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A repair was made to the second floor laundry room floor to reduce floor vibrations from occurring when the clothes drier was running.
The vibration was noticeable in the second floor laundry room and to people watching television in the first floor family room below the laundry room.
An inexpensive way to increase the size of your tractor mower for cutting your lawn
Increasing the cutting width of your mower reduces the time required to mow your lawn.
Obtain two used push mowers and attach them to the back of your lawn tractor, as described in this article. [Read more...]
Circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters, and arc fault circuit interrupters are important safety devices in your home’s electrical system.
These safety devices should be maintained at periodic intervals to remain in good operating condition. [Read more...]
A circuit breaker is an important safety device in a home’s electrical wiring system.
A circuit breaker protects the home and its occupants from the effects of excessive electrical current in an electrical circuit.
Properly operating circuit breakers are important to prevent fires in the home.
The U.S. Fire Administration reports, “”During a typical year, home electrical problems account for 67,800 fires, 485 deaths, and $868 million in property losses. [Read more...]
A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) is an important safety device in a home’s electrical wiring system.
A GFCI protects a person from a potentially lethal electrical shock when becoming an electrical conductor between the hot wire of an electrical circuit and an electrical ground.
An arc fault circuit interrupter is an important safety device in a home’s electrical wiring system.
An arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) shuts off the electrical power to a circuit when it detects hazardous electrical arcing in the circuit.
The 2008 National Electric Code (NEC) defines an arc fault circuit interrupter as, “A device intended to provide protection from the effects of arc faults by recognizing characteristics unique to arcing and by functioning to de-energize the circuit when an arc fault has occurred.” [Read more...]
Installing a pop up drain and large buried catch basin is an ideal way to create a maintenance-free and a visually unobtrusive system to drain your gutter downspout drain pipes.
The home improvement project described in this article, designed and constructed by the author, describes a creative solution that solves a drainage problem and may be a suitable solution to your downspout drain pipe drainage problem.
Build an inexpensive picnic table base that is stylish and that will make your picnic table and umbrella capable of resisting those occasional high wind gusts.
This article explains the step-by-step procedure for building the base and setting it up in a way that will prevent your picnic table and umbrella from tipping over due to windy weather. [Read more...]
After the concrete formwork is set up for your project, measure the length, width and height of the formwork to determine how much concrete to order.
Concrete calculator
With your concrete formwork measurements completed, you can calculate the amount of concrete required for the project. [Read more...]
Concrete basics part 3: Measure your concrete formwork to determine how much concrete to order
After the concrete formwork is set up for your project, measure the length, width and height of the formwork to determine how much concrete to order.