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I'm in the market for some long/low profile needle nose pliers. Specific use case right now is to reach several inches into a drain to grab a drain catcher that went down (so the low profile is needed to wedge in between the 2 concentric walls). Longer term use case is for grabbing hard to reach...

We have a closet that goes under a spiral staircase; I am adding a recessed light fixture. The closet wall that would take the switch for this light fixture is shared with the kitchen. The builder had no lighting in here at all. The previous owners did the following: Drill 3 holes into...

I have an uninsulated (except for the sections of wall and ceiling shared with the house) garage. It's got drywall on the inside and stucco on the outside. I live in a very dry climate (southern california, ~20 miles from the ocean which is far enough to be arid). I've punched all the way...

After 32 years, the original heating & AC equipment of my house is due for replacement. Everything is still functioning, but the condenser is on borrowed time. My home is 2550 sq ft and I have a 5 ton AC condenser. I'm happy enough with how it functions, meaning I will not be doing any duct...

I am trying to add a new, single gang box for an outlet 3 feet above an existing one on an interior wall. My plan was to run NM-B from the new box to the existing one below it and pigtail into the existing, lower outlet. I made my cutout for the old work box and found plywood below the drywall...

My gas water heater and furnace are in the garage, next to one another. Currently, the overflow line of the water heater just points straight down to the garage floor, and the AC condensate drip line goes into the garage wall, through the slab and out the other side of the house. I am preparing...

I'm basically looking to expand my lighting both in front and behind the house (2 separate, but very similar, projects). Each project is comprised of the standard set up that you find in most homes: a switch that turns a single light fixture on/off. Both circuits are 15amps with 14/2 NM-B. My...

I have one room in my house that does not have ceiling lights, and I'm tired of it. It has a switched outlet, so I see 2 options for running the wiring, and curious which would be preferred / less work. Let's assume I install a fixture in the ceiling at or near a joist in both scenarios. Note...

Hi everyone, I need to redo all the flooring and paint the walls in my rental property. 1.) Is there a chance in hell I can remove all the carpet and laminate flooring without destroying the baseboards? I know they'll get scratched at a minimum, but I will be painting them. So I'm really...

Hi folks, I have a tub that I was hoping to install a shower head onto for an easier place to bathe my baby. This was the plumbing I found when I removed the faucet,which was held on with a set screw. I'm sure some of you have seen this before, but I have not. Is there an adapter of some kind...

I have not flushed my water heater since we bought the house 3 years ago. I am quite confident it had not been flushed for at least 5 years prior given the understanding I have of the circumstances, and if I had to guess, it likely was never flushed for the life of the water heater. If the 4...

Wanted to get some input from the gurus here. My garage door was a mess, but I'm getting close to keeping dust off my weekend car and preventing bugs/rodents from entering. I have already: 1.) Adjusted the ridiculously misaligned rollers to align the door close to the wall. 2.) Added weather...

I know ideally the cover should be flush with the box, not the drywall. I removed a standard porcelain light fixture, and you can see it was flush on drywall (discolored drywall) rather than on the box. How critical is it to take a blade around my new cover and enable it to sit flush against the...

I have a duplex power outlet inside my cable service box. This is pretty common in homes out here. My question is, if I am not putting my router or other device in there that requires electricity, is there any con in removing this power outlet? Do the cable technicians need power for anything...

I have an existing piece of concrete I want to refinish. This is my 3-car driveway and the walkway/steps up to the front door. The concrete itself is in good condition, but the previous owners poured a very thin 'finish' on it that is chipping away and looks terrible even if it wasn't. So it's...

Before I just blindly remove this fitting downstream of the valve, I’d like to know what it is and surmise why it was installed. This line fed a bbq grill. The gas company was not keen on multiple fittings being installed and left this line shut off. On a related note, the bbq is no good and I...

I took a light fixture off to look around for obstructions prior to running speaker wire through the ceiling, and was horrified to find what you see in the picture - no cover on the junction box. The white romex coming into the box (properly) is from the builders - this light fixture was put in...

I was swapping the light fixture on the side of my house and was a bit surprised to see that the junction box is embedded really deep into the stucco, with stucco poured over the edges. This results in the light fixture actually 'sealing' against the stucco rather than the junction box. I...

Hi all, I know this isn't garage related, but I know there are tons of people on here that can help me out. I've got a patch of grass in my backyard, with sprinklers running the edges. In the middle, I've got some dead areas, so I need to tee off a line and add a couple of heads in the middle...

Hi all, I've known about this site for a long time but finally decided to join. I just bought a house with a 3-car garage that I plan to stay in for a long time, so I will finally set out to build a nicer garage. I started by demo'ing the terrible built-ins' (via 2x4's) and giving the walls...