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I see there is a solar tax credit of 26%, but what if I didn’t have any out of pocket expenses, and only make monthly payments?

poured a concrete slab for my new shed. How long should I wait before building the shed on top?

I’m creating a YouTube channel that will feature my sons highlights from his Basketball games. I’m going to spend some money, but don’t want to break the bank. I’m only going to be shooting video, and would like to have zoom capability. I want to the videos to look good, but they don’t have to be professional. I understand these gyms have low lighting. If I were to use an 18-135mm with a f/3.5-5.6, is that really that bad? What do you recommend? 

Transitional anatomy at the lumbosacral junction with partial sacralization of L5. There is pseudoarthrosis formation at the right transverse processes of L5 and S1 which can be a cause of pain.

I m looking to wire my home with cat6a, in researching how to do this, I see I need a switch. I know this probably complete overkill, but will this switch work? Found it for $40. Cisco WS-C2950G-24-EI.

Doing research

I can light with a lighter, but cannot light frigidaire cook top by turning dial as there is no click when turning to lite. what is the fix?

Can't find anything on the web about it.

I finally finished my repipe. It took 3 1/2 days, and I moved the water heater outside. Everything turned out fine, except for the water pressure when the backyard spigot is turned on. Prior to the repipe I couldn't shower and water grass at the same time because the spigot was tied into the same line with the potable water.

My setup in front of the house consists of 2 cold water lines coming in. 1 comes in 3/4 going straight back the spigot, and the other goes through the regulator and feeds the house.

After I finished up, I hooked up a gauge and I have it set to 80 psi, but when I turn on the backyard spigot, it drops to 40 psi.

Why is this happening? FYI, psi is 120 from the street without a regulator.

I'm switching from galvanized to copper. Do I have to drain the water heater?

I am in the planning phase of my PEX re-pipe, and have a question on Manifold placement.

I live in one-story single family home 4 bedroom 2 bath

How far can the manifold be from the water heater?

The home is about 45 feet wide running North/South. The water line in is on the North side of the home. The water heater, backyard Spigot (sprinklers) and MAIN bath room is on the North side as well, but the Kitchen, washer/dryer, and 2nd bathroom are on the South side.

I've always heard that the Manifold should be near the Water Heater, but what is near? if I put the Manifold on the North side, the longest runs would be to the Kitchen, etc...If I put it on the south side, it would be more convenient i.e. less work to run the lines, since the majority is on the south side, but it would be some distance from the water heater, and the main bath.

So, how far is too far? I don't have a large home, so I'm hoping placement isn't be an issue.

If I were to put it on the southside, then it would be a 29 foot run to the water heater, and a few feet longer to the MAIN bathroom. Yet, if I put it on the North side, then it would be a 29 foot run to the kitchen, etc..and be a lot harder to run the lines.

What are your thoughts?

My 22 month old still wakes up 3-4 times per night for a milk bottle. It's the strangest thing. 2-3 of the wake ups isn't for longer than 30 seconds. He will cry until I can go to the frig and get the bottle, and will take 2 sips, and be snoring 30 seconds later. The other time, he will actually drink half, then knock out. I've tried water, and diluting the milk with water. Even the smallest dilution of water, he knows and will throw the bottle, and cry belligerently until he gets his milk. He drinks half a bottle in the car ride to grand ma's, about 2 during the day, and another half bottle for the ride home. I really don't know what it means to have uninterrupted sleep any more, and it really doesn't bother me. I'm used to it. He's still drinking whole milk, when should we switch to 2%?

This can't be normal? Any advice?

One program recommends turf builder w/ halts crabgrass preventer in early spring, plus weed preventer in late spring, summer guard, then winter guard. Then they have this Step 1-4 program.

What is the difference besides price?

Ok, I hope I can explain this in a vivid enough fashion for you to understand. I don't have the exact measurements yet, so I will be using random measurements.

I have a 20X20 area tucked in the corner of my back yard, that I left open when I designed and installed my sprinkler system. The play area is on a downward slope from right to left.

I want the frame to go 6 inches high, so my thought is that I would set up a few stakes with a string, and a line level attached. I will measure the distance from the string to the ground from various points throughout the length of the 2X12X20 beam.

So, I take those measurements, and mark them on the wood, so I can then use my neighbors saw, and cut a long those dimensions from the bottom side of the board.

Once I have the board cut correctly, and it sits flush on the ground leveled, and six inches high from the highest point of the surface, I then take take multiple stakes and nail them to the inside of the board. I'm only framing two sides, as I will be using the fence that's already there.

Am I thinking about this correctly? Am I missing something?

Once I have it framed up, I will then lay down a thick plastic sheet for weeds, and then 4 inches of top soil, and 2 inches of rubber mulch.

Ok, I have a large spreadsheet listing several employees, and one particular employee can be listed more than once. Basically, If I'm a manager, and I have 7 direct reports, and I am supposed to complete a project for each report. My name and employee id will be on the sheet 7 times for my 7 direct reports, and it will show complete or incomplete for each person. I am trying to create a formula that will show the completion percentage.

So, if my name is on the sheet 7 times, and all 7 employees show completed, I want to show 100%. The identifier I'm going to use is the employee ID.

There is a lot of info on PEX out there, but for some reason not on shower installs. My bathroom has hot and cold fixtures, the middle fixture which switches between shower and bath, a spout, and the shower head fixture. How do I convert this from galvanized to PEX?

Do I need to buy a new PEX specific valve?

Do I need drop ear elbows? if so, what connects the handle to the drop ear?

How do I connect all the fixtures?