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Flange bolts too short
Hi everyone. I removed a toilet and installed a tile floor. It's a cast iron flange mounted in concrete, bolts are sunk in holes of flange upside down. Bolts do not…
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Fireball in my face – wiring for dummies
I'm remodeling a bedroom and starting to rewire the outlets. It's metal conduit containing black, white, and blue wires. Blue wire has always been capped. I was connecting the new…
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Seized Gas Lines Make Me Nervous
Hi all - I'm in the middle of a DIY basement remodel and came across some gas piping behind the paneling I ripped down. There is a main pipe that…
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Tiling on 2x planking
I've been doing a lot of reading on how to approach tiling over a 2x planking subfloor. I bought the book 'Setting Tile' by Michael Byrne, and there is a very…
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Hardwood Flooring – Bad Sanding?
The short version is: what's causing the discoloration on my freshly stained floor? I've been working on patching/sanding/etc. this hardwood floor on weekends for the last two months and was…
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Hardwood Flooring – Acclimate 1 day?
Hey all - I'm repairing a good chunk of hardwood flooring in the living room that was ruined by pet urine. I've pulled up the old flooring (about 90sf) and…