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Hi all, I moved a few months ago into an apartment. And I am wondering if my heating bill might be on the high side because the heating in the apartment isn't very good. I think my main concern is how much air comes out of the vent when the heat is on. The air itself feels warm, but there's...

Hi all, Moved into an apartment and I wanted to swap out the old dumb thermostat for a nest thermostat. Below photo is the old thermostat. It had 5 wires labeled G, RC, Y, W and 4. When I go the nest site to check if its compatible, it says it's not because of the '4' wire. I decided to just...

HI All, Had some new flooring from republic flooring installed on top of the existing wood flooring about a year and half ago. 2-3 months ago i noticed one section where it seemed there was just a tiny bit of flexing up and down on the new flooring. You could barely feel it. Now today in a...

Spoke to a contractor today about rebuilding a deck. He sounded very knowledgeable and appears to have been in this business for 20 years with no visible complaints on his record. He suggested going with batu wood. never heard of it before. Looks pretty nice from the photos i've seen. Just...

Probably going to be replacing our washer & dryer soon. Current dryer is gas but I'm considering replacing it with an electric dryer since the electric one is cheaper and because we're also going to be installing solar panels, with some excess capacity built in. I don't think the dryer would...

Hi All, We're starting to look into replacing the gas wall unit we have with forced air for the house. We live just south of San Francisco so winters aren't that cold around here. I was just looking for any general advice as to things I should look out for or specifically ask about when...

Hi All, In a dispute with my crappy contractor who is now resorting to threatening me with cease and desist letters if i dont remove my reviews of them. One of the things his lawyer mentioned was that there is no industry standard that would require them to use water resistant sheetrock...

Our relatively new recessed LED lights make a buzzing sound, which is even louder when they are dimmed. It seems loudest when it's between 20 - 85%. At 100% it still buzzes but it's a little less loud. At 10% it's almost completely silent. I'm not sure what brand of lights these are. I...

Our front yard is kind of overgrown (SF bay area) from the rain we've had over the last few months. I don't plan on doing anything special with the front yard, just want to trim down all the grass. For whatever reason the prices i've gotten for having someone mow the front yard seem unreasonably...

Had a deck recently built (redwood) and the wood is unfinished - they didn't apply anything to the wood after picking it up from the lumber yard. I picked out a transparent stain. Do i need to power wash the deck or should i sand it as well? I had also applied some stain to a spare piece of...

Hi all, Had some less than stellar contractors do some work around the house and one of the things they did was move the washer and dryer and in doing so, installed some sort of vent pipe that goes up through the garage roof. However, they never put any sort of seal around the pipe so...

Living in the San Fran/Bay area, so winters are not harsh here. Low 40's would be the typical low end for winter nights. I was just wondering what the ball park figure out would be to go from gas heat to electric heat. I'm talking installation cost, not the actual cost of running the system...

EDIT: i just reposted this in the HVAC subforum since i think it's more appropriate there. Could someone delete this thread? Thanks Living in the San Fran/Bay area, so winters are not harsh here. Low 40's would be the typical low end for winter nights. I was just wondering what the ball park...

So the guys just finished building the deck and the first 1/4 or so of the deck is a very noticeable different color than the rest. The first 1/4 or so of the deck was installed about a week or so ago - the rest of it was just installed today. When they initially installed the deck that first...

We're having the washer and dryer moved in our garage. They are being put in the front corner of the garage. The vent for the dryer will either be on the front of the house - front of the garage technically. Or they mentioned they might try having it vent under the house into the crawl space...

i hired a contractor to rebuild our deck...turns out to not be the most reliable so i'm double checking everything he says/does. Right now he was saying he was going to use redwood for the deck. I think that's a pretty soft wood...is that ok for a deck? deck will be about 15x30 feet, about...

Hi all, I just had a new fisher paykel dishdrawer washer installed (model DD24DCTX7). Yesterday after they left i tested it and water came gushing out of the air gap/vent they installed in the top of the counter. Today they said they fixed it. I tested it and on the bright side, no water...