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Quick and dirty fix: Rip an old rag or tee shirt into a long 4" wide strip and tie it around the activator lever. Not necessarily going to win any safety awards but it has worked flawlessly on my push mower for many years...

I would only consider traditional framing for your application, especially with sheetrock. I think you will find the walls just to flimsy. At about $3.00 a piece for a 2x4 or 2x6 stud, going tradition framing ought not be cost prohibitive. In my life I have cut corners in the past for...

Just last month a friend of mine asked me for advise on how to solder a pipe that kept dripping. I told him the white bread trick. An hour later he called me back saying how great it worked. Then a week later his wife called and asked me if I could come by and clean all their faucet aerators...

I have seen this type of set up while doing remodels. My guess is that it is an attempt to "fake" a vent to a sink location added after the rough inspection. Once the sheetrock is up it "looks" like there is a vent back there. You would be surprised what I find when demoing new construction.

Air boots, registers, and boiler pipes are fine to foam around. Furnace/boiler exhaust pipes, not so much.

You could use one of these (link): Here is a video on installation: (link) ...Google is your friend

I have a 32" LCD that I picked up free, remote and all, from a college dumpster late one Spring. (in fact I grabbed five that day when I noticed some rich graduate tossing it at the end of the semester. -I gave the other four to Goodwill)

I had mine hanging outside but they got all dirty and were loaded with spiders so I built an addition to the garage to store the ladders. (I have since painted the exterior but I have no updated pic)

Red-guard is fine to use. Easy and inexpensive. Kerdi is probably better but it is very pricey. I am currently using it in a commercial tile job I took on and it has almost doubled what I would normally quote. I just don't trust it though, especially over plain sheetrock in a shower as...

I put a full bath in mine (toilet, Shower, sink) and am very glad I did.

If it was a home owner DIY job, the studs might be run horizontal....

You are paying for Dow's advertising and the fact that they bleach and dye their insulation to make it a pretty pink color. I believe Certain-teed bleaches and dyes as well. I know John's Mansfield does neither. Regardless of brand, R value is R value...

Here is mine:

Ha, Ha, so did I!

I am was not planning to treat my garage floor any time soon but I found Quickcrete Brand Epoxy floor coating for cheap and I was wondering if it is a decent product. I can get it for about $32.00 per one car garage and I'll need at least 5 kits... Also what is the shelf life of new in box...

I'm only saying that had an independent contractor been hired, all these issues would have been handled by him and if there were issues you might not have even known...

OMG as a homeowner in Rhode Island, you cannot pull your own permits! That is ridiculous! It can only lead to people doing unpermitted and uninspected work. In many States, anybody can become a contractor without any special training. In other States, like California, there is some...

Unfortunately these stories are all to common with Lowes and Homer. The installers they hire may or may not be decent installers but what they definitely are is independent contractors who are either just getting started in the business or their business has stagnated and they need the referral...

I would say you have a Malware type virus on your computer.

The reason you have a CG is so you don't have to deal, or worry, about these issues. What Zeke said is probably true, somebody hit his pipe but Geez the plumber sounds like a pansy. I would **** it up and fix it ASAP and maybe ask the GC for some more $$ but I as a sub I would NEVER approach...