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I really do not want to remove the existing elbow from the drain pipe. It is original to my 72 year old house and I don't want to risk having to get into the wall if something breaks. The tail piece from the drain in the new sink is in a different location than the old one. the bottom of the...

Purchased Keeney K820-75 push button bathroom sink drain. Instruction say: 1) remove the locknut, friction washer and drain washer; 2) apply drain sealant to underside of drain flange then insert it into drain opening; 3) from underside install the drain washer, friction washer and locknut. The...

I have replaced the leaking kitchen faucet. Based on data from my leak detector, I estimate a total leak volume of about 20 gallons over 3 days. The bottom of the cabinet under the sink was soaked but now water came out the doors. In the crawl space, I can see where the foundation wall and soil...

No, I do NOT mean that. Get your mind out of the gutter. It seems a lot of hardware is made out of low quality metal. I am planning to install a couple of 4 inch screws in door hinge and expect they will undergo a LOT of torque. Stripping the head would be bad and twisting it off would be...

I know this isn't the best forum for this question but, paraphrasing Don Rumsfeld, you go to work with the forum you have. My 2002 Camry, inherited from in-laws, has what was once a clear film over both outside mirrors. I presume this was intended to be removed when the car was new but it is...

I see no fasteners that can be removed. Some joints between sheet metal pieces are wide enough I could pry but nothing appeared like it would start disassembling this thing. I installed it from above about 25 years ago but trying to remove it from above now would likely do injury to body parts...

Old shower demo down to the studs and replaced with new tile. The contractor is done except for installing the shower door. A small detail I have to resolve is that molding around the ceiling is about an inch short of the new tile (see photos). I will look for a piece that will match this 1951...

Googling around for advice painting a melamine vanity cabinet I find pretty much all advice consists of two things: 1) Paining melamine is tricky. 2) Do the exact steps of any quality paint job (clean, sand, prime, paint). Many add to use a high bond primer (Stix, Bulls-Eye, etc) but that's...

It may partly be that my basin wrench is old and the teeth a bit worn but the bigger problem is that I am even older than the wrench and just can't reach far enough under the vanity top to use the basin wrench. With a little research, I found the Basin Buddy which looks like it will be much...

Updating and requesting input on a previously posted topic. History: My 1951 house had a 6 circuit, 100 amp fuse box in the laundry room when I purchased it in 1990. In order to install AC when we moved in, I had a 200 amp circuit breaker box installed in the garage (separated from house by...

Thirty years I have owned this house and I just discovered that two of the receptacles in my 1951 house are not turned off by removing any of the fuses. One fuse appears to not have any effect on any part of the electrical system. I suspect the original owner did something to bypass that fuse...

Some years ago, I knocked together this little plywood shelving unit to sit between the washer and dryer. I don't recall what paint I used but I know I selected something I thought would be resistant and clean well. The orange and purple stains tell me the laundry products were stronger than the...

Following up on a post from 3 weeks ago, I plan to drive ground rods, then run a heavy wire from them to ground wires from recepticles around my house that currently are grounded to galvanized water pipes (repiping with pex next week). Two questions: 1) I had planned to connect to the ground...

I just came across some pictures I took about 2 years ago in the town of Point Arena on the CA coast. There was a building in town that was vacant but had ziploc baggies of water (I presume) hanging above the door. I cannot think of any reason a person might do that. Anyone have a clue?

I want to draw up a simple plan showing my homes plumbing. Anyone know of FREE software to draw up that kind of thing? Thanks.

When I bought my house 32 years ago, it had no grounded receptacles. Where possible for outlets in in the kitchen and baths, and where electronics were plugged in, I ran ground wires from new receptacles and connected them to galvanized cold water pipes in the subfloor. Yes, I know that is not...

I am finally replacing the porcelain light socket, just a bare bulb hanging down from the ceiling, original to my 1951 house. Two cables come into the box. The one on the right has black and white wires. The left cable has two white wires, one partly colored black. The black wire from the right...

The section of six inch deep gutters behind my garage have a downspout at one end. The other end of the gutter is about 1.5" lower, meaning water stands in that end until it evaporates. A great breeding pond for mosquitos. The gutters were installed with my new roof 3 years ago and I am NOT...

I to cut an 18 x 22 opening in a 30 x 36 piece of 3/4 plywood. Rather than burning out my ancient jigsaw, I would like to just make a plunge cut with my circular saw. I figure to loosen the sole plate so it sits flat, lower the blade slowly to full depth, then proceed with the cut. Is that a...

Multiple internet sources say a 100 watt incandescent bulb produced 1600 lumens. However, fixtures at Home Depot give a completely different story. For example, one fixture says it is 180 watt equivalent - and says it produces 1378 lumens. I was looking for ceiling mount fixtures for our laundry...