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Nail Guns and Compressors There really a lot of different nail guns on the market today. But let me clear this up. In my world there are two different types of nail guns. There are the home owner guns and the professionals nail guns. Yeah I know what you’re thinking. In this case brand really [...]
What I find so neat about this tool is that it tells you the starting temperature initially. Begin by scanning your area and then the light beam changes color from green to either red or blue. Red, if the temputure went up or blue if the temputure went down. The selector on the unit lets [...]
Wood Router First thing to know is that there are also many different types of routers and horse power to choose from. Of course each one has it purpose and particular uses. One thing many people get confused over is that a router is a router and trimmer is a trimmer. Two different tools; [...]
Try cutting pieces of scrap wood until you get more comfortable with your jigsaw. One thing to know is that the skinnier the blade is, the easier to make those tight turns. When you go to the store and see all the different blades, you’ll know what I mean by this. Easy, what are you [...]
Remember safety is the most important thing here! I like using the Dewalt brand Chop saw. But they are all okay for the most part. I like it because it’s light weight but still very strong, not to mention long lasting. My last Chop saw was also a Dewalt and it worked fine until someone [...]
Sure you can buy one of those fancy router sign kits. But if you like to do it free hand all you need is a good router and sharp V grooved bit. In my video I used a fixed base router. You may like to use a plunge router. If you don’t know the differance, [...]
Most home owners think that buying from bigger “warehouses” their getting a better value and price. You know maybe for what you’re looking for it may be the only choice. However as a contractor I really don’t shop at Home Depot too much. Now what I do. Lets say I need a whole deck. I’ll [...]
The power washer you would rent and the one you would buy from a home store are not the same. The rented units are built to last and last and have way more power. I know the ones at the home store may say right on the box that they are 3,000 psi. But, trust [...]
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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