Search results

Follow-up: Found some nice jamb liners at jrproductsinc.com (Bluffton IN) under Weatherstripping. They are vinyl with a flexible gasket. Gib

SJN: A friend in the LED industry tells me that the manufacturers make all these diodes for sale and then the top buyers sort through them, keep the ones that meet their standards, and send the rest back. This repeats and the cheap-o lights use what is left. The get-what-you-pay-for...

Nice commentary. My cousin, 40 years my senior, had an electrical code book when he started out that was smaller than an i-pad, and no thicker. My NEC code book is big enough to be a booster seat. In 1960 we still had 1 company in Hazleton PA that delivered milk in a horse drawn cart - the...

Nice Solution. The 2" deep box was not a good idea when it was first installed. The small magnets won't bother the electrical system. They could affect your remote switch electronics but it's worth trying anyway. If they do affect the remote switch, there's no harm to anything else. Gib

Typically I find that somewhere along the line someone has replaced a switch and mixed up some wires. There are quite a few combinations for 3-way circuits, including whether they are fed (powered) at the light, at the switch, in conjunction with adjacent switches, or have multiple lights at...

Thanks Nealtw! I took a look at them and will give them a try. I found out the correct name is jamb liners and found a couple places that market vinyl ones. They are made for double hung but I should be able to slice off the one side and create 2 single hung liners. Also a friend passed...

I am trying to save some old double hung windows that have lead based paint. They are pre sash-weight units with nice wavy glass (4 over 4 panes). I intend to take out the bottom sash, secure the top sash so it is fixed, replace the parting bead and interior stops, plane off the window edges...

If the place is older than 1978 and the landlord works on the place, he needs training and certification in lead based paint. Check with EPA about lead based paint.