Recent content by Bigmansm

I need to try and find the code for my area but I wanted to ask here because so many of you are so knowledgeable. Can the low voltage line be run along the house fully exposed? meaning, can I simply run the cable along the walls, under the soffit and what not? When i bought the landscape...

That is interesting stuff. The website is very vague but I will look into it. These lights require 110VAC and then convert to DC for the LED light. Nothing wrong with that, But city code compliance will require the wires be run through a conduit. If there was a company that used low voltage...

I'd really like to add a few down lights around my house. I'd like 2 in front of the garage door, 1 over our front planter and maybe another 1 or 2 in a few other planter locations. When i look for soffit lighting, i only see the typical recessed, can style lights. For example, something like...

I'll just run another line if that is the case. It's extra work but not the end of the world.

This may be true. I just thought it was two phase because of the way the breakers look. I was afraid of this. I was thinking i could use a GFCI outlet on that strand for protection. I do share a single plug. I have never needed both running at the same time.

I have a 220Volt, 2 phase, 40A breaker where i ran romex to a plug. for my air compressor/Tig welder. If it was possible to daisy chain my 110vm 1 hase 30amp electrical wiring into this plug and run that wiring in a rigid conduit to the other plugs on my wall, that would be helpful. I would...

What did you do with your floors? Is that paint? It looks like some color swirled together from the first few pics.

What does this thing look like from underneath? what kind of access is there?

Yes, my original plan was to build a concrete pad next to the driveway. The Engineer that came out is going to refer me to a "grading" expert. I will decide after that guy comes out. The Engineer thought it would add more value to the home is i built the wall on the side slowly making the...

Here's an update. I had a Structural Engineer come out to my home. He said: I need to get a "grading" drawing created and require a civil engineer to come out and analyze the sloping of part of my house and the neighbors house. A permit is definitely required to build a wall on the side of the...

Located in Woodland Hills, CA which is a suburb of Los Angeles

Here is a front view of the home showing that side area that was previously suggest to put a concrete pad here instead of where i had demonstrated. Here i am trying to demonstrate the slope that this section. Instead of sloping down towards the street, the slope goes from my neighbors front...

What you don't see in the current picture is another small grade just above that area. I will take some pictures and post tonight or tomorrow. I just chopped down some huge, nasty trees from that location, now have a mound of dirt and tree stumps. I want to level this area off as well, but again...

I'm a little new to the home renovation stuff. I've done lots of interior projects but i am learning alot about the exterior stuff. I want to put a concrete pad on the side of my garage. Then, i will tie this pad into the driveway so that a car can drive onto the pad (obviously, right). I...

Yes he is correct. Its a fair price, but why not just buy a vertical mill for around $1,000? I sold our Acramill with power feed and digital readout for $1,000. included the collets. Powerfeed wasn't working anymore though.