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I am curious to know how you clean the epoxy floors. I want to wax, or finish them with something. I generally mop in between projects, so it shouldn't be too dirty, but its getting plenty of little scratches and the finish isn't quite what it used to be. I was told that I couldn't put...

I am trying to run the tubing for the Garage A/C unit, and I have already messed it up. This 3/8ths inch tubing seems much stiffer than I remember. I need to make 3 or 4 right angle turns for this install. Here you can see its started to crimp. And closer up here: I haven't forced it...

I have a stupid question. I bought a 3 foot 1/4" air line that goes from the compressor to the 1/2" copper pipe on the wall. I need an adapter to make it fit the hole on the compressor and to fit the copper pipe. Do they make a short whip in 3/8th inch? I am sure they do, but I have no...

So I have a regular boring A/C system. I moved the thermostat down to the dining room and its working much better than before. I always forget to turn off the A/C before I go upstairs to bed, so I have to come back downstairs. Can I put in a second A/C thermostat? Any ideas?

The water main is about a inch pipe that comes in from the street. Then it comes out to the sprinkler system. I have the usual CPVC pipes for the hot water heater. The sprinkler controller is right next to the water heater. When I cycle through the sprinkler zones, I can see the water lines...

Anyone have any experience with heat pump water heaters? Trying to decide if they are worth the extra money or if I should go with a conventional electric water heater. Gas is not an option.

What do you recommend for a short term garage heating option? Not looking for a permanent install, but something that I could set up and use a couple days and then put back in storage till next year. It got down to 30 degrees twice this year. Only time I would need additional heating would be...

I have a set of mini-split wall brackets that I ordered with the mini-split unit. The place selling them says they are just fine for the unit. The install manual says I need more than 12" from the back of the unit to the wall. The bracket doesn't give me that option. The unit itself is 13"...

So my friend had one window with two a/c units stuck in it side by side. One was 10000 btu, the other was 8000 btu. Both new from wally world. It was doing a poor job cooling off that 2 car garage yesterday. Granted it has an non-insulated wood garage door. So now I am thinking 18000 btu...

I was wondering if anyone here had dug their own well with a piece of PVC pipe. I was wondering how many well points I need to put down to run my sprinkler system. I found some info on this site... http://www.drillyourownwell.com/index.htm And I was thinking it was worth a shot, water bills...

I recently had my house painted, and now the seal around the garage door is pulling back. Here is a picture of the seal. Now I have a 1/4 inch gap. This is going downhill. This is the way it used to be: Also the garage door seal on the bottom does not seal completely in some places...

So I have a 32cc craftsman trimmer. Its coming up on its 3 year anniversary since I bought it. I am having issues with keeping it going. It runs better with the leave blower and edger attachments but will run at 3/4 throttle just fine. I broke down the carb, cleaned it and reassembled it...

Looking for a string trimmer with a honda motor. I want to use the detachable attachments, so that rules out the honda brand since I can't break it down for storage. Any suggestions?

I have holes in a couple ducts that I would like to seal up. This is the duct on top of the indoor AC unit. Clearly there is some dust collecting in a few places. Should I just stuff more insulation in there or should I use foam or tape or something? This is a duct that is a strange one...

So I have a typical 3 car garage that is around 20x30. My brother made an interesting point, in that cooling down the garage is going to cost money every time I do it. How much do you think it would take to cool down the garage for just one day? Just wondering. The Mini-split pilot program...

Before everyone starts flaming, I am cleaning up the work of the previous owner of my mansion. Rather than having the wires twisted together and wrapped with tape, I have cut all that away and installed a couple blue boxes. I used wire nuts and tried to make it as clean as possible. Take a...

Hey everyone, I know we all like clocks, and since I am naturally a very disorganized person I over-compensate with lists and schedules. I am looking for a large digital clock. As in over 1 foot wide. Preferably wall mount. I have a regular round clock that drives me nutz.:mad: I have...

I am planning on milling a few parts out of titanium and stainless, but I am not sure where to find or buy small quantities of the fancy stuff. Do you guys have a place you recommend or mail order or something like that?

So I have two compressors. The small one is 2 gallons that I use for little stuff. The large one is an 80 gallon compressor that I fire up when I am dong projects or something like that. I have the large compressor plumbed to a dump line and I drain it after every use because it will rust...

OK, so my neighbors, two really great people, just had a brand new A/C system installed in their house. I would say its been maybe 6 weeks, probably less than that. Just over a month, because thats all the warranty they gave them. They spent something like $6500+. I would guess square...