Discussion Forum
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Hardwired smoke alarms and small additions
Question regarding what the code is on smoke/CO alarms is on additions. As part of a minor addition to a 1950s home, my sparky says that he needs to install…
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Thoughts on removing an ancient water softener
I'm remodeling a house and one of the things that i have to do is remove a 1930's 0r 1940's era water softener from the basement and hopefully off to…
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Conduit necessary in an island?
Does anyone know the code surrounding running wiring within an island? Is the cable required to be fully within conduit or am I ok just running conduit within the cabinet…
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Screened Porch Carpet Hell
I'm remodeling a soon to be rental property and I ran into a little dilemma with the flooring on a screened porch. The screened porch appears to have once been…
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Best Wood for Painted Screened Porch?
I've got a customer that'd like me to convert their unscreened porch to a fully screened one as well as add some "gingerbread" in places to make it look a…
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High Speed vs Normal 20v chargers
I finally switched up all my cordless tools to the Dewalt 20v platform. I have both high speed chargers and normal (slow/trickle) chargers. I've read a lot of conflicting info…
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Brush integrated bottle recommendations?
Looking for a recommendation for a bottle with an integrated brush to hold primer to field prime cut ends of siding. Heck, it'd also be nice to hold watered down…
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Rec for a smaller PEX crimping tool?
Looking for a recommendation on a decent smaller PEX crimp tool. I've got a 1/2 and 3/4 combo, but the handles are about 16" long - way too big for…
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Loading FHB Archive from USB onto iPad?
I just bought the FHB 1981-2019 archive on USB and I'm trying to load it onto my iPad. Has anyone found a way to either load the whole thing or…
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Compact Dust Collection Unit for a Small Shop
Looking for a recommendation for dedicated dust collection vac for a small shop. Specifically, I'm looking for a dust collector for a fixed location that's pretty compact, yet has a…