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My roof has a continuous ridge beam, and it is not possible to vent through the ridge line. What do I do? I am afraid I do not have enough venting for my attic space.It is a hip roof on the front, ... |
I have a gas heater that provides the heating of my flat (with radiators) as well as the hot water. The heater is also linked to a non-smart thermostat, which simply turns on the heating when the ... |
I have an old gas line in our crawl space that should have been capped off by the previous owner. It has a shutoff valve, but I only trust it if it's got a cap. You can see in the picture, there is a ... |
I need help figuring out why my old wired doorbell doesn’t work. I currently have the button at the front door disconnected from the 2 wires.When I test with a multimeter at the transformer, I’m ... |
I’m installing pendant lights. There are two 12 gauge solid wires that my contractor already pretwisted. I need to connect them with 18 gauge stranded from light fixture. I lead with 1/8” stranded but ... |
I’m using the tan winged wire nuts to connect two 12 solid gauge and one 18 gauge stranded. I pretwisted the two 12 gauge. I cut the stranded wire 1/8” longer and led with that when I put the wire nut ... |
We have an old basement with an unused chimney (which stops at the level of the first floor) and several lally columns that were added before we moved in 3 years ago. The chimney and columns make this ... |
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So to continue my line of electrical questioning (and perhaps narrow down my flickering light problem), I took a look through the two panels in this house. There is a 200amp main service in the ... |
In my kitchen, I want to replace a regular 120V receptacle with a GFCI-protected receptacle. The instructions describe what to do with a regular 2-wire + ground feed, with and without daisy chaining ... |
We moved to a new place where the dryer connection is 3-prong instead of 4-prong. The dryer was originally 4-prong, so we bought a 3-prong cord and installed it. It works fine, except I am not ... |
Pilot light is lit. When I turn it on, it starts up, normal amounts of flame. Then it turns a blue flame, and slowly disappears until even the pilot light goes out.This was working not even 2 weeks ... |
I often come across screws that just won't budge with a manual screwdriver or even a driver bit in a drill. They are of different screw types and heads in a variety of different materials. What are ... |
I noticed that in some (many?) countries, screw sizes are listed as "M+number", e.g. M3, M4, M5 and so on.What does this size designation mean? |
I am trying to hang a mirror in the shower and it simply will not stay on the wall. It does not weigh more than a couple of pounds. There are two suction cups.Things I've tried:Cleaning the tile ... |
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I had a new window installed and it sits deeper than the old window creating about a half-inch gap you see in the picture. The lumber supports (faintly visible in the picture) are available about ... |
I am trying to connect a dishwasher under the sink and I have trouble finding a solution for the waste pipe.I have already bought a wye splitter for the source, but have trouble finding a proper ... |
I would like to ask for help in my situation in Hungary:Sometimes when we bath some water splashes to some electrical parts, and it is a problem i would like to fix.Note:I am not interested in a ... |
