Discussion Forum
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Experience with Great Stuff spray foam gun
Anyone have experience, good or bad, with the guns Great Stuff offers for their foam? I'm looking at the Model 14, $55. Aluminum body, plastic can attachment receiver, supposedly replaceable…
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Sheet metal flashing detail
Situation: two windows, six feet wide each, five inches apart, nominal six inch casing on each side and molding atop the casing that brings the total length to fourteen feet. …
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Insulation choices, California North Coast (mediterranean climate)
I'd been planning, in the current remodel, to insulate the walls with sheet foam (preferably polyisocyanurate for its higher R-values) sprayed in place with the spray-in-a-can. I am now getting…
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Smurf tube and mice
I'm in the middle of a remodel for a room that will have the TV in it, so I'm scattering boxes around the room with conduits leading to boxes in…
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Fluorescent dimmer switches
Weekend worrier here - actually, retired guy finally getting around to all the stuff the house needs.
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Exterior electrical fixtures
A staffer at my local (generally pretty good) hardware store today told me, with absolute certainty, that code requires that any and all exterior electrical fixtures be installed as follows:…
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Fluorescent fixture dramatic failure – any diagnostic tips?
Last night, I turned on the fluorescent tube fixture over the bathroom sink. This is a high-efficacy, instant start fixture. It flashed brightly and immediately went out. This is a…
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Condensation on Polyiso sheet foam
We're preparing to insulate the cathedral ceiling of our shed conversion with 3" of polyiso sheet foam. Each rafter bay will be ventilated with a large soffit vent and continuous…
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water in conduit
Weekend (well-FT, I'm retired) worrier here. I'm pulling wire to an outbuilding through PVC conduit installed over ten years ago and recently extended to the building. I just duct-taped the…
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Treated plywood – overkill in this application?
Situation: concrete slab, 6-12" of slab exposed above grade, resting on 4" of gravel and a sheet of plastic. I'm putting down a plastic vapor barrier and screwing down 1/2"…