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  0 Thread: Laying tile
Post: RE: Laying tile

The only thing waterproof in a shower is the Red Guard (or whatever you use) over the backer. Most tile isn't 100% waterproof. Neither is the grout in most cases. Some, if not all Epoxy Grouts are. Ha...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 12 341 03-17-2024, 06:08 PM
  0 Thread: Stinky sink
Post: RE: Stinky sink

KC Wrote: (03-14-2024, 05:26 AM) -- Follow up... Not stinky anymore, been 'good' for a week or more.  So still don't know.  :laugh: -- Do you have a dog? Most of the phantom smells in our house ...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 20 669 03-15-2024, 11:53 AM
  0 Thread: How do you cut the fascia for this stair stringer?
Post: RE: How do you cut the fascia for this stair strin...

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Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 18 4,221 03-15-2024, 11:50 AM
  0 Thread: Laying tile
Post: RE: Laying tile

Wish I had progress pics of this but this is 2x2x3/4" porcelain tiles over concrete, just Redguard on the concrete. The steps were really bad. The last tile job was awful and a lot of water got below ...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 12 341 03-15-2024, 11:27 AM
  0 Thread: Laying tile
Post: RE: Laying tile

Yea... no plywood outside. Asking for trouble and fast. I guess it depends on the sub-surface. If it's concrete, I clean the concrete and tile over it.  Not a fan of Hardie Backer only because I thin...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 12 341 03-15-2024, 11:11 AM
  0 Thread: Laying tile
Post: RE: Laying tile

I don't understand. You are using tile backer outside?
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 12 341 03-14-2024, 07:17 PM
  0 Thread: Flys in the attic
Post: RE: Flys in the attic

Petertaylor Wrote: (03-10-2024, 05:20 PM) -- Neal, the  house is 100+ years old. The roof is ten years old. From underneath looking up, it can be seen where roof two vents used to be, but are now cov...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 10 372 03-10-2024, 06:02 PM
  0 Thread: Flys in the attic
Post: RE: Flys in the attic

Is this year round? Some flys swarm while mating in the spring. Block off where they're coming in. You really should have ventilation in the attic. Is this an old house?
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 10 372 03-10-2024, 09:47 AM
  0 Thread: Old House Electrical
Post: RE: Old House Electrical

BAdams Wrote: (03-09-2024, 08:19 AM) -- Roly is correct.  The GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) receptacle compares current flowing on the hot and neutral.  If everything is working correctly t...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 14 452 03-09-2024, 08:31 AM
  0 Thread: Old House Electrical
Post: RE: Old House Electrical

Roly Wrote: (03-08-2024, 07:02 AM) -- A GFCI will trip on a ground fault without a ground, The gfci compares the current in the hot to the neutral, they have to be equal for it not to trip, too littl...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 14 452 03-08-2024, 10:55 AM
  0 Thread: Old House Electrical
Post: RE: Old House Electrical

Roly Wrote: (03-08-2024, 07:02 AM) -- A GFCI will trip on a ground fault without a ground, The gfci compares the current in the hot to the neutral, they have to be equal for it not to trip, too littl...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 14 452 03-08-2024, 10:53 AM
  0 Thread: Old House Electrical
Post: RE: Old House Electrical

JosephP Wrote: (03-07-2024, 08:37 PM) -- Pretty sure GFCI with no ground wire will still trip if overloaded.  I recall reading it will proteta person but probably not equipment. Is there any way t...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 14 452 03-08-2024, 06:57 AM
  0 Thread: Old House Electrical
Post: RE: Old House Electrical

Take some pictures for me please. I want to see the breakers and the label on the panel door. I need a brand name. Most GFCI breakers are made for modern panels. If it was a real common panel and does...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 14 452 03-07-2024, 06:53 PM
  0 Thread: Stinky sink
Post: RE: Stinky sink

KC Wrote: (03-05-2024, 06:17 AM) -- Nope.  Package trap/tailpiece. -- Full of water? Do you have a P trap or an S trap? Hopefully a longish piece of pipe horizontal off your P trap? Your P Trap c...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 20 669 03-05-2024, 10:51 AM
  0 Thread: Stinky sink
Post: RE: Stinky sink

fixtureman Wrote: (03-03-2024, 02:34 PM) -- Does you trap have water in it. -- Bump 2nd question.. Does it have one of those DIY corrugated flex pipes that scream "I should have hired a plumber"...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 20 669 03-04-2024, 07:24 PM
  0 Thread: Cherry and Lye
Post: RE: Cherry and Lye

Remember, it takes a lot less toner to darken than it does to lighten. I've found that if you mix something too dark, it's cheaper to throw it way and start over than to try to lighten it.
Snipe Hunter Finishing 17 590 03-02-2024, 08:28 PM
  0 Thread: Clogged Sink Drain
Post: RE: Clogged Sink Drain

crokett™ Wrote: (03-02-2024, 12:34 PM) -- the master bath has double lavatories.  Call them Sink 1 and Sink 2.  They both are on Studor vents.   On each sink the drain goes down through the floor of ...
Snipe Hunter Home Improvement 7 447 03-02-2024, 08:22 PM
  0 Thread: Moisture problem in new shop!
Post: RE: Moisture problem in new shop!

iublue Wrote: (02-28-2024, 06:38 PM) -- I got the meter and made measurements are many different places all over the slab. Readings were about 2% apart with the high at 15.8 and a low of 13.5.  I ...
Snipe Hunter Woodworking 62 4,073 02-29-2024, 09:07 PM
  0 Thread: Reintroduction
Post: RE: Reintroduction

Dave, not only do we remember you, we still talk about you... all good talk, You're a legend
Snipe Hunter Woodworking 28 1,475 02-29-2024, 08:59 PM
  0 Thread: "Blue Crab"
Post: RE: "Blue Crab"

You are truly a Marylander. Nicely done.
Snipe Hunter Woodturning 8 329 02-29-2024, 09:00 AM

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