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Radio. I find earbuds annoying, I like to hear other things going on while I'm working, mostly for safety.

I've installed several toilets in my lifetime but I'm picky and this issue is bugging me. Seems rough-in directions for toilet supply lines are always showing locations "through the wall" but in reality I see a lot of supplies "through the floor". I'm putting in a new toilet and I want to...

It's ok to run wire for a sub-panel through conduit underground. If you verify the correct depth and its the correct size and type of conduit for burial then you may be able to just use what's already buried and save you a lot of work. If it is only 1/2" this is likely too small to run a...

x2 .... you would be removing 75% less volume going to a 6" auger. Careful layout and attention to detail is what's needed here.

This piece of 1/2" osb has been sitting in a junk pile in my back yard here in Michigan since last June. We just had a pretty decent rain today, regardless it was out here all winter uncovered. Now if only I had a pice of cdx next to it we could compare. My guess is that the cdx would be half...

x2 on this --^ I think a lot matters on wether the garage is attached or detached. An attached garage has less to evaluate when purchasing a home, such as a separate foundation, utilities etc and they need drywall already because of fire-code. Thus, since it technically is part of the house...

This is exactly what is required by my poco to relocate my drop.

This is the third spring that we've been in our house and I've been combating the dandelion in our front and back lawn since we bought the place. I've been using scots 4 the whole time and I have to say this spring I really have noticed the difference. If it wasn't pitch black outside right...

I just finished submitting my plans (not a garage but a small addition to my house) here in Ann Arbor, MI. I just got the stamped approval back from the city on monday. I drafted everything myself using google sketchup, it took me a week or so just to get sketchup down but after the initial...

Fudog, the installation instructions will tell you exactly what you need. What's your model number? I bet they have them online and you can check. This almost certainly needs a dedicated 20 amp circuit. Madstat

I may be missing something but did the OP say this dedicated circuit was 60amps? I wonder if that is above the maximum over-current protection rated for this compressor, hence some additional over-current protection is needed. If that's the case I would have used a fuse-able safety switch. Or...

I certainly would like the no-trim look but I'm mostly concerned about expansion (hardieplank says to leave 1/8" gap at corners and caulk with elastomeric caulk). The no trim version is not documented in the hardieplank instructions and I'm wondering if there are reasons for this. Zeke: I...

Anybody here install Hardieplank? What's your preferred method of doing the inside corners? I've heard different methods such as using just a single 5/4 x 4"-5" corner board so one side has a more reveal. Another using two corner boards for symmetric reveal or even a single square trim piece...

I'm going to side with Steevo, it seems the limiting factor here is not so much amperage but it is SPACE. With every update to the NEC it seems more and more things require dedicated circuits or changes to circuit design. I have a 100amp service to my house and my panel is chocked full simply...

My house was built in 1920 and up until this week all of the second floor was on a single circuit of K&T. I decided I didn't like this and went up into the attic this week to run new romex. While in the attic I found previous owner had spliced into the K&T all kinds of places to run a new...

For any who care I poured my footing yesterday. The truck had no problem pulling in my driveway and swinging his chute left. We used one small extension chute to hit the far side of the footer. For the near side the driver took his last chute off and tipped it upside-down and re-hooked it so...

I'm confused. I would just place your weather head on the back wall to maintain ladder access and run your service cables through enough bends (45's or 90's) along the exterior to reach your meter. Why must it go through the interior of the framing?

2" Code in MI is 42", but I just decided to go ahead and match the existing footer which is a little less than 5' below grade. I know it's a bit **** but I wanted the new to match the existing. It's a small addition (<100sqft) so I didn't think the extra two rows of block mattered much. I...

Just to clear things up... Yes this is a small job (<2yds), I do think renting a pump or buggy is not worth the money. And as mentioned the footings are bout 5' below grade. After Maxx and jhm's comments I'm feeling more confident that the truck will be able to place most of the concrete...

I had this same problem on my old wall mounted sink, the horizontal distance from the wall to the tail pipe was too short for any p-trap and the wall pipe was completely centered so offsetting the trap was impossible. I did find a solution that was to install a "bottle trap" which allowed for...