You can shove a horse into the river, but sometimes they drown instead of drink
Edit the question to better phrase it, avoiding any product/vendor specific links if possible, and the community can look into reopening it. — BMitch19 hours ago
@waxeagle This one came back after we put it on hold to state that the hold didn't apply
Doesn't help that their other question was also held up, which I released. It's possible that they are just in the hospital after electrocuting themselves, so there's still hope they'll come back to fix their other question.
I never experienced this and it doesn't really make sense.
I installed recessed lights(6) with the switch. I connected them all in parallel. The house uses only two wires for lights, white and black. I connected all ground wire and connected it together. I also tried to connect ground wire to ev...
One of my circuit breaker trips instantly.
I try to reset it but it trips immediately and trips the breaker under it too.
I can reset the break next to it and it is fine until I try to reset the problem breaker again.
Could the breaker itself be bad? and if so could I swap it out myself?
How...
Also, I'm tired of hearing about nuisance tripping GFCI/AFCIs. If an appliance is tripping the GFCI/AFCI, the appliance is faulty. Appliance manufacturers are aware these things exist, and how they operate. There is no excuse for them not to make compliant appliances.
@ChrisCudmore I'm not really sure there's an answer I can accept yet.. @BMitch's answer does seem a bit better, but is suggesting hot roof, the other answer is saying not to do that. same votes for both
I have a small section of roof over the front of my garage, which I would like to insulate and drywall (making my garage fully insulated).
It is 39" high, and 54" by 17', framed with 2x4 trusses, and facing almost directly north (I don't think it ever gets direct sun). I'm located in south ea...
@gregmac I think a hot roof is the common solution. Local contractors should have a good idea of how this is typically handled, since unless this is a custom build it's likely a problem they've faced before.
I am also trying to only use people that have websites
I think it's absurd in 2013 for any business to not have SOME web presence
I haven't actually looked at yellow pages in.. years.. but I do recall seeing a high number of listings that showed a website, but then you try to go to it and it doesn't exist (or has been taken over by a domain parking spammer)
I called the general contractor that did my basement for another quote and left a message. He called me back at 9:00 am the next day saying "My wife's in labour and we're going to the hospital. Can I call you back tomorrow?"
@ChrisCudmore that happened when i was getting quotes to pour concrete for the patio. i called this guy twice, he kept taking like 5 days to get back to me. finally he wants to do it by that time 2 weeks passed. if you want my business, take it. otherwise, theres plenty more guys out there like you that could use the work
how much of an ass would i be if i checked the browser version and anything less then internet explorer 10, i presented a page that said to either upgrade to 10 or install chrome / firefox or safari ?
'Internet Explorer 9 users As previously announced, Internet Explorer 11 launched on October 17, 2013, and as a result, we've discontinued support for Internet Explorer 9.
@gregmac I'm not looking for any rep, just giving general advice from what I've seen/read. I would lean much more on the expertise of a spray foam contractor as long as you can separate out what's advice and what's a sales pitch.
@waxeagle it's not mandatory, everyone is just too lazy to push the change on the server and it's hard to justify the change request when the only site I browse to from the server is an internal page that works just fine on IE6.
The only external site I hit is the microsoft redirect asking me to upgrade the browser. :)
@ChrisCudmore, hope you didn't take my joke in the elections room the wrong way, just a little Airplane humor. Hopefully you've seen the movie to get it.
Hence the joke, I like to wish people good luck a week or two after an event. I'm probably going to hell, but it should be a fun ride.
If someone wants some easy rep, make a generic question about how to identify the C wiring terminal on an unlabeled HVAC control board. Then we'll forward merge all the earlier questions about that as dups and tester can post his one answer to rule them all.
I've decided to design and build a king-sized loft bed for our bedroom. Basically, I've got an 80" x 89" frame, 54" off the floor, covered with slats instead of plywood (see model, but ignore the boards that are standing in for guard rails).
I'm sure I'll have other questions (and I haven't deal...
@JimmyHoffa I like it, now we just need to get people to actually read the tags they are adding to questions. Today I changed the tags on a question from waterheater to water-heater
One of my circuit breaker trips instantly.
I try to reset it but it trips immediately and trips the breaker under it too.
I can reset the break next to it and it is fine until I try to reset the problem breaker again.
Could the breaker itself be bad? and if so could I swap it out myself?
How...
I have a small section of roof over the front of my garage, which I would like to insulate and drywall (making my garage fully insulated).
It is 39" high, and 54" by 17', framed with 2x4 trusses, and facing almost directly north (I don't think it ever gets direct sun). I'm located in south ea...
