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    thick plaster swirls on sheetrock

    We're closing on a small house soon that the current owner built. He smeared thick compound in swirls over nearly all the sheetrock and embedded fake brick face into the lather. If there's a way to scrape off the 1/2" of crud off the surfaces I'll do the work rather than replacing all the...
  2. K

    A/C placement

    I've got a typical enclosed space under a staircase adjacent to our living room. There's a full sized door to the space. I'd like to cut into the outside wall of the house and place an A/C in a sleeve, then duct across the 3.5 ft width of that enclosed space into the living room. Do you see...
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    post question

    I added a 4 x 18 deck to an existing screened porch that's been attached to my house for many years. I used three 16x16x10 cement blocks in the corners and center on which the new double 2x6 sill plate now rides, then attached decking board "extensions" to the new deck and attached the "new...
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    single-pole double-throw switch

    I just ran a 12-3 line for 240v baseboard heaters and now want to use one of those lines for an A/C in the same room during the summer. The switch is really expensive, but is there anything wrong with using an in-line SPDT 20amp switch that CLEARLY would cut half the power to the heaters...
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    single vs double pole for 240v

    I recently installed two 240v baseboards in series with a 240v double-pole wall thermostat. Today I saw a 240v heater that says it uses a single-pole TS. I'm doing the same thing in another room and want to know is that possible? Thanks
  6. K

    shed roof material

    I've got a old 8 x 20 shed with a flat roof in good shape except the old tar paper is pretty beat and leaks in one place. I saw a roll of material that's crack and peel water proofing and was told it's terrific. Can't recall the name. It's got an adhesive "built in". Can that be put on a...
  7. K

    neutrals and grounds on same bar

    I moved into an older home that seems wired fine, ample power and no problems. However, I noticed the grounding bar in the panel has both the ground and neutral wires attached to it. I read somewhere that they should go to separate bars...is it a problem? Thanks.
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