Recent content by Furd

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately the links provide no helpful information. I have no problem with the soft close feature itself, it is the pins that work their way to the middle of the hinge and out of the seat and lid "ears" that is the problem. There are no little plastic pins holding...

About ten years ago I bought two Toto Carlyle toilets and they came with the soft-close seats. For reasons that are unimportant I have yet to install the second toilet. About a year, maybe a year and a half ago the lid on the seat assembly came loose first on one side and then the other. I...

While SOME gas meters are okay up to 320,000 BTUs/hour many will be hard pressed to pass more than 250,000 BTUs/hour. It also depends upon how the tankless heaters are piped from the gas main. If they are just tee'ed off a central main you may be experiencing a severe pressure drop and THAT...

I have a "dust bag" on my miter saw. I doubt that it catches even 10% of the sawdust. I tried connecting my vacuum cleaner in place of the dust bag and it wasn't any better.

Retrofit is difficult but in new construction use tape to close off all the holes in the box and some spray foam or caulk to seal the wire penetration. Use some siliconized latex caulk to seal between the edge of the box and the drywall.

Your description is a bit confusing. Do you mean you have TWO shower heads and each is rated at 2-1/2 gallons per minute? If so, then THAT is the problem. A tank-type water heater can supply roughly 70% of its ultimate capacity before a noticeable drop in temperature occurs. That would...

First of all, boilers DO NOT have "T&P" valves, they have safety valves that operate on PRESSURE ONLY! Good practice is to change the safety valve every five years. If your gauge is always reading 33 psi then the gauge needs to be replaced. Without a properly functioning gauge you are...

When you write that there are two pushbuttons at each control point that really points to a low-voltage control system. If is indeed a low voltage control then there are several possibilities including timers and connection to the home automation system. If it is a combination of three-way...

A gas-fired dryer will generally be more expensive to purchase but less expensive to operate than an electric dryer.

As Catcher_chick noted type NM cable is not rated for wet areas so that is OUT for that reason alone. Second reason is that you would find 6-3 w/g to be almost impossible to pull through anything less than 1-1/2 inch conduit and maybe even the 1-1/2 inch conduit. Remember that you can have no...

"All-in-one" boiler chemicals are usually about as effective as snake oil is in curing the common cold. The best thing you can do is to make darn sure there are no leaks in your system and THAT will eliminate the incursion of fresh water. It is the fresh water that contains air (oxygen) that...

With very few exceptions anytime chemicals are added to a system that is also connected to a potable water system (the make-up water pressure reducing valve on a heating system) it is REQUIRED that a Reduced Pressure Backflow Preventer be installed between the potable and non-potable systems...

Is this in a General Electric panel? One that takes half-slot breakers? If yes, then you need to move the circuit breaker over one slot. There are a couple of other panels that have this quirk but I don't remember the make.

I suspect the fluid is glycerine.

I would strongly suggest that you get a drain-cleaning service to run a camera down your sewer pipes. Cast iron should last for many decades.