Discussion Forum
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PEX under-floor heating. 3/4″ option? Can I go smaller on existing loop?
I'm pulling the copper from my upstairs hydronic baseboard system and replacing with PEX. I'm going to go with the Wirsbo HePex Plus. I only need about 150' but the…
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PEX for Hydronic Head advice (fittings, insulating, route)
We live in a 1 1/2 story house with baseboard heat fed via 3/4" copper. Our upstairs is one large room with a heating circuit where the copper was run…
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Fixing pinhole leak in copper pipe without re-sodering?
We have radiant heat. 1/4" copper pipe to baseboard radiators. Our upstairs circuit froze yesterday (We're in MN). In trying to find the area I've been heating up the pipe…
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Old Switch Wiring Confusion
We have a double switch by our front door that controls the lamp post light and light above the front door. The lower switch began making a humming sound recently…
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Floor board radiator valves…name?
Our house has floor board radiators. The release valves have long crusted shut and no longer let the air seep out making it a real pain to fill up the…
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Source for Tudor Style Exterior doors?
We have an 80 year old house with a solid wood Tudor Style front door. I have no idea if there were such thing as 'standard' Turod Style door measurements…
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Taking care of small compressors
This past winter's basement remodel finally gave me an excuse to get a compressor and some air nailers. I didn't buy anything fancy...just a 100psi 3 gallon portable compressor. I…
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Retrofit insulation for converted attic
Our last frontier to conquer in our house is to maybe redo the upstairs. It's an 80 year old house with an attic that appears to have been converted in…
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electrical screw driver always beeping
I had an electrician come in and do all the wiring for me. I then finished the basement and am now wiring up all the outlets and switches. I have…
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When did electrical outlets flip?
I'm about to put in all of the outlets for our basement remodel and picked up a 10 pack of them. Dumping them out I noticed that the instruction card…