I have the hole saw, it was more a question of whether there is some proscription against doing so (though I have never seen a 2.5 inch knockout, so probably not).

Swapping out a 225a 3-phase panel. The old panel is completely locked up but is connected via 2.5" conduit. The new panel doesn't have anything larger than a 2" knockout. Can I just drill a 2.5" hole?

Sorry, for clarity I was asking about the rigid mast (i.e. is it preferable to put the jacketed cable in conduit or does it not really matter), it will have a weatherhead either way.

Working on a new project and I'm thinking about doing the install of the new service equipment myself (would be inspected by a UL inspector prior to connection), there are just a couple of things I'm not really clear on. By way of background this will be a 200A Service in New York on an existing...

You can see the wood siding from the inside and on the outside its that weird 1/8 inch reflective sheet then aluminum siding. I'm definitely going to add fire blocking, trying to decide between dimple board with spray foam or bumping out the wall a bit to do rigid foam boards (with can foam...

Wow, thank you. This is exactly what I'm seeing (for a second I thought that they actually had a picture of my house there) and the house was built in the 1800's in Greene County, NY.

Correct, balloon framing. This is an exterior wall and there is no blocking between floors. Basically its a brick wall laid within the wall cavity that (if it ever did) does not support anything at the top currently.

Thank you for confirming.

I'm working on a new project and one of the things I've encountered is that part of the house is brick. As you can see that brick is missing in places completely and the framing (which seems to have run amongst the brick is not in good shape). Is there any reason that I wouldn't be able to...

I wasn't there, but this is a picture of the service entry wire feeding the panel. I believe this is 2-2-2 Aluminum (good for 100A service), but could someone confirm.

Potentially looking at a farmhouse and it has these beautiful doors/windows on the front of them that swing out (with inner versions that swing in). I'm trying to figure out a better way to insulate them in the winter, but I can't even figure out what to call them.

I was going to use a small transfer pump to move the oil to a drum I have an then do the same to put it into my tank. I'm curious what the most practical way of filtering the oil might be.

Neighbor bought a house that hadn't been used in about 7-8 years. I had a about 200 gallons of home heating oil in the tank that has presumably sitting there the since then and the neighbor offered it up to me. Does anyone know if the oil is still good? Is there something I can do to check it or...

We don't know your area, so the only way to know if its a good or bad price is to compare it to some other bids. Your expectation that it should cost $3-4K really only matters if you find someone to do it for that price.