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I had a USB cell phone charger start to liquify. It got hot and literally began to melt. Some of the molten plastic dripped onto the floor. It stunk up the entire house before we found it. It was in the basement, and I'm sure the furnace helped to spread the smell around. It was not a cheap $5...

When I spoke to my contractor about spray foam, he said he could do 2" of closed cell followed by open cell. He gave me a quote both ways. Using some open cell was cheaper, but not that much cheaper. He didn't recommend it. He said different climates require a different approach for spray...

I did my walk up attic about 6 months ago. I had 4.5" of closed cell foam sprayed. Prior to that the attic was pretty much uninsulated. The company I hired did mostly commercial, but did some residential too. They were very highly recommended by other contractors. Most of the contractors I spoke...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the closed cell foam is essentially a vapor barrier and insulation. If you cover the open cell with another vapor barrier, will there be there anywhere for moisture to go if it gets between the layers? I had my attic done a few months ago. I know an attic is not...

I bought one of these. They don't work that well.

I worked for an engineering firm that made electronic actuators. They used to get warranty work in all the time for stuff that they did not manufacture. Even the technicians couldn't tell whether it was fake until they opened it up. To try to put a lid on it, they opened an office in China...

My pole barn is 30x40. I used corrugated metal on my ceiling. My joists were 24" OC. I used strapping to hold the insulation in place, then put the metal over that and attached with metal roofing screws. I haven't seen any sagging after 4years, and I think the metal would sag more than the CDX...

I went with 1/2" particle board (I wish I did plywood) and painted that. It looks fine and I can remove/replace it as needed. I can also hang lighter stuff without any issues. However, with the current price of lumber, it probably isn't cost effective anymore. I can't imagine taping that much...

Yesterday I saw a used M12 kit go for a grand. The seller posted it with a buy-it-now price. It lasted about 5 minutes.

That makes sense now. I was confused and concerned that I'd end up buying the wrong thing.

They seem to go for ~$1500 unless they're beat up. It's hard to see exactly what you're buying. There's a similar tool that does Pex crimp rings only. It looks the same and is about half the price. I almost bought one until I did some googling. Even then descriptions are not real clear. The...

There is an empty space in the case for the 1-1/4" head. They are expensive. The heads themselves run $250+ each. Again, It think I'll probably only use the 1/2" and 3/4".

I got the M12. This limits me to 1/2", 3/4" and 1" fittings. That will be fine for anything I do. It works fine. It does seem to be a little under powered. By that I mean, it took some time to complete the full compression cycle. My guess is that the M18 probably works a little quicker. I'm...

I got my tools yesterday. I was able to patch in the missing pipe for my hot water boiler. It took me about 5 minutes to do the job. The tool works great. The hard part was purging the system to get rid of all the air. I had the original pipe that I cut out. I used 2 couplers at ~$5.00 each. I...

I did some research on these tools and fittings and I watched a lot of YouTube videos. These fittings have already been around for 25 years. The tool compresses the copper so tightly that it pretty much bonds the pipes together, The O-ring is more of a backup. I have some of these that were...

Yep - The Viega stuff is about twice the price of the generic stuff. I'm guessing there is a reason for that.

Home Depot carries Viega fittings. Lowes carries a product called Streamline. I don't know much about those.

I went ahead and ordered the Milwaukee propress. I'll use it to do my project and then just resell it. I should get most of my money back, and I won't have time constraints so I can take my time adding the extra zone in my basement. Thanks for the advice.

I'm going to stick with copper. I heard that the pex expands quite a bit. Also, my basement has exposed copper pipes running across the ceilings. The basement is finished, The copper looks like it fits into the area, Pex will look a little weird,