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Trying to wrap up some winter projects (damn, did I really start these 3 years ago?) and am down to the paint. What's the best option for durable, easy to apply paints? This is for drawer interiors, so needs to hold up daily use, spills and household cleaners. Boxes are currently primed with...

First off I'm fairly well versed in tree felling and they've always landed where I want. But.... I've got a maple tree in the yard that has a potential split, some backlean/curve and heavy limb load on one side. On top of that, I'm limited to felling in 1 spot due to other trees, a house and...

2 weird things I just noticed browsing during lunch: -one post new member making classified ads (their only post) -the "reply to post" button is not quoting the post. Went back and tried to quote the post on its own, it shows but doesn't attach to my reply. Anyone else seeing this?

Had some weird loading issues last night and gave up. I noticed this morning everything looks different. Primarily the generic avatar appear as just the first letter in the member name and some of the icons are "transparent" Edit: as I was posting, here is how the add pic button looks...

Noticed something today where I could not view a member profile. Is it possible to limit who can view my full profile?

Several years ago, when I bought this foreclosure project, I received some unexpected funds and on a whim decided to demo the kitchen. Amid numerous other projects, I quickly threw together a kitchen design and ordered some materials. Had I planned things better I would have done a few things...

What is the benefit to a dedicated ash vacuum? What makes an ash vacuum a vacuum? I heat the house with a wood stove upstairs and a pellet stove in the garage/basement. In the winter I shovel the wood stove ash into a metal 5 gallon bucket about 1x per week. Minimal spillage. I'd for some...

What's a realistic size conduit to run fiber from pole to house? Tl;dr utility is telling me 2" which seems insane size wise and beyond what I'm willing to eat cost wise Backstory Fidium is running lines all over New England. I was able to set my appointment for about 2 weeks ago, so I took...

What am I missing here? Panel has the holes for a square D type A hub, but they aren't threaded. Trying to self tap strips the screws. Can't find any install instructions or screw specs.

So I goofed.... Long story short I was in a rush and didn't dry fit my expansion joint after I glued the adjacent conduit. The joint is now expanded about 1" past the center mark. It's going to shrink when it cools off. The pipe may settle (sweep is on virgin ground). It may heave when I get...

NM-B isnt allowed in wet locations, is it allowed to pass through a wall into a 3R exterior panel? If so, why?

Like the title says, stupid question: Is it OK to paint the housing of a meter or panel? Pretty sure I've seen it done, just not sure if it technically violates the listing or something where someone could raise a stink about it.

Anyone ever cut down commercial doors? I need a couple 36" wide doors to make a French door setup for an outbuilding, proving harder to find used doors then expected. There's a couple sets of commercial steel doors in good shape available, but they are 2" too tall. One option is to re-frame...

What's with the new trend of black/white exteriors? A few years back neighbors renovated a summer log cabin to year round and then painted/stained it black. Other neighbors either redid siding or painted to go from nice blue to an off-white. New house goes up last fall, house is either...

Anyone know of a 200A panel with feed through lugs?

Working on a shed, will have power (while thread about it). Would like to have some sort of remote backup lighting for when the power goes out. Maybe a light outside the door and one inside. Edit: light should come on when power goes out. Not looking for the world's cheapest no name...

Anyone else notice that certain tool designs have devolved over the years? I'm digging for some concrete piers today as the digging is super easy. 3' no problem with a shovel, I went out to get post hole digger to go deeper (frost is 60" !). Hardware store has 2, both have a measuring tape...

Trying to plan out fixing an issue with the feed to my house. House doesn't currently need 200a, but with the possibility of adding a detached off that panel, adding AC and future EV chargers I think it's best to buy once, cry once. Can aluminum 4/0 support that load? What distance? Can I...

Is there anyway to have a user (The Chinese spambot) get put into automatic timeout/review if too many posts are flagged within a certain timeframe? Alternatively, can the number of new threads started per hour be limited?

Haven't been keeping up on my own knives like I used to and noticed over thanksgiving most of the knives at my parents are in rough shape. Not interested in power sharpening (no ken onion worksharp recs please). I'm looking for a guided system. I see worksharp has one, edge pro and a bunch of...