6 months ago we removed an 18 metre length of 6-8 ft boundary garden wall (was 90 years old, no foundations, was slowly falling over), and replaced with a fence. From the garden side there are 3 courses of bricks remaining (wall is 2 bricks thick), and these are pretty much acting as a retaining wall (the land is slightly higher on the other side)

If money had been no object we'd have asked for a top course of bricks (perhaps capstones) to be added to the remaining brickwork to weatherproof it, but at the time we just needed the wall gone and the fence up.

But now I'm looking at options for sealing the top layer of bricks in some way. Besides adding a course of bricks (soldier course?), or adding capstones, do I have any other options?

The fence is flush to the wall on the garden side, with the posts in our garden. The effect being that you can only see the exposted top of the remaining brickwork from the other side of the fence. As such it doesn't really matter to me what the solution looks like as long as it works, since I'm rarely going to be looking at it (and it's public land on the other side of fence, rather than somebody's garden). As such does it need to be a masonary solution or could I cover with some kind of bitumen membrane and seal that?

Hope all that makes sense. TIA

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Posted by4 hours ago

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Student looking for help.

I am a student studying HVAC and am working on a Beverage Air MT18 reach in cooler. I think the compressor works but I can't find a wiring diagram for it as the previous owners had screwed with the wiring by cutting the power cable leading to the compressor for some reason.

I realize this might not be the right sub but I wanted to ask if anyone would know where I could find an original wiring diagram for this system.

If there is a better sub for this post, please let me know.

Thank you for any help.

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Posted by19 hours ago

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Two story house, water backing up from shower drains.

I have a two-story house with two bathrooms upstairs at the opposite end of the house.

Last night, midst of showering in the 1st bath, the water wasn't draining. The water backed up to the 2nd shower and also leaked from the ceiling beneath the 2nd shower.

I used 1/4 inch 25 feet drum auger in 2nd shower drain and pulled out massive loads of hair balls. The water started to drain fine. I ran water down both drains, sink, and flushed toilets without any issue.

Tonight, while showering in 1st bath, it occurred again. Water backed up to 2nd shower drain, but this time, the water leaked beneath the 1st shower instead. I used the drum auger on both drains few times, feeding near 25 feet each time, but nothing came out. So I picked up 1 gallon Green Gobbler Main Line Drain Opener, and fed 1/2 gallon each to both drains. After couple of hours, water level in both drains has gone down only about 3 inches.

There seems to be no issue using bathroom and kitchen sink in downstair. I do not have access to the vent on the roof. So, I'll be calling a plumber tomorrow.

Meanwhile, I have few questions:

Anything else I can do before calling a plumber?
Is the water leak through the ceiling normal when drains are clogged?
If so, why did it leak from one side last night, and from the other side tonight?

Would appreciate your help.

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Posted by3 hours ago

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Moving gas line would like input on my plan

Hi all,

We got a new stove and the old gas line is in the exact wrong spot and needs to move about 6 inches to the left. Pics of the situation: https://imgur.com/a/wpBzya9

Here is my plan:

shut off the gas
undo the current connections except the shutoff and the pipe it is connected to (or should I also leave the elbow on flex line and try to turn it 90 degrees?)
drill the hole through the studs
attach elbow (possibly optional see #2 above), new pipe, new elbow, and final pipe with shutoff valve being sure to use tfe paste on the threads
test for leaks
secure pipe to studs
close up wall

This pipe looks to be galvanized and not black pipe. I assume that is ok to continue using? Is my plan solid? Is there an easier way? :)

Thanks!

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Posted by9 hours ago

electronic

Bathroom outlet

So my bathroom has a switch and a two plug outlet. The two plug outlet went out and I was told to check the wiring and then if it’s live to just switch out the outlet with a GFCI one and I’d be good. I switched it out and there was power. Later on that day after a shower I went to plug in my blow dryer and when I turned it on the lights turned off. And when I turned it off the lights turned on. At no point did the blow dryer work. Any advice or pointers?

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Posted by6 hours ago

help

Attaching wire mesh/metal grates to a canopy tent to hang prints?

I have a trade show thing coming up this Friday and had the idea to connect wire mesh used for concrete to the poles to hang prints. I had been using a big standing peg board I made but it's too big for this booth and it's ugly.

How can I secure the mesh to the poles and is there a better option? Maybe making a stand under temporary fencing or live stock gates? If so how can I stand them up securely enough to hold 30-60 pounds? The tent/booth is 10x10

Thanks in advance

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