Recent content by Gozo

Sure. It’s a SPDT switch, like used to control a single light via 2 switches. Just use the center pole and one of the throws. You might wind up with down as on and up as off. Just swap the throw if that’s the case.

Using the colors they use in the picture: If eliminating the right switch, connect the right red and black, and abandon the white neutral traveler, then use the left red/black to the switch. If getting rid of the left switch, abandon all the left wires and put the switch between the white and...

Not so much that we’re becoming a service society, as it is what kind of service. I find we’re moving into the “poor” category. I catch myself saying too often “why is everything broken these days?”.

Depends on what your hanging. Into the stud is my preference for anything more than a pound range. The plastic screw in inserts or Molly bolts have worked well for me and fairly straightforward to remove and patch later.

Me, I’d pull up the flooring and insulate between the joint and then put the boards back. Is there going to be a flat ceiling, or pitched along with the roof? One thing I’ll pass along from experience; make sure you’ve got good roof ventilation. I’ve used premade baffles to enable air flow...

I’m gonna second the no to caulk. Ducting tends to shift, vibrate, expand/contract, etc. Caulk doesn’t have a lot of movement forgiveness; it tends to crack over time. Go with something with some flex. I’d use some kind of gasketing, like the spongy stuff that you’d find where windows or...

With the switch in the off position, essentially the hot goes nowhere, so nothing should happen. I’m guessing it’s a 3 prong grounded plug. If there’s a short from the neutral to ground AND the hot and neutral are switched, it’ll pop the breaker. Have you checked where each wire goes (and the...

I’ve got the corded one from Harbor Freight. Had it about 4 years or so. Use it on those tough ones where I can’t get a breaker bar in there. Hasn’t let me down yet. Make sure you use an impact rated socket; ask me how I know. 🙄

Drill Doctor. Years ago I had a box full of dull drill bits. Drill Doctor sounded like the perfect solution. It just made them duller. Complained to the Drill Doctor company and they recommended the the face angle was off and had a doohickey that would hold it in the right position while...

I made this thing out of the older busted snow shovel. Makes it much easier to lift and toss the snow. Two arms to do the work vs. one. Much less “oh my back” afterwards. The 2nd handle’s on a hinge type thingy.

Lots of good technical insights here. I’ll add my practical observations. Probably 20 plus years ago, we got tired of constantly cleaning and refilling our room humidifiers. Our HVAC guy suggested a whole house system hooked into the duct system at the air handler (heat pump system). It was...

I’ll look into the dye and maybe a penetrating sealer for the spalled areas. They’re not where I was chopping (even so, never chopped through the ice, just fractured the layer and used a plastic snow shovel to shove it aside), but primarily under the areas where it had weeks of melt/freeze...

Didn’t find anything recent that was really applicable, so asking here. Not technically garage floor, but the driveway leading to the garage. The past 2 weeks we’ve had very unusual weather, like so much of the east coast region. Snow is not unusual, nor is ice, but we had a good 3-4” of ice...

And here’s a link to the patent: https://swlattorneys.com/toilet-paper-patent/ I keep it on my phone as my wife is an under person and requires “proof” of why I turned the roll around. Kinda sad we’ve been married so long that this type of thing is all we have left to fight over.

@morkus emailed me that he thinks these are the brackets he needs: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Dolle-RAIL-0-75-in-Silver-Shelf-Bracket-33150/203530081? Could be, but from the looks of it, I wouldn’t park anything heavy or valuable on it.