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House was built in mid 1960s. Second floor toilet drain has a hole about a foot down from flange. Area has a combination of straight, 45 and 90 degree elbows. Plumber says cut it out and replace with pvc to new flange and a fernco rubber fitting. I am concerned where rubber fitting will tie into...

I have a two post lift and lowered sports car. I wish I could spread the arms out appropriately and bolt aluminum ramps or similar to them. Then I could have the best of both worlds in my opinion. I could drive right up in the ramps and lift. I have seen the wheel cradle attachments but not sure...

Element is rusted and socket will not hold to loosen it. Any body got any tricks to remove it. Plumber friend says replace whole heater and 5hat is an option.

Our prelit christmas tree is having light issues. There is a controller between the wall plug and the tree. It is a push button thing. It works randomly depending on what area of the button you push. I was going to take the screws out to take a look at how it works. The screw heads are round...

I have a 16x 20 room in my basement that I want to put a ceiling in. I want to have access to the floor joist for various reasons. I would like to create a T approximately every five feet about four inches below the joist. The bottom of the T would be a 1x4 or 1x6 and would act as a track...

My saw quit working. Motor turns, cleaned safety switches but can not get motor to run. If I remember correctly it is getting 20 v power to motor. Friend thinks it is the board whatever that means. Above my area of knowledge. Any suggestions.

I have an older 1978 allis chalmers 5020 tractor with front end loader. Every time I want to use the 3 pt hitch instead of the loader I pull a valve knob. I understand the premise that this is switching flow from front to back and back to front. My question is why can I not simply install a...

Attended grand child's Christmas sing and was bothered by how their little faces were in the shadows. While the overhead lights were bright enough, they did not put the light on their faces especially since many kids tend to look down rather than forward. So, I was thinking I could donate...

When I built my barn, I ran rapid air lines to two locations. I just bought a Dewalt 50 gallon compressor from Tractor Supply. I was going to just leave it on the mini pallet but not sure if that is OK. Instructions say to mount to floor. I prefer to put it in the corner and just "trap" it...

I have a lowered TR 6 I want to put on my rotary 10K lift. But I cannot get the arms under the car. I have thought about aluminum ramps bolted to arms to drive car up on. Also thought about simply four 4 inch ramps say 18 inch long to drive on to. Any ideas for a simple solution? I figured...

Built my barn a couple of years ago and installed a 12 inch frost free hydrant thru the wall. This is the first year I left the water on over the winter. The hydrant is thru the wall into a 2x4 wall that is insulated and has plywood on both sides of it. Although barn is not heated the lowest...

Tenant has been an apprentice plumber for two years. Calls me sunday and says water heater (new in 2018) needs new thermostat and he will replace it. Great.. Two days later he calls and says lower element is leaking around seal. Not sure why but since his boss is a good friend and he wants to...

I have an older meyer snow plow that works great except for when I turn it hard to the left. It wants to stick and not go back to center or right. If i have someone push on it or trap the right side against a solid object (post) it will "break" free and work fine. If I do not go far left it...

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I have an EZ lift pallet jack. I use it to move my old snow plow around and raise and lower it to hook up to the truck. I just noticed both of the rollers on the forks have lost the 1/4 inch plastic coating around the outside of the steel roller. I am not sure what I did but they both...

I am working on finishing my 36 x 60 x14 pole barn and will probably not have the ceiling in and the lights up for some time. I have a new security light to install on the outside of the building and it occurred to me that I could hook it up temporarily at ceiling height for a temporary...

I have a new pole barn and every where I read it says put multiple 110 outlets in. I understand this and plan to do it. But I also read where people put multiple 220 outlets in. I have a 200 amp box with plenty of space but it seems all the breakers will overload the capacity of the box. Of...

I am having a concrete floor poured in my 36 x 60 pole barn. One side is approximately 10 inches lower then the other side. Overall it will need about 4 inches of fill in general. My question is: I have about 20 concrete slabs/pieces that are roughly 5 inches thick, 2 feet wide and 6-8 feet...

I used a tow strap to pull out my bobcat last week. I simply used the loop and fed the strap thru it. Now it is really tight. Anybody know any tricks to loosen it so I can separate the long tow strap from the short one? I know I should not have done it this way but the cost to get the right...

I have an 24 x24 pole barn with concrete floor. It looks like they used 1inch foil covered foam before they put the metal on. I want to insulate it enough so I can heat it to 40 degrees to keep my paint and liquids from freezing. It is a storage building at a rental property. I just need to...