Plumbing
This can be used to hold a pipe in place in order to remove an outside faucet.
What is a pipe wrench?
What is a single pole switch?
This is something you would need to do sometime around October/November to winterize your home.
What is store your power equipment, seal your windows/doors, cover your air conditioner, clean your gutters, shut off water to your outdoor faucets, check batteries in your smoke detectors.
This is the product you would use when installing new drywall to seam between the gaps in the drywall.
What is joint compound?
This is the size of most bathroom sink traps.
What is 1 1/4"?
This is usually a braided metal line used to connect water to your faucet or toilet.
What is a supply line?
What is a three way switch?
This is something you would need in order to replace the glass in your window.
What are glazing points, putty knife, glazing, screwdriver, pry bar etc.
This is the name of the tool used to apply joint compound to the drywall.
What is a putty knife?
This is the size of most kitchen sink traps.
What is 1 1/2"?
You may need to replace this when you have a running toilet or the toilet flushes and no one has used it.
What is a toilet flapper?
When wiring this item, you need to make sure the black(hot) wire goes to the brass screw and the white(neural) wire goes to the silver screw.
What is the correct way to wire a receptacle?
This is something you would need in order to replace the screen in a window.
What is screening material, box cutter, spline, clamp, screen roller etc.
These items are used when hanging heavy items in drywall in an area where you can't hit a stud.
What is a hollow wall anchor?
This is the distance from the center of one 2x4 to the center of the next 2x4.
What is 16"?
This item is inside your toilet tank and it lets water in from the supply line and shuts off once the water reaches the right level.
What is a fill valve?
This is the first thing you should do before beginning any electrical project.
What is turn off the power?
This is something you might have done to your locks if you moved into a new house, your key was lost or stolen, you have tenants or roommates move out, or you like to have the same key for all locks on your house.
What is rekeying a lock?
This is where you should locate the seam when you have to install drywall and you are using a partial sheet.
What is the middle of a stud.
This is the name of the wire we used on our wall build. It is a multi-conductor electrical cable that bundles individual insulated wires (hot and neutral conductors) along with a bare copper grounding wire inside a flexible, flame-retardant plastic (PVC) jacket.
What is Romex wire?
These are the items under your faucet handle that start, stop and regulate the flow of water.
What is a faucet cartridge or stem?
This is what you should do when you encounter a situation such as frequent circuit breakers tripping, an outdated electrical panel, or outdated or damaged wiring.
What is call an electrician?
It is very important to be able to read one of these items. If you can read it correctly, you will be able to make various repairs around your home and save yourself a lot of money.
What is a tape measure?
This is what you would need to do if someone accidentally ran the doorknob into the drywall and left a large hole.
What is cut and install a piece of drywall to patch the hole.
This is the name of the blue plastic electrical boxes that we nailed to the studs before we installed the drywall.
What are new work boxes?