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Hey guys, I'm a rookie when it comes to electrical so bare with me please.:) I have an older dimmer type switch connected to a fan that doesn't work and I'd like to replace it with a new simple on/off switch (see pic). The fan and light seems to have power going to it all the time and is...

I've been trying to prevent my well tank from getting condensation on it (which eventually leads to the water getting on the basement floor). The first picture is the tank and the red lines showing where the condensation occurs (only on the bottom 10" or so of the tank). The second is how I...

Hi Guys, I've got a new house with a high efficiency furnace. The basement is insulated well and the house is very tight. As you can see from the pictures the cold air intake for the furnace combustion comes in and the pipe is open near the floor. It's basically spilling out cold air...

We have a cottage on a lake and I'd like to put a pump down by the shoreline to draw water out of the lake to use for irrigation. Nothing extensive or fancy just enough to water the garden and maybe run a few sprinklers for the lawn. I was considering a gas powered pump but I wanted to be able...

I live in a 2 story colonial house and when the summer heat comes, we use the AC pretty much every day. Since the upper floors are still quite warm (especially one room that faces west which is really warm) and the basement gets really cold, I was wondering if there was a way to pump some of...

I have a 2006 Pontiac G6 and need a good quiet tire that has a decent tread life. Any recommendations? The ones I have now are noisy as hell at highway speeds and I cant stand it anymore.

Hi guys, Can you recommend a good thermostat to use with electric baseboard heat? I need a 4-wire 240v electric thermostat (double pole). I recently had a thermostat fail in our cottage and all I could find at the local hardware store was this one...

Hi Guys, I have a cottage that is on a crawlspace and is a single floor (around 900 sq. ft.). I would like to blow out the plumbing in the cottage when we shut the place down for the winter. I’d like to install an air fitting somehow so that I can use an air compressor to blow out the water...

I have a small cottage in a fairly heavily wooded wooded area of Northern Michigan. We get tons of snow there and I'm already getting tired of shoveling my roof and shed (this is our first winter owning it). I am considering getting a metal roof installed on it to help with getting rid of the...

I'm in the process of insulating and sealing up (encapsulation) the crawlspace in my cottage. I'm trying to figure out the best way to get some air movement or heat into it once I seal up the vents. The cottage has electric heat only and there is nothing in the crawl to provide ventilation or...

Hi all, Great forum here. This is my first post. I was wondering what the insulation experts think here. I have a crawlspace that is about 36" tall. It's got a fairly decent vapor barrier on the ground. The walls are cinder block and have been sprayed or painted with what I believe is like...