Recent content by mark681137

Ok, I figured I needed to comeback and clear up what was wrong, bad dimmer switch, replaced it now it works fine. I had just put that switch in 3 months before, used to a switch lasted the life of the house, guess not any more.

These are standard bulbs not flourescent. I tested the wires from the ceiling, black went to fan switch, red went to light dimmer, I connected the black to the black fan switch and the red to the blue light switch. I got this dimmer from home depot, could be the wrong one for this application...

Well I thought I had but I guess not just retested the wires and hooked it up that way and yes it works, fan and light but dimmer does not work, light is full on at all times. Dimmers seem top have a short life on this light as this is the second one. Any suggestions? Thanks for having...

Well while painting the ceiling I disconnected the ceiling fan and forgot to take notes on how it was wired. This is a standard ceiling fan with light kit, I have a two switch plate on one wall, one switch is a dimmer for the light, the other is off/on for the fan. I have two other switches on...

love the pics, I know there is a ton of hard work in there.

Yep, thats what I was thinking. Thanks for your help. Been listening to your podcasts, great show.

Built in '92, it all 1/2" drywall. On that left side, at the window, will I need to remove some of the material on the old drywall for the joint, what I'm worried about is where the ends butt together, I don't want the joint to stick out from the wall, I'm going to have to remove material from...

I took out a fireplace and have rebuilt the wall, now its time for drywall. the wall is 14ft wide by 8ft high, it has a window on one end and a door on the other end. When I removed the existing drywall I stopped at a stud 6 inches inside the window on one end and middle of the door on the other...

When I had a tablesaw I built several cabinets. Pretty easy do, especially with all the joining options you have nowadays (kreig jig). Here locally there are shops you can buy drawers and doors to your specs pretty cheap, and for the best hardware at the best price find a distributor, most are...

Youtube has its moments, like the old one with the darth vader guy as the night manager at the local grocery store. I guess the latest is the 67 yo guy kicking the "gangster's" butt on a city bus. YouTube - 67 year old guy kicks young punks *** You can also see the followup interviews, you might...

I'm trying to add a screened in porch over an existing patio, because I'm dealing with two obstacles, a hip roof adjacent to it and a breakfast room bump out, I can't understand how I can layout the roof. I've considered a flat roof but would like to see if I could do a regular roof so my...

Hi everybody, Thanks for the forum and all the contributions I'm sure I'll be searching over for the next few months. I'm 53 and have been in the business of selling groceries most of my life. I've done quite a bit of home improvement over the years and have found that I know just enough to...

Don't let the 220 slow you down, its an easy do. I had a unisaw, finally sold it because footprint was so large, one of those things you regret forever. My opinion is hybrids run a little too much for what you get, contractors are easier to find used. Again by limiting yourself to local you are...