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The plastic T section where the spigot screws in is broken. Any ideas how to replace it without dismantling the whole system? The right side goes into the house and left side down into the ground to sprinkler system. I was thinking of cutting both vertical pipes below the T section, removing...

I have a gas furnace with an indirect water heater and 4 heating zones (plus hot water). Couple of days ago I woke up and the basement floor was wet which was due to the water leaking from the pressure relief valve. Since then I have replaced the pressure relief valve on the furnace, both...

I have a small portable generator (2200W / 120V). It is only used for emergencies (heat and lights in the winter and fridge and lights in the summertime) when the power goes out (which thankfully doesn't happen very often). I would like to wire a small manual transfer switch (up to four...

Is there a way to remove this type of recessed light to access wiring?

I have a gas furnace that powers my hot water storage tank and baseboard heat. The pressure valve started to leak when furnace is heating up the water. I thought the valve is old and leaking so I have replaced it with a new one. Unfortunately, the new one leaks as well when water is being heated...

I have a mudroom which in a winter time is very cold. There are couple of issues that contribute to this. Underneath the mudroom is a crawl space which has just joists and fiberglass between them. There is one vent that is currently closed with a piece of green insulation (shown on photos) as I...

I am looking to upgrade my ancient sprinkler controller with a new wi-fi enabled one. I do not need tons of fancy features since we are pretty limited on when can we use sprinklers due to the water restrictions. Currently, I can only water on Wednesdays and Sundays. My question is, does the...

I have noticed that last winter, this part of the house had cold walls. I took part of the siding off and that's how it looks like. The black tarp is cracked in few places and the wall is pretty thin. The vinyl siding is attached to those vertical 1x2 boards. Would it be beneficial to add...

I have older (late 80s?) recessed lights in the kitchen with the regular bulb and snap on trim. I would like to replace those with LED retrofit lights but it looks like all available sets are not wide enough to cover the "lip" of the casing. It looks bad to have one ring on top of another with...

Few months back, I bought a house where indirect water heater (41 gallons Amtrol BoilerMate) is installed. All was fine until the casing developed 20+ inch crack. Water is not leaking so I guess for now I am just loosing efficiency. I had one person to come over to take a look at it and he...