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I think I found out what is going on. The meter that is mounted on the exterior of the house is suppossed to have weep holes allowing the water to drain from the box if there is any mositure in it. Someone filled the weep holes with silicone causing the water in the meter not to drain and to...

I am workin in this house in the city of Rochester, I first got called to this customers house because a duplex circuit on the second floor of his house went out. I trouble shooted the circuit to be a bad breaker. I replaced the breaker and everything returned to normal for about 3 months, Last...

I just put a utility sink in my basement, it required the installation for a pump to force the water out into the sewer. My main question is, do I have to install revent to an outside source of air or can I leave it short into the basement. The instructions never specified what to do with the...

I am putting a new railing in a house back in my town, it is going to require the installation of a half post against a wall. My only question is, what type of fastener would you use to attach the half post to the wall. As well I really do not want to see the fastener so the railing must cover...

I am doing a roof over on a camp up in the Adirondaks. The roof is about 13 square. Not that large. My only question that I have is, I want to put lightning rods on the roof because a few years ago the camp got hit by lightning and fryed everything that was plugged in including the panel box and...

I agree with what everyone said, basically the parts that compose most of the expensive tools like craftsman are the same parts that compose the cheap ones. The only difference with craftsman is they incorporate, black and decker, porter cable, and some dewalt parts in their tools. So in turn...

I put one in my kitchen, this is a great asset to have for any kitchen, I understand what you mean about the hose getting cruddy. Mine has been in place for about 3 years and when it starts to get gross looking I get a rag and clean it off with a little bleach. Other than that the hose and the...

I am doing over a small roof at my camp, about 15 square. The service entrance enters the house on the roof with a 2 and a half inch pipe. The only problem I am running into is, I cannot place a roof boot around this because there is no way I could put it over the wires and down onto the pipe...

Put a thin coat of mortar all over the bricks with a trowel then give it a little while to set up then brush all the mortar. Wait to dry then paint.

Put in a double wall pipe to keep the heat down

I was looking at Lowes the other day for tool boxes for my house. I was wondering are they a good and worthwhile investment that would last for a while under some hard use? And if not what brand would suit the average contractor?

How Long have you had that corner tub in place for?

I agree with putting the screws from underneath the floor but the only real problem is trying to put the screws in, it has to be exact to where the transition piece is. If not you are going to be looking at a nice screw through you flooring. My only other piece of advice to give you is, nail the...

I am working at a house back in my town. The house is about 120 years old. They have a louvered ceiling right now and want to take it down to put sheetrock up. The only problem that exists is the ceiling joists that run 24 inches on center are at all different heights. So basically if you were...

The only downside to the tankless water heater is if you want the water on a slow trickle you will not have any hot water. you have to have a certain amount of water to pass through the heater before you can get hot water. Other than that they are an amazing peice of equipment

In my opnion I would first find out where all the plumbing goes throughout the upstairs and then determine the final placement of the utilities. Make sure they are functional for ergonomic use. In other words give each utility enough room for the average person to fit. After you determined that...

Try looking on their website normall any high brand of impact tool will have a link that will allow you to look at it on Adobe Reader or Microsoft Word