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Without drilling a hole through my foundation, what would be the best way to pipe water from the faucet to the pvc stub seen in the picture? The stub takes a 90 degree bend under the pavers and goes to a yard hydrant about 25 ft away. I'm handy with plumbing, just unsure how to do this...

Hi, I want to install a small toekick heater in my kitchen and was wondering if I need to use a venturi T fitting where it taps into the main baseboard heating loop. My concern is that the toekick only has 1/2" piping, which seems to me like it will cause reduced flow in the main heating...

Hi, Just purchased (and gutted) a '68 ranch that's in excellent shape but dated. The main bath is being reorganized (fixture locations changing) and a new powder room is being added. The house currently has ALL COPPER plumbing, including a 20 ft long 3" connection from the toilet to...

I'm having a home inspection this weekend on the house I'm selling and I'm a little concerned about the electrical inspection. A couple quick questions: 1) For a 200 amp service, you draw 200 amps from each leg, right? 2) Is it a problem (does code require) that the breakers on each leg total...

I want to install a washing machine in the basement of a house I just bought. We have a septic system where the cleanout for the sewer pipe enters horizontally through the foundation 54 inches off the slab floor. Any drain I install would have to tap into vertical section of the the main...

I'd like to put a utility outlet on the end of a peninsula. The cabinet is a slide out trash container and there's enough clearance inside for a shallow outlet box, so no problem there. What i'm not sure is how you run the cable to the box. Plain old Romex? Wire mold? Other? The feed comes up...

Can the gas shutoff for a stove be located below the floor, in the basement? There is easy access there. I ask the question because the alternative is to come up through an adjacent base cabinet (from below), install a shutoff inside the cabinet, take a horizontal turn and exit out of the...

Do a disposal and DW HAVE to be on separate circuits? I have 2 circuits allocated for them, but one has plenty of capacity to run both. Can I simplify and run both off the one? Also, Can the NM cable just come thru a hole in the sheetrock into the area where the sinkbase will be and after...

Question: I just wired my kitchen for two new 3 way circuits. Definitely want both to be on dimmers. I know they make 3-way dimmer switches, but what I don't know is if you can put the dimmer on both ends of the 3-way, or must one end have just a regular 3-way switch? Thanks, Jay

Hi all, I'm roughing in for a new kitchen sink/base cabinet and was wondering what the experts recommend for where the drain should be brought up. The kitchen is gutted, so I have a lot freedom on where to put it, except it's a easier from down below in the basement to put it no closer than...

I have a Kohler K-679 Thermostatic Mixing valve for my new shower. The top outlet is going through a volume control to the fixed shower head. I am also putting a handheld on the opposite adjacent wall, through another volume control. Question: I was originally going to tap both volume...