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My wife and I have purchased 10 acres in the Sierra foothills in California. We're looking at options on how to do some clean up and initial work for an eventual house/shop etc etc etc. A crew sponsored by a Calfire grant went through a few years ago and cleaned out nearly all the brushy stuff...

I'm interested to see if anyone has used the Sharpe 705FC system for the compressed air system. Looking to replumb my system and I like these because, if I read the specifications correctly, the filters can be washed and reused. Thanks.

This last weekends thunder storm illuminated a leak coming into the house which I've traced down to this flat 'valley' that runs along side of the wall over our entry way and my son's bedroom. During my leak hunt I noticed that water enters the house, but also weeps out of the stucco. The...

Are there any LED pod lights that will be happy with the higher temps that a functioning fire place alcove will see? My backup plan is a couple of halogens, but the LED's would get used a lot more since they **** less watts. Thanks,

Never used this type of hitch before on a trailer. What do I need to know about making it work? Safety pin somewhere on the side I can't see? Thanks.

I'm trying to verify if this is a class A chimney or not. This is in the attic of a house we've bought last year. I has an open fireplace which we've never used, and we're spinning up to replace it with a free standing stove. What else would I need to check to verify its classification? Thanks...

We had our first cool evening here in a while, so we turned the AC off via the thermostat, opened the windows, and went to bed. When we got up the next morning my wife noticed that the thermostat wasn't displaying any information, and she couldn't access it with her app. This system is brand...

We have this mechanical area behind out house that we'd like to build a patio type structure to cover. The rough dimentions are 20ft long, 8ft wide, and about 9ft high. Something like this. And the area to cover. Ignore the mess. We'd like to build it out of metal instead of steel instead...

I have the opportunity to get all my electrical inside the walls before drywall. Some time ago, in a previous space with surface mount boxes, I converted all my 240v over to nema 6-50's. I thought I'd found some nice plates, but when I checked them out this evening, the screw holes for the face...

I'm curious if anyone has any experience with using a heat exchanger that pulls heat out of the refrigerant of the HVAC and dumps it into the pool? The one I'm looking at specifically is made by hotspot energy and got a feature plug on This Old House, but I'm sure there are variations on a...

This question really pertains to the house we've been in about a month, which shares a common attic with the garage. I always seem to end up in the attic of every house we buy/rent with in the first couple weeks, so when I was up in the attic of our new to us house, I became suspicious/concerned...

Ok, I know this is a bit of a can of worms question. We've been researching building a house in foothills of california. We're looking at a piece of property that PG&E quoted 60k for 450ft of underground service. While primary service right up to the house would be nice, I'm not looking to give...

I know there are a few Quincy compressor experts out there and I'm hoping the answer can be found. My pilot has a leak that comes out of the small hole in the end of the pilot valve. I've corresponded with my favorite compressor supply shop as well as the Quincy tech help for Norcal and all...

I'm installing a high water alarm in a septic pump tank, with the alarm box about 50 ft away from the float sender. The alarm paperwork says the float signal is 12 vac. I'm looking for information on the wire gauge needed for the 50ft run. Recommendations/tips appreciated. Thanks,

I"m wondering if someone could ID the maker of this style of breaker box? This particular box is on a rental that we're looking at and the landlord is ok with the addition of circuits for shop equipment. Are double pole breakers going to be hard to find? Thanks, David

Recently I noticed that my quincy compressor sounded a little different as it got up in the compression range >110psi or so. I started poking around and could hear a very metallic 'tang tang tang' as it went along, and while I could only hear it well when listening though the tank, it was a...

I'm picking up a KR Wilson 37 shop press (25 ton) later this week like the one in the picture attached. Does anyone have one of these press that can tell me how the whole hand wheel mechanism for the mechanical press function can be removed? Set key perhaps? Also if there is any speculation as...

After considerable contemplation and coffee drinking, I've decided to start my own show thread. I generally don't consider what I'm doing to be that interesting and I certainly don't have the technical or fabrication still that some of the members here do. However, I've enjoyed reading a variety...

Lately we've been having trouble with our in system humidifier bumping into a service mode and shutting off. Sometimes it just stops humidifying, other times it results in the air handler shutting off completely for the main floor of the house. Through a little observation it seems that the...

I picked up a Greenerd 3 1/2 ratchet arbor press and I'm looking for suggestions on how to anchor the stand to the floor. Is there a consensus on how to do this? Do I need to compensate for the 5 tons of press or just keep it from tipping over? front rear