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I have a Trane whole house AC system. The outside unit was replaced I believe last year. The inside unit was installed circa 2010. I had a previous issue with the outside unit where a wire in a molex connector was loose and that was fixed by the installers for the outside unit. The installer for...

So, I never really knew what sort of system my father used for the drawer glides when he built the kitchen cabinets. I had assumed they just slid over a piece of wood or something but didn't think too much of it. Yesterday I was trying to get a drawer unstuck because something in it was sticking...

I have a whole other thread about my Trane unit but in case this question gets lost, I'm wondering if the intake vents (the ones that have filters that need to be changed) need to be directly under the air handler. My air handler is on a raised platform in a sort of closet in the hallway (next...

Leviton has a patent pending on outlets and switches using mechanisms like the wago lever nuts. There is a 15A tamper resistant outlet and two different 15A rocker switches- a single pole and triple pole (I think). They are color coded but also have words on them to show where the hot, neutral...

Yet another back burner project that I want to try because I already have some of the lumber and can see what I can use & what I need to buy. Friend's kitchen looks somewhat like this (my sketchup drawings) minus some cabinets over the sink (those are planned but not purchased yet) There's an...

Last week we had some freezing temps (unusual for our area and even more unusual this time of year). My elderly mother can't stand cold so she turned the heat on but when the weather warmed up a bit more it won't cool anymore. It heated above the level it was supposed to heat to and now it won't...

So, I have a recurring problem-- something that has happened at least 4 times in the past several years. We get bad thunderstorms and the lightning somehow manages to fry the line between the phone jack and the phone and kill my landline phones. It has burned the jack a few times as well. The...

My AC stopped cooling on Friday. We spent Saturday trying to fix it. Our regular HVAC guy (the only one who would come out regularly) is in jail. He apparently made a mess of the wiring gerry-rigging it to work. Only other HVAC people in town refused to come out but sold new capacitors (one of...

Title doesn't accurately describe it. Heat has been working fine the last few nights but last night it didn't turn on. It got down to 56° when it's supposed to heat to at 64°. I pressed the Mode button on the thermostat until it went to Heat. After a few moments, I started to smell a strong...

I recently came across an old folder in a drawer that had many sketches and notes from my father. It included drawings of kitchen plans, house plans, dog house plans, shelf plans, etc. He used CAD I think to do some line drawings and do a general layout of the house. He wrote in notations in...

My friend was asking me to ask here if anyone could explain how to wire a light that uses two separate switches on different walls. I have some in my house like that, but my electrical is all wonky so it's a poor example for study. My friend's grandfather's contractors didn't hook the wiring...

This ties in to my home reno project of fixing up my bathroom & swapping laundry room & guest bathroom. I've found that the ADA toilet we put in Mom's bathroom is much more comfortable than standard height toilets. We already have two of the standard height toilets (14-5/8"H before seat is put...

Some of you may remember my thread about a friend's house burning & I briefly mentioned he stayed with some friends who had planned to move in with him temporarily. Well, those friends had moved down near Lake Charles & got a home but it was destroyed by hurricanes. They had to move back in to...

Is it called a Piggyback junction? This is connected to my post about my cistern/well/pumps posts. I have pump running on 230v & 6.1A (can go to 12A if wired at 115). Right now it has a crappy float switch that I want to replace, but the switch acts as a junction to go to the 2nd pump...

I have a very strange setup that I will try to describe as best as I can as well as provide some pictures. It starts with a belt driven 2-pulley wheel air compressor pump connected to metal pipe that converts to PVC. Part of the pipe goes into the ground and the other goes up and elbows over the...

I do not intend to run the wiring myself- I plan to get a professional to do it, but I want to make sure it's being done right and I am curious about what would work, what's to code, and so forth. I've mentioned this before but recent electrical discussion has me curious. None of our bathrooms...

It's me again, Margaret. Heh heh heh. I have another hairbrained idea of a project to add to my list once I get the essential stuff out of the way. Once everything is cleaned up better I want to start working on more crafts with my mother and she wanted to have a sewing space. I figured it...

My walk-in pantry is completely lined with metal screen/mesh. It was intended to keep mice out. It worked well for a couple decades but at some point some gaps in the wood of the ceiling got larger (don't know if it was from settling or if the mice helped it along). The mice ended up chewing...

I know I've always got tons of projects going on in planning, but this is one that I'm hoping I can do in the not-so-distant future (after I get my bathroom fixed up more). The guest bathroom will have very limited space and I don't want a tp holder that sticks out too far for people to bump in...

I've been kicking this idea around while my shoulder/arm are healing & I haven't been able to be very productive. I despise my cheap metal frame & box spring for my bed. Box spring collapsed on one corner, mattress won't stay in place-- keeps sliding & is now overhanging one side by at least...