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The recent post about getting ripped off over am ac capacitor prompted me to post this. By way of background I've been in the HVAC distribution business for almost 50 years. I've seen every kind of contractor you can imagine and then some. My older sister lives in Florida. She has a 'reputable'...

A portion of my floor had indoor/outdoor carpet on it that was glued down. I am removing the carpet & would like to paint the floor but there is some glue residue left on it. Is it possible to expoxy paint over this? Some other type of paint? If it has to be removed what is the best way to do...

In my well documented electrical disaster of losing our neutral at the house, one of the issues was replacing the outdoor lighting that was fried. The electrician used mostly 30 watt floods or spots around the house plus one 60 watt wall washer. They all have worked out very well as they are all...

The Friday before last Thanksgiving I had an excavator here to dig up & remove a 2000 gal underground oil tank. We want to list our house in the spring and the tank had to go. I had abandoned it & have been using a pair of 330's in basement for several years. So long story short, he hits the...

Well the short story here is I hired a contractor to remove a 2000 gallon underground oil tank at my house. He hit the underground service with his backhoe. Bottom line: he pulled the neutral right out of our 400 amp service box. By the time we realized it, it was too late. We lost a crapload of...

I really want to replace the existing halogen lights I have around the garage. I am looking to install 3-4 fixtures and from what I read 30 watt units should be large enough. Now comes the problem. I don't want to spend $300/unit for commercial fixtures but every time I think I've found an...

The deck behind my garage wraps around the back of the house & is over 20 years old. Time & the weather have taken their toll. It's been repainted several times. The paint doesn't seem to hold up more than a few years before the ice/snow does a real job on it. I am considering the type of paint...

So we live in a heavily wooded area. For the last several years we have been plagued by woodpeckers on the house. The work on the cedar trim & on the cedar siding. On the north side right now there are about 10 2" holes. The little ******* is living in the wall of our bedroom. Through the years...

I've been a lurker here for quite a while & have picked up a lot of good info. But here is a question I never saw addressed before. Because of the limitations in my garage I am thinking about this portable lift. Does anyone here have experience with this one or another like it? Specifically...