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I got a help I am stuck question. Tub won't drain. This video shows the setup, tub is half full, no discernable water coming out. I thought the connection to the plunger broke, but it pulled it out and it all came out easy (unlike the video) and intact (looks just like unit in the video,)...

I just got a cool old Hassock stool fan. In true Garage Journal fashion I immediately took it apart and cleaned and lubed the motor before I took any pictures of it. The motor is a very vintage looking hammered green tone. The rest of the fan is more of a hammered silver or pewter, and as I...

I have been trying to figure this out and am just not getting there. I have a natural gas leak me and a water line going to my newly installed water heater. I have got a plumbing permit to get it inspected and stamp of approval. The lines are running parallel to the joists. The are slightly...

I am a DIY guy for about everything, but I have never worked on A/C systems beyond repair of simple switches or relays and charging from a parts store can. I have an old car that I want to fix the A/C on. Have verified it works (blew 38 degrees) but won't hold a charge for more than a few...

So I don't often post about tools here, and I am the cheapest guy on the planet, but these little stick type air pressure readers kind of impressed me. Two gauges, each with its own plastic case, each case has 8 extra valve caps in them, valve caps have sealing rings in the top to minimize...

Some pics from my shop garage build and ongoing house renovation. More including home and inside shop here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/uCooN1caoBnZ4MDV6

I have a pair of matched ceiling fans, they have one remote to control both, dimmable lights, reversible fans. One day I came home and one was pushing down and one was pushing up. Thought they got out of sink, but no South fan will not reverse and only blows upwards. Since the remote reverses...

I have a remodel project that is going to involve toothing out and replacing a fairly large number of bricks. I had a mason lined up, but he is ghosting me now, and I don't think I am going to get anybody else on short notice so DIY. I have a hammer drill as well as a grinder and a circular...

We have a 3' high brick wall, open on one end, around our patio. It was originally built as the perimeter of an attached greenhouse I have removed. The top was of the wall was built to take the railing or base plate for the greenhouse structure, with a soldier row and an angled row on top of...

I think the moderators do a good job of keeping us from getting too deep into fights or politics here, which is a good thing, but the negotiating topic on free parking was just shut down, and I am scratching my head a little. Didn't see a fight or politics. May not have been the most important...

I built an attached shop on my house a couple years ago, 20 x 16', insulated, no ceiling, open trusses to bottom of the roof. Has a heater, no A/C. I only heat it when I am working out there in the winter. I live in the Midwest, so cold in the winter, hot in the summer. Should I keep it...

My wife wanted an old wall clock, found one she thought was pretty cool (I agreed). It didn't run, I removed the mechanism but everything appeared to be in good shape, so I sprayed some rust penetrant, it tried to run, some carb cleaner to get the gunk and debris out, it ran a little more. The...

My garage/shop floor ("machined" concrete finish) puddles, runs towards the house, doesn't run towards the garage door. Not much of an issue except this time of year when the cars come in all slushy and make a huge mess. This is a fairly recent pour but no option of a redo by contractor. Is...

So many threads about how to best finish your garage or shop walls. Although I did put OSB up in my shop so I could insulate, my uninsulated garage next door has bare studs by choice. I can put hooks and hang heavy things on the studs, I always know where to find them too. I can store many...

My lift arrived sooner than I thought it would. I need to pick it up from the shipping dock. The say they need a vehicle 4 or more feet off the ground for the bed. Don't think my 97 Ranger is up to it, rent a small box truck from u haul, not much experience with loading docks or using large...

I bought a Lutron dimmer switch for LED lights. I have looked at wiring diagram and step by step instructions. The hot (black wire) goes from power source to switch, the from switch to light. None of the instructions indicate which side or connection the black wires go to. My guess is the...

I would like to put up some LED strip lights, I understand most are 12volt or 24 volt DC, and I will need a converter to run off of the 120vac house power, but I want to put Ina dimmer switch, and I would like to wire it and fit it to a conventional wall plate. Do they make 12 volt dimmers in a...

I have my new Chamberlain jackshaft garage door opener in. It works fine, as others have noted, slower than center pull, but fine. It does wobble quite a bit in operation. The instructions say if the garage door rod is not straight it will do that and it is normal. But considering the mount...

I have some work to do that needs to finish up neat and tidy. It looks like particle board with a thin woodgrain veneer finish. I have a 71/4" circular saw and a blade that is supposed to be smooth cut (small teeth like a handsaw) but have used it before and not too impressed. Is there a...

I posted some pics of my garage in the other DIY garage thread, and a couple of you asked for some inside pics. I didn't want to hijack the other thread, so here are a few more. It is nothing fancy. I insulated the shop and finished it with OSB (fire rated drywall on the house wall, which...