Recent content by jseymour

I have one of those. Bought it from an import car place back in the early 70's on the recommendation of a friend of mine who'd once been in a racing circuit. It worked very well for many, many years, but lately has not sealed well against the valve stem--making it very difficult to use. Don't...

This is what I use for filling our tires at home: Milton (S-506) Original Dual Head Chuck Tire Inflator Gauge - 15" Hose. It's kind of difficult to see the increments between the 10 lb. marks, but I usually manage to get the tires to within ±1 lb. of my target pressure and one another, as per...

Thanks, guys!

I thought I'd share with y'all what I finally ended-up doing. It took a while, but I finally got the walls as plumb as they were going to get. (It was to the point that the ends of two rafter ties that had come loose were butting-up against the roof sheathing.) Most of the wall studs are now...

328 ft., actually. 100 meters. Half that for GigE, unless you have augmented Cat6 cable. His question applied not so much to the maximum length allowed to meet data-carrying spec, but as it impacts PoE use. Can't answer it with certainty. Depends upon the PoE supply and the load. I ran PoE...

It doesn't even have to be the same everywhere. It just has to be the same at each end of each cable. I recommend "B" because that is what's more commonly used/seen.

Cat5e is more than sufficient for surveillance cameras. As for connectors: Make sure you use connectors rated the same as or better than the cable. Make sure you're using the right connectors for the wire--they are different for solid and stranded. Use a ratcheting crimper to ensure proper...

I installed one of these smack in the middle of our 23 ft. x 23 ft. garage: Westinghouse Lighting 7861400 Industrial 56-Inch Three-Blade Indoor Ceiling Fan, Brushed Nickel with Brushed Nickel Steel Blades Had to do a bit of balancing of the blades as it had what I felt to be an unacceptable...

Thanks for the correction, Falcon67.

I open both the people door and garage door, and the window, don a dust mask, fire up a leaf blower and go to town. That's it. I thoroughly broom the floor, first. No sense in raising any more dust than necessary.

I understand three nails are called for. I planned to use three nails plus a single structural screw. Not a ceiling, but I was hoping to put some (more) plywood up there for storage. I'd definitely put it below them. Got it. Thanks. They are, but not badly. Since those hip rafters don't...

By "hypotenuse" I expect you mean diagonally across the garage? Believe it or not: Something like that had occurred to me. How high up those corner rafters would you recommend? Not certain how I'd accomplish getting wire rope around those hip rafters, what with the sheathing up there. Those...

And here I am with a box full of more 3 in. framing nails than I'll ever use in my lifetime. Guy at the big box store, allegedly a construction guy, said 3 in. nails were the longest I'd ever need. 16d nails are 3-1/2 in., right? But the longest I can find are 3-1/4 in. To the top plate...

That's the thing: Knowing what will likely work, and this is an field in which I've no first-hand experience. E.g.: It never occurred to me, when I bought this house and looked at the garage, that it had been poorly-constructed. Perhaps the home inspector I hired should have caught it, but he...

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