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PRESENT ELECTRICAL Good afternoon. Background: If we stay here, which is to be decided yet, we will want to upgrade the main panel from 100 amps to 200 amps. The present meter and panel is an exterior GE panel from 1979, 125 amp with 100 amp service. The electrical company has a vault on...

We all have fought it somewhere. I've been pretty successful in avoiding it many places, but one that has me stumped are two Kohler cast iron bathroom sinks. They rust under the chrome or plastic grommet that fills the overflow hole. Bar Keepers friend has oxalic acid in it and gets rid of the...

Have a Simpson 61124 pressure washer 2.4 GPM 3400 PSI with a Kohler SH270 6.5HP engine. Works well compared to the craftsman one I had before it. The problem is that the hose, Simpson 5/16" X 35' X 3700PSI MORFLEX M22 #7107184, is a stiff shiny gray jacketed hose that is hard to work with when...

Occasionaly I've had need of recrimping a hose. Does anyone know a way to recrimp tools inexpensively? Meaning some kind of tool that works on a press of bench vise? Not worth spendin $150 - $400 for a tool to do 5 crimps in the next 10 years. Did not want to use a hose clamp for things like a...

I have another thread going in flooring on stains on vinyl. This is a question on concrete repair and probably not something that could be answered in flooring. There are stains in the flooring coming from under the toilets. It has happened multiple times. I will consult with my plumber. The...

Going nuts here. About 2015 we noticed stains beginning around the toilets that were installed about 1998. We replaced the vinyl flooring. This is the third time we have been here now since 2015. Each time, the flange is checked and replaced if needed, the flooring is too and we start over. The...

Have a 10+ year old HF engine hoist that the weight limit stickers fell off. Have labels by the holes right now but they are really too small. Thought it would be easy to find some vinyl stickers/labels that could go in place for safety reasons. Most places want a 10 each order, so the cost...

the house next door was flipped recently. The flipper dug under my driveway without my permission and left a 2' x 2' cave in the clay about 2' below the edge of the concrete driveway to get to the underground POCO electrical supply. They filled the top when done to make it look filled, but not...

Tool rest on a 25 year old Craftsman 1/3 hp consumer grinder broke a week ago. The part is nla years ago and used it is more than an equal used grinder. The present grinder is a 6" consumer grade unit that I have already replaced bearings in once and it is probably due again. I use a wire wheel...

So the support that holds the cheap rest stand on a 6" 1/2 hp craftsman grinder I have broke. It is like, I dunno, 30 years old now. Made in China. Probably $39 new. I've replaced the bearings once already. These type grinders are the consumer ones for doing light jobs because they stall easily...

Have American Standard 2021 water heater installed early January 2022. Model GN50T1-3-6. (it is GN and not GSN) Low NOX 50 gallon residential. No where can I find an actual parts list for this unit after hours of searching. At 4 years it is time to check the Anode rod and flush it. The flush...

I am wondering if anyone has replaced a whole sole plate on a shed, by using an oscillating saw to cut the appropriate nails, a jack to slightly raise one wall at a time, and then slide a new sole plate in on each wall? Have an 27 year old 8x10 Tuff shed that I just had new siding put on and a...

Replacing siding on shed. Had to pull wiring to panel. Thickness of new siding is probably 7/16". The way I had it was 3/4 PVC conduit came out of ground, glued a male thread fitting on, into a 3/4 LB conduit body that protruded thru siding to inside. Inside a 90 degree coupling for flex conduit...

in a florescent to direct wire led conversion, can one extend the tombstone wires with a wire nut if needed? If so, does the wire need to be the same gauge as the tombstone wire, or the same gauge as the incoming romex wire?

Used up my last 2 T8 6500K fluorescent 4' bulbs this week and went to Lowes to pick up replacements. They are now illegal here so no one sells them. Not Home Depot, not Lowes, Not Ace, not Amazon etc.. All that are sold are the proverbial 31 flavors of LEDs including pick your color, dimmable...

have a 25 year old Tuff shed that needs new siding. A couple questions 1) what siding is best these days? This one is plywood backed like T1-11 but the exterior is like a pressed finish. 2) We hang things from the roof supports. It is build like a truss but without the bottom rafter tying it...

unreal. I have some air hose, Goodyear, 3/8 rubber that has been patched a few times. I thought it might be time to replace it since it is well-over 25 years old. There are 12 - 13 million people in this part of the state within a one to two hour drive. That is over twice as many as in the whole...

Most of my chargers are designed to either be mounted on a wall or set on a shelf. I have no spare shelf space so I keep the chargers in a tool bag and use them on the workbench as needed. An extra Milwaukee charger sits flat on the wall with a couple screws for when I am too lazy to pull down a...

have some soft steel tomato cages that are poorly made and I want to cut them up to recycle them. The steel is soft but it will ruin the good quality wire cutters I have, and I do not have a bolt cutter. One solution is the Dewalt sawzall with a metal blade but it would require using the vise...

Background: have a Husqvarna front tine tiller I bought used over the winter. They were leaving the state and the guy I bought it from said it only had a couple hours on it in their rocky soil up the hill, but the tines are not really that worn so i don't think it has seen a lot of use. Looks...