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    Sealing a hole in an exterior transfer panel

    Perfect! https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hubbell-TayMac-2-Gang-Rectangle-Plastic-Weatherproof-Electrical-Box-Cover/3773447?gStoreCode=627&gQT=1
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    Sealing a hole in an exterior transfer panel

    When I built my house, I planned on an emergency standby generator but I didn't buy it right away. I installed the Kohler RDT transfer panel outside between the meter and the house panel. We've lost power a couple times since finishing the house, and as a stop-gap, I installed a 50A inlet...
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    Paralleling inverter generators and how to connect output for combined power?

    I have two Champion 4500w inverter generators and their 50-Amp RV parallel kit. I've been living in a 5th wheel for 3+ years and occasionally I'd need to run generator power when the line power went down. The parallel kit let me run both air conditioners from the generators.
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    Toilets

    I just finished building my house and I went with all American Standard Champion 4 toilets...chair height, elongated. So far, I like them. They are highly rated and it's a long-running model line for AS so parts should be available for years and years. I do like the chair height and elongated...
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    Attaching Tile drill bits to angle grinder

    Do you need a perfectly precise hole? I just drilled five holes in my porcelain tile shower yesterday to install a shower glass door. I used a quality 5/16" masonry bit and my M12 SDS Plus hammer drill. It worked just fine.
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    Brand new concrete pad

    It doesn't bridge gaps at all. I ground out and filled my one big crack and left the little ones alone. The stain and the coating both blend with themselves just fine. I had to do part of the garage in two sections because I did the whole house side at once and I had to use the garage as my...
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    Radiant tubing layout questions

    Up and running, slowly bringing the slab up to temperature. I've dialed in the mixing valves to about 100 degrees going to the floors. Slab is up to 55 degrees now. The domestic plumbing isn't hoooked up yet...
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    HELP! Freezing pipes!

    I suggest PEX for any new lines. It'll at least hold up to a freeze if you ever have this issue again. Plus, it's inexpensive and really easy to work with.
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    Graveldrive 101

    Big aggregate with geotextile on top and then your top gravel on top of that. By big, I mean rocks like shale or limestone chunks in a nice solid, thick base.
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    Hey anyone with a Heatsource brand wood boiler? I need some info on it and your experience

    Here's what they said when I did a chat with AI and here's the hyperlinked link: https://outdoorboiler.com/pages/view-an-owners-manual
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    Hey anyone with a Heatsource brand wood boiler? I need some info on it and your experience

    If you can't contact the company anymore, there are a few other forums where you might someone with more information for you. ArboristSite.com, Hearth.com, etc. typically have a lot more information on outdoor wood boilers. I'd bet there are Facebook groups for them as well. Try this link...
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    Electric heat pipe wrap

    I've seen advertisement for heat mats you can lay out on top of the concrete and plug into an outlet. You might want to look around for something like that. It isn't permanent and it's up and running as soon as you open the box and lay them out.
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    Brand new concrete pad

    I'm literally in between coats of sealing my stained concrete floor in my house and garage. The floors are new concrete that was finished in August and has been bare inside of the house as we've been working on it. They power troweled the concrete. We used a floor buffer with a sanding disc...
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    Question: does each building need expansion tank and relief valve?

    To add to this, if you're using any type of heat exchanger to heat your domestic water at the water heater, if you let your fire go out and leave your water heater "on," it'll back feed enough heat into the outdoor boiler's loop to keep the water (or whatever fluid) from freezing as well. It...
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    Question: does each building need expansion tank and relief valve?

    It's not a solar thermal system. The outdoor boiler system is a self-contained and controlled package. It doesn't continue to fire when it isn't calling for heat. You clearly don't understand how these systems work, so maybe you should stop offering advice to the OP on these systems.
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