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My grandma is getting new countertops tomorrow, so Friday I have to reinstall/re set her cast sink. I can scrape most of the old caulk off but what can I use to get the real thin layer off so I can ensure a leak free seal? Not sure what type the old caulk is, whether it's latex, silicone or a...

Without getting to technical, need pointed in the right direction... our furnace has been doing this once in a great while and now more frequent. We have it set at 70, and the wife (I work third) will wake up in the middle of the night and the house will be let's say 65. Or I'll wake up during...

Was cutting some stuck nuts off of my shock mounts last night... didnt have a thin disc so I used a pretty thick one and think I over did it. It's a makit 4.5 inch grinder, model 9557pb (the ones that come with the fancy box on amazon) It turns on, but the insides spin and the wheel doesnt. If...

I'm not a floor wiz by any means.. we currently have old laminate floor in our living room and the wife wants to update. We have cheap unattached foam underlayment below it with no issues. The wife picked out a new style but it has attached pads. Any issues with attached? I know there would be...

Never done christmas lights and never wanted to, but with the kids getting bigger it wouldn't kill me to at least put a row of christmas lights up to satisfy them.. I have the gutter guards that I will leave a link below to. And they look as if they got big holes which would be no problem but...

Pardon the long post...Brief history on my house. Built in 76. Historically had water in the basement 3 times. Once in 2008 it had a film of water across the whole basement (maybe 1/4 inch), which was during the largest floods in the history of the area. Again in 2010, it was a year like this...

Ok so I got a new pex pinch crimper, tested the calibration with the bar and the go no go gauge, and down to the tightest setting the gauge shows it's still too big of a gap. I didn't have any pex pipe or fittings on hand, just a ring, so I pinched it closed. I'm sure I'm over thinking it... my...

Pardon the odd question.. my sisters house is plumbed with PVC.. replacing all with pex. Any downside to using copper manifolds in the crawl space to branch off to the terminating points? Such as sinks and the like? So I'd be doing pex, copper manifolds, and pex from the manifolds to the term oj...

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My house has a couple pex lines in it, and I bought a crimped from menards (masterforce ) and used it to crimp a few times. This was years ago when I was younger and dumber.. I never checked the tool with the size gauge, and have since lost it. All my crimps are holding tight. My sister wants me...

This old planer is for sale locally.. Menards brand benchtop planer. I THINK the model number is 70310. It's obviously not made anymore. Where do I get knives, the blade tool and parts for This? Is it a copy of another brand?

Going to rebuild my bench, make it longer. Always had OSB tops which I like, sealed it last time I replaced the top with several coats of polycrylic, helped a lot to keep oil and such off but paint spills, brake cleaner, etc are wearing on it some. HDPE would solve that, don't care if it...

Just replaced my living room windows. I have not yet finished the inside as I'm waiting for a nice day to do my picture window. We got a lot of wind and rain today, and the temps dropped to the 30s. I left a small gap at the bottom of the window so I can fill it with foam, but haven't done it...

pretty quick and simple question.. i have 2 benches butted up to each other to make an "L" shape. standing on legs, not attached to the wall. thinking of building a new bench, longer against 1 wall instead of the L shape. anyways, would you guys attach the back to the wall, and just have legs on...

Replacing my picture window this week. All my other windows I've been lucky and the wood has been in good shape, but I found a small amount of rot on the trim that the picture window rests on. Obviously I'll want to use treated wood (or could i use cedar?). So I'll need to caulk the window...

So back with another water heater question.. woke up this morning to find some water on the floor. Dripping from the relief valve/pipe. Planning on replacing the water heater as soon as we're done with some projects early summer... but is this common for them to leak? Just replace the valve and...

Don't have any pictures at the momeny so please bear with me. I have installed 3 windows, last fall, with great success. basic single hungs, the replacement type with no nailing flange and you install from the inside using the old window frame and just butting up to the stops. went pretty quick...

need a white wall cabinet, don't care what material. Melamine, painted, wood, MDF, don't care. as long as it looks half way decent. will be using it to cover a breaker panel that's recessed in. needs to be 24-27" wide, and about 36" tall. I found one online at home depot, just looking for...

Never messed with a water heater before, so here's the back story before i ask my questions The fire hydrant in front of our house was replaced yesterday early after noon. when the water was turned back on i slowly turned on the faucet, which sputtered air as expected. as i worked it over to...