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We have two small bathrooms that are side by side. One is a 1/2 bath, one is a full (but small) bath. I bought two 50cfm fans for them (in 2015- they are older). We had the ducting installed, and they connected both together and the output went to a soffit. We had the problem that when someone...

Hi All, I have my "work" desk in the basement, right where the monometer is for the radon mitigation system. It seemed to have a low reading, and I thought the fan (in the attic, near our bedroom, can hear it in summer/with windows open) was a bit loud. So, I took a picture of the data...

I have a contractor coming Monday to redo our really, really crappy walkway into the house. We have a long driveway, with one lamp post near the house and none after that. The lamp post is near the house, then there's the walkway, then the lawn, which is next to the driveway. I was thinking...

I had the electricians install GFCI receptacles under our deck. They installed one GFCI receptacle that was switched (the entire receptacle is switched) in a single-gang box. They then ran outdoor romex over to a second double-gang box with two GFCIs in it. One receptacle is switched. They...

We have an oil furnace for heat and hot water and two AC units for cooling. We are about to have the two AC units replaced with Mitsubishi "hyper heat" heat pumps, which will do heating down to near zero and cooling. (We have solar panels to offset some of the higher cost of the electricity.)...

I have to remove this washer connection in the basement (so I can insulate the walls with 2 inches of rigid foam insulation): I think it's 1/2 inch piping and I have everything I need to do it (pipe cutter, soldering materials, cleaning materials, pipe caps, etc.). I'm on a well and can...

Hi All, I post periodically. I've done many different projects on this and my other houses. One project was to redo this shelving system. We repainted, and I installed LED lights in it. The lights are on a dimmer (the blue box in the lower rleft corner), controlled by a switch on the wall...

I've been insulating the concrete walls of my basement with Dow Thermax rigid (sheet) insulation. It's the only stuff I found that does not have to be covered in the basement or attic, up to 4 inches thick. On the "top" surface (near rim joist) of the concrete wall, I added 1 inch of Dow...

I have been trying to replace the mount and cover for this Looks like the mount is 6.5 inches octagon, for vinyl siding. This is the old cover plate: The cover top is missing. If you take off the "bottom" of what was once the plastic cover, there's rubber-ish sealing material If you dig...

I have discovered in my early 2000s house that they wired two circuits in the kitchen using 12/3 wiring with two INDEPENDENT 20 amp breakers for each hot leg. In other words, you can turn off one leg via one breaker while the other one is on. According to this...