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I closed on the land this week. The most expensive thing I have ever bought. Been saving up for this a long time. I have multiple expensive surveys, soil samples, wetlands delineations, and tree inspections. Its fantastic land, lots of oaks in excess of 36 inches at chest height, excellent...

I live in Central Florida. Its hot here, we had two days last year that killed my 3 baby palm trees, I'm sad. There is a flag for a gas line at the end of my driveway. Its roughly 500 feet from the future garage. I can borrow a trenching machine from work, so if I could in theory drop in a...

If I have 220 in the garage and I wanted to run a wire into the ground to a covered concrete pad about 25 feet away, would this be dangerous? I was going to stick a water tight box to the corner post. Its a small covered concrete parking pad big enough for one car, 4 wooden posts, and a metal...

I'm looking at a house and the kitchen is straight out of the 80s and the cabinets need to be replaced becuase its just sad. If I move the oven, then I will need to extend the wiring. I was thinking of putting in a small subpanel for the splice. I was thinking of adding a small 15 amp breaker...

I am stuck, I am trying to install screens onto a small porch. I have the groove, its basically .160 deep and wide, and the screen is regular vinyl screen. Do I need cord that is 0.160 or do I get hte slightly larger size of 0.175 so it can get jammed in there? I have asked around, searched...

I have a craftsman digi-torque wrench and I've had it over a decade. Its almost exclusively to torque the wheel bolts to 120 nm, but I did do an occasional suspension component with it. It just spins freely, not sure what happened, but its passed on. So cyber Monday is coming, what brand do...

I have some box fans with 20" filters taped to them, which works pretty good in the shop but in the house its too loud, and I have been told it does not look pretty enough. I want to buy an air cleaner/purifier for inside use to help with dust. Lets say around 1000 square feet and under...

I got some good feedback from everyone here at GJ and yesterday one of the stairs just collapsed a few inches, so I just couldn't procrastinate any longer on replacing the stairs. Its roughly 36 inches wide, concrete block on both sides, and 14 steps up. I used some leftover plastic brick...

I'm thinking its time to replace the rotten exterior stairs and its not complicated but its probably going to take me a whole weekend to do it. One day to figure out the stringers and second guess myself to death and finally cut them, then a few hours to assemble, an hour to paint, and 2 hours...

I have a 50+ year old shower with a hot and a cold valve and a diverter in the middle that sends water to the tub spout or the shower head. Pretty sure the brand is central brass, but not 100%, but it looks exactly like this valve down to the threading...

I'm going to be building a new house in the next year, and I'm sure I should be investing in some new tools. Currently I have plenty of Ryobi 18v tools I have accumulated over the years, but maybe its time to step up to a different brand. I need a track saw and a framing nailer, a table saw...

This is a placeholder for my next journey. Sold my old home last year and have been searching for a piece of dirt. Housing prices are complete insanity, and contractors are charging top dollar, so this will eventually be my new home. Currently we are waiting on 2 things: 1) Soil Test 2)...

I'm looking into future storage options, has anyone put in one of those double 4 post lifts that picks up 2 cars at a time? I'm working on some layouts for the garage build, but was daydreaming about fitting 6 cars into a 4 car space.

Lakefront property is secured, now we are looking at house layouts and making decisions. Garage square feet is cheaper than house square feet, so now's a good time to figure out the garage layout. Builder suggests that a 30x50 would so everything I needed. I was thinking I could divide it...

Ok, so its a 1 year old AC system. I upsized it from 2 tons to 2.5 tons. Its only 1000 square feet for the whole place. The middle bedroom has lots of computer monitors and 4 PCs in it. So it gets hot, especially when the afternoon sun hits the windows. (Windows are new vinyl double payne...

I'm searching for a right angle Nema 6-15p power cord. Its completely impossible to find. I did find one at Grainger.com but I placed the order more than 6 months ago and they keep pushing it back...

I'm hanging some 30" wall cabinets and I was wondering how many screws I would need to hold them to the wall. I have rather widely spaced 6" metal studs that make no sense to me, but they are 50+ years old. I added 2x4 blocking at the top and that's covered with an inch of drywall. (5/8 + 1/2)...

So I'm throwing in a shower in the garage bonus room because, why not? I needed a toilet, but a shower isn't much extra work... at least I thought so. I'm using a shower kit with vinyl walls, and the subfloor is open from the bottom so the drain/plumbing access is pretty simple. Its going to...

I just finished the countertops and the sink but now I'm adding a garbage disposal. Do you have any creative ideas to add a switch to turn it on and off? I already finished the counters, so I can't put it in the top, but I was thinking of maybe a foot switch on the base board or something like...

I'm moving the oven over about 3 feet, so now the wire doesn't reach. I'm going to get new wire, about 16 feet of 6/3. Should I change the outlet to a 4 prong from a 3 prong while I'm at it? Circuit breaker is 50 amps. New oven takes whatever cord you want to use I guess. I don't have a...