Plumbing
How to Replace a Toilet The biggest things I can tell you. One make sure you get all the water out of the tank and the bowel. I used a vacuum in this video. But you can use some old rags if you like. Now on to the seal or johnny ring. That’s [...]
In this video, I’ll show you how to fix it. Chances are, that the faucet aerator is plugged up with something. This can be due to deposits from hard water or just dirt in the water. The aerator screws on to the end of most kitchen and bathroom faucets. The aerator lets air into the [...]
How to solder a pipe Always clean your fittings well, I use sand paper Use flux ON BOTH ENDS, pipes and fittings. Make sure fitting is all the way in. Heat the fitting Not the pipe. Then use the solder, only a little. Too much is a waste. Right after [...]
Unclog Shower How to unclog your shower or bathtub drain with video Many of us make the assumption that a clogged drain needs something like Drain-O or one of those very harsh chemicals to clean out the drain. Where in fact, you never need those chemicals. In this video, you’ll see that I’m only using [...]
Installing a sink basin / basket isn’t hard at all, installing it the right way that is. When I’m installing a basket I’m not just installing it by it self. Chances are I installed the whole kitchen. So making sure I install something so important that can leak all over unnoticed until it’s to late. [...]
To install a sink in a basement is a very easy thing to do with the help of a pump. Here you’ll see the black box. This box has a pump in it, with a float switch. When the water level rises to a defined level, the pump will kick on and pump the waste [...]
In this how to install a subpanel I will guide you through the complete installation of a subpanel step by step. The first question is why are you installing a subpanel. There is either one or two reasons to do this. One because you need more room in your existing panel and in that case [...]
Is it your cable company ? Nowadays the cable services coming into our houses is now digital opposed to the older analog. So chances are that all the old splitters are analog and not for the higher frequencies. To better understand a splitter it’s not just the matter of a few wires inside to make connections from one [...]
How to install a 220 volt outlet
Installing a new 220 outlet isn’t much different then a 120 volt outlet. However you can only put one 220 outlet per breaker / circuit. And you will installing two hot leads to the outlet and not using a neutral for this type of outlet in the video. In the below diagram you will [...]
How Many Lights on one Breaker ?
Always the big question, how many lights on one breaker I’m ask so many times how many outlets and or lights can I put on a 15 amp or 20 amp breaker. Well NEC code does not have it listed that way. By rule of thumb you would stick with 8 to 10 outlets and [...]
How to Make a Shower Pan A mortar shower pan is so much nicer then a store bought fiberglass unit. Once you established your drain setup you’ll want to buy a shower pan drain as shown in the video. 1) I like to lay down a layer of felt paper on the sub floor [...]
In this how to install a subpanel I will guide you through the complete installation of a subpanel step by step. The first question is why are you installing a subpanel. There is either one or two reasons to do this. One because you need more room in your existing panel and in that case [...]
Is it your cable company ? Nowadays the cable services coming into our houses is now digital opposed to the older analog. So chances are that all the old splitters are analog and not for the higher frequencies. To better understand a splitter it’s not just the matter of a few wires inside to make connections from one [...]
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