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JennAir built in fridge. I think about 8 years old. Small amount of water leaks from a panel at the top of the fridge, down the rear interior wall of the fridge, and creates a pool on the bottom shelf of the fridge that has to be mopped up with paper towel once or twice per day. See attached...

Just had a weird experience where a burning plastic smell permeated the whole house pretty quickly, probably in about 30 seconds. I immediately shut the furnace down, opened it up, and looked inside. I didn't see anything or smell anything other than the lingering smell of natural gas. I...

My house is similar to the one in the attached picture, where I have a deck above an attached garage. The flooring of the deck is Trex (composite), but there is of course wood framing (and other stuff) beneath the Trex. No flammable furniture or any other flammable objects on the deck. My...

My house has a 4-conductor, 50-amp disconnect box that used to be wired up to a hottub. The hottub is now gone. Given that it's 4-conductors, it should be a super easy job to switch out the existing disconnect box for a 50-amp 120/240 subpanel, right? Literally just remove the existing...

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Thinking about installing a 120v mini split for very occasional use. Looking at the mini split technical documents, it would rarely if ever draw more than 1000W. The manual says it requires a dedicated 120v 15-amp circuit. The place I'd like to put the outdoor unit already has a 120v 15-amp...

I'm trying to remove this range hood's chimney/housing so I can air seal the penetration to the outside. Any thoughts as to how? I've watched a few videos and I suspect that the top of the metal chimney is screwed into something, but that the white trim at the top is blocking access to the...

This screened rubber washer/gasket/o-ring was at the bottom of supply line connecting my kitchen faucet to my stop valve. It is a 3/8 compression connection to connect the faucet to the stop valve. Anybody know exactly what I should be searching for to replace this with? I'm having trouble...

Recently bought a house and the main panel has two conduits exiting the top of the flush-mount panel and then exiting the drywall as shown in the attached pictures. One of the conduits has wiring for a single 15-amp 120v circuit. The other conduit has four 6AWG conductors in it (was used for a...

Trying to figure out some HVAC wiring. House has a 1 stage air conditioner, 2 stage furnace that's wired as a 1 stage, and it has (1) a Fantech FG8 fresh air intake fan that is ducted into the HVAC return plenum, and (2) a 150 cfm laundry room exhaust fan that is apparently also tied into...

My brother recently bought a 1977 house in the PNW. The electric meter is CL200 so rated for 200 amps. The feed wires from the meter to the main lugs on the electrical panel (pictured) are aluminum 4/0, also rated for 200 amps. However, the panel has no main breaker. The electrical panel...

I'm house hunting and have come across a few houses that have two layers of wood siding. The original wood siding, installed in for example, the 70s or 80s, and then new wood siding that was installed on top of the old siding in for example, the late 90s or early 00s. So net result is two...

I recently had a licensed electrician out to install a subpanel in my garage. Original panel on left, new subpanel on right. See pics below. Stud spacing in my garage is 16" OC. To make room for the subpanel, the electrician cut and removed portions of studs C, D, and E. None of studs C...

My house has an Eaton brand panel installed outside that houses both the electrical meter and a main breaker, which then has wiring running through my crawl space to feed my main breaker panel (technically a sub panel) in my garage. Attached are pictures of the outdoor "combo" panel. Mine is...

I'm thinking about buy something like a Champion 100520 7000 W inverter generator: https://www.championpowerequipment.com/product/100520-8750-watt-open-frame-inverter/. I'd install an interlock on my electric panel and use it to power my house during outages. The specs for that generator...

Finishing an attic that has an Advantech OSB subfloor. Drywall was installed and sanded recently. I’ve swept and shop vacuumed already so the amount of remaining dust is not bad, but I’ve only got one chance to remove as much dust as possible before the finished flooring (carpet) goes in...

I'm finishing a walk-up attic and am in the process of running some ceiling ductwork before the ceiling drywall goes up. I'm seeing two kinds of duct boots: Flanged: https://tinyurl.com/y2oqa8jn Unflanged: https://tinyurl.com/y4xx69ja Can anybody tell me why to choose one over the other? It...

I had a contractor come out to my house to provide a quote on some carpentry and drywall work. I liked the guy and thought he would do a good job, but I ended up hiring a carpenter who had already done some work for me before. Good contractors are difficult to find around here, especially for...

My house currently has 200 amp service. I'm thinking about converting some gas appliances to electric and am wondering if doing so will require me to upgrade to 320 or 400 amp service to pass inspection. Dehumidifier 700W Washer 1200W Dryer 7200W Oven 5400W Microwave 3300W Induction...