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My Mom recently had a whole-house generator installed by Generator Supercenter and they pulled permits for the work. All inspections are complete and everything passed. The electrical panel is in the garage, so they re-routed the main feed to the whole-house switch mounted outside and fed the...

I want to light up a tree a ways from my house. I would use (3) 100ft extension cords (ideally 16ga to keep the cost down) and use 3-4 strands of LED lights. Is this do-able? I looked at some voltage drop calculators on the web and it was only a few percent, but when I went to look at the cords...

I googled something to see who had it in stock and got a hit for ToolsId with a price better than other sites. Have not heard of them and did not get anything when I searched for reviews. Anyone have any feedback?

I can't remember specific threads, but I recall some people saying to check with an installer on cost before doing fiberglass bats DIY, as the cost is not much more for installed partly because they can get materials cheaper. So I wanted to get some estimates before I did it myself. Contacted 3...

I'm interested in getting some Wright combination wrenches, in metric to start. When I am looking at the SAE and metric sets, it looks like the metric lengths are shorter - is that right? Looking at the 950 set (metric), the last wrench is just above the clear window on the roll; on the 911...

I got the Milwaukee M12 grease gun recently and was going to start using it. My old manual gun tends to leak when the grease starts breaking down, so I keep it in a large ziplock bag. Are you guys storing the Milwaukee guns in their original cases? Any issues with leaking? I have been using...

I had the impression that these outlets and switches were decent quality. Over the Christmas break I was painting my sons room and discovered the electricians used back-stab connections on the outlets, so I was going to pull them and switch to the side screws. Got to looking at some of the...

Just got off the phone with the county permit office. I wanted to clarify a couple of things, mainly if schedule 80 conduit is needed. But then I asked about ground rods for a detached garage - his answer was you don't need them. To clarify, I ask: "so the ground wire from the main panel is all...

So I finished up the wiring in the detached garage and now I need to run the conduit and pull the wire. Using 1¼ conduit and running it to an existing panel in the house. Since the existing panel is in a visible part of the house, I do not want to run the conduit to the back of it, but want to...

Starting the wiring for my garage and have a have a question related to ground bars. Since my panel (a Square D Homeline 100 Amp 20-Space 40-Circuit) did not come with a ground bar, I bought one and installed it on the right side. But now pulling the wire, it would be neater to have a second...

Finishing up the garage build and I need to get the area between the existing driveway and the garage paved. I requested 4 estimates and have 2 already, but they are coming in higher than I expected, so I wanted a sanity check. This is for about 500 sqft, and the area to be done is shown below...

I have a detached garage that I want to run electric to. I did not have a specific plan for the subpanel location when it was being built, so when the foundation/slab was put in the guy doing the work asked if I wanted to put in a conduit run. I bought 1 1/4” schedule 40 conduit and a 90 degree...

It certainly seems that way. :mad: Planning to apply the Rustoleum Pro solvent based epoxy Memorial Day weekend, so this past weekend I used the Rustoleum citric acid etch (the 1 gallon liquid) to get it ready. Followed the directions on the jug and everything went ok, but the floor did not...

I’m hoping you guys can review my plans for getting power to the new garage before I draw it up and submit to the county. Current status: We are the second owners of our house, and the builder ran wire to the attached single car garage when he built it. My understanding is that he offered a...

I was going to title this thread “Tiny Garage build in Fairfax” since what I am building is pretty small compared to what some of you guys are building. :) I thought about going bigger, but I think this will work out ok for me. Started to plan last fall for a detached 2 garage and to get some...

So I'm thinking of trying out some Snap-on ratchets and watching eBay I sometimes see "rare" in the listings for hard handle ratchets that are red. And looking at the Snap-on site for a couple models, sometimes they don't list red. So are there "standard" colors that are made all the time...

Not sure where to post this. I'm starting on a detached 24x24 garage build. I had planned to just use Hardiplank siding since my house is Hardiplank on the sides and rear, but the HOA is requiring brick on the front to match the house. I think it is far enough away from the house that it is not...

Looking for a decent bottle jack. Bought a Harbor Freight one yesterday and the jack part seemed ok, but the 2 piece handle was horrible. I remember one that my dad had years ago (like 40 years ago) that had a solid single piece handle. Not as compact, but much nicer to use IMO. Since I don't...