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I would like to add a recessed light, a couple in fact, in the ceiling of my 1st floor study. For a short time I have access from above because the flooring is being replaced on the second floor. The problem i have is that there is a wire, 14/2 nm, running through the joists on its way to a...

My washer and dryer are on the 2nd floor of my 2 story house. The dryer vent goes into the wall and then straight up into the attic. Once in the attic it tips to maybe 30 degrees from vertical and continues up to a roof vent. I can stand in the attic but it is one which is accessed via a pull...

I am trying to address an insulation problem that the builders of my house created. I am attaching a sketch of the area in question to hopefully make it more clear. The house is two stories and it has an unfinished basement. My office is in a corner room of the first floor and there is a...

I have a microwave/range hood combo in my kitchen that was here when I bought the place. I did some reading and see that it can be converted from recirculating (worthless) to outside venting (yay). The unit is mounted on an exterior wall and it seems that the spot for the vent duct is between...

My son has indicated that he'd like a light in his bedroom closet. His room is on the 2nd floor of a two story house. The attic is unfinished and has a pulldown trapdoor/ladder. I haven't fully scoped out how difficult it may be to gain access to the power from a wall outlet or light switch...

Hello, I have two washer/dryer questions. My house is a two story house with an unfinished attic that has a pull down trapdoor/ladder. The laundry "room" is a closet on the 2nd floor. The washer sits in a plastic pan which I guess at one point may have served to prevent lots of water...

Hello, I have a deck on the back of my house. The ground slopes such that if you are under the deck near the house at one end there is about 3 feet from the ground to the deck joists. As you crawl/walk along the edge of the house towards the other end of the deck the ground slopes down...

I am nearing the end of a major bathroom renovation. One of the last things was put a new toilet in. My wife picked a skirted toto toilet. I read the 12" rough-in bit, checked that my drain was set in 12" and said ok. My big screw up was I didn't notice until I was about to set the toilet in...

wasn't sure if I should start a new thread or tack on the other. I have PVC all the way while the other recent thread has iron in the mix. 2nd floor bathroom. Replacing the tile floor but the the new floor will be on ditra instead of a thick mortar bed. End result is the flange will be too...

Hello, I'm about to put a new pvc p-trap in place and I'm noticing that the piece is not 100% symmetric. In other words if I view the thing from the side so it looks like "U", one side transitions more gradually from vertical to horizontal than the other side. Sort of like this: X...

Hi, I'm hoping I haven't made a big mistake by not fully addressing this sooner in my project. I recently retiled my 2nd floor bathroom floor. The house is about 14 years old and has a 4" PVC drain on the floor mount toilet. I didn't replace the flange and so now with the addition of cement...