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I live in a 1979 built house with a 125 amp rated GE panel with a 100 amp main breaker. All but two of the circuits are now taken, and the main wire chases (conduits) up to the attic space are full. The house has T1-11 siding that the panel sits inside, and it will be a pain to take a T1-11...

I have some used once VW transmission tools for 091 trans. They are specific to that vehicle. About $2200 cost and it is time to clear the garage of them. Posted on CL, will post on FBMP, as well as a VW forum. Running out of ideas. They are too heavy and bulky to ship reasonably. Anyone have...

bought 250 feet of paracord to hang some shade cloth over some camellias we have. Sun is too much when combined with 100F+ temps and the right sun angle. What a mess getting the cord unwrapped the way they package it. So afterwards I decided I had to store the excess 100' or so in a way that...

Have a carrier spilt system. Compressor is 2 years old, system coming up on 20. Cools fine, heats fine, Techs tell me pressures are dead on, I checked Delta-T and it is within spec. It is well maintained. At night it has a beat note to it. I can't tell if the compressor is surging, or it is a...

No longer available. Gave to goodwill along with high end valve spring tester. Have a toe gauge - track bar including scribe for sale. Local Pickup Roseville CA, Citrus Heights, like new. Set toe alignment professionally. Cleaning out garage. $free$ Red arrows point to bar and scribe in photo.

Have a new Liftmaster 81602 door opener. The old model from 2010 stopped working because of interference from all the cameras in the neighborhood - they shared common frequencies. I bought a special approved LED bulb to go in the last one that did not interfere with garage door openers and...

Have some door trim in a pocket door that has been on an off so many times to replace the rollers that it has chips in it, especially the inner corners. Thought I would just fill the nail holes with spackle as usual and sand, however if I spackle in the small chips and sections where the wood is...

25 year old craftsman / generac 1750 PSI 2 GPM that is getting near the end. It runs and pumps well but not worth putting any money into at this point. I need to do all the walks and driveway - thinking it may or may not make it considering how it is not a heavy duty unit. Last time it took a...

Have some interior door jambs and trim to sand before painting with a durapoxy finish. The paint that is on the jambs now is a softer latex that slowly softens when it is touched a lot. The durapoxy is a much harder finish so I'd like to get much of the old latex sanded down. I sanded the first...

Have a pocket door. House is 43 years old. The original hangers lasted 20 - 25 years. Their replacements lasted 10 - 15 years. I went thru two sets in two weeks next. The last set started clicking about 4 weeks in, after all the trim was back on the door. Bought the best hangers I could find...

Have 4" PVC elbow as part of the shed, roof, and awning drainage system. One of the contractors hit it with something about 10 years ago and broke it. I glued the thin pieces together but it needs to be replaced. I am trying to think of a way to cut it at the ground where it goes into concrete...

rescreening garage and house windows question. I hate doing it. Period. But I can and know how. May have to. Anyone find contractors who actually do the work re-screening at your place when it comes to 5 - 10 window screens or do they take them and sub the frames out to someone else on the...

Have standard 2 car garage with a side door to the back yard. The door is steel and was replaced about 2004 or so. The original prior door had a window and typical thin panel like many 50's - 70's side doors were. That rot was all around the floating panel. I probably got the steel replacement...

got a bunch of horizontal plastic organizer boxes either at Amazon, or HF, don't remember but finally had use for them to sort stuff while building an engine and have a lot of metric stuff that is all together in three standup bins with maybe 15 drawers each - the standup ones have all kinds of...

we have some T8 32 florescents in the garage, and they are only living about 18 - 24 months. Is this normal life expectancy of them these days? Usually GE or Phillips are what we buy.

Well, finally ran out of wire ties building a blueberry cage to keep the birds out. What material and brand holds up well in the sun? I use them from everything from wire bundles around the home theater, automotive wire bundles, to holding concrete wire up for the pea and bean trellises...

Time I think to replace the pressure washer. The one I have is maybe 20 years old and the pump is starting to fail, engine is smoking a little and hard to start cold even after tuning, new head gasket etc., so it is pretty much the cost of a new pressure washer to completely overhaul the old...

My electric bill last year was $1,422.19. We used 9026 kWh during the year = .157 per kWh using the average. Low month was 453 kWh and high month in summer was 1332 kWh. The area that faces southwest on the roof is about 15' x 25' or 375 sq ft. I figure that anything that I put on the house...

What are the benefits of changing a programmable thermostat to a more modern wi-fi type unit? Is it worth it? We have a 2004 Carrier split system, forced air. Works well, replaced the compressor last year as one of the valves in it wore out after 16 years. About the same time we had a 25 year...

unusual situation. The exhaust vent for the water heater goes straight up thru the drywall on the ceiling, thru the attic and out the roof into a standard vent hat. The vent stack is double walled. There is a framed box on the attic side around the vent hole in the drywall. A piece of sheet...