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Rotary Hammer questions

When purchasing a rotary hammer, they come with either SDS, SDS-Plus or SDS-max. I understand SDS-max is a different sl...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nmbexcuse
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by nmbexcuse

OT - new college

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EBGwwVUVMU
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by frankperiodlogullo
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by frankperiodlogullo

Building Collapse....

A more complete set of photos of this June's Shanghai building collapse and diagrams explaining what happened and wh...
41 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jwisnia
41 comments posted 17yrs posted by jwisnia

Who has the best AC plug?

Scores (1 to 10): US - 1 Japan - 1 Euroland - 0 Australia - 2 Italy - 8 Denmark - 9 UK - 10 http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadg...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by heybub
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by heybub

Splicing #14 wire, hot to neutral ratios....

Awl -- A two-part Q: Due to some remodeling, I'm forced to splice/lengthen some old bx cable that has #14 wire in i...
61 comments posted 17yrs
posted by UNfitcat
61 comments posted 17yrs posted by UNfitcat

CLEAR hardwood finishes? -- moisture cure, etc.

I now have a new unfinished red oak hardwood floor installed in an apartment that I will be renting out. What I want is...
32 comments posted 17yrs
posted by JayB
32 comments posted 17yrs posted by JayB

Electrical Question

I have a garage that is fed with a 3 wire feed from one pole transformer and my house is same from a different pole tra...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ROANIN2009
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by ROANIN2009

Cutting tileboard

The bottom section of an already-installed tileboard panel has been torn off and the resulting end is very ragged. How...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gcotterl
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by gcotterl

Light switches

I have an L-shaped hallway with: a ceiling light in the middle of each leg a light switch at the end of each leg a ligh...
23 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gcotterl
23 comments posted 17yrs posted by gcotterl

electrical code question

can you use metal switch plates and receptacle covers on an ungrounded circuit protected by a GFCI, or ONLY on a ground...
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by njnagel
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by njnagel

doublte walled flues

I'm reading another thread about furnaces, the long thread where the house won't heat up "furnace blowing all t...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

furnace blower sticks on

I have a York Stellar furnace that is 16 years old. After the heat cycles on and off, the blower will occassionally sta...
16 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mattmeitzner
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by mattmeitzner

Question on CPVC cement...

Can I use CPVC cement on standard PVC? Or do I have to have a can of the regular stuff, to put my project together? Jus...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by db5151
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by db5151

Where is the air coming from.

How do I accurately figure out where air is blowing out from, from my furnace flue area, which is next to my hot air du...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005