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Is it common to have to cut into the drywall when adding new circuit breakers to a flush mounted main panel. I don't see how to feed the new new cable coming into the panel without cutting the drywall to see where all the existing cables run. Maybe I'm missing something, so I figured I'd draw on...

I'm installing some weather stripping around my garage door and in some places the vinyl strip curls in on itself instead of staying flush to the door upon closing. Is this an issue with placement in that it should be tighter or looser to the door? Trial and error might work but I was hoping to...

I have an old twist style dimmer switch that controls the light in my dinning room. I am going to change the light to a fan and therefore need to change the dimmer to a regular on/off switch. When I took the old switch out from the box I found that there were 2 black wires going into the...

I need a mitre saw for home projects and have found a few on CL that look solid. I'm by no means an expert on saws and would appreciate some feedback on what to look for when buying a used mitre saw. My first inclination is to buy a new saw for safety reasons, but I'm not really basing that on...

Hi everyone, I'm adding a banquette to our living room which is going to cover a couple of electrical outlets. The first one is a simple move forward of about 6 inches on the side wall so that was fairly easy. The second outlet is on the back wall and I want to bring it forward to the...

I have a 2 car garage that is divided by a wall with 5/8" fireboard on it, making 2 singles. I want to take down the wall to make a double and I've had a contractor tell me that it's not load bearing due to the fact that there are 2 large exposed beams in the middle of the wall and the fireboard...

Hiy everyone, I've recently moved into a house that has 2 single garages side by side and I want to convert them into a double. There is a main house support beam that stands in the middle of the dividing wall, but other than that I'm hoping to find only framing behind the drywall. Any advice...

Hi to everyone from Vancouver, BC. I'm really excited to have found GJ! Thanks for hosting and providing such a great forum. I've added it to my list of forums I spend too much time on! :thumbup: