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I have building framed up and getting ready for steel roofing. I installed the Titanium PSu 30 membrane to keep everything dry, but did not have my drip edge at the time. Now I need to install it. Opinions on installing it over the membrane with sealant of some sort? Cut it away, install drip...

New construction, KD Doug Fir. Expised patio and eaves. Should I prine or not? I see high end houses with no primer. The primer seems the same as the paint. The cost per gallon is roughly the same as paint. What are the down sides of just painting it?

I had a start capacitor on my 40 year old Phase converter blow up. I do not know how to ID the capacitor for a replacement. The other half a dozen capacitors look okay, but I wonder if they are due for replacement. There are no numbers on the start capacitor. There is a part number on the others...

I need to fabricate 24 joist hangers for my own building project. The odd thing about them is they are skewed 67.5 degrees. I can’t find anything local. I called Simson Strong-Tie, and the had either a $189 each adjustable, or a much cheaper bendable plate that was so cheesy I wouldn’t hang a...

20 years ago we had an eyebal light installed above our fireplace. It is the type that pops out a bit and is adjustable to a fair arc and is halogen. It burned out the day before thanksgiving when the family was coming over, so my wife asked if I could fix it, so a friend of mine who is a...

I have a vertical shaft pressure washer with the Honda motor that came from Costco in 2011. Motor runs fine, pump is oozing oil due to piston seals leaking. I was going to disassemble and order new seals until I found out a replacement pump was less than a eighty bucks on Amazon. So I ordered...

I am putting my 12vdc power supply in a cabinet with another contactor, and I would like to put 2 illuminated switches on the cabinet door. I have 2 Eaton M22 push buttons that are theoretically illuminated, but I suspect they need a pilot underneath to make them light up. I bought 2 NO switches...

I have seen this phot online as a ‘ I had a welder make my tp holder’ kind of thing. I never noticed the air hose right next to the toilet. Why do you need tp if you have high pressure air available?!? Just blow that $#!% off there, kind of like and industrial bidet!

I have a couple of hose reels off trucks that I need to mount a 12v power supply for. Ihave one just screwed to the housing, but the exposed terminals need to be covered at the least. Any ideas on mounting this and a good plan for running the wiring? Just planning on plugging it in. Tere is a...

I am looking for a new parts washer. I am getting rid of my old Safety-Kleen or similar machine with the metal swamp cooler looking pump in the back, lid is broke, pump on its last legs, etc. it is basically used up. I am wanting to get something of similar size, but with all functions working...

I picked up a generator my neighbor left on the curb. I tried not to, left it for 2 days (low traffic road), but ended up throwing it on the truck. It is a Coleman Powermate 5500 watt pull start. Overfilled by at least a half a quart of oil, so I drained and refilled, it took about 3/4 quart. No...

I have a Lincoln ac/dc 225/125 in my shop for repair. It has a blown rectifier (old style plate rectufier). Does anybody need any parts from it before it goes in the scrap bin?

I need to connect the well on the property I bought to my house. The run is 135’. Every well connection in this area is made with 1-1/4” PVC. WHEN I look at 1-1/4 pex the price is about triple that of 1”. I have landscape and garden irrigation as well as household water use comin through this...

I am getting ready to do sheathing on my guest house and room addition. I have never liked my freehand circular saw cuts, so I will usually clamp a guide on for a straight cut. A year or so ago I bought a new 36v Makita rear handle 7-1/4” circular saw. I have really enjoyed using it, and it has...

I bought this blade for my Ellis saw, but I bought a 3/4” blade and not the 1” my saw requires, just mistakenly put the wrong blade in my cart. I installed it on my saw and tried it, but it stops cutting 3/16” too soon, and not enough adjustment in the stop to make it work. They run $50 new. If...

I bought a ‘for parts’ Milwaukee Propex M18 2632-20 pex an expander for cheap. The tool arrived and looks virtually new, ever so slight wear, but with a plumbing company name painted all over it. Not surprisingly it has a problem. I pulled it apart and the mechanical portion is like new...

I went on ebay today looking for some parts and had 2 tabs open. In the tabs it has the GJ logo then says ebay? What is going on here? It happens wether I have GJ open or not.

I just had concrete poured for a room addition and guest house I am building on my property. In general the concrete came out decent. The only real issue is that on my guest house they put tooled grooved joints in it and it was supposed to be saw cut. The reason for the saw cut is that we were...

I am a welding contractor. I am somewhat unique in that I generally build doors and railings. Most of my work is done in the shop and usually only final tie in welds onsite. I generally carry 200' of 1/0 leads in 50' lengths on my truck. I have been on a job on the side of a mountain that...

I am in the process of building a guest house and room addition. I just got my underground plumbing inspection, and am almost ready to pour concrete. I am not going to use the contractor who helped me with my underground plumbing as he lied about charges. So I am going to do the topout plumbing...