Recent content by 3rdgen

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    Insurance For Tools At Work

    Yep cheap too, mine was 120 a year when I was living in a motel for 5000 dollars worth of tools
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    And you thought finding breakers was bad now....

    Not sure about in the states but according to my wholesalers, Homedepot has spoken for all 14/2 Romex production for the year from Southwire.
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    And you thought finding breakers was bad now....

    Electrical Contractor here. Emt has gone nuts if but no supply issues yet as far as I know, romex there isn't much out there and just after Christmas I bought 128 150m rolls at 115 a piece, now its 160 if you can get it. Retail is between 90 and 102 for 75m (250 ft) Breakers have been an issue...
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    Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT A new lease on life: 30x40 schoolhouse conversion

    It sounds like we have the same thoughts on the subject. I like in small town and we have had a couple home invasions/robbery’s in the middle of the day with people home and the cops don’t get too excited about it more or less just catch and release with all these lock downs
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    Electrical Box Cold Air Leakage

    Here, some of the builders use spray foam in between vapour barrier and the box otherwise they make gaskets for behind the covers
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    Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT A new lease on life: 30x40 schoolhouse conversion

    Your not kidding about trucks three of my neighbours trucks got stolen in a week and I’m about an hr from you. We have a cottage 10 min from Kincardine and have had a few people poking around but the ring cameras have scared them away for now
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    Air mover or dust collector

    Well I got it half done using a grinder on a basement floor ***** just an FYI. I tarped the one room off got my 24” fan from the shop and shoved it in the window and put the dust deputy and shop vac outside with 20 ft of hose to the grinder dust shroud. It worked very well and made no mess out...
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    Air mover or dust collector

    I personally prefer the 3m respirator over even the cheap paper masks or even the masks were supposed to wear for the rona. I believe my full face one is a 3m 6800 series one and the only reason I like it was it was free from the company I used to work for because we were doing electrical...
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    Air mover or dust collector

    Ya I got a full face respirator, I’ve got some sinus issues from poor family genetics so that’s why I was thinking dust collector with the chute to **** anything close by out the window as well
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    Air mover or dust collector

    I’m actually from Strathroy, but most people have no idea where that is or think Stratford because of Beiber. Did you use an actual floor grinder or just the attachment on a regular grinder
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    Air mover or dust collector

    Hi all, The wife’s on my case about working on our basement since the rona is shutting everything down and we have no where to go. It’s a old house that was poured by hand and the concrete is terrible rough and bumpy and the previous owner glued underlay to the floor which was painted. I’ve...
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    knockout size holesaw or?

    Carbide cutters work way better then a hole saw if you can find the cheap ones on Amazon
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    Arc fault breakers

    We have customers who tear them out of their house after we are done , I don't think I would even try and put them in a 50 year old house that just screams trouble. Heres a list of the common problems with find with them. Back stabbed switches and plug Microwaves ( panasonic more then others...
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    New build, no gas

    How easy is it to get propane, Electric slab heat will be murder on the hydro bill.We have plenty of shops here with a propane boiler and infloor or just a propane fan forced heater too.
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    I need a portable generator

    I have a 7500,3000,2200 and 1000 watt Honda and can’t say enough good things about them never had issues and always start when we need them the 2200 is used the most and stays in the work van almost 100 percent of the time.
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