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I am not sure if this the right place to post as there is not really a construction thread but I have gotten some great advice on here in the past. I live in PHX Az and I am wanting to put 2 to 3, 4x4 or 4x6 posts right next to my back cinder block fence. The purpose of the posts will be to...

I bought a Ryobi 10" Sliding Miter saw last Christmas and finally got a chance to use it. I was cutting trim so I swapped the stock blade with a fine finish blade. It works great except it does not quite complete the cut. It leaves about a 16th of an inch on the bottom uncut so when you are done...

Due to people constantly trying to mess with my cars in my driveway, I purchased a Ring floodlight camera. I know it has to be hardwired but I really do not want to run a new circuit if at all possible. The light will attach to the wall above my garage door and there is an existing electric run...

I know this is the electrical board but I had a plumbing question and wasnt sure where to post on here, but always get great advice when I come here. I have a hot water heater that is installed in a hall closet in the interior of the house, there is no exterior wall around it. I am thinking of...

Looking for what people recommend for a good drill bit set for Metal and concrete mostly. I bought a set of Bosch Black Oxide drill bits to drill out some holes in metal and 2 of them snapped off when getting to the end of the hole. As far as the concrete bits go, just looking for just general...

I have an older Ryobi cordless Circ saw that has an 3/8" arbor. I am trying to get a finishing blade for it to cut some trim. It seems that all the 5 1/2" blades have a 10mm arbor. Will they work? I have seen mixed answers.

I am getting ready to run a new circuit for outlets in my garage and had a question on the wiring. I plan to run 4 new outlets possibly 6 in my garage and a light switch for coach lights on my garage exterior. One of the outlets will be dedicated for my fridge and freezer since they are...

So I have been reading up on the Feit LED Tube lights at Costco that you can use to replace your current flourescent tube lights. Well I just had 2 of them start flickering so time to replace the old flourescents. Some have said in the reviews that if you are replacing t-12 lights the LED's use...

I searched the forums and did not see an answer to my question. Can schedule 40 PVC electric conduit be used above ground to run 4 6THNN wires to a Spa on my back patio? I saw several different answers on different websites but they all contradicted each other. I also tried to look up the NEC...

We are getting ready to put up another shelf in our laundry room and need a recommendation on what size nails to use to nail the 1"x2" strips of wood to the wall that supports the shelf. We want to keep the look the same as the shelf that is already in there. The shelf will be about 8'x1'. Would...

We are building an 8x10 shed in our back yard and when we laid the 3/4" plywood decking down there were some seams between the pieces that you can see through to the concrete below. These are not huge seams but we do have scorpions in AZ so we have to have as many seams filled as possible. Any...

I have a question about running 4 20 amp outlets off a 30 amp circuit. I installed a 30 amp outlet for my air compressor last year and I was wondering if I can run 4 20 amp outlets off that same circuit or would I need to do a completely separate run with a 20 amp breaker? The compressor circuit...

The house we live in has no exterior outlets on the far side of the house and we want to add one to plug in basic power tools and in the fall a bunch of Halloween decorations. I dont want to tap into an existing circuit as I don't think splicing into a standard 15 amp service is enough. My...

My girlfriend wants to put some halloween props on our roof but they need to be secured some how. I really don't want to put holes in the roof or shingles but wondered if anyone had any suggestions or would it be ok to put a few (5-6) holes in the roof as long as I don't go all the way through...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I need some help. My GF and I bought some animatronic stuff for Halloween at a sale and when we got it home one of the props did not work. We pulled the motor out and figured that it was possibly burned out. We ordered a new motor, wired it...

I am contemplating putting a 100 amp sub panel in my attached garage as my main panel is filling up fast. The sub panel would have a circuit for a compressor, a circuit for a 110 welder, a circuit for garage outlets and a circuit for outdoor lighting ect. The new panel would be on the inside of...

Gonna be going to look at a Lincoln SP135HD welder here in a little while and was wondering if there is anything to be on the look out for. It comes with a Cart and a full bottle of gas. Seems to be in good shape overall and the guy said he would demo it for me. He is asking $350 for everything...

I posted a while back about wiring new receptacles in my garage. Well I am finally getting ready to do it but need to know if 20Amp and 12 AWG wire is enough. Basically there will be 4 new duplex outlets. 2 will be dedicated to a fridge and upright freezer. The other 2 will be used to charge...

I want to run 2 new circuits into my garage. One for outlets in the garage and one that will run up into the attic and out to my patio. The picture I included shows the knockout I want to use and right behind the panel is my garage. As you can see the one hole is pretty full. I can probably run...

Who ever built my house must not have liked garages as my 2 car garage has 1 GFI outlet and that is it. Unfortunately it is on the other side of the garage from my workshop and has a fridge and freezer plugged into it. My plan is to run a dedicated circuit to the garage and install some outlets...