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I installed this 24k ducted mini split heat pump last fall. It worked great for a few months and then performance gradually slowed. Based on what I've read I think I might have a leak in the line set, but I just wanted to run this by you guys before I moved forward. The following tests were...

I have a sewage ejector pump right outside my house. It receives the sewage from my garage, which was too far away to do a gravity drain. The basin I got has a hole for a 2" vent, and I'm just going to have a short section of pipe sticking out of it. I'm trying to figure out how to properly...

I’m pulling #1 aluminum wire to my shop. Right now I have a 1.5”LB coming up from the ground and into face of a 2x6 the wall, like this: https://www.doityourself.com/forum/attachments/electrical-ac-dc/1950d1342504394-nj-code-spa-shed-p_scw_262_09.jpg Now, I need to run conduit straight up to my...

I need to connect my main panel to the 100amp subpanel in my detached garage. The run goes like this- 1. 50 feet of crawlspace 2. 50 feet of underground My assumption was that I would just run individual #3 THHN copper wires the whole way in conduit. But I'd like to avoid having to run conduit...

...as opposed to running the lines on the outside of the building. My garage is new construction and with access to the stud cavities, I'd like to hide the lines for my minisplit. It seems to be a semi-common practice but I read warnings about condensation. So I was thinking about running the...

I'm building a new detached garage. Do ALL the outlet circuits need to be 20A or is 15A alright for some of them, as long as I have ONE 20A circuit for outlets?

I have a 550sf detached garage located about 70 feet from my house in San Jose CA. Right now it has no utilities but I've pulled the permits to add them. My goals are: 1. Add a guest bedroom and bathroom which will get used about 2-3 nights a month 2. Heat/cool the space as I'll be using it...

Most of these types of questions go to my building inspector... except this one :p So far, I have followed the permitting procedure 100% for my garage build. Building, planning, electrical are all by the book. But when it comes to plumbing, there's I might need to break the rules to do what I...

I'd like to add a toilet and sink to my garage, but I'm not sure how to solve the sewer problem I have. My property is flat. The main sewer connection at my house is at grade, in the crawlspace (my house is raised a few feet). My garage bathroom is about 60 feet from the sewer connection, and...

I'd like to do board and batten siding on my garage which has 13' tall walls. My plan was to use Hardie panels and then apply battens as trim, but the Hardie panels only come in up to 10' lengths, and I don't want a horizontal seam since you're supposed to use z-flashing and it would break up...

Welcome to my project thread! A few months ago I bought a house in San Jose, CA and it came with an old barn built in 1919 in the backyard. It was in pretty rough shape, but I decided to restore it rather than tear it down and build something new, primarily because a new structure couldn't have...

I just bought a home in San Jose CA. There is a great old barn in the back yard, about 26x14ft and quite tall- it has a loft. It was built around 1920, and doesn't have a foundation, or much of a frame at that. Just a sill plate on the dirt, board and batten walls which is what the roof is...