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I have a tile next to my shower that I had to remove. Under the tile is about 1/4" of mortar that is going to be a pain to remove, do I need to remove all the morter down to the subfloor? Can I just remove 1/8" of the mortar and use a little bit of thinset to reinstall the tile? Is there any...

Ok, to make a long story short. I have an area of my yard that is considered wetlands, and part of the yard is kinda like a swamp. I have a permit from my city that allows my to install an 8" perforated pvc pipe into a catch basin, that is at the end of my yard. The catch basin is on city...

I need to have some locks rekeyed in my house, and I was thinking about going with Medeco high security locks. Does anyone know how much it costs to get a lock keyed?

Hi, I am having a problem with water leaking from above my door. The water is leaking from the top left side on the pic. I have run some flshing on the top to redirect the water that is running down the siding from getting inside the channel on the top of the door. We had a bad storm yesterday...

Hi, I have a Laurel Mountain Whirpool hot tub. I want to add an in line heater for it, but all the heaters I see online just maintain the current water temp. I am looking for a heater that has a keypad for adjusting the temp. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks

Hi, I have a whirlpool that has limted access to where the plug for the motor is. What I want to do is change the GFCI plug with a normal plug, and make the breaker GFCI. This is so if the circuit trips inadvertently, I can reset at load center. Does anyone know if this is ok? Thanks

Hi, I have a 7 circuit transfer switch I need to hook up. The switch is mounted next to the load center and all the circuits are identified. Does anyone know roughly what it would cost to have an electrician tie the wires into the breakers (Boston are). My guess is that it would only take maybe...

Hi, I am looking to get a transfer switch for a portable generator. I would like to get one that is like a sub panel so I can add or change different breakers as I need. I am looking to get about a 50A switch and wire it to a twist lock plug that will be mounted outside my house. Anyone have any...

Hi, I am wondering if there are any pc programs out there that I can use to monitor my household (sinewave) power. Thanks

Hi, I have a front door that has side lights and I am thinking of installing a metal strip mounted on the front of the door for added security like the one that is shown in this picture http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/co/maho/holooucr/images/66D-5.gif does anyone know where I could get a piece of...

Hi, I have a fluorescent light (tube) that only lights on the ends of the bulb, my guess is that the ballast is bad, can anyone confirm this? Thanks

Hi, I need to get halfway up the peak on my roof and it is kind of steep, do they sell anything that I could attach to the end of an extension ladder that would use the slope of the other side of the roof to hold it so I could use the ladder lay it on the roof all the way up to the peak.Thanks

Hi, I work in the electrical field with indicator panels that use series of light bulbs to make numbers, kind of what you might see at a baseball game. A coworker of mine has a tool that he uses to remove light bulbs where the globe has broken out and there is just the base in the socket. The...

Hi, I am thinking of having an alarm installed in my house and I was wondering if they sell a pipe that I could put around my phone line that goes into my house to protect it from being cut, kind of like the conduit that feeds the service panel. I have a fiber optic line (fios) coming into the...

Hi, I have a handleset on my front door insted of a doorknob, I plan to remove it and put a doorknob in its place. My question is on the bottom of the handle there is a pin that gos through the door and screws in on the other side so when I remove it I will have a hole there, does anyone know if...

Hi, My AC unit in my house is located in a closet in my garage and it is a real pain in the a** to get to when it comes time to change the filter. The air intake vent is located in the hallway and what I want to do is replace the air intake vent cover with a vent cover that will accept a filter...

Hi, I recently bought a house that has radiant heat on the first floor, my problem is I was told buy the guy who owned the house before me that there is a sensor outside that kicks on the radiant heat whenever it is cold out. There is a dial in the boiler room that controls the radiant heat and...

Hi I have a house that has 16" floor trusses placed 16" o/c, the trusses are made of osb and look like I beams. The span of the trusses are about 25ft across with load bearing walls in the middle. My question is does anyone know what roughly the max load capacity would be for this type of...

Hi guys, I have a door that I need to weatherstrip thats uneven(was plumb wrong when installed) there is no problem with the door working, however it is not very air tight. There is a gap at the top of the door of about 1/2" or so and the bottom of the door is even with the jamb. I tryed to go...