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I am looking for advice on how to proceed with fixing this regulator. We currently have street pressure inside the house. I rotated the screw both directions a while back and don't remember which way lowered the pressure. I think left turn. But the change was not enough and water leaks from...

I am remodelling a bath to include a larger shower stall and this will require Lavatory 1 and the shower vent to move to the other side of a joist. Also I am replacing this corroding galvanized plumbing leg with PVC back to the cast iron wye. I am weighing some options on the plumbing change...

How do I get this thing off the wall? I see nowhere there are screws. Surely it is not a permanent fixture.

What is the purpose of quad circuit breakers? Specifically, a Siemens QT breaker with 15/30/30/15 amp breakers where the center pair are common trip? I have also seen quad, tandem circuit breakers in the same configuration but only take two spaces.

I'm repairing the electrical wiring to a suspended ceiling gas heater (which has a flue). The original thermostat was removed when the drywall was ripped out and replaced and only the box remains. The dummies replaced it with a recepticle! This controlled a fan as well as the gas valve. My...

I have a question. I have a swamp cooler which has a two speed fan on it which is wired to a switch that turns it either on high or off. It's load is 11.5 Amps. Is there some kinde of remote control available to switch this big of a load between high and low? I'd prefer to not run a 14/3 cable...

This was an interview question given to my friend who applied for a job at Microsoft. What would you say? I think I would laugh. By the way, he got the job. the Gates Bathroom tour

I believe that is what they are called. It is bracketed to the ceiling and hangs in a corner of the building. It runs off natural gas and has a fan on the back. What is striking to me is that there is no chimney, so the exhaust goes into the room. Is there any need I should be aware of when...

What are some recommedations for getting 110V power to a swamp cooler on a flat roof? The roof is covered in a membrane. I would like to put a piece of rigid conduit through a hole and want the hole to be watertight and the wire to be safe.