Recent content by Iminaquagmire

First of all, we don't pull meters. That's a dying practice and isn't even taught anymore. Around here we don't have outside disconnects. I'm not going to go searching for a panel in a large fire and its certainly not going to be a find the panel first then fight the fire kind of thing. I...

It looks to me like somebody's first pex job. The advantage to pex is that you can run continuous supplies that snake around obstacles without having to use lots of fittings. If they had done like you wanted and used a mini manifold, it would make more sense to use the pex. As it is, its only...

Some light fixtures serve as the junction box themselves and don't need a box in the wall. You can either replace the light with one that works the same, put in a pancake box if it needs to be attached to the stud, or put in an old work box. The old work box can either be a plastic one or a...

I ended up getting an atrium grate. The hoses will be secured well above the pipe.

Good. That was essentially my plan but using a floor drain grate to secure the drains to. Thanks.

I didn't think about the chance of a backup. I can add a new trap off of the kitchen sink drain in the closet opposite the sink where there all of the appliances are located to keep the trap out of the crawlspace. I was thinking I could do this and put a floor drain fitting into the standpipe...

I'm replacing a corroded copper drain line in my crawlspace that services the kitchen sink up above. Currently, the AC, humidifier, and water softener all connect together and drain into a hole somebody drilled into the kitchen sink drain in the crawlspace. The drain hose is just siliconed...

I couldn't tell you what brand is better as I've never seen a Gentex, but Kidde is pretty well known. As for types, you want both or combination units as they both operate differently, detecting different fires at different rates. Photoelectric are generally considered better for preventing...

If I can use NM, I'm not going to the trouble of installing EMT. The only way that would make sense is if the run to the switch box was exposed and then went to the fan in the wall. Use your conduit as the ground for everything that has a metal box. For your fan, ground the switch to the box...

You have the right idea.

There is no reason not to, you just don't need to. If you already bought one, its fine to use. The only thing different really is that the prong openings can accommodate a 20 amp plug. But I've never seen any device you would use in a bathroom that uses that kind of prong orientation.

Your layout and where the wire comes into the room would determine the best way to run the wires. Code states bathroom receptacles require a 20amp GFCI circuit. You can feed the lights with this same circuit, but if you do this, the circuit cannot feed anything out of the bathroom. I'm...

I would replace every five years. If they are older than that, they probably don't work as well as they should. Its really not something you want to chance. As for the heating system, unless the furnace burned up the motor which you would definitely know about (very distinctive smell and lots...

The layout looks good. The issues I see are first of all the fernco's attaching it to the galvanized. Above ground most places and everywhere here, they must be shielded couplings. Second the traps you have pictured. If those are all glued together, what happens when you place a vanity there...

Chicago is EMTland, not Chicagoland. My house is about an hour north of Chicago and 30 minute south of Wisconsin. Here and a lot of other cities are all NM besides multi-family and commercial. Some require AC, but its better than running conduit everywhere. They still don't like plastic...