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Have a Klein outlet tester. Brand new eaton gfci and afci combo breaker. I love the tester, for some reason when I press gfci on the tester it doesn’t trip the breaker. But when I push the test button on the breaker itself it does trip. Is this all normal? Not sure if it would even work...

new shed build (30x16). monolithic slab 12 inch footer, 6 inch floor. concrete was poured about 8 or 9 weeks ago. Walls and roof have been up for a few weeks. Today I noticed a wet spot on the on the concrete floor (see attached pictures). (about 18 inches from the edge of the footer. We...

What did I do wrong? Large shed (30x16) built on a thickened slab with 1 course of concrete block. Siding isn’t on yet, but roof is. The floor just inside is getting wet (damp). Below are pictures of what’s going on. one is before I removed the threshold, and another is after. I used...

I’m wiring service entrance for a accessory shed myself. The inspector is a great guy, I’m just hoping to avoid a fail, hahahaha. I purchased a meter base/service panel combo which feeds the service panel which is inside of the shed. -I realize the service panel which is inside is...

Finishing the creation of a new outbuilding. Electrical service will be provided from an aerial line from my service provider. Here’s the question.. -starting the roof tomorrow -the Rigid conduit that connects to the meter base that is going through the soffit and through the roof will have...

Laying the first and only course of CMU’s in a few days on a large shed. Next to the man door is the remainder of that wall, 38 inches in length.. using the 8x6x16 cmu’s. How would you all handle that? 2 full length blocks and a very short one? if thats the case it would be a 6 inch...

Excavated and filled with class 5 today for a thickens footer slab (monolithic). The footers are supposed to be 12”x12”. The thickness of the slab I had planned to be 6”. Due to my skill level of the skid steer that I rented Tom Home Depot the thickness definitely varies 6 “ in most to 14 or so...

For some reason I can’t make heads or tails out of this.... Starting the excavation of a 30x16 shed / outbuilding next week, building it on a monolithic slab. I live in MN, where the cold is obviously brutal at times. My property sits on sandy soil. The city requires footers to be 12’’ x...

Desired building size of 30’x16’. Monolithic slab with 1 course of cmu’s. Is it advisable to make the slab an inch or two larger and inset the block that inch or two so that the cmu are not set at the edge of the slab )in this case footer?

How long do most people wait before Installing the sill plate on anchor bolts in freshly grouted cmu’s? Want to make sure when I wrench down in the bolts the anchor bolts stay put.

Going to be building a shed and have electrical brought to it (overhead). Required to have a means of disconnection outside. I like the combo (meter base / service panel) units. The question I have is: mounting. I have yet to find a j block large enough. The combo units are 37+ inches in...

Planning stages- Situation: Monolithic slab with one row of block for the curb,, followed by a normal 2x6 wall sitting on the cinderblock curb. Question: My city doesn’t require the anchor bolt to extend into the footer. They simply require the anchor bolts to extend at least 6 inches into the...

What do y’all think is a good wait time for filling cmu’s after setting the row? Building a shed with a concrete pad and one row of CMU for the curb. How long should I wait until I fill the cinderblock? A day ? A week? Or does it really matter as long as I don’t move the block while I fill it.

Building a shed 30x16 with turned down footers. The city I’m in requires minimum of 6” from grade to siding. So either concrete curb or cinder a block wall no less than 6 inches above grade. What I’m planning on doing (city already approved it) is concrete turned down slab with 8 inch...

Building a 30x16 shed. 2x6 walls Turned down footers in my city are a good provided they are 12’’x12’’ with rebar. I’m using standard 8x8x16 cmu’s as the curb. Than putting the sill on top of the blocks. Here’s the question that I can’t get my head wrapped around. Can I use a 2x8 sill...