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We are finishing our basement bathroom. The bath is roughed in so plumbing is good to go. I was going to use Go-Board for the shower enclosure above a Kohler shower base. It looks like a lower cost option to Schluter board. Anyone have experience with Go-Board?

I'm going to be installing Go-Board for a shower enclosure, and thinking a Caulk Gun would be a time saver. I'm heavy in to M12 and M18, but have one Craftsman vacuum and 3 batteries. Anyone have experience with the Craftmans, for $50 vs $150 maybe better for me than the M12 Caulk Gun

I installed this morning. I used the 1/2 black poly. Near the house I have female hose fitting. At the garden I set a 4x4 post and have a tee that feed a riser to the garden hose bibb, the other leg of the tee is a gravity drain. The gravity drain works fine. I splurged and bought two...

I like the MG, I had a 78 Spitfire for 10 years, the most fun you could have at 50mph

Luckily there is a gentle slope from the house to where the garden is. Over the 40 feet there is about may be a two foot drop. I picked up all the fittings and 50 feet of tubing tonight. Also a 2 gallon bucket and lid that I was going to put the fittings in on the downstream side using a T...

that works for me. Black poly slipped my mind. I'm treating it no differently than a lawn sprinkler system. They get installed a 6-12 inches below grade and get blown out each Fall. I would do the same. I'm thinking a garden hose fitting on each end above grade, use a short hose to...

I would like to run seasonal water to the garden, about 40 ft from the nearest hose bib I was looking at two option, simply burying a hose about 6 inches below grade, connecting the hose to the hose bib when needed, or running PEX with hose fittings on each end. We're in Northern VA, so it...

I use 1/8 Masonite to cover my benches. When they get to oil stained toss out and replace. If you're looking for a waterproof material try a sheet of gauge sized galvanized steel or keep an eye on FB market for a stainless steel bench, they come up in our area.

We built one house with Hardie, and one with Certainteed cement fibre board. It looks nice when installed. But I'm skeptical about the life of the products. Vinyl is accepted, it doesn't hurt resale value for a house to be vinyl sided and vinyl is reasonably priced.

We have 2200 ft ranch, our model normally has one panel, but I added a 100 amp sub panel in the basement to make future work easier, so the builder used 2 panels in the garage.

I've learned a lot from the thread. Seems like the manual 10 breaker transfer switch that I installed in 2005 on my old house maybe obsolete and less expensive option for my need is a lockout bracket .

"The Utility Company had to come out, open the utility trench and resplice one of the feeds to his house." Dominion respliced the feed from the street transformer to the meter. The wire Dominion installed to the meter box failed.

I didn't plan on a stand by generator. Someone will have to be home to power up the generator, flip the interlock and connect power. Square D QO

You’re probably right, I may have gotten half the story. Dominion came in the middle of the night to resplice.

Our panels have separate feeds from the meter. Our neighbor also has two panels like our house. A couple months after moving in, he didn't realize he had lost power to one panel until he found the basement waste water pump wasn't working. The Utility Company had to come out, open the utility...

Isnt the R side on the generator cable (so you don't hand someone a hot pronged cord), and the P side would be on the interlocked feed? I may have mixed terms

I'm new to VA, is an interlock within Code in VA?

Will an interlock basically require an interlock kit, a 30 amp breaker, and a 30 amp receptacle to plug the cord from the generator into? The panels are near the garage door. I was thinking install the receptacle below the panel. The generator can be outside, with a 10 or 15 ft cord should be...

I was thinking a switch like this https://www.northerntool.com/products/reliance-loadside-prewired-generator-transfer-switch-10-circuits-125-250-volts-50-amps-12-500-watts-model-51410c-100005

Looking at the two panels more, one panel looks like it has the loads I would like to back up. Maybe the electrician thought ahead and put the critical loads on one panel. The two sump pumps, the septic pump and alarm, Kitchen 1 that has the fridge are in the same panel. My freezer is in the...