With stair handrails and guardrails safety, it is the same concept as with many other requirements guiding our daily commute – we often believe these rules are created for others only, until we suddenly realize that there’s nothing to hold on to when gravity’s force pulls our body down the stairs with an increasing speed. [...]
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Most “popular” mistakes people shouldn’t make around the house electric panels: Relocating water heater or furnace? – don’t run any of the pipes in front of the house’s electrical panel – remember 36” distance from its face must be free of any obstructions. Painting the wall? – don’t seal the electrical panel door with silicon [...]
The following guide is based on Peoples Gas “Construction Guide for Gas Usage” in the city of Chicago and National Fuel Gas Code. Before applying any of the following rules, you must check your local building code requirements, and appliance manufacturer installation instruction. Have you checked your house brick chimney lately… or whatever type of [...]
