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Hello all, I'm hoping to finish my basement to add an extra room for listening to music. The basement has brick walls. One corner has mold growing on it. When I bought the house I painted three coats of Dry Lock on the bricks walls and the mold is still forming on that corner. I installed a...

Turns out I wired the new dimmer switches incorrectly. The right one only works when the left is on. I'll have to figure this out tomorrow:(

Hi all, Electrical newbie here. I have a question about dimmer switches. Recently, two dimmer switches malfunctioned within a month of each other. Would they have malfunctioned because they were wired wrong? I just replaced them today and the new ones seem to be working fine. The old ones...

I just got the home recently. I'd like to turn off the heater for the warm months. A few radiators leak and I need to reseat those connections. It's a gas heater with water filled radiators. Anyone know how to turn off the heater safely/ how to restart it? Anyone know how to drain the system so...

Thanks everyone. You've helped a lot.

Thank you for responding. What the heck is a cheater bent?

Can anyone identify what these pipes are for? It appears the set in the box is for the washer hookups and drain. I don't know what the other pope is for and why it has a foil seal on it.

Yeah, I'm not complaining. Well, just a little. The floors on the second level look great. I was thinking the same thing. With some furniture and rugs, it'll be okay. I think it has charm. The flooring guy told me to install pergo, but I want to keep it original. =)

Well, I got home from work yesterday and they guys were just finishing the floors. It would have been nice if the contractor gave me the heads up before starting. Anyway, I spent the night in a hotel and today I get to see what they've done. I'll just be happy when the contractors finished. I...

Hmm. Now I'm not sure what to do. One of the gaps is kinda wide. I can stick some rope in there but I'm worried what the city inspectors will say about the..one of the gaps is like 3/16th of an inch.

I'm refinishing pine floors. I don't know what type of pine. I doubt the flooring guys knows either. The general contractor subcontracted the floors out. The sub seems like a nice guy but I'm a little unsure of his experience. He didn't say anything about filling the gaps with putty so I was...

Hi everybody. I need to paint this door trim really quickly for the bank. There's a little gap There where the siding fell way at the bottom left. how do you guys suggest I plug this hole? something really quick and easy would be great. I was thinking about cutting a price of plywood and placing...

So I shouldn't jack it back to where it was? I was worried about the added pressure on the connections. Will they break with the added pressure?

Old Dog, Thanks. That makes so much sense. I'll have to see if the home store by me has one in the right size. Should I try to jack the pipe back up an inch before putting the clamp on? It shouldn't be too difficult. My car jack might to the trick

Maybe someone can help. I had a rotted lateral cast iron pipe in the basement. A friend swapped out the cast iron for plastic. Now to the vertical cast iron pipe it was attached to is sinking. it has dropped about an inch. I went up the the first floor and wedged some wood under the pipping...

You're right. I just has to unscrew it and replace. Thank you so much.

SO I can cut the right side with a hack saw? Use a fernco coupler on that side to connect it with PVC....How do I get the pipe out of the cast iron on the left side?

Hi all. New home owner here. Can anyone tell me how to change out this rotted pipe? It's green and leaking.