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This new project stems from a friend letting me borrow his radon tester. Looks like I'm over the threshold that requires mitigation. I haven't had the tester plugged in for a long time so I'm not positive on the exact concentration but thought sealing the space would be a good start whether...

Have an old GE 24" that was original to our home (around 30 years old), picked up a 27" GE off craigslist to replace it when it dies. The new oven is shorter by about 2" than the original. Will I need to find some wood to stain and match the original cabinetry or do they make some sort of...

Found a stain in the ceiling sheetrock downstairs, checked the dishwasher and the pump is leaking (for long enough to form a skunge stalactite off the pump). Pulled it out and pulled up the existing linoleum floor to where the water made it to and let it dry the last 3 days while we've been out...

My dishwasher died and I've been looking online for a replacement. They're pretty much all spec'd at 35" high. My current opening is only 34 1/4" from the floor to the bottom of the countertop. Is that 35" that's noted in the spec's the maximum height with adjustable legs and I'll be...

Getting some cracks in drywall on the walls of my home in a few difference places. Have a fair bit more snow on the roof this year plus I've been walking around up there more than usual (started burning wood so have been up there cleaning the chimney once a month). Would those two things...

One of my previous posts was asking about ice dams. Message back was that if the attic is properly air sealed, insulated and vented.... there shouldn't be any problems. Not having much luck with the venting thing.... the insulation is stuffed into the soffit bays (?) and there is a piece...

Probably won't be doing this til the spring, but been thinking about it a bit (my buddy is putting a tub in at his rental) and just want to know what I'm going to be up against. This is how the bathroom sits now (minus the tub, pulled it out when we first moved in): Drain and supply...

Had an early snow here yesterday/last night, here's a pic of my roof: Was up in the attic a few days ago air sealing the leaks so I know the insulation there is fine... looks to be coming exclusively from the bathroom fan (which ran all night last night, just painted the bathroom and was...

Guys, meet my roof. Well, part of it anyways. The raised part is the cathedral section. Here's the exhaust side of the venting. Aluminum soffits are covering up cedar with holes drilled into it. Haven't pulled them down yet to see exactly how much there is. Found a site about...

Attic hatch is a piece of drywall that has a piece of batt insulation that I have to try to pull over top as I close it. Can I glue a bunch of rigid insulation to the drywall like the picture below? Or will I need to cut a new chunk of plywood?

Dug up my tank the other day to check the sludge level. Found a few issues. This is my tank: Found that the outlet pipe is not connected to the drain field: Looking in, noticed the level is below the inlet baffle so water is dripping onto the surface instead of entering below: Also, with...

I built a little box to grow some vegetables and used a mix of mushroom manure and topsoil. I'm thinking I should have mixed some peat in there too because the top layer gets pretty hard over the course of a sunny day. Is there anything I can do now, after I've already planted the seeds...

I'm hoping to install a fan on our cathedral ceiling in place of an existing light fixture. It's too high in the air to control with the pull chains, will need a remote control. Light is currently controlled by 3 switches. Can I install a fan switch in place of one of the switches...

Couple questions... 1) Skylight shaft framed with 2x4's and plywood (see from attic side). Batt insulation shoved up around it. Doesn't look like there is any vapor barrier (unless it's between plywood and drywall). What is the best way of insulating this? Can I use rigid insulation in...

I have a small room under the stairs that we use for storage. It's also the entrance to the crawl space. The wall straight in is concrete and the PO glued white foam on for insulation. The floor is a vapor barrier, about 4-6" sand, then a wood deck on top. The room smells very musty and if...

I have an electric forced air furnace, located in my garage. Garage is insulated, but not heated. The furnace used to have foil faced insulation on it, noticed it was extremely dusty when I bumped into it the other day. Also seems to be pretty dusty inside the house. Couple...

With the warmer weather, installed a ceiling fan in the master bedroom today. When we first moved in last year, had a ceiling fan but it shook like crazy (even with the fan blades taken off). When I replaced it with a normal light fixture, found that the electrical box was tied up to a joist...

Stupid question: How can I tell if I have a 1 or 2 stage furnace? We just bought a place where the previous owner passed away so no help there. The old thermostat (mechanical repl. with electronic) had the W2 wire hooked up but it doesn't seem to be hooked up in the air handler. As...

Sorry for the stupid question.... Trying to install a light into an existing junction box, looks like it used to have a chandelier hanging off of it. Has two leads coming into the box. Black and black are connected together (and live, even without the switch being on), white and white are...