Morning all, I have a fairly new Frigidaire Furnace (forced air), the combustion fresh air intake is on the front of the top of the Furnace. The front of the Furnace is next to a door for access and the back (filter door) is accessed through my hvac room. In the opposite corner of the hvac room diagonally are my fresh air, high and low intakes. Between those two points are my gas water heater and a small shop.

Can I run duct work from the outside wall fresh air intake to the Furnace? Would this affect the draw or work load of the furnace?

This does not involve the cold air returns.

Reasons: It draws air from inside the house down my wood chimney and makes my basement colder and smells like chimney. (Negative pressure in the home). It draws air down the gas water heater exhaust, room smells like exhaust sometimes. It draws air across the whole hvac room making it colder.

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Posted by19 hours ago

home improvement

Detailed Oven Glass Replacement for GE Profile Double Oven Range Model # JB850ST1SS - Pic Heavy

So my friend purchased a new house and she was giving away the stove that came with the house. I told her that I would take it since she was going to discard it and it would look nice in my house since the stove was the last appliance that I wanted to replace considering my range was black and hers was stainless steel.

When the stove was loaded on the truck the glass just shattered and I was in shock. I was like well I will order a new glass since this stove was a gift to me. Low and behold when I went online GE wanted $800 for the door with ASM glass and they did not sell the glass by itself for it was bonded.

I was like I am not paying $800 for a door to replace for this range. I decided that I would replace the glass myself because I am a DIY'er and will fineagle a way to do something to save money.

I went to Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, and my last option was the dump to look for a similar model that I could either replace the door or at least the panel.

I had my nephews measure the door and I was like I need to know what this glass looks like "behind" the door. Note; No where online can you see what the glass looks like behind this GE Profile Double Oven Range (stove) so I was like let me take the door off and have a look. I was suprised that the glass was not around the entire door but just around the frame or outline of the door. Here is the picture of the stove.

GE Profile Double Oven Range

https://imgur.com/nY7l6VG

When you go to remove the stainless steel panel there are screws at the bottom of the door so I just unscrewed the screws.

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Posted by2 hours ago

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Reattach skirting board?

My wife yesterday let my young son mop the floor unsupervised and it seems he got a little wet and wild shall we say. A couple of days later this skirting board side has half detached. Not the entire side, just half of it. I’m assuming this is down to water ingress.

I need to reattach it, a quick fix bodge job will do it. Would this be as simple as making sure it’s all dried out (hair dryer?) and then down the gap piping some ‘no more nails’/other brand adhesive, putting something heavy up against it for a few days while it sets?

Pics attached for reference.

https://imgur.com/a/ez9dg4n

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Posted by2 hours ago

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How do I wire 2 separate lights from one ceiling box?

I have a room that is wired for a fan with 2 switches (one for the light and one for the fan). In the ceiling box there is Ground, Black, White, and Red wires.

I would like to put a light with no fan up meaning I would ignore and cap the red wire and use the ground white and black then that light would be controlled by one of the switches. The other switch would be dead. I want to use that other switch to power a second light on the ceiling.

Can I grab power and “switch access” from the existing fan box to run a red, white, ground wire to my second light? Thanks

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Posted by1 hour ago

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Question about unfinished basement ceiling

Our basement is large and unfinished. It is a great place for our kids to play crazy games and do messy indoor activities. The only problem is that there is very dense insulation between the joists on the ceiling. When the insulation gets hit with dodge balls or nerf darts, little bits of insulation, the thin metal rods (or rarely, but sometimes) whole pieces fall to the floor. The insulation is a great noise barrier for the rest of the house, so we want to keep it.

We aren't staying in the house forever, so we're not planning to invest in finishing the space. So my question is, is there anything fairly easy and safe, but not super expensive that I could put up to create a faux ceiling so stuff doesn't hit the bare insulation? (Picture in comments)

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