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So I had a leak behind the shower in our house. Got the leak fixed and need to repair the soaked particle board subfloor. Generally not a big deal except I can’t find floor joists. Since this is the only bathroom ripping up a huge chunk can only be done as long as I get it closed up quickly. I...

Good reviews on Home Depot site. Has anyone here used these? Where they easy to install and have they lasted very long? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-Strong-Tie-Black-Powder-Coated-12-Gauge-E-Z-Mender-FPBM44E/202563551 Thank you

I posted previously about putting a 9 x 8 rollup garage door in my 9 x 7 opening that is a no go due to overhead clearance. From my searching finding a good used 7 ft tall door isn’t as easy as I would have thought. I can find 6ft and 8ft pretty regularly. I have now come across a used 10 x 7...

My garage is concrete block walls and a roughly 4.5 inch slab on top of more courses of block (the foundation I presume). The west and south above slab blocks are painted – the north and east (which is within a few feet of the property line) are not. Under the slab, which is what my questions...

Well I seem to have confused myself or, things in the LED bulb world are confusing, or maybe both. I have 4 good fixtures I want to convert to LED bulbs. The tombstones are non-shunted and the ballasts are dead and I’ve removed them. I don’t care to buy a whole fixture – I’m not into the throw...

I’m about to begin my conversion over to LED bulbs in the garage. I checked online about rewiring to eliminate the ballasts (seems fairly simple) and put a fixture that was already down on a bench, to do a practice run with, and it isn’t what I was expecting to find. Most of my fixtures are...

I figured this would be of interest to some folks here. The auction is on Thursday 6/21. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/tld/6620061024.html and http://www.arizonaauctioneers.com/Upcoming_Auctions.html I have no involvement with either of these companies in any way.

My current garage door is a rolling, to the side, door made of many 2x4s and OSB and is a heavy MF and hard to move. I currently have a possibility of getting a used roll up garage door for my garage for very little. It is slightly damaged but easily repaired and a significant upgrade from my...

Hi all, Looking to get an identification of this old/vintage/antique Floor Jack and perhaps an idea if it is of any value if it turns out to be in good working condition. Once ID'd I would imagine the next question would be parts availability in case a servicing is in order. Thank you

I need some input on a repair job I need to get started on – hopefully soon and hopefully not too expensively. Apology in advance for the length of this post – I’m trying to cover as much of the situation as possible. Background: My garage was built by the previous owner of the property who was...

I recently picked up a small box of miscellaneous tool via Craigslist. I got it for $25 and there are a few items in it that are worth that expense for me. There are also a few items I will sell because they are duplicates of things I already have. But there is one item that I got kind of...

Hopefully this is a simple question. How many Romex cables is 1/2inch EMT designed or allowed to contain? It looks like adding a third cable might be too tight of a squeeze. Thank you

I searched “Ryobi lithium battery test” here and didn’t find what I’m looking for. Is there a quantitative test for 18 volt lithium batteries, Ryobi in my case, which tells what the post charge condition of the battery is? :headscrat Preferably something I can do on a simple multi-meter. I...

These have been on CL for about a month, started at $85 – not a good deal. About 2 weeks later dropped to $65 – thought maybe I’d stop there and get it down some but work and life got in the way. Checked the ad Thursday (6/8) and it was at $40. But my truck was apart and I figured they would be...

I’ve been looking for a lathe for a while but either the price isn’t right or the machine isn’t. I’ll be new to machining so I don’t need a perfect to the .00001th machine. I want/need something to learn on and that can make the smallish parts (for cars and motorcycles mostly) I play with. For...

Hi All, #1 I am not an electrician and I don’t speak electricity as fluently as many of you do. #2 I want to add some outlets to my workbench area which has none right now. Running extension cords to use my drill press or grinder etc is a PITA. The garage is detached from the house. There is a...

I have a fiberglass camper I want to repaint which means sanding prep. I have a Ryobi P430 Buffer/Polisher and I’m wondering if I can use that to do the bulk of the flat surfaces. Has anyone successfully used a Buffer/Polisher for that purpose? Thank you

I need to make a tool for the g/f (a keeper) that needs to twist yarn for her weaving projects. The tool would be able to twist multiple strands of yarn. The wood is simple, the roach . . . er alligator clips are easy to get, it is the Z(ish) shaped metal piece I need. But I haven’t been able to...

Thought this may be of interest here regarding wind and solar batteries. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/amp25193/ten-year-flow-battery-wind-power/

I just received a reconditioned Ryobi 18v Li-ion P-103 battery I picked up via ebay and charged it up. I noticed the “RECON” marking after I had charged it. It took the charge and powers a tool, now I guess I’ll see how long it lasts. I’m wondering what in general y’all’s experiences have been...