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I have been doing wiring for a long time. Just curious...how would you go about wiring two circuit breakers in parallel? Why would you even consider it?

Keep it up with your youngsters and the reward will be yours... My son, John, started helping me when he was little, 4 or 5 years old, and then at 11 or 12 years, he wanted to do "it" and I became the helper. I started doing DE events with PCA when he was 17, and then he started when he was 18...

220 is two 110s that are out of phase with each other. There are two bus bars in your main panel. Alternating 110s on each side are from alternating phases. You just need to make sure you pick up different phases on each leg of you 220 breaker. Then, I do not do what everyone else does. I buy...

Ps. Since the cabinets are metal, you will have to drill a hole where you are going to screw them to the studs, and then use bolts to bolt them together. I have always fastened my upper cabinets together with four fasteners, one at each of the corners.

The easy way is to use a stud finder to locate the studs and then nail a temporary 1x4 cleat to the wall even with what will be the bottom of the cabinet. Mark the stud locations with a big magic marker. Get a helper to help you set the cabinets on the cleat. Have your helper hold the cabinet...

Because of water damage due to a leaking downspout, I had to have my power meter relocated on my house. We moved it about 20 feet to the side of my attached garage. Because it is more than a few feet from the main service panel it had to have disconnects (main breakers) in the panel, and the...

We had a very dark paneled entry way at our old factory, probably done in the 60s or 70s. Our maint guys primed it with oil based KILZ one coat, and then we topcoated with an off white semi gloss oil based paint. It covered with one coat and is washable. I thought the Kilz worked great. Had...

Kilz makes a great primer and then top coat. Have used their primer over old dark paneling and then one top coat and it is great. You can get at WalMart here in IL. You should be able to rent an airless sprayer (pump) and do the whole job in a day.

Do not have any pictures yet, but we live near the edge of a town (Pontiac, IL) of about 12000 and have three red fox living in some trees at the fence line between our neighbors yard and our yard.

Hello: I have been working on my hobby garage for a long time now, and just this past weekend finished the install of the compressor. Mine is a 5hp 80gal Quincy 2 stage that is set for shut off at somewhat over 150 psi. The gauge is reading 162 or so pounds. I installed 1/2 inch copper and...

Funny, but I live in Pontiac IL about 10 miles from the Odell Station. We featured it in our company calendar last year.

I only have one comment. Is your wife going to park her daily driver in the garage? If so, you want two doors, a his and hers, or she will take her half out of the middle, and you will have to move her car to get yours in, or beat her home every night. I like two doors with about 5 or 6 feet...

On my older 5hp compressor, I found that the copper was 3/4" Outside Diamater. And the fittings were compression (ferrell fittings). It turned out to be 3/4" tubing (not 1/2" ID water pipe like we can buy at HD). ALTHOUGH IT WAS CLOSE TO THE SAME. I looked all over until I stopped into an...

Used to live in KCMO area. We had a couple of Black snakes. One was 6 or maybe even 7 feet long and looked to be almost as big around as my wrist. They eat voles, mice, and other pests, but also like baby robins and song birds. When scared they "play possum" and are therefore easy to chop up if...

Check with an electric supply house. They are readily available. A frame mounts to the rafters or joists above the ceiling, and is wired. Then the drywall guys do their thing. Then the light units are installed. A perfectly neat install. You see them in some homes in kitchens or in commercial...

I would (and did) develop a plan for where the water was to enter the garage (near where a hot water heater would be and near where the sink would be). Even more important that the water however is the drains for toilet, sinks, water heater pressure relief valve, clothes washer etc.) Before the...

We used 3/4" T&G OSB for the attic and the floor joists in that bay are on 24" centers. For the floor of a work room we also used 3/4" T&G OSB but this time over floor joists that are on 16" centers. Both engineered out to be perfectly adequate for the anticipated loads, with static load in an...

Strange structure for a garage with a load bearing wall right over a double wide bay...

15 amp 110 volt outlets should be mounted with the 3rd lug (ground) down. 20 amp 110 volt outlets should be mounted with the 3rd lug (ground) up. I have not seen outlets mounted horizontally either.

I am no expert, but I would call the lawyer you used to close on the property, and ask that he begin to file a law suit against Fanny May, for the cost of the 2 acres that they "illegally sold to you". You cannot sell something and swear that it is free and clear and then not deliver on the...