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I need help with what to do on this phone jack. I thought it would be a simple swap with the screws, but as you can see on the right side of the old jack, there are 4 wires that are in small little round holes. The other picture is the new jack without such holes. Do I just transfer the wires...

I have a free standing propane stove for heating that has electrical specification of "115 volts , 1.3 amps, 60 hz, (150 watts on high)" for the blower. The power cord is too short for the nearest outlet by inches and has always been plugged into an extension cord. I realized the other...

Some stats: --1000 gallon concrete tank installed 1987 --Two adult household --Last pumped and inspected Feb 2012. So I've been removing a hot tub deck that covered most of the septic tank and decided to open the first port I could find (everything is buried) and it was directly...

Anyone have any ideas on a better solution to fill these brick vents? I currently have some plastic mesh stuffed in there, but I was just under the house rebaiting and there were a lot of bodies in one area down there, which was on the other side of these vents. The rest of the vents on the...

Last night while I was gone the dishwasher apparently started making "bad noises" and then stopped. The bottom of the dishwasher had standing water and when I tried to start the wash cycle again there is a clicking noises and the "sensing" and "washing" lights will flash on and then off with the...

Today I noticed that none of the outlets in the garage were working. The breaker was not tripped, but upon further examination, I found that a GFCI had been tripped. Upon reset of the outlet, everything in the garage functioned normally. There was nothing plugged into that outlet, and it is...

Been changing out old single pole thermostats with no problem until I got to this one. The old thermostat is labeled "Load-black" "Line-red". The black load on the old thermostat was wired together with the two in the left of the picture, for a total of three wires on one nut. The red "line" was...

220 breaker panel in the garage is currently crackling. This happened about 6-8 months ago, and I never heard it again until today (I would check every once in awhile). This morning I replaced a single pole cadet wall thermostat and when I went back to the panel it was crackling. The thermostat...

Removing old tile backsplash in preparation for template for formica and one of the last tiles makes this hole...otherwise everything came off great. Story of my life. Anyway, how would you repair this? A standard patch? The paper on the backside is still intact. Obviously I can't fill it...

Located inside the front closet by the front door. A doorbell receiver is located directly outside the closet from this location.

I'm continuing to redo my outlets and switches in the house. This single pole switch is one of two in a double gong box, this one being the lights for the bathroom. As you can see, the one wire appears to have been stripped mid-length and then the bare section of wire was looped over the screw...

I'm working on replacing old switches and outlets in the house and came to a couple of snags. The first is this single switch that controls a ceiling fan (the picture with the switch hanging out of the box). As you can see, at the bottom there are two black wires, one wrapped around the...

I live in the Pacific NW and have issues with indoor humidity, especially in the winter. In the summer the indoor humidity hovers between 55-65% (have the windows open a lot...) and in the winter it is usually 60-65% which is not good. I do not have AC, and my main source of heat is a...

I have to replace my roof due to several issues. One problem I have going on is the sheathing bucking along the entire horizontal seams of the plywood. There were no spacing clips provided, and whomever put on the last roof seriously screwed up the ventilation, which I believe led to this issue...