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Its almost that time a year when I open up the grills and see dirty, moldy grates. Sometimes I power wash or just use simple green and scrub. Any other tricks or solutions? Thanks.

The curb is about 30' from the house and I already have 2 cameras out there using POE and wifi, with a long extension cable powering the wifi camera. The wifi camera also has motion activated lights and thats my only light source when something triggers it but it seems to be a couple of seconds...

Apparently the gutters need to be painted, (say's the old lady), and honestly want to do this the most efficient/easiest way. I don't want to remove them so painting in place and now I'm wondering what type of paint is best. If anyone has any insight that would be great. They are brown.

Looking at shed ideas (I've built a 12x16, 8x8 and some other smaller ones in the past. This would be a storage only shed and would be using those storage carts from Costco we currently have in the garage taking up car space. They measure 48" x 18" x 72" so I'm thinking enough room for at...

House only came with a natural gas furnace so we installed a new furnace and added a heat pump for cold air also, back in 2016. They installed the basic Honeywell thermostat. At the thermostat location there's only 2 wires but at the furnace location it seems like they wired it with more wires...

I thought maybe it needed new brushes! The armature is toast. Wondering if I can get away with using the same field?

I picked up the pressure washer from a re-store for 50 bucks, tried it at home, it sprays but I'm assuming not at full strength because water comes out the sides of the pump when spraying, it's coming out of the face of the pump where the 4 bolts are at. Question, is this a simple gasket/seal...

Excuse my ignorance to plumbing but I think the very loud house shaking noise that occasionally bangs underneath my house is the water hammer? Nothing will be on and as I am walking across the room a loud rumble in my crawlspace, I assume, happens from time to time.

I'm building a slim cabinet virtual pinball table using a 43" led tv and a wooden frame to go around it. Unfortunately I have way too many hobbies and lack of space so I will need to fold it against the wall once done playing with it. All is built but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to...

I have a half bath in the laundry room and when I turn on the sink faucet it smells mildewy for a few seconds, the smell stays on my hands when washing with soap. I thought maybe it was my hand soap or something but its the faucet water. Interestingly, this is the the only faucet I replaced...

After buying this a few years ago it sat in the garage, never using it. I think I tried it once and didn't like it so it sat ignored like a red headed step child. Well, the other day I had to tear down some sheets of plywood for a project and my DIY track was not cutting it so I tried the Kreg...

I have a ceramic egg with 2 metal grills that has been sitting on the deck covered throughout the rainy winter and I live in the PNW so it becomes a damp magnet. Cleaned it all up with some degreaser and a brush but that becomes tiresome quickly and since our rainy season lasts all year...

I acquired a good condition sprayer, turn on, nothing happens. Took apart and tested switch and fuse, both good. Incoming voltage at switch only 55v. Is this correct for this sprayer? never got a call back from tech support so I ask ya'll.

I see the HD/Lowes sheds with just 24" oc or even larger gaps. This shed would just be a storage shed. What are your thoughts and if you built one with these dimensions how does it stand?

So it's starting to get cold and I have a typical 2 car garage that is full of sh.... stuff. I'm weary of any gas solution but wonder what works for you. I have a Mr. Heater buddy in my shed but that doesn't really kick out any real heat to stay warm in a shed less likely a garage. Thanks for...

Building a 4x12 shed and I'm at the siding portion of the install. Don't want to throw too much money at this so just spit balling ideas. I have enough cedar planks for the back to do an overlap but I think that's a waste of good cedar for something no one will ever see. OSB with Tyvek and ...

Sounds like a dumb question but wondered how everyone goes about getting onto the roof. Just yesterday I was leaf blowing my gutters and tried to get on the roof in the middle with nothing to grab onto so I moved the ladder near the chimney to grab the chimney for stability. Do ya'll use...

Okay, hopefully the last question concerning my fireplace saga. I recently took the metal shroud off of my Fisher fireplace insert and discovered that there is a capped off gas line in the fireplace (left side coming through chimney). Having neither used both what is your opinion? I have...

In my ongoing saga of trying to get sh....stuff done around the house I lean on the shoulders of experienced home owners again. So, my chimney has a concrete cap to block the rain (home built 1973) which needs to come off for a modern metal cap. Unfortunately the clay liner is flush with the...

I have a Fisher insert, never used by me, and about to get a chimney inspection. Well, I have a big 70" TV hanging above it about 2 feet and just thought this is a no-go in my situation. Never used a fireplace before but my common sense is tingling! Thanks.