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  • Posted in thread: Kenmore 400 Dryer Problem on 04-14-2013 at 04:54 PM
    Sounds like a high limit sensor or something of that sort. If nothing is telling the element
    when temperature is reached and breaks the circuit then it will just continue heating. Look at
    the wiring d...

  • Posted in thread: new to forum!! on 04-10-2013 at 05:17 PM
    Hi Pat. Welcome to the forum and home ownership. What part of the state are you from? And yes,
    I know anything south of I-80 is southern Illinois if you live above 80.:D

  • Posted in thread: Getting rid of mosquitos on 04-10-2013 at 05:13 PM
    And now that you have finally decided to share a little warm weather with us in the midwest,
    you sent rain with it so we will have puddles and mosquitos as well!

  • Posted in thread: Gutting 5x6 jack&jill ensuite bath on 04-09-2013 at 08:42 PM
    I have never used schulter system. I hand placed concrete base for shower and used a schulter
    drain. I used 1/2" concrete board on the walls of the shower and 1/4" concrete board on the
    floor. Then co...

  • Posted in thread: Movin...... on 04-07-2013 at 08:54 PM
    Come to the great mid-west, just not Illinois. Here we convict all of our ex-govenors and throw
    them in jail after they have run us into the poor house.

  • Posted in thread: Two Circuits Sharing Junction Box on 04-03-2013 at 07:26 PM
    Blue Jay has a point. Why do you need another circuit for just the fan? If both the light and
    the fan are running on the same curcuit now why do you need another feed from the panel?
    Install a separat...

  • Posted in thread: Two Circuits Sharing Junction Box on 04-03-2013 at 09:11 AM
    I am sure if I am wrong someone will be happy to say so, but to my knowledge there is no such
    restriction. As I understand what you are saying, you have one wire powering the fan and a
    light in a swit...

  • Posted in thread: recommended sockets for a 15 amp line on 04-01-2013 at 07:04 PM
    Oh, just to throw a few more decisions at you, I ran the calculations through for a 50 amp run.
    If you start adding up material costs and go "WOW!" you can drop to 50 amps and drop a wire
    size to a #6...

  • Posted in thread: Does anyone know why I am getting shocked by my faucets on 04-01-2013 at 09:11 AM
    Did this problem just happen one day or did you do or have some work done that caused the
    change?The description of the mixed grounds and neutrals in your main panel is the way things
    were done for ye...

  • Posted in thread: Does anyone know why I am getting shocked by my faucets on 03-31-2013 at 09:46 PM
    Sounds like you have a loose neutral somewhere, possibly at your service entrance. Call the
    power company and have them check your line coming in and at their pole. If they can find
    nothing then you c...

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December 14, 2012  •  11:01 PM
In the section of my home that was built in the 1940's as close as I can figure I have termite damaged sill beams. I recently took the beam wich ran parallel to the floor joists on the north end of the house completely out and
replaced it, as well as the soft brick foundation. I poured footings and laided block to support the new beam. Every thing seemed solid. As I continued working in the room I found a spot under a leaky replacement window where
the termites had found moisture and eaten the wall studs, the window frame and the 6x8 sill. The beam is solid before and after this area. The floor joists are sitting on the brick foundation (they were originally notched into
the beam) and the floor is level and solid. Can I get by with filling the 3' long area where the beam is damaged with concrete using the exterior sheeting and a board between the joists in the crawl space a form. This area would
be about 6" wide by 8" deep by about 3'long. Or am I better off to try to construct a piece of beam from treated lumber to replace the bad and use joist hangers to support the ends of the floor joists. I would be
working in a short crawl space in very tight quarters.
 
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