What 'most' company cable installers do is to run the wire on the outside of the house most convenient to where it comes up (or down) and then run it along below a siding plank or down low/high where it isn't as noticeable. Then they drill through the wall nearest to where the TV/etc. is. See...
All I can say is that I've seen sheetrock seam splits when roofers throw down packs of shingles on the ridge. They're too lazy to ease them down and just drop them hard. I'm just saying what home owners might be afraid of, not what the law allows in terms of vibration...
You don't need two rows..... one row of drilled holes in a line and insert wedges and shims and hit them successively in a line. They will eventually yield a split you can tell with the sound. The hard part is drilling all those holes. Works best with a power hammer drill....
You REALLY have to pay attention to rotational position of the cartridge when you take it out and make sure you're putting the new one back in the same way... learned that the hard way.. You also have to make a note of the position of the handle. TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES!!
No matter the insurance, how trustworthy or dependable, DO NOT have your guns moved. You do that yourself even if you have to rent a truck yourself. If you need help to load it, then rent the help, but they don't take possession...
ALWAYS! On the damned weekend.....never fails.... mine happened on a weekend and thankfully my BIL is a plumber and I went and bought the WH and he replaced it. THIS time I made sure there were ball valve cutoffs everywhere I'd need to isolate (like the expansion tank) and/or drain and...
Years ago a friend of mine was about to retire in Ft. Huachuca and building a house on flat level. The one thing I told him is that he needed 3' width doors throughout the house to enter or leave rooms. Years later he thanked me for that suggestion. It saved him a bundle in refit costs for...
My grand daughter applied online to a very prominent grocery store chain for a job. When she got through the application process they kicked it back saying that "the Social Security Number was already in use." After much calling to the chain, her mother tracked down that the number was being...
LEDs are the only way to go these days. FWIW, when's the last time anybody here ever tried to buy one of them Ubama CFLs? You can't find one anywhere...why? because they were trash to start with...