I have a new safe that I want to put out in the garage. I'd like for it to be in a specific corner, but that corner has a few quirks.
First, the slab is pretensioned. No cutting, drilling, coring, etc. All around the garage the concrete comes up about 6 inches, and drywall starts above that. ...
This was a project I did earlier 2012. We wanted to install central air conditioning for our new furnace and there was no better place to put the outside unit than on this side of the house. Unfortunately, the pad there was a wedge shape. So I made a form and turned it into a rectangle. C...
kinda surprised i actually documented that project on facebook and had so many photos of it haha
woot! got a hat!!! can i wear it or is it just like a badge?
concrete w/o rebar will last an incredible amount of time (see Rome) - but using Rebar while making it more flexible and less prone to cracking shortens the lifespan to about 100 years
i didnt use rebar in this project - the condensor doesn't weight to much and thats about all thats on that pad - but never know what stupid shit people do
Looking for something to use on a fine fabric (like silk) for a DIY art project I'm working on. I want this fabric to have a very lightweight spine to it, so that when left alone it would appear to have a shape (like low frequency sine wave, for example).
However, I also want this spine to be ab...
even though I frequent the site all day / everday, in the grand scope of DIY, theres not much i feel comfortable commenting on; i take my rep where I can get it
Even when I think I know the answer, I often still do research to find quotes, images, and other info to back up my answer. I find I learn a lot while researching things I already knew.
Oh... and eHow, Yahoo answers, about.com, and most forums, are not good sources.
Quoting "Bob from Kentucky", is not a valid citation.
@waxeagle Yes. about.com did a quick google search, eHow read about it on about.com, and most of the people on yahoo answers are just bored and like reading the words that pop up as they type.
when we walk away from our desks, we have to lock our desktops - if i do so with flash running, be it in a browser or an adobe air app (pandora) and i come back and login, it takes well over 4 minutes to login again
been happening ever since i upgraded to 10.8 OS X and its getting really annoying
its not using that much ram - pandora is around 70mb according to activity monitor - over 1gb free of memory - so its not a resource issue
is it wrong to install cabinets and countertops in a bedroom (converting that bedroom to an office) knowing that when you sold the house, the cabinets could be removed if they wanted to use it as a bedroom again ?
we're only talking a few cabinets held in with screws - wouldn't do a backsplash as its not a kitchen
in other words, there is nothing in building codes that would preclude installing cabinets and countertops, but a real estate agent might think differently
I'm finishing my basement (actually its the second basement I've finished). And I've built what I think is a bedroom in the basement. I had the ELECTRICAL inspector in here the other day and as he's going through the inspection he says: "So this isn't going to be a 'legal' bedroom, because it h...
red and black are right next to each other so when I flip either the red or black switch then I can't imagine it would be too hard for them to arc
but it is on an arc protected circuit so...
idk
Just thinking that if my wire cutter was dull then it could pinch the copper if not a clean cut and it is pinched, then there is little to no distance between any two wires... equals voltage potential
@maple_shaft If it's abandoned and not labeled for future use, it should have been removed. Otherwise, I can't find anything in NEC that says it has to be capped. But I'll keep looking.
I paid for them to put a mounted ceiling box capable of supporting a ceiling fan with the intent that a fan would be installed after construction has been completed
The house passed all electrical inspections without a single mark
I am surprised that code doesn't mention this at all
it would never be a safety concern as long as there is AFCI breaker which is now required by code, but if I started having problems on that circuit then it would have been a bear to figure out the cause
I'm anal about other peoples' wiring jobs. When I renovated my place I capped both the hot and cold wires because I don't know what surprises they did in j boxes or switches.
I have a new safe that I want to put out in the garage. I'd like for it to be in a specific corner, but that corner has a few quirks.
First, the slab is pretensioned. No cutting, drilling, coring, etc. All around the garage the concrete comes up about 6 inches, and drywall starts above that. ...
This was a project I did earlier 2012. We wanted to install central air conditioning for our new furnace and there was no better place to put the outside unit than on this side of the house. Unfortunately, the pad there was a wedge shape. So I made a form and turned it into a rectangle. C...
A great source for information on this is the BuildingScience website.
Electrical, I want to wire a ground fault circuit breaker directly to a switch in my garage
