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I need to replace my main water shutoff. I plan to use a Sharkbite ball valve (3/4 inch) to pex. Any actual experience with these? One of the plumbers where I work suggested Sharkbite as a good and super easy option.

My main water shutoff won't shut off. Everyone I talk too says replace the gate valve with a ball valve. The plumber where I work says use Shark Bite fittings as they are quick and easy. I looked them up and I think this is what I will use. They also recommend that while I'm at it I go...

My house is 21 years old. Most of the gate valves no long actually shut off what they are supposed to. My house is plumbed with pex. I turned off the water at the street today and drained the house. I could not get the valve to screw out of the main shut off. I was pretty sure that I was...

What's a good way to redo stairs in a modern house that came with carpet on the stairs? I know that under that carpet is rough wood. Can I strip it, sand it and stain it? Is there a product consistent with vinyl plank that will cover it? I intend to end up with a carpet runner over wood or...

I have been fixing and replacing parts on my 20 year old system for 13 years. It was trouble free for 7.5 years. The singer system before that went 28 years with zero repairs..28 years.. Anyway, my draft inducer fan on the gas pack is dying and I have one on order that should be here tomorrow...

I want to put down some vinal plank due to it's ability to stand up to pets, the reasonable cost, and I'd like to also do my stairs. How do I pull the carpet off and cover those stairs?

I have a 2.5 ton Goodman air conditioner condensing unit. I was having a problem where it would burn up the contactor which would then eat the transformer. I had a service guy come out and said that I had a "tight compressor" which he used a two wire hard start kit to get running. It worked...

Hi all, I have an Air Conditioner problem and I think it's the control board. I have a gas pack and AC. The heat worked fine all winter. The Compressor unit outside is a Goodman that was replaced a year and a half ago. The blower is a Trane and it was installed in 1998. About two weeks ago...