I have a child at home who has learning difficulties. Sometimes she jumps up and down on the floor. Recently this has caused the downstairs living room light to flicker. Upstairs under the floorboards I found a connector block with the three wires from the living room light switch going in one...

If it says "made with Mineral Spirits" its safe to dispose of however. This means its made from all-natural minerals; I usually just dump it out on the lawn to get it away from the house. Edit - please do not dump onto lawn or onto ground, as there are in deed aquifers above the bedrock layer t...

Following reactions to my prior question "Is there a comparative study of self-sustained and ecological housing?", which suggest there is no ready-made comprehensive comparative study of self-sufficient and ecologically sustainable architecture models, I probably will need to define a framework i...

We made a swing set out of 6x6 posts. The horizontal is two 6x6s, bolted together one on top of the other spanning 12'. Is this strong enough for 3 large kids to swing at same time?

Thank you so much. This explained what was keeping the wire from coming out. A fork did not work for me but an eyeglass screwdriver did. I have never done anything like this but just decided to change my outlets out b/c they did not match.

To get the lock mechanism to release you will need to use a small tool (such as a small screw driver as in @Niall C's answer or even a utility knife or eyeglass screw driver as in @mohlsen's answer or my preference is a small diameter wood awl). The first tricky part is finding that tool that ...