Recent content by 56Mark

I would say at least check the supply houses. I am finishing my basement right now and needed 50' of 14-3 for 3-way switches. Lowes was $67, local hardware was $77. Lowes by the foot was $.88, so $44 and online it showed they had it. I went to Lowes, and they told me they didn't sell it by...

Most permits around here are just a tax. Had an electrical inspector supposed to come by after changing a panel during a remodel. No one showed. Called and he said, Yeah I stopped by and it looks good. We were there all day.....he must be invisible. When I was building my house 4 years...

Good point, that is less than 90 degrees, so 14/12 maybe more.

12/12 is my guess. Anything over 8/12 is hard to walk on.

I used these on the minisplit I put in our sunroom in 2021. Pressure tested with N2 and vacuum pulled down and held. It still is working great. So far, so good. I would use them again.

For what you are wanting to do, you can probably get by cheap. I have a Hobart 135 (i think the 140 replaced it) that I bought around the year 2000 to weld sheet metal in an old car my son and I were working on. I had no idea what I was doing and sure a real welder would be cringing. It...

I have a 1/2" drive one of those that is a knuckle buster when under heavy load. I am waiting until someone I don't like wants to borrow one and they can just keep it. ;) I actually wouldn't even do that to "most " people I don't like.

Can't answer your question, but I bought an Atlas 9360 bandsaw a couple of weeks ago. I think it was made in 1954. In pretty nice shape and I am restoring it functionally, not cosmetically. Usually spacers between bearings transfer loads though the bearing races. Just guessing, I bet it is...

Last year I coped a bunch of shoe using a cordless cutoff tool. Then I took some medium grit sand paper and glued it on to piece of the shoe to use as a profile sander to sand right up to the mitered edge. (I think it was sticky backed sandpaper).

If you hose it down with plenty of water, you will likely see every low spot when it starts to dry leaving puddles. Also, not sure it was mentioned, are you going to use some kind of decoupling membrane or coating? I would. I am not a tile layer but have laid my share and am super picky. I...

It looks like the OP just wanted to know if anybody else got their voucher. If had that email, I would expect them to follow through too. A man, or a company, is only as good as their word. A couple of you guys can be assholes sometimes.

I like it. I am blown away by some of the comments. Some people are scared of everything. Maybe you should get a proposition 65 sticker to warn them of the huge environmental disaster and health hazard you have created (sarcasm for those of you that will take that serious).

Usually the 1/3 overlap is because the tile are not flat and have a little bow in the middle. This is to reduce lippage. Lay two back to back and see how bad they are. If not bad, I would lay them how ever you want. I have ignored that 1/3 overlap even on floor tile if they didn't have much...

I am not a tile contractor but have flipped a few higher end houses and laid tile in them and the houses I have lived in including a new one I finished a couple of years ago. Popping and cracking sounds....I would find a good tile contractor and rip it all out. Make sure the sub-floor is solid...

Are you running pex? If so and there is a chance that both ends of the tee could use water at the same time, go 3/4. If only one end using water at a time the advantage of 1/2 is that the hot water will get there quicker. I have never seen anyone around here run 1" pex in a house, only from...