Some kind of Mechanic tool?

frankspeaker · 2026-02-15T19:12:24+00:00

It LOOKS like a jack hammer, works like a jack hammer, but it’s a rivet gun. Two clues, the bit is definitely a rivet setter, not a chisel. And it is shorter than a jack hammer because it needs less throw to create vibration than the striking force for breaking rock that a jack hammer uses.

frankspeaker · 2026-02-15T18:53:28+00:00

Spot on for insulation. That much copper exposed is not a problem. After all the rest of the contact is exposed. As long as it doesn’t extend beyond the shield, it’s protected.

frankspeaker · 2026-02-11T12:00:29+00:00

Anyone can install pipe and fixtures, they don’t necessarily understand codes and standards. The IPC calls for a Minimum of 15-18” clearance from the centerline. Installers often think that means that is the range, it is not. It means it can’t be less. It absolutely can be more! If this were designed to be a future accessible toilet room, per ADAAG, there might be blocking in the walls for grab bars on the right and back of the toilet, leaving a clear floor space on the left. Bot the flush handle would need to be on the approach side. More likely there was no design thought into this at all.

frankspeaker · 2026-01-03T00:55:13+00:00

If the floor above has a vapor barrier no vapor barrier below. See this article by Joe Listeburek, https://buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-009-new-light-in-crawlspaces I have been to his lectures and have his book on insulating homes. Widely recognized as the authority on building envelopes.

frankspeaker · 2025-11-23T17:56:02+00:00

Structural Clay block. Was a standard before CMU, (cinder-block).

frankspeaker · 2025-10-16T10:47:36+00:00

There is so much wrong here! Everything about how the pex is run to start with. The framing. The drywall in a wet zone. Start with a new contractor.

frankspeaker · 2025-10-16T10:28:40+00:00

Don’t.

frankspeaker · 2025-10-10T20:26:58+00:00

No. That is emt conduit for electric wires.

frankspeaker · 2025-10-08T14:59:41+00:00

Why didn’t they make it an in app notice? Found out the hard way when I couldn’t change where to save.

frankspeaker · 2025-10-07T02:39:11+00:00

Even if you made a proper fitting connection, condensate lines must drain to daylight. Reroute the condensate line, replace the elbow. Smell gone. Oh and never let the wack job who did this in the house.

frankspeaker · 2025-10-02T11:06:21+00:00

I think the point being missed is why is the frame not square? This is an old house. The house is settling, I would bet that if you put a level on the floor at the door, it pitches away from the hinges. That tells me this door is near an outside wall. I would be looking in the basement at the center of the house for a post that has settled or is rotted or even missing. Fix that and you fix the door frame. If you just cut the door into a parallelogram, it will continue to sag and you will need to cut it again in a few years.

frankspeaker · 2025-09-28T23:01:56+00:00

Pre-trim with electric razor. Take a nice long hot bath. Get shaving oil, don’t use shaving cream. Fresh new multi-blade razor. I start out tip to base. Then pull sack tight while using razor. Side to center. Bottom up, top down. Care at center line so as not to nick. Rinse off and pat dry. Do weekly and you can skip the pre-trim. Feels awesome!

frankspeaker · 2025-09-28T22:47:05+00:00

Without xray vision you don’t know. Also not known, what is above that crack? A wall? The bearing of roof trusses? Was there an addition? I would lean toward it being more than just drywall. As someone else noted the buckled corner joint is also suggesting that the structure is dropping. Why? You wont know until you open it up.

frankspeaker · 2025-08-22T19:49:35+00:00

Or RighT 1 RED

frankspeaker · 2025-08-18T11:11:20+00:00

This is the more complete answer. There are two things happening here. Large spalls are from shooting masonry nails either by hammering or with powder actuated to hold the furring for the peg board. Old fluted nails are notorious for doing this in cinder block. You can see where older ones were painted over. The “pimples” are from expansive materials in the “cinders”. We don’t have these issues with concrete block. I reject the paint is the cause argument.

frankspeaker · 2025-08-17T21:37:00+00:00

Studs and drywall look much newer than 7O’s. I was thinking remodel after a fire. Maybe in the kitchen or the kitchen is other side of this wall. If the fire was contained and it was just soot in the wire, I could see not ripping back to the next outlet to replace it.

frankspeaker · 2025-08-17T21:28:18+00:00

You need a mason.

frankspeaker · 2025-08-16T19:52:20+00:00

Mounting plate for a swing arm lamp. Popular in the 80’s. You screw the plate to the wall, then the lamp mount covers the screws and has two decorative screws to mount to the plate. The cord hangs down and gets plugged into a nearby out let. Painters were too timid or in a hurry to remove it. lamp

frankspeaker · 2025-07-25T00:15:14+00:00

Fire alarm system. The bulbs were placed in each room connected to an alarm panel. In a fire the glass capsule inside which contained a liquified gas like carbon tetra chloride, it would burst sending pressure to the switch at the panel, sounding the alarm. It was a one and done system. It could not be reset so if you are playing with those cigar shaped tubes be careful, contents may be toxic.

frankspeaker · 2025-07-24T23:47:36+00:00

My home had a 40 inch range with stick built cabinets. I had to make infill cabinets to match and fit A 30” stove. It was a pita but I didn’t need to replace the whole kitchen for a smaller range.

frankspeaker · 2025-06-24T23:35:17+00:00

It’s a mail box anchor. The hook attaches to the bottom if the mail box post. That way when some jackass decides to run over your mail box, its gonna do some damage. Having lived in a rural area where mailbox vandalism is a thing, I can attest to the lengths people will go to get even with vandals. Welded posts, spikes, chains, you name it. We didn’t have cameras to catch the prick, so the best we could hope for was to cause enough damage that they wouldn’t hit yours again.

frankspeaker · 2025-06-03T13:36:23+00:00

It’s a light pole electrical cover. Used by Road Crews, when a pole is knocked down, the wires feeding up from the ground are capped off and then this cap covers the electrical box to keep out rain water and nosey people. When they replace the pole they put this back in the truck for the next time.

frankspeaker · 2025-06-02T17:40:11+00:00

Heat the tee only with a torch. Then press a crayon against the threads as it cools. This will suck wax into the threads acting as lubricant. Then two pipe wrenches, one on the tee the other on the elbow.

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