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• Posted in thread: Hole in sheathing under vinyl siding at outside outlet on 08-17-2011 at 09:05 AM
  For these electricians, that is right. A few seconds of cutting would have saved me hours, and
  avoided the horrible air infiltration this house had before I got back to fixing this.Since
  then, I have ...

• Posted in thread: Hole in sheathing under vinyl siding at outside outlet on 07-10-2011 at 07:48 PM
  I could not settle for the foam solution alone. The first picture is what I found after taking
  off one piece of siding. It shows how well someone's hammer works. The sheathing had vapor
  barrier on the...

• Posted in thread: "Sloppy" valve needs turns to flow on 04-17-2011 at 07:04 PM
  The hot valve in one bathroom faucet requires 1 1/4 turns before the water starts to flow, and
  another 1/2 turn to get medium flow. The cold water valve gives good flow at 1/4 turn. I have
  had both ap...

• Posted in thread: Can I run electrical under concrete slab without cutting a trench on 03-30-2011 at 09:28 PM
  Is the kitchen tile floor really on a concrete slab? No framing and crawlspace under there?

• Posted in thread: Underground Wire to Shed with Concrete Floor on 03-26-2011 at 09:24 PM
  I am starting to think about building an equipment shed with a concrete floor and expect to
  want to dig a trench to run electric wires. Would it be standard to assemble the conduit with
  an elbow to be...

• Posted in thread: Outdoor underground wire on 03-26-2011 at 09:03 PM
  How should underground wire penetrate the house wall below ground? What I found was UF wire
  sealed in the composite concrete block heading out to the yard totally unprotected. I carefully
  dug it up an...

• Posted in thread: Attic condensate drain-via walls? on 11-08-2010 at 07:29 PM
  I reconsidered combining the drain lines. I sent the heat pump condensate drain down through
  PVC in the interior wall, and separately the overflow pan drain out to the soffit (not the
  gutter any longe...

• Posted in thread: Makingcantilevered floor impenetrable on 11-08-2010 at 07:12 PM
  There was no plywood. There were just loosely fitting aluminum siding pieces below the
  cantilevered joists covering a 10' by 2' area, and then basement. I am sure I was getting tens
  of cubic feet of a...

• Posted in thread: Makingcantilevered floor impenetrable on 10-26-2010 at 08:04 PM
  Once I got the aluminum siding pieces out, I noticed there was space for a 1/2" pressure
  treated plywood above the siding. One 8' by 2' piece with a corner cut off at 45 degrees and a
  2' by 2' right t...

• Posted in thread: Attic condensate drain-via walls? on 09-18-2010 at 07:14 AM
  I have PVC pipe down through the wall but unconnected. The gutter was just replaced, so I lost
  that drain, and now I must finish this. I can connect to the main drain stack at the basement
  floor, wher...