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Do natural gas water heaters run on propane or do I need to buy a specific unit for propane?

Being locked up at home has motivated me to finish my shop. I'll be working on running some pex inside the bathroom and to a spigot soon and thought I would get you guys opinions on fittings and tools. The three options I'm interested in are sharkbites, crimping and clamping tools. I like the...

Hey Gang, I need a drywall lift to do some work in the shop and in the basement of the house. I would preferably like to find one that is budget friendly and will go up to 12' so I can use it to install my metal ceiling panels also. When I look at CL or ebay they all seem to be the same with...

Hey Gang, I'm looking for a good general use laser level. I may not be using the proper term here, but I'm looking for something that can project a laser on the wall for everything from tile to hanging pictures. I have no idea what to look at or how strong the laser should be and what not. A...

I'm about to starting hanging insulation and hopefully drywall not long after in my rewired shop. It dawned on me that I may want to check my electrical before I do that. So I am curious do the professionals do anything after wiring a house or shop? Do they check each circuit to make sure they...

I swear I cannot not win with this shop. I keep running into issues and this one is no exception. So this year I noticed large black ants, I suspect they are carpenter ants, walking along my shop floor. I thought maybe I have a problem but I never noticed more than a few crawling around here...

Hey Guys, I'm getting ready to hang insulation and button up my walls finally and I wanted to run some speaker wire to a few areas in the shop. I realized at that point I didn't really know what the right wire would be. I'm looking for general purpose here as I have no idea what types of...

Hey Gang, I'm about to start installing insulation in my shop. Its a pole building but I installed 2x4 stud walls in between the posts. My posts are 4x6 so I'm using R19 batts. I've never hung insulation and I've been watching some videos and had a couple of questions for you guys. The first...

The title ***** but I don't know what kind of wire this is. Its basically romex but the jacket is not a tube, each wire is 'encased' in the jacket if that makes sense. I can't use my lil stripper tool, I literally have to cut each wire out individually... What is the proper way to strip this...

Am I nuts and looking at the wrong stuff or is this accurate? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Eaton-30-Amp-250-Volt-6-30R-Power-Receptacle-5700N/206469352 Trying to buy 15 NEMA 6-30R receptacles at HD because I have some gift cards there and its 25$ each... That seems insanely high. I price...

So I was talked into putting a toilet and sink in my shop, while adding walls and insulating it. Pops tells me that I have to have 1/8" drop for every foot to the septic tank and its about 80' so roughly a 10" drop. Shouldn't be a problem there but he commented that I need some drop under the...

My pole barn is leaking up at the top of one of my trusses. I'm trying to insulate it before it gets too cold so I had a guy come out and take a look. The receptionist told him this was a full seal coat job and not a repair job. So he didn't have a new tube of caulk with him. He searched...

I was standing on my new mezzanine in my shop the other day and noticed water dripping from my ceiling... Joy So I tried calling just about every metal roofing company google threw at me and they either don't do repairs or they are booked or not taking work. The only place I haven't called is...

Hey Gang, I thought I saw something on this in the past, but I just spent the last 20 minutes searching GJ on google and couldn't find anything. So I need some help standardizing a receptacle for my 240v tools. Almost all of them will run on a 20 or 30amp circuit so my plan was to run a couple...

I read some stuff on amazon that states rigid's lifetime warranty is no good unless purchased from Home Depot. I looked on their website and it states from Home Depot or other authorized dealer. So are there other authorized dealers besides HD? I couldn't find anything, thought I'd see if you...

So I bought a Quincy QT5 that looks brand new, still sitting on a pallet but wired up. Company went out of business and I got it for just under $950 out the door. Did I jump in to fast here? I want overkill for my compressor. For hobbies I use paint guns, sand blast, etc. Nothing serious...

I just came across these at Menards. I want to do some wainscoting in my shop and while looking I found these. I think they are pretty cool looking. Its hard to get a good feel for what they actually look like from the photos on their site, so I was wondering if anyone has used them and can...

As I go bankrupt buying stuff I see on here for my shop remodel. One item has me scratching my head a bit. I know I've seen racks installed in shops in the past, however I wasn't sure if I could get one to also house network switches, routers and a patch panel. Does such a thing exist? Maybe...

Hey Guys, I'm installing my subpanel and I notice that what appears to be a ground and a neutral bar and lugs next to the breakers. On either side of them is another grounding bar. Are my assumptions correct in the photo below? Remove the bar connecting the neutral and ground bars and remove...

I have to put a chimney in my shop for my forge and hopefully a pot belly stove. I'm in the process of framing the walls of my existing building and would like to get this knocked out before I start insulating. So from researching it looks like I have two options; go out the side and up or go...