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For those of you who are retired military and use your military discount at lowes, do you know there are several items including lumber and appliances that you can NOT use your discount. I worked there on and off, for 5 years and they have really eroded the benefits for associates and military...

We're installing upper cabinets in our kitchen. Question: If you can only catch one stud on the far end of the cabinet, what can/do you use to secure the other end? Or do you put two screws vertically into the only available stud (say 12" vertically from each other)?

My house, built in '88, has a plywood sub floor (nailed over floor joists) and then an OSB nailed to the ply (even under hard wood). I've pulled up all but plywood in kitchen, living room and dining room. We plan to use LVP with an underlayment. My question is: should I reinstall an OSB over...

our house has had settling problems in the past. today I noticed where the brick that raps the fireplace (gas, ventless logs) insert has a good size gap. the gap is outside the firebox. the fireplace was originally a wood burner, but someone previously installed NG logs. the chimney still...

Question 1: in a 'remodel' can lighting, you have the light and a junction box for connecting the wires; can you put a wire junction box with lid (to lengthen wiring), in a ceiling? Question 2: in a 2nd story floor joyce, can you drill a hole large enough to pass thru a 12-2 wire? Thanks Rich

my house is 1988. there was a door chime in our hallway and two buttons, one front one back. when I opened the bell, I saw three wires. I assume one to front, one to back bell and one to transformer. how come, when I put my meter to all three wires, it shows NO power? yes, the breaker is...

We're tearing out a bad tile flooring job in our newly purchased home. the stack up was sub floor, linoleum, backer board, linoleum, then tile! We're removing down to sub. We noticed the floor was wet under the fridge. After removing down to the sub, it too is wet and you can rub the plywood...

just bought a house in east central Alabama. house was built in '88 but hvac unit is ~5yo. been living in it for a week and just today wife heard banging every so often. after chasing it down when I got home, we determined noise is coming from a return vent. it sounds like typical trunk line...

I have two garage doors. One works fine, other side opens partially then closes. After looking closely, one that opens partially has excess cable - about 6" worth (on each side of door) . I can't believe BOTH cables for door stretched THAT much. Where did excess cable come from? Thoughts? Is...

i have a situation that i'm not sure what to do. my house originally had carpet in the main hallway. we had EVP installed. after we reinstalled the shoe molding, we noticed that at one end the floor drops off. measuring the gap on that side, we noticed the gap goes from 3/8 to 3/4 but the...