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I am installing batts with vapor barrier attatched. stuffing insulation around the windows has no paper on it. the widest is probably 2 inches. I am wondering if it is necessary to cover it with something? plastic which I have or what? can good tape work? or nothing at all? Thanks

To add al little to my original question.... I am.did tear out the walls this time and have done it a lot remodeling. So I was thinking if I were to ned inside these walls again for any reason that much bigger than a electrical box how would I get the screws out. They are full of joint compound...

Ok I am not that much of a novice, but I have not dome much with drywall for a while. I am wantting to use nails (stores are not sure if they even have them and seem like not sure if they exist) Nails because if I ever take these walls apart again how the heck you gonna get those screws out...

This is a newer carrier unit. The fins on around the heat pump (outside unit) are white. a layer of frost or ice? covers all of them. There is some on the inside like on the lower part of the ??? small round unit with copper tubeing connected to it. It was makeing an odd noise kind of a...

Ok it is a 220/240 thermostat. because I could not think of anything else I swithced the wires. got a little heat. So just what could make all the stats not shut off? One hot wire goes to the stat. one goes to the bottom of the heater. two are factory crimped. the red wire out of the stat...

I have an old house and the cast line is 4 inch I believe. according to the sewar guys there camera says we have roots. When I snake the roots are so far that I thihnk it is in there line. At any rate we get back up into basement every year. I am sick of this it seems to happen just before my...

They are 220/240V heaters. the stats I used came from those removed from the house after installing a heat pump. I might have just assumed they had 220 stats on them. If they are not 220 stats then there must be a way to use a 115 on a 220. I am not aware of how to do that. Is it possible? I...

Hi. First post I just found this site. I have a baseboard heater that keeps ruining the thermostat. The whole story. The origianal was old, came witht the house, and at one point the heater just ran full on. I replaced the stat and seems like it worked for a short time. I replaced stat...

Hello! I just found this site and it looks great. I fix everything I have, to save money mostly. Sometimes I even enjoy it. I like to find alternatives for fixing rather than replaceing the item or parts. Again to save money or time. I call myself a Mickey mouser. I like to work with...