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I have a 30 yo Trane that was about 1 lb low on R-22 last year. Local guy getting his name out , etc. charged $79 bucks for"tune up" and about 95 bucks for 1 lb of freon. Last week , he did my parents A/C that is about 10 years old and charged $89 bucks a pound for 410. And put in 2 pounds...

I am wiring my porch roof and want to put LED lights on the cross beams. I will be wrapping the cross beams with some type of 1x material, maybe PVC or barnwood when I put bead board on the ceiling. I intend to use the 6" led disk lights that mount to a Jbox. Since I am wrapping with 1x , is...

Looking for a regular length ,3/8 " soft grip. Let me know what you have. Doesn't need to be polisher brand new, but would prefer it hasn't spent time on the ocean floor either. Ha! THANKS, Todd Brock

Hey all, updating the lighting in my basement and want to make sure I am on track. There is a ded 15 amp circuit for the basement lighting. It originally fed into a j box with a pull chain light and served as a junction for a switched circuit. I am essentially doing the same thing, but...

Hey all- I have 5 or 6 shop-lights in my basement that I want to be able to control on a switch. They are a mix of t-8 and LED 4 footers that have a cord. I intend to extend my existing basement lighting circuit to include single gang boxes to plug in the shop lights. It I leave a pull...

We put an addition on the house and I have a small section of gutters that are under trees. They have been packed full already with walnut leaves. There is only about 45 ft of gutters to deal with. I would like to install a gutter guard but don't need a sales call and sales pitch. We have...

Hello- I am looking to add a ramp to a shed I built 4 years ago. At our old house , it sat directly on the ground. At our new house, I built a compacted gravel pad to set it on which makes a new zero turn rider difficult to get in the building. As you can see I will have to remove the...

Hey all, We bought our house two years ago and the Trane split system is original. PO had a furnace done in 2014. It is still plugging along. I had the coils cleaned and 1 lb freon added this summer. Tech said pressures were high and running at FLA. cleaned the coils and amps came down...

My house is 30 years old. I have a recepticle on the back of the house I was using today. It is protected by gfci. It's a 15 amp circuit. All gfci are on same circuit in the house. There is only one test reset button in garage. The outlet has currrent on both the hot and neutral...

Does anyone have suggestions for a replacement chuck on an 18v makita drill/driver? It's the current non brushless version. The chuck is a Jacobs, but it's total **** even since it was purchased. It's a ratcheting /keyless that just won't hold a smaller drill bit 1/8" or less. Thanks!

Hey all, I am helping a buddy of mine find a new tool box. I found this the other day in the store. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Stanley-56-in-16-Drawer-Tool-Chest-and-Cabinet-Set-Red-VRC-5615RDS/206040689 Went to purchase last night and it was gone. There is one in Tenn. but HD wont ship...

Hey all, Front door leaked for years apparently on previous owner. He covered it up with duct tape, caulk and PT lumber. This area is behind the concrete steps under the front door. Needless to say- access is restricted! I regraded the front yard, replaced the front door and...

Hey all, I have a question about repurposing 14 ga romex for 12v. In my kitchen I remodeled last year, I put a separate switch for undercabinet and upper cabinet lights with glasss doors. I ran romex from the switched location to a bank of cabinets, then from that bank of cabinets to the...

Only 50% garage related, but I am installing a 6 foot privacy fence across the back of my yard. I am using 4x4 posts on 8' centers, 2x4 cross braces and 5/8" thick 6ft PT pickets. What is the best air nailer to use? I have a Paslode 16 GA Nailer , which would probably hold, but probably...

Hey all, I am getting condensation on one run of ductwork. For reference it's a typical suburban home split system manufactured in 1988. One run serving the first floor is getting condensation. And then there is one run that appears to be heading upstairs to serve the up stairs that has...

http://dayton.craigslist.org/tls/5012756174.html This is a little bit too far for me from Cincinnati, but I thought some other guys might be interested. My start

I am looking for a woodworking vise. Is this Wilon a good unit? This will be for general basement homebrew woodworking. Fair price ? Thanks! "WILTON" HEAVY DUTY BENCH VISE, MADE IN USA. http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/tls/4742636386.html

Just had new carpet laid last month. We tiled the kitchen and decided to run tile in front of a door. How hard is it to get the Carpet right? HF has a kicker for 20 bucks. Carpet place wants a 100 bucks. I can't imagine this taking a pro long to do. But then again I'm not a pro , so what...

As part of the kitchen remodel, I am moving aN oven. I have a circuit running through the basement that fed the original range. It is 6 gauge copper wire, and a ground that looks to be about 10ga. It is breakered at 60 amps. I intend to repurpose this circuit for a subpanel. It will power the...

We have a 30 year old 2 story, typical 2x4 construction. There is a bay window / cantilevered bump out in the kitchen. It is very cold in that area. I am going to insulate under the joists, but am considering a heat mat set up. The drywall is open to run a new circuit, and I am tiling...