Home Improvement Weekly Newsletter - Monday, February 29, 2016

Top new questions this week: Is there a freezing-water-resistant metal pipe? I want to install a water outlet on the outside of my house for gardening etc. Outside temperatures here in Latvia fall to -25°C sometimes, so I cannot use a common water pipe; it would burst when the ... plumbing water   asked by AndyZ 19 votes answered by JPhi1618 37 votes Low-cost hardwood flooring... what's the catch? Genuine hardwood flooring is generally quite expensive... but a few local stores have glue-down hardwood planks that are actually cheaper than mid-priced laminate (~$1.80/sf). What's the catch? The ... flooring hardwood   asked by Bitbang3r 14 votes answered by DMoore 28 votes Is notching a flange on an I-Joist ever acceptable? My home builder said that the following notch in a flange on an I-Joist was acceptable, but I've read that you're never supposed to do so. Is that true? joists structural building-regulations   asked by gibbo 14 votes answered by ArchonOSX 13 votes False positive from a non-contact voltage tester? I'm replacing a 240-volt split-phase electric baseboard heater. I've shut the power off at both the thermostat and the breaker box. Testing the wires with a non-contact voltage tester shows an ... electrical safety   asked by Mark 7 votes answered by ArchonOSX 10 votes What is the correct way to tile a wall when there are existing electrical sockets I will be tiling a backsplash in my kitchen. Currently there is none, and the new backsplash will cover areas that currently have electric sockets. So my question is this do you: Remove front cover ... electrical tiling   asked by Paul Taylor 6 votes answered by Shimon Rura 5 votes Remove old toe touch bathtub drain stopper with no screw I have an old toe touch bathtub drain stopper that is stuck in the closed position and doesn't stop the water escaping either. I want to remove the stopper. I removed the cap the cap by pulling on ... plumbing drain   asked by user193661 5 votes answered by Jimmy Fix-it 6 votes How to put the washers on the screw So, I got a screw and things that look like rings (washers). One of them looks like incomplete ring (C-shaped), another is really a complete bigger ring. The assembly instruction says I need to put ... screws washer self-assembly-furniture   asked by user42459 5 votes answered by Johnny 11 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Why does my pilot light keep going out? My furnace pilot light keeps going out so I changed the thermocouple. Now the furnace will come on and heat up to the degree set on my thermostat, then the pilot light will go out and the furnace will ... heating furnace thermostat thermocouple   asked by David Jabtecki 2 votes answered by KeithS 3 votes What are the differences between SDS, SDS Plus, and SDS Max drills? Basically I had to use a breaker last weekend, it was clear I did not need the "heavy duty" as I did not have 6" of solid concrete, but the descriptions of the other options confused me. tools drill breaker   asked by Walker 4 votes answered by Shawn Furyan 9 votes Can you answer these? Is this gas pipe installation OK? My new home is under construction and I noticed the gas has been distributed to three places through a very tight and rough hand-dug hole. Yes, I have concern about potential gas leakage. Though we ... plumbing gas plumbing-fixture   asked by BigBadFatRabbit 1 vote UK Vented Heating Problem - F25 Error on Glow Worm Boiler We have had an intermittent problem over the last 4 months with our boiler cutting out with F22 and F25 errors (circulation fault/air in system etc...). Its a Glow worm Flexicom 18hx and has been ... plumbing heating boiler central-heating   asked by superphonic 1 vote Changing 3-way ceiling fan/light switch to separate fan & light controls In my kitchen I have two 3-way switches controlling the ceiling fan and light. The two controlling switches are on opposite sides of the room, but what I'd like to do is split one of the two switches ... electrical wiring ceiling-fan   asked by Matt 1 vote

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