I think it's a SE / blogoverflow specific problem. There are WP plugins for some of the stuff we're asking for, but we're in a nice sandbox where we don't control those things.
Though I could ask for workarounds that don't use plugins - they might be able to help there.
The advice given in the other answers is good: begin by assuming that the safety system is operating correctly. Find the fault, and hire an electrician to do so if you cannot. Only if you have evidence that there is no fault should you assume that the safety system is broken.
However, it is impo...
Even electricians have a habit of dumbing down GFI explanations, the current-hot-neutral-potential-difference talk tends to make Harry Homeowner's eyes glaze over.
decided to go with foam insulation to minimize the risk of mold, but I had to go with fire rated drywall and they didn't have that in mold resistant in the store
In the UK where we have largely brick exterior walls and a damp proof course I'm sure that most of the cases of rising damp "cured" by expensive injection systems and replastering etc could well have been fixed by clearing away the build up of detritus on the outside wall that's bridging the dpc
I am curious about the common wall construction in my home, it looks like 3 layers of drywall, one fire rated on my side standing off via sound attenuation channel, another in the middle, and then the third would be the outside for the aluminum siding or interior of my neighbors. I'm not exactly sure of the purpose of the middle layer.
I would have thought 2 layers of fire rated drywall would be plenty
Currently I'm living in an apartment that has poor soundproofing. My upstairs neighbors get up at 4:30 am to go to work. They have two dogs. So there's a lot of noise between 4:30 am and 5 am. Like any sane person, I don't want to wake up at 4:30 am.
I've had many issues with noise in this apar...
just leave a can of wd-40 outside their door with a note saying "your bed could use this"
@TheEvilGreebo there's a reason I always decline whenever someone offers to replace my aluminum siding or windows, I'm leaving this disaster for someone else
to their credit, I watched when this happened, and they had a large excavator lifting a massive cement form through a narrow path and he had to avoid all the utility lines on the other side, putting him on an incline
@Tester101 part of the conduit, there's a load of it in the ground, every utility in the world in a narrow path. they had a bunch sticking up to mark where they stopped digging the last bit, so this might have just been a marker
@BMitch That might be another good target for your envelope of photos. Let the inspectors know that someone is watching them - so they should make a fuss.
yeah, we leave our base plate in too, but the studs are nailed in from under rather than toe nailing. which, since this was a cement foundation, toe nailing would be a pain.
I've already got the county supervisor working with me to get the privacy wall raised, want to stay on their good side while they appear to be cooperating
Mine was finding out that the new corner shower & toilet installed in the utility room had crooked pipes.
The sellers decided to "fix it" with duct tape. The ends of the pipe were about 3/4" off from the sewer drain pipe and the duct tape did not hold up well.
When I got into the crawl space to fix it ... well, let's just say it didn't smell like a flower shop...
@AarthiDevanathanΨ thanks for that. I have a good friend who's looking into doing this now, I'll probably end up helping him, so that's a good walk-through.
@SteveJackson I was actually feeling complemented about us being her favorite bloggers until she started posting the sites of others, then I was crushed and went into a deep depression.
Currently I'm living in an apartment that has poor soundproofing. My upstairs neighbors get up at 4:30 am to go to work. They have two dogs. So there's a lot of noise between 4:30 am and 5 am. Like any sane person, I don't want to wake up at 4:30 am.
I've had many issues with noise in this apar...
