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outdoor faucet is leaking out the handle and faucet opening. Want to replace both washers in the valve. Took off the handle and bonnet/packing nut. Go to unscrew the valve and can't get it out. It unscrews all the way till it gets to the opening. The opening in the faucet doesn't seem big enough...

Noticed a cavity forming next to my sidewalk. Pulled some turf away and discovered that my underground downspout drain pipes had pulled away from each other at a connection. This is cheap crap 3" D2729 PVC pipe. Very hard to find parts for this.I did find a coupling for this particular pipe but...

Now that my fears about the foundation not being bolted to the house are somewhat allayed, I will move on to my next major concern. That being some stairstep cracks in the corners of the basement walls. The cracks are approx. 1/16 " and don't seem to be getting wider. Also there are numerous...

While inspecting rot to the band joist under the front door, I noticed a 1/2 gap between the sill plate and concrete block foundation on the one side wall. The other walls look normal in that the sill plate actually sits on the foundation. So, from the basement I felt all along the top of the 2...

I was a young man when I had this house built. New nothing about construction at that time and feel I was really taken advantage of. To my surprise it's still standing after 35 years. Have recently retired and am trying to fix all the things that were done incorrectly. Have to remember as long...