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Hello folks, I have a 1.5" brass quarter-turn valve over copper pipe that needs to be replaced. The problem is it is in a confined space, about a foot down in a 10" round valve box (similar to attachment) set in a concrete path. Question to the experienced plumbers out there: Will it be...

Hello folks, My garage extension project is nearing completion, framing is done and they started roughing in the wiring today. I decided to duplicate what is in the original back half of the garage - three rows of four 4-ft two-tube LED tube fixtures (direct-wire, no ballasts, 12 fixtures...

Hello folks, I'm installing outdoor lighting as part of our garage extension build. The front of the garage is 32' wide, and there will be two fixtures, one at each corner, approximately 13' high. This lighting will be used to illuminate the apron area in front of the new garage (approximately...

Hello folks, Hoping to hear from the HVAC pros, or anyone with experience with this sort of problem. See pictures below - We have two HVAC registers installed over the breakfast nook (11ft x 8ft). As you can see, one of the vents is located in an awkward spot, 6 inches directly above the...

Hello Folks, I have a 12-zone irrigation system, and one of the two cables feeding out from my controller is failing. I've already had to combine two zones onto one conductor, so I would like to repair or replace it as soon as possible. Unfortunately I'm having a heck of a time figuring out...

Hello Folks, We love the outdoor patio at our new-to-us home here in the Southwest, especially during the evening hours. Fortunately we are not inundated with mosquitos, but we do have a problem with other flying insects congregating near the patio doorway and flying into the house - in droves...

Hello Folks, While working on my gate controller today I discovered two 1/2" PVC conduit stub-ups broken at the concrete surface. The stub-ups are about 18" high and terminate in a weatherproof junction box. Is there any method of repair available that doesn't involve breaking up the...

Hello folks, Our new-to-us home has a round fire pit in the backyard. It is in great shape cosmetically, but it apparently hasn't been used for many years, and I want to resurrect it. It has a direct connection to our propane tank, so I would like to install a gas burner, but I've never owned...

Hello Folks, I have a set of NewAge Performance Plus 2.0 cabinets, in blue, installed in my garage. I've been very happy with them. I need to add a few more cabinets, but NewAge has discontinued the Performance Plus 2.0 line, and their existing line of cabinets are no longer available in blue...

Hello folks, I am at the start of a garage expansion project, and as part of the project I will be installing AC, and I want to make sure that it will be sized correctly. I am also looking for recommendations and ideas from others who have installed HVAC in the garage. Some background: I am...

Hello Folks, I've opened this thread in the HVAC sub-forum, hoping to hear from those who specialize in sheet metal ducting work. My laundry room is next to my garage, and the existing clothes dryer vent is routed through the wall, into the garage, and out the garage face wall, a total of...

Hello Folks, Recent threads here, especially the ones about the Atlas lathe resurrection and the Prazi lathe/mill find (you ****! lol) have rekindled my interest in machine tools. I've always been and enthusiast on the outside looking in, and for a brief period in the 90s I owned an Atlas 618...

Hello folks, Our new-to-us home in Escondido, CA was constructed in 2000. It is approximately 3200SF on one level, with two separate water heaters (pictures attached), one at each end of the house. It take a LONG time to get hot water to the kitchen sink, and to the master bedroom sinks and...

Hello Folks, I need advice from some experienced plumbers. In our new-to-us home we have four Newport Brass widespread lavatory faucet sets. All of the faucets have some degree of difficult operation so I need to replace all of the cartridges (eight total). I am having great difficulty...

Hello Folks, This is a follow-up to my first question about ceiling fan recommendations. Our house was built in 2000, and all of the bedrooms were wired with two separate switches for separate ceiling fan & light control. All of the new fans we are looking at use a separate remote to control...

Hello Folks, My wife and I are ready to purchase and install ceiling fans for our new (to us) house. It's been quite a while since we were fan shopping, and there are literally hundreds of style and models to choose from. Here is what we want: Three 52" fans, one for the living room (without a...

Hello folks, I am ready to make a sizable investment in smart switches in our new home, and I need to choose a platform. At our other house I have some WeMo wifi switches and a couple of Eaton Z-wave. The Eatons will stay with the other house when we sell, and frankly, I found the WeMo...

Hello Folks, I have a couple of Solatube whole-house fans that work very well. They are controlled via wireless wall-mounted panels. Since it is already wireless, seems that it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to find some way to control them from my cell phone, maybe with an app that can...

Hello Folks, I have a couple of Solatube whole-house fans that work very well. They are controlled via wireless wall-mounted panels. Does anyone know if something like this uses Bluetooth tech, or perhaps something else? Follow-up question - are there any apps available that could...

Hello folks, We are in the process of designing an addition to our existing 3-car garage, which is 34 feet wide by 30 feet deep. Our main motivation is to provide three additional parking spaces, plus enough overhead clearance for a single four-post lift. The plan calls for extending the...