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I have a garage (uninsulated) that at some point must have had a wood stove in it as there is a section of chimney pipe sticking through the metal (standing seam) roof. Unfortunately without the actual stove to anchor it the pipe has bent and the cap come off. I want to just remove it and patch...

Swapping out a 225a 3-phase panel. The old panel is completely locked up but is connected via 2.5" conduit. The new panel doesn't have anything larger than a 2" knockout. Can I just drill a 2.5" hole?

Working on a new project and I'm thinking about doing the install of the new service equipment myself (would be inspected by a UL inspector prior to connection), there are just a couple of things I'm not really clear on. By way of background this will be a 200A Service in New York on an existing...

I'm working on a new project and one of the things I've encountered is that part of the house is brick. As you can see that brick is missing in places completely and the framing (which seems to have run amongst the brick is not in good shape). Is there any reason that I wouldn't be able to...

I wasn't there, but this is a picture of the service entry wire feeding the panel. I believe this is 2-2-2 Aluminum (good for 100A service), but could someone confirm.

Potentially looking at a farmhouse and it has these beautiful doors/windows on the front of them that swing out (with inner versions that swing in). I'm trying to figure out a better way to insulate them in the winter, but I can't even figure out what to call them.

Neighbor bought a house that hadn't been used in about 7-8 years. I had a about 200 gallons of home heating oil in the tank that has presumably sitting there the since then and the neighbor offered it up to me. Does anyone know if the oil is still good? Is there something I can do to check it or...

I recently cut down a big tree and I've got some logs (Ash) that are too big for me to split. I was thinking about using them for seating around my fire pit, but I'm wondering what the easiest/most effective (which probably aren't the same) way of protecting them from the elements is. I was...

I'm wiring up an external outlet and light on my property about 100 feet from the house. Because of voltage drop over that distance I've run #8 copper wire. What's the best practice for actually connecting to the first (GFCI) outlet? Try to make the heavy wire fit? put in a small junction in the...

I just finished digging out and laying stone (granite) for a fire pit, now I'm just trying to figure out what to do with the area surrounding the fire pit. I have a bunch of PT 4x4s that I was going to use for edging and I was planning on filling the area with stone, but I'm not sure what I...

I was thinking of trying to DIY this counter top from Floor & Decor and I was wondering if anyone had experience with something similar. Some specific areas of question/concern would be doing an "L", cutting the sink hole, and finishing the exposed edge. I have the right blades and a wet...

So I wound up coming into possession of a 10 5Gal buckets of Glidden Exterior Semi-gloss in a base 2 and I was wondering if I could tint one of them to a deeper color (Kelly Green). The Local HD is more than happy to do whatever I ask (paint was originally sold there but no longer). Other than...

Just curious what people would use to patch holes in aluminum siding. Holes range from small screw holes to 1.5" holes that conduit used to pass through. I was planning on using Bondo, but wanted to see what folks recommended.

Almost ready to refinish the floors at the cabin. I had assumed it was red oak, but after sanding some down I'm not sure (not a lot of grain). Any help confining the species would be helpful.

I picked up a set of older Ryobi One+ tools (blue that originally came with nicads) the other day with no batteries. I have a couple of newer tools (green) with Lithium Ion batteries. The weirdest thing is that when properly seated the batteries don't power the older tools, but when not quite...

Just curious generally speaking when are you required to pull permits and when should you pull them? I'm a pretty handy guy and am pretty comfortable to doing electrical, plumbing, drywall, etc. I've been working on a my cabin project for the last year and have pretty much taking everything...

I'm getting ready to finish one of the bathrooms in the cabin and I'm trying to figure out how to make the shut offs look good and install an escutcheon, but nothing seems to look right. I've used the Siouxchief StrongArm system (Link) to run the Pex and I have stainless crimp shutoffs. I just...

I picked up this Angled Finish nailer that is mostly working, but the nail feeder spring seems to have poped out. It seems to be largely intact (and the replacement seems to cost around $4), but I can't for the life of me figure out how to reinstall it correctly. Pictures attached.

To be more specific does anyone know what exact color the brown gutters purchased as big box store are? I'm trying to get some paint to match but I can't take them down and I would rather get my paint locally than at the HomeDepot 60 minutes away. Thanks.

Folks were very helpful in a prior threat on running new pex for my cabin project. I'm up to the point where I'm getting ready to hood everything up and I'm wondering what's the best way to mount it. I'm using 2 copper manifolds (one hot one cold), with 1/2" ball valves on each output. The...