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Hi. My new shop slab was poured about 8 weeks ago. I went over it with a straight edge recently and noticed some depressions. Then I flooded the floor with a hose and it became pretty obvious where they're located and how deep they are. I specifically asked the concrete guy to avoid birdbaths...

Gents: I'm about to make my breaker connections and the neutral / ground at my main house panel. I have a couple of questions. 1. Cutting the PVC sheathing off aluminum mobile home wire... What's the best method to remove the casing without cutting into the wire strands? Does it matter if I...

Hi. I have read and bookmarked some threads over the last year or so... which are now lost. Need some assistance. Plan is to add X amp breaker in my main house panel (200 amp service), then feed a new sub panel of undetermined size. Conduit is 1-1/2". The run is 100' from main panel. I think...

Today I decided to go with 2x4 walls with the Zip wall insulated sheathing. I can get the sheets locally at 1-1/2" for R6.6. That's a pretty crazy total thermal barrier when taped on the outside. There will be no wood transfer of cold indoors. The panels are a little more than going with regular...

Hi. I have a truss question. I can't find a definitive answer on it. If my walls are 24' wide, is it possible to use 26' trusses? The extra 12" on each side would be used as additional overhangs. I'm not sure how far back from the ~6" bearing point a truss can be placed on a wall. If the bearing...