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baseboard on steel stud walls
I've got 200 feet, 46 pieces of 4 1/4" MDF base to do in an office suite built out with drywall & steel stud construction. Obviously I can't shoot into…
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compound miter saw 27 lbs or under
I'm tired of lugging my 53lb Bosch SCMS out of the van to make a few miter cuts or having to walk outside to the saw and back for every…
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repairing rotten top plates
I have been asked to repair rotted top plate and cap plate and several cripples over a 6-6 window. HO tore off all drywall on wall and one sheet of…
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“good lamp” pops breaker
I hope some of you sparkies can 'splain me somethin'. I pulled 1wire into new underground conduit to feed two lamps on top of cinder block posts. Existing 14ga switched…
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low deck on piers – earthquake stable?
I'm building a low deck on 10"-high cement piers, 7" square surface on top with 1 1/2" wide steel hold-down straps and 11 3/4" square base. SoCal location, frost is…
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GFCI meltdown
Can any of you sparkies explain why this GFCI melted at the white post of the load side? It's hard to see on this picture, but the plastic separator between…
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how big of an inverter?
A client of mine bought a 2ga pancake compressor and then decided to run it off an inverter in his van. Compressor nameplate says 2 amp, but it won't start…
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good gloves?
Anybody found a brand of gloves that lasts? I go through a pair every 2-3 months. Now I have a bucket full of unintended framers gloves - worn out at…
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crown molding cracks
HO asked me if I could fix the cracks at joints of their crown molding. Painter filled the cracks with Bondo, of all things, and two months later cracks are…
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Christmas lights trip GFCI
Can any of you sparkies out there give me a clue what's happening? I went crazy this year with strings of those tiny Christmas lights on a tree in my…