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The ancient outdoor photocell for the light on our flagpole doesn't work anymore. Looking for an outdoor photocell that I can wire into the outdoor outlet that the light on the flag pole plugs into. Very simple requirement: ON at or about sunset and OFF at or about sunrise. Maybe on during...

I need to (****) splice two thermostat wire bundles together. Is there such a device as a "thermostat wire junction box"? With female parts just like the inside of a thermostat that has little screws to fasten the wires? This bundle controls a ground water/geothermal heat pump so there are...

We are remodeling, reroofing, and adding to our house. We currently have an NG water heater with a chimney, only device that uses a chimney. I'd like to eliminate the chimney. We was thinking about going to a high efficiency water heater with the PVC pipe in and out the side of the house and...

We have a large Lannon stone fireplace that I've been instructed to attach a 75" TV to. I have a rack a shown in the picture attached with lead concrete anchors (see picture below); TV hangs on the rack. I've been putting the lead anchors in the mortar joints. So far that's worked good for...

I'm looking at building a rental (maybe condo someday) commercial building with 6 bays, 30'x60'x16', 14'x14' doors with a total of 10,800sf. It will be located in NE Wisconsin. Individual electric meters. I want to put in radiant in-floor heat. One boiler for entire building, radiant water...

22 year old house. One T12-4' florescent light in a walk-in closet. Tube started to NOT go on when we flipped the switch. If we played with the switch it would often go on, but sometimes went out. I thought the tube was bad, it is black at the very ends. So I bought a T12-4' Sylvania tube...

Our house was built in 1992. We're in the process of selling and just as we were "cleaning things up" I noticed that one of the 1992 Norco casement windows had failed, bottom rail rotted. I had a guy come out who rebuilds the sash (Argo Glass and Windows of the Milwaukee area). He showed me...

I have an opportunity to bid on a Northern Tool gasoline powered pressure washer that's rated at 1500 PSI (Item# 60727) at a charity auction Tuesday night. I've used a neighbor's gasoline powered pressure washer only a few times on our deck and another neighbor's electric on the underside of...

I own the 2,200sf house my parents built in 1955 and that I was raised in. Time for retirement to it. House was a very high quality build for 1955 ... but its 2021 now. Real plaster interior walls, complicated floor plan to maximize views on a river, lots of exterior walls and windows. I...

We put electric heating mats under a tile floor in a large bath. I can't remember the name of the mats (thankfully they are working now) but we're having trouble with the thermostat. The display will disappear. If we "play with it", the various components of the data on the display will flash...

Have long ranch house built in 1955 on city sewer. My late Father built the house, its nice, and Dad didn't necessarily have a propensity to cut too many corners. He usually did things "right". Sewer lines go out the house in three places along the length of the house. Main outside line is...

From our 20 year old motorhome. The "tee" in the center of the picture is for a brass fitting that's a shut off valve and compression fitting to the ice maker in the fridge. I was chasing a water leak and am pretty sure its in the branch of the plastic tee, so I need to replace it ... another...

I'm on the GJF trying to figure out what to replace my Clore Pro-Logix PL 2310 with. I've had it for three or four years, use it when a battery in one of the vehicles is dead. Went to use it yesterday on the HHR (I left the lights on all day, foggy in the morning). Seemed like the battery...

Isn't there some kind of AC to DC transformer in each and every ceiling LED fixture? Wouldn't it be more cost effective to put a single AC to DC transformer at the beginning of each circuit and then run DC wiring to each light? Seems to me the LED lights would be less expensive, lighter...

When I post something, doesn't matter if I start a new thread, post to my existing thread, or post to someone else's thread … when I hit "New Posts", I can't see my posts. When I go to Statistics in my profile and select posts to threads or threads started then I can see my posts.

We have painted or stained (I don't know which) cedar siding on our home. I didn't build it, I would NEVER put cedar siding on a house. A woodpecker has taken to pecking at hole in the siding. Now the hole is getting bigger. 1. How do I get rid of the woodpecker? I presume its after bugs...

I see "Craftsman" is coming out with a new line of cordless tools. Apparently 20volts. Does anyone have any insight into why CM didn't build on the existing C3 19.2volt line? I realize that Stanley Black & Decker bought Craftsman from Sears. Do you think its the end of the C3/19.2 line?

I saw this system on This Old House a few weeks ago. It intrigued me. Essentially uses activated charcoal to clean the water (I think) and then granules of citric acid to encapsulate the magnesium and calcium in the water to "soften it". This Old House video...

I'm looking to put tops on two workbenches in the race shop. I have frames. I propose to start with 1" plywood or OSB and put them MasterForce stainless steel on top of that...

This fastener is on the ramp door of my enclosed car hauler. Its used to hold the bolts that hold the ramp door handles to the outside of the trailer. The fasteners are on the inside of the trailer. They appear to be some kind of blind nut with a long thread and are held by a large Torx...