Dishwasher - Plastic or Stainless

Looking for opinions as to if it is worth it to buy a dishwasher with a stainless tub or not. It seems to me that putting a plastic bottom near ...

drywall Prep

I had what I will loosely call a builders' grade counter top. Actually, it was fiberboard with a thin laminate glued over it and up the drywall to ...

Regarding the stud

Should I place a metal bracket over the stud to protect against someone driving a nail through it in the future?

The oven instructions mention permissible wiring to a three wire wall connection, but they have no details. I was thinking the black and white from...

Two More Wiring Questions

1) How do I properly run 120V wire through a single stud? Seen it done elsewhere in the home but I've learned not to trust how things were done aro...

Breaker Plugs

We used to use breaker plugs at work until we got our undocumented mid 60s electrical system straightened out. These are plugs which have built in ...

More info

Four wires on oven, three wires coming out from wall.

Improperly Wired Microwave?

Just been informed that my microwave is improperly wired. What was done by whoever was to take a leg of the 220V to the oven to wire an outlet box ...

BTW, how many watts of burner are needed to boil water for cooking (for one)?

Bar sink will be out of commision too as the cabinet is also being replaced. But, as far as getting water flow to the kitchen/breakfast area is ...

Temporary Countertop Options?

I will be starting on a kitchen remodel this week. Silestone has informed me that there will be a three week delay between the cabinet installation...

Counter Top Decision

I'm specing a kitchen remodel - new cabinets and counter tops. The number of cabinets seems to dictate a "good quality" prefab, but I'm a little...

Follow Up

Thanks! One follow-up. The questionable area (bedroom, hall dried out today and was painted). is near a corner of two interior walls. There i...

Wet drywall Replacement

Came home tonight to find my A/C condensate line had plugged and some of the overflow missed the pan. I have a spot in one bedroom and a hall where...

Microwave "Blew Up"

This has happened twice in the last two years.The oven had what appears to be extreme internal arcing incidents. The steel plate on the side near ...

Toilet Seal Issue

I'll take a look - however here on the Gulf Coast the cold water isn't that cold - humidity in the den (where I am now) is 58% though, on this warm...

Vinyl Tile Layout Next to Tub

Village Builders, actually.That's what I did. I put whole tiles and trimed around. I figure having two tiles a half inch bigger is less noticeable ...

Wallpaper Border - Matching Patterns?

That's what the big plant on top of the linen cabinet is for....

Toilet Seal Issue

I replaced the wax seal last night due to smelly moisture around the base of the commode.This morning, it's still damp on the slab around the base ...

Stinky toilet

I was getting an off and on smell around one commode, today when I took off the old vinyl tile I noted that the slab was wet around the commode - a...