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Hi I have a electrical question. I lived at my 1961 ranch home for a few years. I decided to update the breaker label sheet and find out what is on each line by walking around the house and checking every Receptacle and light switch. I've done some research and I think my box is maxed out or...

I have a ranch style home built in 1961 in the Milwaukee, WI area. I have this mystery water pipe going to the bottom of my foundation wall in my basement. It connects to the cold water pipe. Has two shut off valves. I'm on a well NOT city water. I need to find out if it is suppose to stay...

So I just replaced my old water heater with a new unit. My question is, on the cold and hot water connections what to I use to make a leak free seal? I thought using Teflon tape would be good enough, but I was wrong. I have a small pin hole leak which drips every 2 minutes on both sides so I...

Hi I have a Quick Jack BL-5000 and it's stuck in the up position. I raised both to the full up position and was only able to lower one while the other stayed up. I kept trying to raise and lower the one and now both are stuck in the up position. Any ideas? I tried to call Quick Jack and they...

Ok I've been looking for something to have as a back up for my sump pump encase the power goes out. My basement sump crock fills up super fast during rain storms, I'd say 5 gallons a minute. My float trips every 5 minutes. Anyways, since I've been a home owner for 6 years I've had to replace...

My 20 year old garage door was so rusted on the bottom that it finally collapsed on the bottom. I measured the door and it's 9 feet wide and 7 feet 6 inches tall. Do they sell this door? I looked on Menards and Home Depot and they only sell a 9x7. Or are the 9x7 really 6 inches taller?

I bought the double wall B-Vent pipe for my Mr. Heater and I was wondering how the pipe goes together? Do they just snap-lock over the connectors on the edge? Should I put some high temp Red RTV sealant inside where they slide together? Lastly, where the pipe connects on the back of the...

Can I put a GFCI outlet on a first of run for multiple location protection for a breaker that has a AFCI breaker?

I'm working on the electrical in my garage. There is a 15AMP 3 way switch on a 15AMP breaker by my garage entry door and the back door in my house, put there from the previous owner. On the end side of the 3 way switch going from the switch, underground to the back door of the house is 12...

Can you put CSST in a wall through wood studs? As long as you have nail plates.

Unfortunately I'm not building a new garage, but adding to it. This is a 24x34 3-1/2 garage with a hip roof, 50-AMP sub panel and gas line. The plan is to add more vertical ties, collar ties, 8 more ceiling joists with an attic ladder. Add insulation and blow in insulation up top. OSB...

I'm a little lost, I'm trying to install a new Lutron light/fan dimmer for single pole. I know where the Light and Fan wires get connected, but I'm having a hard time trying to figure out witch is the hot and switch wire from the ceiling. My ceiling has two black wires and two white wires...

I have a hip roof on my 3.5 garage. I have a 34' long pieced together Cross support 2x4's spanning the width of the garage resting on the ceiling joists. What is the point of this guy and is it part of the structural strength of the roof?

I have a 3.5 car garage that is 24x34. I have a 8 space breaker box in the garage now, but I want to redo the electrical in the garage. The house breaker panel to the garage is a 50 amp double pole breaker and the same to the garage disconnect. The following is what I'd like to do, let me...

So I have a 3.5 detached garage that is un-insulated and no drywall. This spring-summer I'm going to do just that. But my ceiling joists are kind of far apart? If you look at my plans I have 8 ceiling joists measuring 24' long and 46" apart and the two in the middle that are 26". My question...

Hi my name is Josh and I'm in the Milwaukee area. Full time firefighter and Guardmen in the Air National Guard. I have a detached 3.5 car garage that is un-insulated. Has it's own breaker box. Going to have a LED light system hooked up in the couple weeks. This summer I'm going to have the...