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Questions tagged [wet]

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Damp concrete floor in bedroom

Had water overflow into bedroom and closet. New laminate floor removed. Concrete floor has glue strips from another flooring that is sticky in some places. Will thoroughly clean with as little water as possible Q. When all cleaning is done and floor…
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Do GFCI protected devices need to be labeled as such, if they are protected from another location?

I'm doing a fairly substantial rewire of about half my house. In many places, like kitchen, bath, and outside/garage, I've replaced circuit breakers in my box with GFCI or dual function breakers. Now I have outlets in damp/wet locations that are…
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Is any amount of moisture normal on exterior sheathing?

I'm renovating a living room in my 1940 two-story home in Central, NY which involved adding insulation where there was previously none. Before the drywall goes up I decided to run some electrical wiring for future recessed lights. After pulling back…
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Wet sanding using 1200 grit on my brown table has created a white/dust-like cover

I worked on 2 projects for painting a wood table and a metal table, where wet sanding had worked perfectly on the metal table while it ruin the wood table, as follow:- I have a wood table which i painted using oil-based semi-gloss Jotun brown paint…
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Approved weatherproof way of connecting SER into panel

I have a knockout in an outdoor electrical panel that is above the uninsulated portion of the panel. I need to run 4/0 SER wire into the panel. According to NEC 312.2, I need a wet listed fitting when working above the uninsulated portion of the…
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Rain Got To Untreated Wood Furniture Project - What to Do?

I've been building a bedframe from unfinished wood on my deck (due to lack of indoor workspace), and tarping it off at night to protect it. Apparently I did a poor job last night though, as the wind blew a corner of the tarp off, said corner taking…
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Electrical junction box under the sink gets wet

We just purchased a house and under the kitchen sink there is a metal junction box for the electricity to the disposal switch. It is on the bottom of the cabinet and it is covered in electrical tape. It is possible that it can get wet when the sink…
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Do I need to replace water damage or just let it dry out?

I had a water leak under my kitchen sink. It happened pretty slowly over the course of perhaps 8 weeks. The bottom of the cupboard was saturated and about 6 " up the sides of the same cupboard unit. Also, I have old wood floors and some of the…
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Vinyl Flooring: Wet glue underneath and pink and black stains on top

I had vinyl flooring professionally laid 2 years ago. Now it is covered in black stains and a faint pink discolouration. We have the same flooring in two different rooms - in the kitchen (which is stained) and in the downstairs bathroom (not…
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Water on block foundation wall

I have water on the top 4 feet of my basement foundation wall. This goes around almost the entire perimeter of the basement. The bottom 4 feet of blocks are dry. Any ideas the cause? Can someone suggest a remediation method. FYI the entire wall…
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too much moisture in concrete slab

We had vinyl floor installed a year ago that is now coming up. The installer said he will replace with another floor as soon as we find out where the moisture is coming from. We had a plumber do tests and he found no leaks and the foundation…
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Why plaster in one corner under ground level wet?

One corner of my house plaster wall is starting, this Winter, to show condensations. As you see in the first picture below it's like drops of water starting to form. This is the stair area going to the basement. The worst wet spot seems to be the…
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What is a robust code-compliant method to connect EGC wires in a weatherproof outlet box in a wet outdoor location?

Background: I'm updating an outdoor garage wall single gang electrical outlet that's 2-wire ungrounded installed perhaps 70 years ago. I only have access to the outside of the wall. My plan: Remove existing faceplate and outlet, make sure incoming…
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Are galvanized or stainless machine screws OK to use with field-tapped holes in aluminum castings (outdoors, wet)?

I'm installing some weatherproof cast aluminum junction boxes outdoors (full rain/sun exposure) for a GEC run, and would like to drill/tap additional holes in them to mount brackets etc. Do I need to worry about corrosion when using galvanized or…
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Rough hewn wood for porch construction

My front porch was constructed using rough hewn wood as an architectural choice, with knot holes, cracks and crevices. The wood is painted white. Although it looks great, after just a few months the brown knotholes are showing through the white…
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